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Yes but we could easily be on 1 rather 6 points. We were certainly seeing this season as a relegation battle.
Forgrove appear massively underrated. I would be wary when playing them. For a large part of the match we looked like we were getting beat.

Very lucky win for Harrogate yesterday but looking safe-ish. The relegation fight could be pretty intense.

I have only been back playing for 7 years so interesting to see how strong the teams were previously. I was basing it on my experience since returning and was perhaps influenced by the strength of Ilkley. Also some of the other teams look much stronger than previous years. Going to be a tight season!

The league does seem to be getting stronger and stronger. Nearly all the teams on Saturday were clearly over 16000 combined. I wonder how it compares with other seasons. There are 5 teams who could possibly win it and while Rose Forgrove will find it tough despite a great result who else will be in ...