22 Sept: League 1 Semi-Final: Newcastle Thunder v Workington Town KO 4pm

[Clogiron]

5 hours ago, Scubby said:

I am not having a go at Town directly. The RFL have created a culture that clubs can field 13 or 14 players (never mind 17) without punishment. If it had been a 10k fine regardless then clubs would have players on the bench. Back in the day, clubs were punished heavily for not fielding full teams. Now no one seems to give a ####

The RFL created a precedent to cover the failings of clubs who shouldn't be anywhere near a so called semi professional league, now it is coming back to bite them on the ######. What did you expect of them forward thinking

[NERugbyDad]

Thunder have announced that next Sunday's preliminary final against Doncaster at Kingston Park will kick off at 12pm and will be a double header with the Falcons home season opener against Doncaster knights kicking off at 3pm.

A fantastic cross code opportunity with the confluence of both teams playing Doncaster teams which I'm sure will have some people cheering from the roof tops and others turning in their graves. 

[RayCee]

45 minutes ago, NERugbyDad said:

Thunder have announced that next Sunday's preliminary final against Doncaster at Kingston Park will kick off at 12pm and will be a double header with the Falcons home season opener against Doncaster knights kicking off at 3pm.

A fantastic cross code opportunity with the confluence of both teams playing Doncaster teams which I'm sure will have some people cheering from the roof tops and others turning in their graves. 

Wiht the Thunder kicking off at 12 and Falcons 3pm, I assume the Falcons are the bigger club of the two.

Either way an interesting initiative.

[NERugbyDad]

51 minutes ago, RayCee said:

Wiht the Thunder kicking off at 12 and Falcons 3pm, I assume the Falcons are the bigger club of the two.

Either way an interesting initiative.

You assume correctly,  the Falcons average attendance last season was around 7.5k compared to the thunders 1k.

[Tex]

6 hours ago, RayCee said:

Wiht the Thunder kicking off at 12 and Falcons 3pm, I assume the Falcons are the bigger club of the two.

Either way an interesting initiative.

Or ... maybe the Falcons game has been planned for some time and Thunder have to fit in around that so they had limited options for KO times?

[DoubleD]

5 hours ago, NERugbyDad said:

You assume correctly,  the Falcons average attendance last season was around 7.5k compared to the thunders 1k.

Granted Falcons were in the top flight then. I doubt they get those attendances in the 2nd tier this year

[Oliver Clothesoff]

Where are we at with the League One play-off’s? They have gone under the radar because of the Toronto conspiracy theorists. Is it a Oldham v Newcastle Final? 

[tim2]

7 minutes ago, Oliver Clothesoff said:

Where are we at with the League One play-off’s? They have gone under the radar because of the Toronto conspiracy theorists. Is it a Oldham v Newcastle Final? 

Only if Newcastle beat Doncaster next week

[Oliver Clothesoff]

1 hour ago, tim2 said:

Only if Newcastle beat Doncaster next week

Ah okay, thanks.