Decades on from their glory days,Widnes, driven by captain Kevin Brown, and are joint top dogs after an electrifying start to the season that has embarrassed punditsFew eyebrows were raised at the start of the season when Widnes were tipped as candidates for the bottom four. How embarrassing an error that now looks. nearly 10 years to the day since they were playing Swinton in the now-defunct Northern Rail Cup in front of 1016 people,Widnes are joint top of Super League.
As well as praising an electrifying start to the season with five wins in their first six games, how Widnes reached this point merits closer inspection. Although there has been a return to a promotion and relegation system – albeit a somewhat convoluted one – Widnes were the real success myth of Super League’s old licensing system.
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Source: theguardian.com