The Blues Ox
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https://www.sheffieldeagles.com/Eagles-News/article/club-statement-james-glover/
James Glover reply on this matter on Facebook was interesting too. Carzy to release a player for signing for someone next season especially when he will not be the only one. -
Whats going on at Sheffield? Seem a bit of a mess at the moment.
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FRIDAY 23rd MAY
Sheffield Eagles v Hunslet Sheffield by 24SATURDAY 24th MAY
Toulouse Olympique v Barrow Raiders Toulouse by 26SUNDAY 25th MAY
Bradford Bulls v Widnes Vikings Bradford by 4
Doncaster v London Broncos Doncaster by 10
Featherstone Rovers v Batley Bulldogs Fev by 22
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Exciting times for London fans but for everyone else, another year, another London rebrand. They really need someone with a bottomless pit of money and who can put an exciting vision in to reality. A bit like a lot of teams really.
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Some good tries in that game but looks like 2 teams that need to be having the tackle shields out a lot at training.
As a massive Mollie Iceton fan, her try is fantastic and shows what a talent she can be but if we are going to be critical it also highlights that she still needs a lot of work, unable to shift the ball from right to left for a fend and its little finer points that will be the difference between the player she is now and star she could become.
Also if Im going to be hyper critical and old fashioned, when did the kicker not picking the tee up become a thing? Again just a small culture thing.
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1 hour ago, Simon Hall said:
How many points do you get for an academy, just out of interest?
None that I know of unless that has changed.
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48 minutes ago, RBKnight said:
Some of the most generous comments I've ever read from a coach, in the aftermath of taking a tonking.
I spoke with a couple of players from the top level and they said similar. I think you just watch that team and think they have a squad there with the potential to dominate the womens game for a long time to come. It probably too early to talk like that but they really could become the blueprint for the womens game in this country. I think anyone involved in the womens game should be sitting up and taking note and watching their games at every opportunity.
Edit: Just realised how excited I am about a team I don't support.
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25 minutes ago, Simon Hall said:
...or York
I thought the Bulls had done enough work on the facilities at the ground to get the full 1.5 points now so that extra point has them leap frogging York and London in to 2nd. I'd be interested to see where York could make up around 1.2 or so points to get close to Bradford or Toulouse.
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7 hours ago, Tommygilf said:
Bit of a minor disaster for Bradford this.
Winning the 1895 Cup is a key boost in Grading Points for a club with SL ambitions.
Yeah the points are only marginal but could have been enough to make the difference over Toulouse.
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Good read.
The criticism of Huddersfield is no surprise and is tied in to what a few of us have been saying over the past few weeks as to how serious Huddersfield are taking this. On that game I thought it was a really surprising scoreline and its hard to say if this is a case of Warrington been better than we thought despite losing a host of players or if it's just Huddersfield been worse than expected.
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Championship and League 1 resumed yesterday after what seems like for ever.
A big win for Fev against Oulton and Cardiff beating Hull KR. It really looks like this could be a good 3 way battle this season between Fev, London, and Cardiff. At the other end of the table with Cas losing at home to Hull it is really hard to see them finishing anywhere other than bottom with maybe only Bradford giving them a run for their money.
A bit of other championship news, I mentioned elsewhere about Fev potentially losing their U19's side if they do not go up but I'm hearing this is not the case and also whoever comes down from SL will be allowed to keep theirs as well. No other teams in the Championship will be allowed to run 19's but I fully expect teams to get around this by creating "development" squads with Salford and Swinton already exploring going down this avenue. A possible further nail in the coffin to the open age community game.
In League 1 a massive win for Widnes at Stanningley which feels like a big upset while Wakefield picked up another win in a high scoring game against Fryston which finished 30-38. For Fax it was a big crash back down to earth after winning the Challenge Plate Final last week as they went down to Workington 28-20. The other result was a big win for Illingworth at home to Leigh 42-0 and I managed to get down and watch this one with Illingworth scoring a number of well worked long range tries and just having too much for Leigh all over the field. It looks like the 2 games against Championship side Oulton recently have set them up nicely for the return to league action. -
Makes for a potentially really good final.
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I think Fev might just have the edge in this one and their big game experience as a club could make the difference. With the hype around Oldham if they won it could give them a boost crowd wise. Going for Fev by 4 but I think the RFL would love a Bradford V Oldham final.
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Surprised by that result and Leeds really should have won it. Obviously early doors but on these two games Wigan look like they could walk the league.
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1 hour ago, Bod said:
Wigan buying success just like in the past with the men's game.
Saints will take some catching in that respect.
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Totally dominant performance by Wigan. They look really, really good. Too much speed and power for York's size.
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38 minutes ago, RBKnight said:
If anything, we could see a drop-off of the bottom four teams in WSL this season, rather than any sort of levelling up. Huddersfield look likely (to me anyway) to finish a clear 5th, with no real improvement in the team.
I don't think the problem is necessarily the fop four coralling all the talent. Talented and ambitious young players (sometimes with huge parental support) are making big commitments in terms of time and travel to train with the likes of York. Can't help feeling that If these players thought the Giants were serious, they would be beating a path to them....
Exactly this. I feel the Giants have picked up a bad reputation amongst community clubs over the past few years and in recent times, especially this season, I have seen players choosing Fev over them. On that note Fev have got one season to get back in to SL to be allowed to keep their U19's set up which in reality given the strength of London is unlikely. If they are allowed to keep their U19's we will see a whole host of Championship teams attempt to start 19's set ups which will also have a knock on effect for Huddersfield.
I think it is time for Huddersfield to get serious about their womens set up and although those contract signing PR stunts looked nice, the reality is they were a bit of a farce and in my opinion rather than catching the top 4 up, we will see Huddersfield drift further away from them. Maybe more of the money from gates and sponsorship needs to go on paying players.
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49 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said:
14 team SL and both will be in it, the 14th may be the surprise as I think tha will also be French
More likely to drop to 10.
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2 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said:
Wembley finals day needs a Bulls win
And a Bulls 1895 cup win could tip the edge to Bradford over Toulouse when it comes to who takes Salford's spot in SL.
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Its really hard to see how the Giants bridge that gap to the top 4 without paying players. I think that is what it boils down to especially when players can earn money playing in the Championship. Also I don't agree with James that a bigger playing pool will see the playing field level up, the elite players will for the most part always end up at the top 4 clubs.
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A real dilemma for the RFL as there was talk of them helping Salford get through to the end of the season. That can't be an option now surely unless someone finds some money very quickly to rescue them. I imagine there might be a bit of panic as well from SL clubs with Toulouse almost certain to be the team next in line to take their spot.
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In all seriousness it should be a really good game and its too close to call so I am going for a draw and the replay at Elland Road a week on Wednesday......
No really Im going for York by 4 and home advantage paying off.
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Feels like a transitional year for them. My opinion was that they would see a drop off this season, I just don't see the quality in comparison to other clubs and I don't think the lasses coming through this batch of 19's are anywhere near cut out for this level. It would be a disaster for them if they dropped out of the top 4 but realistically none of the other teams will be near to them and I see Leeds finishing 4th but isolated from the top 3 and 5th.
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7 hours ago, Simon Hall said:
York 148 - Bradford 3
Now you are just been silly for the sake of it.
York 146 - Bradford 2-
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Protests at Eagles v Hunslet game
in The General Rugby League Forum
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Ive also wondered why more fans don't stand where the protestors are to avoid paying in.