The Blues Ox
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Yeah probably a bit more competitive than the result really suggests. Fev dominated early but 16 points down at the break was going to be tough to claw back. I thought Fev were really one dimensional and had no plan B when trying to batter Hudds in to submission didn't work. For Hudds just get the ball out to Mollie Iceton, I know the tackling attempts on her were poor but she has a habit of almost gliding through tackles. A couple of nice tradmark Louis Naidole tries in there as well and young Maddie Hutchison does not look out of place at all mixing it with the big Fev pack.
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1 hour ago, gavin7094 said:
Exactly what have you got against York? Where has anyone been saying these things?
You're obsessed.
Just a little bit of fun after last weeks Championship thread.
4 minutes ago, Fevrover said:They were 16-0 behind and looking lost when i posted that lol.
Look how close I got my prediction. I predict a change in fortune for my predictions from this point.
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Just now, Just Browny said:
BBC app has Fev leading.
0-16 before I posted that. Trying to do Fev a solid.
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Annoying that most of the Championship games were 3pm and then finding out that this is the last game. Huddersfield are really, really bad.
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10 minutes ago, Fevrover said:
Your tipping today as been shocking ,as usual Fev lose when you tip us lol.
Yeah not a great effort on this one. Thought Fev would give York a game but at this rate in a another 40 minutes York fans will be here saying how they are nailed on to finish top as one of the best teams the Championship has ever seen, gain promotion to SL, and be SL champions within 3 years.
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1 hour ago, Phil said:
I think the bulls were worth their win, Fax played like a team with a hooker at scrum half, no disrespect to Inman who put a stint in but he’s a hooker.
Great crowd, plenty from Bradford but also good to see the south stand packed with Fax fans
Yeah really enjoyed that one apart from the result. Just a really good game of rugby and made better with a massive crowd for us. I thought we dominated the first 30 minutes despite having a man binned but it was always a worry that we could not convert that in to more points. Second half Bradford were the better team and when they went in front their completion rate after that must have been close to 100% where as Fax made a number of errors when trying to force things.
Agreed about Inman at half but needs must but we looked a little lost at times late in the game and played the with just 16 players with Brad Graham a non playing sub. The positives out of that is we still had chances to win against the biggest spenders in the league and there did not look a lot between the two teams. Results went our way as well and still 2 points clear at the top after 7 games which seems unreal. Hopefully some of those fans who turned out today come back for next week cause that was great with the Shay rocking.-
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3 hours ago, Mr Plow said:
I know Leeds out out a lot of content but I don’t think it’s as good an other clubs. For example which one of these posts is easier to read?
The first one is quick and to the point, if you want to read more about it you can click on the link which will mean more hits for club website.
The second contains too much text and information that’s not relevant. If I’m scrolling through Facebook I’ll scroll past that.
The other week they were trying to get us to join some random social media app just to get score updates of the womens game. Thanks but no thanks.
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7 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:
Can Fax keep the unbeaten sequence going I hope so, basically they have come from being also rans not fancied, no money, rookie coach, this is proper rugby and how we get excited with P&R.
Lets not get carried away, we are only 6 games in at the moment and still to play Bradford and Toulouse who I still see as the best two teams in the division.
4 hours ago, DEANO said:I do fear for fax. They apparently have no money but are paying winning money every week
We got rid of some big contracts during and at the end of last season lets not forget and also running with what must be the smallest squad in the league.
Again we have been lucky with injuries but maybe that makes up for the awful luck that we had last season. I mean if we didn't lose Calcott and Douglas for the season and O'Brien for most of it all in one game before the league season started, we would not have been flirting with relegation despite what happened off the field.
My worry tomorrow is that we have Hansen and Dixon both missing who have both been superb and are both big losses for such a big game and that was my fear at the start of the season, on paper we have a starting 17 who should be in or around the playoffs, there is a lot of quality in our squad that got over looked based on last season, but if we do get injuries then it could be a struggle but for the moment things look a lot rosier than last season.-
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18 minutes ago, Bull Mania said:
Barrow Raiders v London Broncos - Barrow by 16
Batley Bulldogs v Hunslet - Batley by 28
Doncaster v Sheffield Eagles - Sheffield by 10
Featherstone Rovers v York Knights - York by 12
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls - Bulls by 1
Widnes Vikings v Oldham - Widnes by 4Please not by 1.
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Barrow Raiders v London Broncos Barrow by 18
Batley Bulldogs v Hunslet Batley by 20
Doncaster v Sheffield Eagles Sheffield by 6
Featherstone Rovers v York Knights Fev by 4
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls Fax by 10
Widnes Vikings v Oldham Widnes by 4-
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Was worried for a minute when I saw that headline.
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Im hearing rumors today that both York and Huddersfield are stopping their U19's from playing community RL, in Huddersfield's case as a result of Emily Butterly picking up a nasty looking knock for Fax last week. If true then its going to have a large effect on a number of community clubs one being Queensbury who had to travel to Hull yesterday with only 14 players. I hope community teams come together and are selective which teams they encourage their players go to and make some of these teams actually have to do some work scouting rather than just hoovering girls up that they know full well are very unlikely to play first team at SL level and risk losing them to the game when they drop them like a bad habit.
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52 minutes ago, Gooleboy said:
Like I said, if it was as bad as you say, he should be red carded, no issues. But my problem with the RFL is why players escape red card offences in SL?
Its because they can review it live about 10 times and then it just becomes easier to roll off the mitigation phrase and let the review panel deal with it.
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Great to see the York hype train is back on track.
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Cas with a good win against Stanningley winning 14-6 but Fryston were able to shock Oulton beating them 20-22. The rest of the games, as expected, were blowouts.
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"And the ball goes forward" Erm......
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25 minutes ago, Bull Mania said:
I'd love to see the data, but I'd imagine we have a numbers of players who give up the game with these matches. These girls do it purely for the love of the game. But there is nothing enjoyable when you're been hammered 80-0 in one half.
To be fair Sheffield are paying players which makes it a little more disappointing. By no means did anyone even expect them to get within 60 points of Leeds but that half time score is as bad as anything i have seen.
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48 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said:
Andrea Dobson said the other week they had a lot of injuries even this early in the season.#
Warrington's current scorline at Saints is more worrying, There is a "Super League" club who are not moving forward,
Yeah I know hindsight is 20/20 but they would have been better keeping Fev in SL, a club that is fully behind their womens teams, rather than keeping Wire in who are just a shell of a club when it comes to that side of things.
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Embarassing, I am not even sure how you end up with an 80-0 half time scoreline. Its unfortunate that Sheffield ended in a position last season to go in to the Challenge cup. I'm not saying the game should have continued but I thought 9 players was enough for the game to continue? Leeds didn't even play their full team, what has happened at Sheffield. Far too many questions about this and how it can be good for the game.
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I don't think we will see many red cards this season, the ref's just use the mitigation card even if there does not seem to be any. Its a little escape route similar to how it used to be when everything was put on report.
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Fax 6 from 6 after a convincing second half display over at Hunslet. No major surprise with the result but with the fixtures and last season I would have been happy with 3/6, I think this start is beyond the wildest dreams of any Fax fan. Bradford up next on Good Friday should be the toughest test yet.
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FRIDAY 11th APRIL
Hunslet v Halifax Panthers Fax by 16SATURDAY 12th APRIL
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs london by 8
Sheffield Eagles v Toulouse Olympique Sheffield by 4SUNDAY 13th APRIL
Oldham v Featherstone Rovers Oldham by 10
Widnes Vikings v Barrow Raiders Widnes by 6
York Knights v Doncaster York by 22
Women's Challenge Cup Shocks
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Not too much of a surprise, London are very good and Barrow have lost some key players and Warrington are just an empty shell of a team that wouldn't trouble the top half of the Championship. It's set up for London to take Warringtons place in the top flight this year and then Warrington can fold like it looked like they would do in the off season.