25-26 Jun: The Kingstone Press League 1 Match Thread

[League Express]

Discuss all this weekend's Kingstone Press League 1 games here.

 

SATURDAY 25th JUNE

Coventry Bears v Newcastle Thunder KO 3pm  

London Skolars v Doncaster KO 3pm  

 

SUNDAY 26th JUNE

Hemel Stags v Rochdale Hornets KO 2.30pm  

Keighley Cougars v Barrow Raiders KO 3pm

North Wales Crusaders v Toulouse Olympique  XIII KO 2.30pm

South Wales Scorpions v Hunslet Hawks KO 3pm

York City Knights v Gloucestershire All Golds KO 3pm

 

[Spanish Knight]

Newcastle, London, Rochdale, Keighley, Toulouse, Hunslet and York to all win.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Coventry, Skolars, Rochdale, Keighley, Toulouse (have to be a realist here, unfortunatley),Hunslet, York.

[guess who]

This is a must win game for Keighley.

[EssexRL]

Am sponsoring Saturdays game so am particularly hoping/expecting a win for Skolars to secure top 8.

[LionelHurst]

http://allgoldsrugby.com/york-v-all-golds-preview/

[weighman]

A must win for Doncaster also .

[Thunder fan]

Must win for thunder also, to stay in with a chance of getting top 8 spot.

[LionelHurst]

Really good to see Skolars doing well. Hope they make the 8.

[Spanish Knight]

Think it would be good if London and Newcastle made the 8s

[mickhornet]

Newcastle, Skolars, Hornets, Barrow, Toulouse,Hunslet,York.

[robt]

Doncaster currently 22-10 up at London with just under 10 minutes left

[weighman]

London 10 v Doncaster 30

Well done !

[DoubleD]

Coventry 14 Newcastle 32

[EssexRL]

Credit to Doncaster who finished clinically today. Three disallowed tries for Skolars and an odd stop in play for ten mins cos of ligtening! Game was a lot closer than result suggests. I bought ten newbies along today all of home enjoyed the game a lot!

[Thunder fan]

On way home, very happy we won today, keeps our slim hopes of top 8 alive, bring on south Wales at home next weekend. Come on thunder!!!

[guess who]

As a Keighley fan. I can honestly say after today's game.

Our season is over.

[DEANO]

Utter rubbish. The season isn't based on one game. All you have to do is get in the top 8 and then the top 5 and win the play offs

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Really good performance by the Cru against Toulouse, including holding them to 10 - 10 in the second half after a first  where the French showed why they're at the top. If the Cru's kicking game hadn't been missing it might have been even closer. The pity was that only 468 were there to see it, I heard a few French accents in the concourse before the game, don't know if they'd travelled up from France. Off on out travels to Chester RUFC next week as apparently the pitch at the Racecourse is being replaced - God knows why as it looked fine to me today, however looking on their website Chester's ground looks OK, hope it's a nice day.

[guess who]

Utter rubbish. The season isn't based on one game. All you have to do is get in the top 8 and then the top 5 and win the play offs

I am not basing it on one game.

We have shown this season we are not good enough to win promotion.

[Spanish Knight]

At least you've won one trophy

[DEANO]

So your season was over before today's game?

[guess who]

So your season was over before today's game?

Today's game has once again showed our weaknesses.

We are light in the forwards. Our game control and decision making at crucial times is badly lacking.

We are consistently, inconsistent

[LionelHurst]

York are very impressive. The clash with Toulouse on Saturday should be excellent.

[Neophyte Hornet]

York are very impressive. The clash with Toulouse on Saturday should be excellent.

Agreed,

Think York are capable of an upset,and slowing Toulouse's progress...

York's got a great tough squad..