19-21 May: The Kingstone Press League 1 Match Thread

[John Drake]

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

FRIDAY 19th MAY
Newcastle Thunder v York City Knights KO 8PM
SATURDAY 20th MAY
Toronto Wolfpack v Barrow Raiders KO 9.30PM (UK time)
SUNDAY 21st MAY
Coventry Bears v Gloucestershire All Golds KO 3PM
Doncaster v Keighley Cougars KO 3PM
Hunslet v Workington Town KO 3PM
North Wales Crusaders v London Skolars KO 2.30PM
South Wales Ironmen v Oxford KO 3PM
Whitehaven v Hemel Stags KO 2PM
 

[spanishknight]

All away wins except Whitehaven and Toronto.

[The Cube]

Note that South Wales v Oxford is now Saturday at 3pm.

[Kayakman]

Toronto wants to win...Toronto will try to win...Toronto will win!  And in front of a completly rabid crowd too!

[Moscow01]

Newcastle Thunder 18-34 York City Knights 

Toronto Wolfpack 40-16 Barrow Raiders 
Coventry Bears 20-32 Gloucestershire All Golds 
Doncaster 24-26 Keighley Cougars 
Hunslet 20-26 Workington Town 
North Wales Crusaders 20- 30 London Skolars 
South Wales Ironmen 18-28 Oxford 
Whitehaven 60-6 Hemel Stags 

[swann5]

Newcastle.

Toronto.

Gloucester.

Doncaster.

Workington.

Crusaders..

Ironmen  .

Whitehaven .                                             {Tough game for Cru but can just then scrape through.}

 

 

[gogledd]

4 hours ago, swann5 said:

Newcastle.

Toronto.

Gloucester.

Doncaster.

Workington.

Crusaders..

Ironmen  .

Whitehaven .                                             {Tough game for Cru but can just then scrape through.}

 

 

You've been pretty good at predicting the results the last few times - so I'm happy to bow to your superior knowledge!!

 

[Thunder fan]

Play like we did against Workington away, hunslet away and toronto home we will win, play like we did against barrow home, and crusaders away we will lose, never know what to expect from this thunder side, very good squad of players hopefully now we will start to climb the table, come on thunder!!

[League1Show]

This week's League 1 Show is out now:

The unofficial podcast dedicated to League 1 returns this week as we look back at all the results from Round 7 of the League 1 campaign.

In this week's show we also preview that big big match between Toronto and Barrow this weekend, and we discuss the Head Coach departures from Doncaster and Hunslet, as we hear from Don's CEO Carl Hall and BBC Radio Leeds' Andrew Steel.

Plus we hear the post match views from Whitehaven, Workington Town, York City Knights, Newcastle Thunder and the All Golds.

On this week's show, Ben was also joined by League Express' Matthew Shaw and by BBC Radio Cumbria's John Gibson.

https://audioboom.com/posts/5929616-the-league-1-show-17th-may-2017

[EssexRL]

If we play anything like we did in the first 40mins last week Skolars to win. I also fancy Barrow to win and All Golds and Oxford. Good thing this season is no game is a foregone conclusion (oh, other than Hemel losing - which is a shame). 

[swann5]

15 hours ago, gogledd said:

You've been pretty good at predicting the results the last few times - so I'm happy to bow to your superior knowledge!!

 

maybe south wales to win might throw the results

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Newcastle, Toronto, Gloucester, Keighley, Hunslet, Crusaders, Oxford, Whitehaven.

[morty]

We (Barrow) don't stand a chance ... gone with half a side

[Celtic Rooster]

3 hours ago, morty said:

We (Barrow) don't stand a chance ... gone with half a side

Is that down to injuries or work comitments Morty? You won't have to go to Toronto again mate. The championships are just stepping stones to Super League for them.

[bazzzz65]

Somebody on another thread said it was because of visa problems. Hopefully these problems will be sorted out if Toronto are promoted to Super League in a couple of years and teams such as Wigan Warrington Leeds Salford etc are not handicapped.

[morty]

part injuries, part no visa allowed ... anyone with any sort of criminal record can be refused. one player was stopped at the airport check in and stopped from travelling ... dont know the ins and outs of why etc but this is what all clubs face !!

 

[bazzzz65]

1 minute ago, morty said:

part injuries, part no visa allowed ... anyone with any sort of criminal record can be refused. one player was stopped at the airport check in and stopped from travelling ... dont know the ins and outs of why etc but this is what all clubs face !!

 

Surely clubs must apply for visas well in advance,so there is no excuse for last minute problems. 

[LeeF]

8 minutes ago, morty said:

part injuries, part no visa allowed ... anyone with any sort of criminal record can be refused. one player was stopped at the airport check in and stopped from travelling ... dont know the ins and outs of why etc but this is what all clubs face !!

 

Oxford didn't 

[morty]

Lets wait to see what the explanation for this debacle is shall we ... whoever is at fault (probably all parties) the rest of the RL clubs need to learn from it.

 

Regarding the game im sure the Raiders will give it their all and you cant ask any more than that !!

[Celtic Rooster]

2 hours ago, bazzzz65 said:

Surely clubs must apply for visas well in advance,so there is no excuse for last minute problems. 

Apparently Barrow did apply for their visa's in plenty of time, then 3 days before they were due to leave the Canadian authorities wanted more information. I know Dally got turned away at the airport. I will probably see him on Sunday.

[newbe]

It is very hard to get a squad of p!ayers named in advance who knows what happens. Is it right that a player is refused a visa due to drink drive I know this for a FACT, or some one who has had a scrape say two years ago but just wants to play this glorious game.

[Kayakman]

Biggest game of the week in 'all of League is League 1': Toronto/Barrow

They will meet again in the 8's and then both probably be promoted next year. Then they will play again!

Can anybody say 'RIVALRY!'

Let it begin.

[Wolverine]

20 hours ago, Celtic Rooster said:

Is that down to injuries or work comitments Morty? You won't have to go to Toronto again mate. The championships are just stepping stones to Super League for them.

That is the general idea, Toronto can get a good fan base too. Part of the deal was to enter in at this level, but that's Okay we have enjoyed all the games so far. Many of my friends in Canada who normally watch a stupid game called north american football where the guys dress in padding and motorbike helmets, have had a taste of Rugby league now and love it. Trouble is that till now Rugby league never had the exposure or money to get into the public eye except in north England. Hopefully the Wolfpack project will be the start of something bigger. Sorry Barrow I do respect you, but I will be in the stands shouting for our Wolfpack to thump you so we can move up a notch next year as planned.

[Celtic Rooster]

Don't get me wrong Wolverine - I think that Rugby League is a perfect fit for Canadian sports fans and I hope that you achieve your goal of Super League ( I can't see what's to stop you) but I hope you lose a few along the way, starting with Barrow.

[Kayakman]

We will lose a few on the way...no doubt about it.

This will make the taste of Rhino blood even better when we take the large sluggish beast down in a few years.  Make no doubt about it...the end goal is that lovely taste of Rhino blood.   Then we will wash it down with some good beer(s)!

Make no doubt about the Pack is coming

"Run with the Pack!"