Sun 3 Feb: Betfred Championship Round 1 Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss all this weekend's Betfred Championship Round 1 games here.

SUNDAY 3rd FEBRUARY

Batley Bulldogs v Barrow Raiders KO 3pm
Bradford Bulls v Featherstone Rovers KO 3pm
Leigh Centurions v Toulouse Olympique KO 3pm
Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams KO 3pm
Sheffield Eagles v Swinton Lions KO 3pm
Widnes Vikings v Halifax KO 3pm
York City Knights v Toronto Wolfpack KO 3pm
 

[fevtom]

Is anyone running a championship prediction league this year? I'd love to volunteer but realistically I don't have the time and I'd only end up making a mess of it. Either way i'll give predicting the scores a quick go.

 

Batley 24 - 10 Barrow

Bradford 32 - 16 Featherstone

Leigh 18 - 20 Toulouse

Rochdale 10 - 20 Dewsbury

Sheffield 24 - 10 Swinton

Widnes 24 - 18 Halifax

York 10 - 26 Toronto

[Konkrete]

Well here we go.  Good luck to one and all...

Hoping for a Bradford win at home to Fev of course.  I think most of us aren't quite sure what our strongest line-up is yet although it's likely to feature a couple of players transfered from Fev in the winter - Connor Farrell and Matty Wildie.  Both of which have been impressive in pre-season.

But it'll be interesting to see the make-up of the Fev team and how many DR and loan players they use.  Particularly looking forward to seeing the Boas Brothers in the flesh after their showing in the world cup.

Predicted winners for round 1.

Batley, Bulls, TO, Rams, Eagles, Widnes, TWP

[Keep The Faith]

Batley Bulldogs v Barrow Raiders 

Batley by 18 

Bradford Bulls v Featherstone Rovers

Bulls by 7 
Leigh Centurions v Toulouse Olympique 

Toulouse by 8
Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams 

Rochdale by 2
Sheffield Eagles v Swinton Lions 

Sheffield by 12
Widnes Vikings v Halifax 

widnes by 8
York City Knights v Toronto Wolfpack 

Toronto by 14

[Kayakman]

Toronto by 30 plus.

[Private Baldrick]

3 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss all this weekend's Betfred Championship Round 1 games here.

SUNDAY 3rd FEBRUARY

Batley Bulldogs v Barrow Raiders KO 3pm
Bradford Bulls v Featherstone Rovers KO 3pm
Leigh Centurions v Toulouse Olympique KO 3pm
Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams KO 3pm
Sheffield Eagles v Swinton Lions KO 3pm
Widnes Vikings v Halifax KO 3pm
York City Knights v Toronto Wolfpack KO 3pm
 

 

[dunno much]

Batley 8

Featherstone 14

Toulouse 16

Dewsbury 6

Swinton 10

Widnes 12

Toronto 38

[Wolford6]

I see Josh Barlow has left Swinton. He'd be a great catch for the Keighley Cougars.

[Krzzystuff]

Batley Bulldogs v Barrow Raiders by 4
Bradford Bulls v Featherstone Rovers by 6
Leigh Centurions v Toulouse Olympique by 24
Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams by 16
Sheffield Eagles v Swinton Lions by 6
Widnes Vikings v Halifax by 10
York City Knights v Toronto Wolfpack by 12

so pumped for the season to start!!!!

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

All home wins bar Dewsbury and Toronto.

[DavidM]

Batley by 10 , Bulls by 12 , Toulouse by 4 ,  Hornets by 2 ,  Eagles by 18 ,  Widnes by 12 , York by 4

[Konkrete]

5 hours ago, Kayakman said:

Toronto by 30 plus.

York are a good side. 

[Kayakman]

31 minutes ago, Konkrete said:

York are a good side. 

I think they are too and i just know they are going to have a good year!   I hope its a close one but they just might blow it open......never know though.  Too bad the new stadium wasn't built...would like to see that (just might someday). 

How many people will be there?...hope it comes off on the TV.

Toronto looks like a top ranked team with a new coach and philosophy.....quicker, faster, stronger....smarter!  Be ready.

[deluded pom?]

35 minutes ago, Kayakman said:

How many people will be there?...hope it comes off on the TV.

Talking of, is there a game from the Championship being streamed on the OL app this weekend?

[Kayakman]

1 hour ago, deluded pom? said:

Talking of, is there a game from the Championship being streamed on the OL app this weekend?

Come on DP!!!!! how the heck would I know that?

[deluded pom?]

4 minutes ago, Kayakman said:

Come on DP!!!!! how the heck would I know that?

It was for the general forum users Kman. Not everything is about you. Prima Donna.

[Kayakman]

13 minutes ago, deluded pom? said:

It was for the general forum users Kman. Not everything is about you. Primal Donna.

You make me chuckel...no one has ever called me that before in my entire life....thanks for  the laugh.....

[deluded pom?]

1 minute ago, Kayakman said:

You make me chuckel...no one has ever called me that before in my entire life....thanks for  the laugh.....

You know what I meant princess. Edited now.

[Kayakman]

13 minutes ago, deluded pom? said:

You know what I meant princess. Edited now.

Ha...ha....ha...ha....no one in my entire life has ever called me that either!!!!!!!  NEVER ONCE!!!!!

You and i had different upbringings methinks.

[Reverend Ram]

First match of the season, time for a few surprises:

Barrow to win at Mount Unpleasant; Feath upend Bulls; Wins also for Dews, Leigh, Swinton and York. Widnes draw with Fax. Don’t fret Kman I am sure you will go up this time but just don’t take it for granted.

[GazTheDon]

Batley

Bradford

Toulouse

Rochdale

Sheffield

Halifax

Toronto

[Gerrumonside ref]

The march to glory starts here for Swinton

[hrtbps]

Batley Bulldogs v Barrow Raiders 
Bradford Bulls v Featherstone Rovers 
Leigh Centurions v Toulouse Olympique 
Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams 
Sheffield Eagles v Swinton Lions 
Widnes Vikings v Halifax 
York City Knights v Toronto Wolfpack 

[NWDuk]

Batley v Barrow --- Barrow by 4

Bradford v Featherstone --- Fev by 8

Leigh v Toulouse --- Toulouse by 16

Rochdale v Dewsbury --- Dewsbury... just

Sheffield v Swinton --- Sheffield by 10

Widness v Halifax --- Widness by 12

York v Toronto --- Toronto by 20

 

[Simon Hall]

Batley 18 - 12 Barrow

Bradford 32 - 18 Featherstone

Leigh 10 - 30 Toulouse

Rochdale 0 - 16 Dewsbury

Sheffield 22 - 12 Swinton

Widnes 18 - 19 Halifax

York 145 - 0 Toronto