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Sat 1- Sun 2 May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

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Jack Owens gets a try disallowed for double movement. Tricky one - did look like a double movement, but hard to see how Owens could have stopped himself from moving forward. Still 0-0 after 23.

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Deon Cross in at the wing for Widnes off a thirty yard pass from Brad O'Neill over the top of four defenders. Touchline conversion makes it 6-0 after 28 mins.

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Widnes try for Kenny Baker off a kick on the last tackle. 12-0 after 34 mins.

Got to give Will Tilleke some credit for that. Previous set, Swinton failed to get out of their own 20m, with Tilleke making three of the six tackles, meaning Widnes started the set inside the Swinton half.

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Kiwi fullback Geronimo Doyle drops a kick with no players within about 20 metres,  Brad O'Neill throws a dummy from acting half and goes over to make it 18-0 after 37 minutes.

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Another set where Swinton fail to get out of the 20, leads to Widnes starting the set in the Swinton half and a great try for Tyrer in the corner after a lovely flick-on pass from Owens. 22-0 after 46 minutes.

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Beautiful try under the posts from Widnes with about 10 offloads on the fourth tackle, leading to Ellis Robson taking the short kick through from Matty Smith on the last. 28-0 after 49 mins.

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2 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

Not able to watch, but is it as one-sided as the score suggests? Enough for Widnes to think they have turned a corner?

One sided from about 20 mins. Widnes played well but nothing too special. Swinton look like they’ve gone backwards since I last saw them play against Warrington

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2 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

Not able to watch, but is it as one-sided as the score suggests? Enough for Widnes to think they have turned a corner?

Yes, Swinton dominated the first few minutes, and it was scoreless for 30 minutes. It was all Widnes after that, decent performance across the whole team. Widnes play Toulouse next week, which will be a rather tougher test, don't see them being good enough to win that.

Swinton competed well throughout, few mistakes by Geronimo Doyle aside. Can't see Stuart Little being too disappointed with how his team played, just up against some much better players.

18 year old Brad O'Neill, on loan from Wigan, playing for his hometown team, deservedly man of the match.

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4 minutes ago, JonM said:

Yes, Swinton dominated the first few minutes, and it was scoreless for 30 minutes. It was all Widnes after that, decent performance across the whole team. Widnes play Toulouse next week, which will be a rather tougher test, don't see them being good enough to win that.

Swinton competed well throughout, few mistakes by Geronimo Doyle aside. Can't see Stuart Little being too disappointed with how his team played, just up against some much better players.

18 year old Brad O'Neill, on loan from Wigan, playing for his hometown team, deservedly man of the match.

Thanks! I was surprised at how poor Widnes had been in comparison to my pre-season expectations up until now, but to put 46 on any side in your division is a (very) good effort. 

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