Sat 5 - Sun 6 Jun: The Betfred League 1 Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss this weekend's Betfred League 1 games here.

SATURDAY 5th JUNE
West Wales Raiders v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00 (OurLeague)

SUNDAY 6th JUNE 
Doncaster v London Skolars KO 15:00
Hunslet v Rochdale Hornets KO 15:00
North Wales Crusaders v Coventry Bears KO 14:30 (OurLeague)
Workington Town v Keighley Cougars KO 14:00

[Rob Nash]

Some tricky ones.  Barrow and Doncaster are the only winners I'd predict with any confidence.

It I had to pick the others I'd say Rochdale, Coventry and Workington.

[clwydianrange]

Barrow

Donny

Hunslet

Crusaders

Town

[Johnny Ringo]

Barrow

Doncaster

Rochdale

Coventry

Keighley

[spanishknight]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

 Barrow Raiders 
Doncaster 
 Rochdale Hornets 
North Wales 
Workington Town

 

[Barley Mow]

3 hours ago, clwydianrange said:

Barrow

Donny

Hunslet

Crusaders

Town

Agreed. You saved me typing it out!

[Rob Nash]

Town v Cougars is a fascinating one from a Donny point of view.

[Moscow01]

West Wales Raiders 0-72 Barrow Raiders 

Doncaster 36-10 London Skolars 
Hunslet 22-20 Rochdale Hornets 
North Wales Crusaders 28-16 Coventry Bears 
Workington Town 26-22 Keighley Cougars 

[Johnny Ringo]

14 hours ago, Moscow01 said:

 

West Wales Raiders 0-72 Barrow Raiders 

Doncaster 36-10 London Skolars 
Hunslet 22-20 Rochdale Hornets 
North Wales Crusaders 28-16 Coventry Bears 
Workington Town 26-22 Keighley Cougars  

 

I Don't see a 0-72  at WWR but a convincing 10-54 maybe. 

 

[OriginalMrC]

Barrow 

Doncaster 

Rochdale 

Bears

Workington 

[fearnowt]

Looks like fans are being allowed back into the stadiums in Wales........from Monday.

[Yorks Tim]

9 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

Barrow 

Doncaster 

Rochdale 

Bears

Workington 

I'll go with that

[Yorks Tim]

32 minutes ago, fearnowt said:

Looks like fans are being allowed back into the stadiums in Wales........from Monday.

I've bought my Our League pass now.

Would have been a great day out had the trains been running all the way from Cov to Colwyn Bay. 

[IM2]

On 03/06/2021 at 10:27, John Drake said:

Discuss this weekend's Betfred League 1 games here.

SATURDAY 5th JUNE
West Wales Raiders v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00 (OurLeague)

SUNDAY 6th JUNE 
Doncaster v London Skolars KO 15:00
Hunslet v Rochdale Hornets KO 15:00
North Wales Crusaders v Coventry Bears KO 14:30 (OurLeague)
Workington Town v Keighley Cougars KO 14:00

Barrow

Skolars

Rochdale

North Wales

Town

[EssexRL]

Fourth away game in a row for London which will be tough. Getting my second vaccination this weekend or would have gone.

Barrow to win easily. Rochdale and Town. Think it will be close in North Wales but I’m going for Bears. 

[Exiled Townie]

SATURDAY 5th JUNE
West Wales Raiders v Barrow Raiders

SUNDAY 6th JUNE 
Doncaster v London Skolars 
Hunslet v Rochdale Hornets 
North Wales Crusaders v Coventry Bears
Workington Town v Keighley Cougars

[FearNothing]

I think (hope) we'll click again this week (especially if Roby's back) and think (hope) we stuff the Bears  

[Rob Nash]

43 minutes ago, Exiled Townie said:

SATURDAY 5th JUNE
West Wales Raiders v Barrow Raiders

SUNDAY 6th JUNE 
Doncaster v London Skolars 
Hunslet v Rochdale Hornets 
North Wales Crusaders v Coventry Bears
Workington Town v Keighley Cougars

My picks too.

[dead man inc]

19 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

Barrow 

Doncaster 

Rochdale 

Bears

Workington 

great win for the bears last week & the highlight tries looked great - are they all bears players, or were any on loan? (if they were any on loan, what clubs did they come from?)

Im not having a dig - i’m just intrigued as bears look to have really stepped up this year & wondered what the strength in depth of current squad is.

[IM2]

what a statement for the league it would be if Skolars and the Bears win

[Yorks Tim]

1 hour ago, dead man inc said:

great win for the bears last week & the highlight tries looked great - are they all bears players, or were any on loan? (if they were any on loan, what clubs did they come from?)

Im not having a dig - i’m just intrigued as bears look to have really stepped up this year & wondered what the strength in depth of current squad is.

I'm not totally sure but I think only Bradley Ho (Bradford) and AJ Towse (York) are with us on loan.

We've got at least one key player out with injury and there was a small shake-up this week so squad depth is impressive.

[Rob Nash]

56 minutes ago, IM2 said:

what a statement for the league it would be if Skolars and the Bears win

I've seen the 2 squads for Sunday's game at the Keepmoat and Skolars would have to play extraordinarily well and have a bit of luck. It's possible but a big ask.

[OriginalMrC]

1 hour ago, dead man inc said:

great win for the bears last week & the highlight tries looked great - are they all bears players, or were any on loan? (if they were any on loan, what clubs did they come from?)

Im not having a dig - i’m just intrigued as bears look to have really stepped up this year & wondered what the strength in depth of current squad is.

Just Bradley Ho (from Bradford) on loan for the season. AJ Towse from York but he wasn't in the team last week. 

Most of the players were signed before last season which obviously was interupted due to Covid. There was also a change of coaching structure with Rich Squires head coach and Dave Scott assistant coach doing a great job. It also slipped under the radar but the Bears made a lot of very good signings who have a lot of experience; Liam and Matty Welham, Chris Cullimore and Dave Scott amongst others

[PhilCarrington]

2 hours ago, IM2 said:

what a statement for the league it would be if Skolars and the Bears win

even better if west wales won

[dead man inc]

1 hour ago, OriginalMrC said:

It also slipped under the radar but the Bears made a lot of very good signings who have a lot of experience; Liam and Matty Welham, Chris Cullimore and Dave Scott amongst others

Are these players that have recent left SL/Champ/disbanded reserves/academies (apologies for my ignorance) & are they at uni in Coventry?