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Well the Pie Night was actually in Batley York and Toulouse got an extra £650,000 funding each which wasn't in the original promotion terms. So that £1.3m spaffed away in one season which could have been used to develop the game as a whole.

The Ashes Series generated a lot of money and gave the game a national profile on prime time (for sport) terrestrial coverage. If this isn't a priority, what is?

*SL club interests* Think the Championship clubs and the amateur game are just an afterthought.

Paul Hughes I think scored a last minute try to level the scores

Damning indictment of how small-minded and how short-term our thinking is. And I'm sure under our next permanent CEO Ekoku nothing will change.

There's no point coming on here with your facts and figures Have you looked back to the Hull side back in 1978(?). They won all 26 games and definitely had a better squad than Leigh...

There's always a Leigh reference on every thread

You're right, the start will be really important. Potentially could win 3 out of 4, but after that looks like only one game with any chance out of the next five. If we don't get some early wins, then six wins looks optimistic. The more I look at it, think there's no chance of Top 10. We're weaker than last season and other teams like Goole seemed to have strengthened. So realistically 15th or 16th looks likeliest.

Yazz and the Plastic Population Not sure what game Paul March was watching but he thought there were a lot of positives. The only reason we kept the score down was we had 23 players to rotate so we didn't tire as much defensively. And we created one half chance to score in 80 minutes. Batley didn't have to get out of 2nd gear. https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/boxing-day-reaction-james-ford-pleased-in-first-outing-as-batley-bulldogs-head-coach-as-paul-march-bemoans-dewsbury-rams-errors-5455867

Happy New Year 2026 - full game https://www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php?/topic/419595-dewsbury-v-batley-261225-the-full-match/&do=findComment&comment=5484664

Looking at next season's fixtures, my guess is we will win 6-10 league games. If we can get a couple more props on loan, we might be nearer 10, if not probably nearer 6 wins. Possible wins? Home and/or away Keighley Newcastle (depends on what team they field) Goole Workington Whitehaven Rochdale Unlikely to win any home or away Batley Barrow Sheffield Widnes Halifax Hunslet

He's reviewed the match and couldn't see any Dewsbury highlights ...

Not sure there will be any highlights, can't remember seeing the video man. Anyway from Dewsbury's perspective there were no highlights....

Back of the "open stand" at the old Dewsbury Crown Flatt

And since 2010 aside from a L1 title we've achieved nothing except two relegations. Our pack lacks size, we only had one prop on Boxing Day and Toby Everett is the other but suffered with injuries last season. Boxing Day for Dewsbury was just a re-run of the same problems from last season and can't see much changing. We got into the Batley half four times in the first half due to our lack of size in the pack and poor kicking game and only completed one set in Batley's half in 40 minutes. Batley didn't have to do anything more than complete their sets and kick well which they did. We are a weaker team than last season and we will be up against better sides this season.