Sat 12-Sun13 Jun: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[JonM]

37 minutes ago, THE RED ROOSTER said:

I will take the last gasp win. What do you mean dubious pass - have you not heard about the momentum rule . Anyway game in the books now.

Yes, good close game which could've gone either way. Hard to see either side threatening Toulouse, but both looking massively better than they were in the opening rounds. Kudos to the single London fan at today's game, who appears to be making the most of the cheap pints in Widnes right now.

[JonM]

Swinton 30 Newcastle 36 is a FT score, surprised by that one.

[The Phantom Horseman]

Featherstone crush Bradford 44-0 and frankly the score flattered Bradford as Fev bombed a number of tries, could easily have been 60+. Some fantastic tries scored though and some great defence when Bradford got near the line.

A bit of gloom though that very much dampened the occasion as poor Brad Day looked like he may have sustained another bad injury and Thomas Minns, another who has struggled with serious injuries, also had to be helped off. A bad day all round for injuries as Ben Evans and Ebon Scurr both sustained bad-looking injuries, Scurr had to be stretchered off in an incident that delayed the game by about ten minutes.

[doc]

Enjoyed the game, not the result.

Just glad to be back at Halton Stadium, watching Widnes live.

[RigbyLuger]

Bulls Twitter blaming the ref for disallowing a try. Not like them or a club commentator to call into question officials is it? 

[gingerjon]

1 minute ago, RigbyLuger said:

Bulls Twitter blaming the ref for disallowing a try. Not like them or a club commentator to call into question officials is it? 

Do they have an opinion on the timekeeper?

[Fevrover]

11 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Do they have an opinion on the timekeeper?

Hope not because one of their players was down quite a while ,hope he's ok.

[RigbyLuger]

12 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Do they have an opinion on the timekeeper?

Probably played too much time today. About 80 minutes too much.

[Robin Evans]

4 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Meh a humbling loss for Bulls but provided Bulls make playoffs it will have been a good season and push next year. 

Got picked apart today mate. It happens. 

[Lowdesert]

26 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said:

Bulls Twitter blaming the ref for disallowing a try. Not like them or a club commentator to call into question officials is it? 

Scores like that indicate Fev have hit them with everything but the kitchen sink.  Even if we give them the officials being bad, what about the rest?

i don’t see any team, yet, challenging TO or Fev.  

[gingerjon]

21 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

Hope not because one of their players was down quite a while ,hope he's ok.

Still getting treatment it seems?

[Fevrover]

11 minutes ago, Robin Evans said:

Got picked apart today mate. It happens. 

Lucky it was only 44.

[Smudger06]

1 hour ago, ShropshireBull said:

What a great weekend of Champ RL.  Widnes narrow loss is painful but shows huge improvement from start of season.

Huge win for London puts them two wins clear of York. A massive win for Thunder and Whitehaven losing means they are in the mix. And next week, Thunder at home to Oldham  (a revenge game and relegation decider there). And Batley just keep winning against the teams they should. 

And yep Widnes out of playoff hunt now. So its Toulouse Fev and Bulls top 3. Then three from Batley,  Broncos,  Fax and York.  

Chuck a blanket over Vikings Sheffield and Dewsbury.  

Then two from Thunder, Haven, Oldham and Swinton.  What a great season. 

I'd say Swinton were done. So one from Newcastle, Whitehaven & Oldham.

[Blind side johnny]

6 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

I will ask again, is James Ford as good as we are being told he is?

Nailed on for the Leigh job I hear.

[Robin Evans]

1 minute ago, Blind side johnny said:

Nailed on for the Leigh job I hear.

I hope this is a pizz take

[Smudger06]

I hoped Ford would come to Fev when Duffy ditched us, one of the best things that happened to Fev in recent history occurred though; Ryan Carr was brought over. 

[binosh]

All I can say is praise Allah the RFL appointed  impartial independent panel had enough Foresight to put Leigh in SL.

[RigbyLuger]

Ford's agent will be along to tell everyone how great he is anyway, along with all his players that are out of contract. You'll read about the offers they're getting in the newspapers soon I'm sure.

[Impartial Observer]

 

2 hours ago, RigbyLuger said:

Bulls Twitter blaming the ref for disallowing a try. Not like them or a club commentator to call into question officials is it? 

Maybe the pitch was too wide for them

[Spidey]

11 hours ago, Impartial Observer said:

 

Maybe the pitch was too wide for them

[Impartial Observer]

1 hour ago, Spidey said:

Great minds....  

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

14 hours ago, Smudger06 said:

I'd say Swinton were done. So one from Newcastle, Whitehaven & Oldham.

As things stand at the moment, agreed. Much is going to depend, however, on what happens with L1 without any central funding and how many clubs would be able to carry on.

[Spidey]

1 hour ago, ShropshireBull said:

Clubs without infrastructure, such as Swinton, are more at risk . Championship clubs probably worse off than say Keighley who can probably survive the 75k loss. 

What do you mean by Infrastructure?

[Rob Nash]

22 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

Excuse me, Ralph Rimmer was a development officer?

Just seems a bit left field considering his initial stance on the academy ruling.

He was a development officer for Doncaster for a spell if I remember right.