The 2019 Southern Conference League campaign reaches a climax tomorrow (Saturday 14 September) with a double-headed finals day. The deciders are taking place at the Aldershot Rugby Stadium, opening with the Eastern Division Plate Final between Eastern Rhinos and Hemel Stags. And several months of gripping Rugby League will come to a head when Hammersmith Hills Hoists and London Chargers…
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THE Heavy Woollen Amateur Rugby League has confirmed that its Girls Cup Finals triple-header at Mount Pleasant, Batley, will take place on Saturday (14 September). The programme is: UNDER 12S: Batley Boys v Dewsbury Moor (12.15pm). UNDER 14S: Dewsbury Moor v Shaw Cross Sharks (1.15pm). UNDER 16S: Shaw Cross Sharks v Dewsbury Moor (2.30pm).
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The Kingstone Press National Conference League’s Division Two Promotion Final between Hull Dockers and Crosfields will take place this weekend, rather than on the originally designated date of Saturday 21 September. The teams will square up at Tower Grange on Saturday for the right to join West Bowling and Ince Rose Bridge in Division One next year. Kingstone Press National…
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE LEAGUE RECORDS After matches played Saturday 7 September 2019 LONGEST WINNING RUN PREMIER DIVISION: 3 games – Hunslet Club Parkside and West Hull both saw four-match winning runs come to an end with defeats at Rochdale Mayfield and Siddal respectively. UNDERBANK, with three wins on the hoof, now have the best recent record although newly-crowned Minor Premiers Wath…
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HOLDERS Lock Lane have been drawn at Featherstone Lions in the first round of the Castleford & Featherstone ARL’s David Poulter Open Cup. The match – a repeat of last season’s final – is the highlight of a four-game draw which also includes an as-yet unnamed guest side. Pairings are: Cutsyke Raiders v Guests; Featherstone Lions v Lock Lane; Kippax…
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Many title, promotion, play-off and relegation issues will come to a head tomorrow in the four divisions of the Kingstone Press National Conference League. Any of West Hull, Wath Brow, Hunslet Parkside or Thatto Heath will be Minor Premiers after their final league fixtures, and any two of Underbank, Siddal or Egremont will join those four in the play-offs. Kells…
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Sherwood Wolf Hunt and Wests Warriors go head-to-head on Sunday (8 September) in the Harry Jepson OBE Memorial Trophy Final. The game is the culmination of a campaign involving leading sides in Regional Leagues beyond Rugby League’s traditional heartlands who are, in addition, not members of the Southern Conference League. The Wolf Hunt, of the Midlands, are in the decider…
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The huge prize of the Kingstone Press National Conference League’s Minor Premiership will be resolved at the weekend. Leaders West Hull will top the final table if they win their final league game at Siddal, regardless of results elsewhere. Wath Brow Hornets will leapfrog Wests if Siddal beat the Green & Golds, and if Hornets see off Cumbrian neighbours Kells.…
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE LEAGUE RECORDS After matches played Saturday 31 August 2019 LONGEST WINNING RUN PREMIER DIVISION: 4 games – HUNSLET CLUB PARKSIDE and WEST HULL – although Wath Brow have not lost in the last five matches. DIVISION ONE: 5 games – PILKINGTON RECS. DIVISION TWO: 9 games – WEST BOWLING. DIVISION THREE: 5 games – Waterhead’s five-match winning run…
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Dudley Hill have failed in their appeal against a four-points deduction imposed by Kingstone National Conference League bosses for playing an ineligible player. The Bradford outfit fielded Martin Southwell in the Division Two fixture at Shaw Cross Sharks in June, which was won by the visitors 22-16. It transpired, however, that although Southwell had fully served a two-match suspension his…
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