22 Apr: The Betfred Championship Easter Monday Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss all the Easter Monday Betfred Championship games here.

MONDAY 22nd APRIL

Batley Bulldogs v Swinton Lions KO 3pm
Bradford Bulls v Barrow Raiders KO 3pm
Featherstone Rovers v Toronto Wolfpack     KO 3pm (TV)
Leigh Centurions v Dewsbury Rams     KO 3pm
Rochdale Hornets v Sheffield Eagles  KO 3pm
Toulouse Olympique v Halifax KO 2.30pm (UK Time)
York City Knights v Widnes Vikings   KO 3pm

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Swinton, Bradford, Toronto, Leigh, Sheffield, Toulouse,  York - Widnes too close to call.

[Clogiron]

A question, sky said that they were showing all TWPs games so what happened to Friday's game at Barrow?

[spanishknight]

10 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Batley Bulldogs 36 v  12 Swinton Lions KO 3pm
Bradford Bulls 32 v 6 Barrow Raiders KO 3pm
Featherstone Rovers 12 v  28 Toronto Wolfpack     KO 3pm (TV)
Leigh Centurions 44 v 8 Dewsbury Rams     KO 3pm
Rochdale Hornets 6 v 48 Sheffield Eagles  KO 3pm
Toulouse Olympique 39 v 8 Halifax KO 2.30pm (UK Time)
York City Knights 14 v 11 Widnes Vikings   KO 3pm

 

[newbe]

2 hours ago, Clogiron said:

A question, sky said that they were showing all TWPs games so what happened to Friday's game at Barrow?

Barrow got form for this, they think it will take away there home attendance 

[Bleep1673]

Swinton by 18

Bradford by 26

Toronto by 36

Leigh by 12

Sheffield by 50+

Toulouse by 10

York by 7

[GUBRATS]

10 hours ago, newbe said:

Barrow got form for this, they think it will take away there home attendance 

So you are suggesting the Barrow club stopped the game being broadcast ? Seriously ?

[GUBRATS]

3 minutes ago, Bleep1673 said:

Swinton by 18

Bradford by 26

Toronto by 36

Leigh by 12

Sheffield by 50+

Toulouse by 10

York by 7

Must win for Leigh if we are to have any chance of making the top 5

10 hours ago, newbe said:

 

 

[Bearman]

12 hours ago, newbe said:

Barrow got form for this, they think it will take away there home attendance 

Toronto wanted the game to be played on Wednesday last week.

Barrow wanted to play on the traditional Good Friday. They argued that it would hit their attendance.

Would any club prefer a Wednesday evening to a bank holiday?

Perhaps you could explain your "form" comment?

[Blind side johnny]

15 hours ago, Clogiron said:

A question, sky said that they were showing all TWPs games so what happened to Friday's game at Barrow?

Sky had a host of outside broadcasts on Friday and simply didn't have a spare OB unit to transmit the game, despite Toronto making all kinds of offers of extra funding to do so. It was not the Barrow club who prevented this, despite scurrilous suggestions to the contrary.

[Sparse Attendance]

On 20/04/2019 at 09:36, John Drake said:

Discuss all the Easter Monday Betfred Championship games here.

MONDAY 22nd APRIL

Batley Bulldogs v Swinton Lions KO 3pm
Bradford Bulls v Barrow Raiders KO 3pm
Featherstone Rovers v Toronto Wolfpack     KO 3pm (TV)
Leigh Centurions v Dewsbury Rams     KO 3pm
Rochdale Hornets v Sheffield Eagles  KO 3pm
Toulouse Olympique v Halifax KO 2.30pm (UK Time)
York City Knights v Widnes Vikings   KO 3pm

Batley 22-10 Swinton 707

bradford 36 - 8 Barrow 4,862

Fev 14 - 21 Toronto 2,906

leigh 38 - 10 Dews 3,706

rochdale 14 - 26 Sheffield 589

toulouse 28 - 12 Fax 2,470

York 16 - 42 Widnes 2,300

[GUBRATS]

1 hour ago, Sparse Attendance said:

Batley 22-10 Swinton 707

bradford 36 - 8 Barrow 4,862

Fev 14 - 21 Toronto 2,906

leigh 38 - 10 Dews 3,706

rochdale 14 - 26 Sheffield 589

toulouse 28 - 12 Fax 2,470

York 16 - 42 Widnes 2,300

If we ( Leigh ) can get 3,700 at the LSV I'll be amazed 

[Reverend Ram]

3 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

If we ( Leigh ) can get 3,700 at the LSV I'll be amazed 

You may not get 3,700 but if we again serve up the rubbish we dished out on Good Friday it will be  at least a 30 point win. However I am sure we can’t sink so low again so we will be at least competitive for 60 minutes or so.....

[clogdance]

8 hours ago, GUBRATS said:

If we ( Leigh ) can get 3,700 at the LSV I'll be amazed 

We've got some beer tents, should be about 7000 on ! 

[Wolford6]

Off to Hebden Bridge. Might not make it back for the game.

[JonM]

York 0 - Widnes 6 after 25 minutes. Fairly even game, with a *lot* of penalties and mistakes from both sides.

Two more lads stepping up from the academy for first team debuts for Widnes which seems to be a weekly occurrence at the moment. Recent tradition is that the player's parents present them with their first team jersey on their debut, but the York officials wouldn't let them into the dressing room, so the Widnes squad all trooped outside for the presentation.

 

[chuffer]

Nice fev try there, all tries have been good so far in this tie v toronto

[JonM]

HT York 0 Widnes 6

York dominating territory & possession, camped out on the Widnes line for much of the second part of the half, but unable to score so far.

For Widnes, Teenage winger Sam Freeman had two scoring chances, but dropped the final pass both times after scoring 4 tries in the Challenge Cup game against York the other week.

[DavidM]

Not a bad game at post office road . And Fev have butchered a couple of tries 

[wilsontown]

York not able to make it count when they had chances. Very tight but Widnes look quicker, bigger and stronger to me and I think that will ultimately tell...though hopefully not.

[chuffer]

2 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Not a bad game at post office road . And Fev have butchered a couple of tries 

Aye, quite enjoying it, toronto just look that little bit more well drilled with the execution of the passing moves

[JonM]

1 minute ago, wilsontown said:

York not able to make it count when they had chances. Very tight but Widnes look quicker, bigger and stronger to me and I think that will ultimately tell...though hopefully not.

Very inexperienced squad for Widnes - lots of teenagers, so I think Widnes will probably cope with the heat better later on, but Marsh, Jubb & Robinson all looking pretty dangerous for York. Bit of naivety can lead to some stupid moments from Widnes - e.g. failing to find touch with a penalty kick after the hooter has gone.

[chuffer]

What a try!

[chuffer]

Great step and kick from Chisholm but then that, that finish

[DavidM]

Just now, chuffer said:

What a try!

Great . And how refreshing to have to make a decision and how they get it right with their instinct . We’d still be looking at it in SL , but on we go with the game here