8-9 Feb: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[John Drake 5,567]

Discuss all this weekend's Betfred Championship games here.

SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
Leigh Centurions v Sheffield Eagles KO 3pm
Toulouse Olympique v Oldham KO 5pm (UK Time)

SUNDAY 9th FEBRUARY
Featherstone Rovers v Halifax KO 6.15pm (OuRLeague App)
London Broncos v Whitehaven KO 3pm
Swinton Lions v Dewsbury Rams KO 3pm
Widnes Vikings v Batley Bulldogs KO 3pm
York City Knights v Bradford Bulls KO 3pm

[georgeb1 957]

All home wins

[dunno much 165]

13 minutes ago, georgeb1 said:

All home wins

Gotta agree with you there

[Moscow01 539]

SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
Leigh Centurions 26-10 Sheffield Eagles 
Toulouse Olympique 36-8 Oldham 

SUNDAY 9th FEBRUARY
Featherstone Rovers 20-10 Halifax 
London Broncos 38-4 Whitehaven 
Swinton Lions 16-23 Dewsbury Rams 
Widnes Vikings 32-10 Batley Bulldogs 
York City Knights 16-10 Bradford Bulls 

[Eddie 1,850]

All home wins except Swinton. 

[Harry Stottle 2,891]

1 hour ago, georgeb1 said:

All home wins

Can't see further than that George.

[The Daddy 1,989]

All home wins 

[fevtom 561]

SATURDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
Leigh Centurions 34-10 Sheffield Eagles 
Toulouse Olympique 42-6 Oldham 

SUNDAY 9th FEBRUARY
Featherstone Rovers 26-24 Halifax 
London Broncos 46-4 Whitehaven 
Swinton Lions 18-18 Dewsbury Rams 
Widnes Vikings 34-10 Batley Bulldogs 
York City Knights 24-10 Bradford Bulls 

Edited February 4 by fevtom

[The Blues Ox 855]

Yeah all home wins.

I think Leigh comfortably beat Sheffield if they play anything like they did Sunday and the same goes for Fev beating Fax. Toulouse Im taking them on the handicap with anything up to about 36. London easy home win, Swinton a tight one but Im not expecting Dewsbury to get out of the bottom 4 this year so going to go with home advantage. Widnes easy win against another team I see in the bottom 4. York game could be tight but think York will have too much despite their poor showings so far this season.

[ShropshireBull 47]

All look like home wins before the playoff rivals start meeting next week.  Game of the week York vs Bradford in terms of being competitive and opening up that final playoff spot.  If Bulls can sneak a win then will leave York 4 points behind Widnes and having to play Leigh the week after.  

Whats the game on Our League this week?  

[MADREDNIGE 613]

4 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

All look like home wins before the playoff rivals start meeting next week.  Game of the week York vs Bradford in terms of being competitive and opening up that final playoff spot.  If Bulls can sneak a win then will leave York 4 points behind Widnes and having to play Leigh the week after.  

Whats the game on Our League this week?  

Fev v Fax. 

[ShropshireBull 47]

Ta.  Not expecting it to be that close but hopeful of a good game.

[MADREDNIGE 613]

Usually are cracking games when they meet. 

[Private Baldrick 1,933]

With the forecast wind and rain on Sunday it will be a great leveller, owt could happen. 

[ShropshireBull 47]

In that case I will pipe down and look forward to it. Hopefully Fev can draw a big crowd off the back of last season.  

Edited February 4 by ShropshireBull
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[MADREDNIGE 613]

Can't see it being a big crowd, poor ko time and Fax don't bring many. 

[ShropshireBull 47]

Having games Sunday evening I guess is the only time not to clash.  Best way to support it I suppose is watch the stream and I was thinking more about home fans than away supporters.  

[Chronicler of Chiswick 899]

Bradford the only away winners.

[Bulliac 292]

Just now, Chronicler of Chiswick said:

Bradford the only away winners.

I'll travel in hope but definitely no expectation. I wasn't impressed with York in our pre-season game but they are a good side and will take some beating on their own paddock. It could be a tight game.

[The Blues Ox 855]

13 hours ago, MADREDNIGE said:

Can't see it being a big crowd, poor ko time and Fax don't bring many. 

True. Still quite a number of Fax fans that boycott this fixture. Its sad but its hard to argue with their reasoning.

Game wise it should be an easy win for Fev as we were pretty poor against a very average Sheffield team so Im just hoping for can compete for a big chunk of the game and anything else would be a bonus.

Edited February 5 by The Blues Ox
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[kiggy 90]

19 hours ago, Private Baldrick said:

With the forecast wind and rain on Sunday it will be a great leveller, owt could happen. 

Oldham fans will be in for a treat then on Saturday, warm and sunny down saarf

[MADREDNIGE 613]

5 hours ago, The Blues Ox said:

True. Still quite a number of Fax fans that boycott this fixture. Its sad but its hard to argue with their reasoning.

Game wise it should be an easy win for Fev as we were pretty poor against a very average Sheffield team so Im just hoping for can compete for a big chunk of the game and anything else would be a bonus.

It's a good job Rovers fans don't boycott Fax away because you'd lose a decent chunk of revenue! 

[kiggy 90]

9 hours ago, Bulliac said:

I'll travel in hope but definitely no expectation. I wasn't impressed with York in our pre-season game but they are a good side and will take some beating on their own paddock. It could be a tight game.

Just lose a player after half time, they bottle it against 12 

[The Blues Ox 855]

3 hours ago, MADREDNIGE said:

It's a good job Rovers fans don't boycott Fax away because you'd lose a decent chunk of revenue! 

Fax V Fev games don't have the same sort of pull that they used to have. That was clear at the home and away games last season with maybe only a hundred or so travelling away fans at each. Our home games against Fev used to be our biggest attended games but last season it was in line with games against teams like Batley.

[Harry Stottle 2,891]

Looking forward to the new season and seeing my Leigh team, this is the 3rd season on the trott I have to make myself familiar with a whole bunch of new players, if they give me as much pleasure as the team that was cobbled together at short notice last year that will do me.