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• Leigh Miners Rangers 20 York Acorn 6

  Apr 3, 16 • 2712 Views • Archived Match Reports, Senior Club News • Web Admin • Comments Off on Leigh Miners Rangers 20 York Acorn 6

  Miners Rangers ground out the win in miry conditions as York Acorn showed tremendous spirit to push them hard all the way. With players slipping and sliding everywhere on a sodden surface and any attempts at expansive rugby being punished with handling...

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  Remember When…

  Apr 2, 16 • 4766 Views • Senior Remember when... • Web Admin • Comments Off on Remember When…

  …Miners and AJM. As one of the most colourful characters in the game, Alex Murphy has never been short of a sound bite or two, but when he described his 1976 encounter with Miners as “his worst nightmare” he was in deadly earnest as the...

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  Leigh Miners Rangers in surprise Kenyan link

  Mar 28, 16 • 3525 Views • Featured News, Senior Club News • Web Admin • Comments Off on Leigh Miners Rangers in surprise Kenyan link

  “When the balls wear out, we switch to water bottles until we’re able to get a new ball. We will never stop playing rugby no matter what.” Leigh Miners Rangers marked their historic NCL treble last year with a rousing rendition of Status...

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  Remember When….

  Mar 9, 16 • 5314 Views • Senior Remember when... • Web Admin • Comments Off on Remember When….

  ….A Ball Story. Nowadays with sponsors, new kits and leisure wear, amateur rugby might appear awash with resources, but back when Miners were founded in the summer of 1966 it was a very different state of affairs. Back then, players and staff had to...