Fight to tour England in April 2011
Philadelphia Fight Rugby News and Press
The Philadelphia fight are proud to announce the full itinerary for their upcoming tour to England.
The team will depart on Tuesday, April 19th for Manchester, England. Whilst in England the team will be involved in a whole host of activities including the attendance of St Helens V Wigan Warriors super league game, to take place on Friday April 22nd at the DW Stadium in Wigan. This fixture is undoubtedly the largest in British Rugby league and one of the Biggest in the world of Rugby league.
Whilst in England the Fight will be partaking in Two games to really test there level. The first game will be hosted by Wigan Riversiders. The Riversiders ply there trade in the North West Premier division of the Rugby League Summer Conference. Founded in 2008, Wigan Riversiders joined the RL Merit league for the 2008 season. They finished third in the table and beat Nottingham Outlaws A 48-4 to reach the grand final, where they were beaten by Moorends - Thorne maurauders A. Wigan Riversiders joined the Rugby League Conference in 2009. There first year they found themselves in contention for the championship but fell short at the semi finals, eventually losing to Lymm 22-16. In 2010 they again found themselves up against Lymm in the semis, eventually winning 26-20. The Riversiders found them self in the final in just there second year in the top conference but unfortunately the fell short at the final hurdle losing 28-10 to Widnes west bank. 2011 looks to be a good season for the Riversiders and they will open that up against Philadelphia Fight on Thursday, April 21st, at Robin park arena. Dave Morton, Riversiders Chairman, commented "As one of the competitions flagship clubs, Philadelphia have committed to tour the UK to test themselves against esstablished British players and it is a great honour for Wigan Riversiders to be selected as the first ever team to take on an American touring club side". "The Riversiders game promises to be a great occasion".
The second game game will be against Haresfinch ARLFC on Sunday April, 24th. Haresfinch ARLFC team began life in the summer of 1979 and was the outcome of talks between Franke Martin and Kenny Roberts . Ever since, the club has been a mainstay in the North West Counties division. whilst the team has been up and down the divisions they have always remained one of the most competitive clubs in the North West of England. Always a mainstay in the St Helens cup, often beating there well known and some would say bigger town rivals. Haresfinch, more often than not, finds them self in the later stages of the tournament and recently were unfortunate to lose out to a much higher division team in the St.Helens cup Final – playing the last ever competitive game at the old St.Helens rugby League ground Knowsley Road. Haresfinch have often boasted some of the best players in there immediate area and have had many success' on the field in being division champions on many occasions through out there long history. The fight also have a link with this club as player, Stephen 'Tomo' Thompson, learned his trade at Haresfinch under the tutelage of then coach Tony Simmons , leaving some 8 years ago to play in America. Stuart Simmons commented " This is fantastic opportunity for both clubs to cement a good relationship for the future, maybe we will see some kind of a player exchange in the future to boost both squads and there is the added bonus of putting a shot on my old team mate, Tomo".
On top of playing Two games and attending the Super league game the Fight will also take in a training session with St Helens RLC and Wigan Warriors, as current Champions of Super league, have committed to a Tour of there facility's and a photo opportunity with the Super League trophy, the League Leaders shield and they hope to add the World Club Challenge Cup, which they will contest in early 2011 against, Australian Champions, St George - Illawarra Dragons.
The Fight are also Proud to announce that Steve McCormack, coach of Scotland RL and Swinton Lions RLC, Has committed to be a 'Guest Coach' of the Philadelphia fight. Steve comes with a wealth of experience, having held coaching roles at Widnes, Barrow and Hull KR before his current positions. Steve will be the Fights man on the sideline along with David Bowe at both the Fights games and has committed to running at least One full training session for the team.
It will be a packed 7 days but should be an experience that the lads will greatly benefit from and will surely never forget.
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