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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Title, promotion, play-off and relegation issues are being resolved each week as the 2019 Kingstone Press National Conference League campaign draws to a close, and this weekend is no different, starting with tomorrow night’s meeting of East Leeds and Clock Face Miners. Easts must win by a huge margin to have any chance of overhauling the Miners and avoiding relegation…
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE LEAGUE RECORDS After matches played Saturday 24 August 2019 LONGEST WINNING RUN PREMIER DIVISION: 3 games – Siddal’s five-match winning streak came to a close with Saturday’s home reverse at the hands of Thatto Heath. HUNSLET CLUB PARKSIDE and WEST HULL, both of whom have won their last three games, now share the best winning run – although…
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The historic first Welsh Women’s Origin game between East Wales and West Wales takes place at Glamorgan Wanderers in Cardiff this Sunday (kick-off 2.30pm) writes Ian Golden, the eventual goal being a place in the first ever Wales Women’s Rugby League side. East Wales have been training with a squad of 28 so will have plenty to select from come…
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The Rugby Football League has today launched a new report that it claims demonstrates its role as the leading sport in providing significant social capital through sporting and volunteering opportunities in core disadvantaged communities. Social capital broadly refers to such things as interpersonal relationships, a shared sense of identity, a shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, trust, cooperation, and reciprocity…
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