Sun 21 Aug: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss this weeeknd's Betfred Championship games here.

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST
Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00
Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights KO 15:00
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams KO 14:00

[David Shepherd]

Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers Fev by 12
Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven KO Dulls by 12
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder KO 'fax by plenty
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights KO Cricket Score
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs KO London by 4
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO Widnes by 12
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams KO Draw

[SJD]

Easy one this week, all home wins.

[RSN]

Be a tough handicap for the bookies to set Barrow v Fev. 

Fev have hammered Barrow twice this year but Barrow are in good form. 

Both have played Leigh, York, Widnes and Whitehaven in July/August and the margin in victory and defeat has been pretty similar in all games. 

Bit worried by Fev putting 70 past Dewsbury, does this mean a lot of players are back? 

I'd guess Fev by 12 but praying for a Barrow win as puts us favourites for a 4th place finish in my book. 

 

[The Blues Ox]

Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers Fev by 10
Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven Bulls by 20
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder Fax by 32
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights Leigh by 46
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs London by 10
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles Widnes by 18
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams Worky by 4

[The Blues Ox]

10 minutes ago, RSN said:

Be a tough handicap for the bookies to set Barrow v Fev. 

Fev have hammered Barrow twice this year but Barrow are in good form. 

Both have played Leigh, York, Widnes and Whitehaven in July/August and the margin in victory and defeat has been pretty similar in all games. 

Bit worried by Fev putting 70 past Dewsbury, does this mean a lot of players are back? 

I'd guess Fev by 12 but praying for a Barrow win as puts us favourites for a 4th place finish in my book. 

 

A Barrow win gives you a great shout of getting 3rd and puts a bit of pressure on Fax to go to Widnes and get a result or to beat Fev at home which we never do.

[doc]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST
Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00 only just
Bradford Bulls v  v Whitehaven KO 15:00 Bulls to carry on their run
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00 Thunder to score
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights KO 15:00 cricket score?
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00 Bulldog bounceback
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 Vikings get another win
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams KO 14:00 close call, but Dews prevail.

 

[Cw25]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weeeknd's Betfred Championship games here.

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST
Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00
Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights KO 15:00
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams KO 14:00

Barrow 22-32 Featherstone

Bradford 18-26 Whitehaven

Halifax 42-6 Newcastle

Leigh 34-16 York

London Broncos 26-24 Batley

Widnes 28-22 Sheffield

Workington 16-18 Dewsbury

[Ragingbull]

Fev

Bulls

Blue Sox

Leigh

Batley

Widnes

Dewsbury

[Barley Mow]

Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers - Fev by 3
Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven - Bradford by 10
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder - Fax by 18
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights - Leigh by 26
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs - Batley by 6
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles - Widnes by 8
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams - Dewsbury by 4

[crashmon]

13 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weeeknd's Betfred Championship games here.

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST
Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00
Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights KO 15:00
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams KO 14:00

Interesting week.

I expect London now they are officially safe to probably put the cue on the rack, Haven to beat the bulls to finally also claim safety, nervous win for the Rams, but it won't be enough. Would not be surprised to see Sheffield beat Widnes either

[MattSantos]

Fev will beat the spread. 

[The Blues Ox]

Can't see Newcastle putting any fight up against us now after todays news.

[Rockingchair]

7 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

Can't see Newcastle putting any fight up against us now after todays news.

Actually feel sorry for some of their players, I wonder if they were anticipating img two leagues of ten coming in a bit sooner , the faffing about really doesn’t help the championship who have to budget on an ever moving set of goal posts .

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

All home wins bar Fev.

[Ovenden Grunt]

1 hour ago, Rockingchair said:

Actually feel sorry for some of their players, I wonder if they were anticipating img two leagues of ten coming in a bit sooner , the faffing about really doesn’t help the championship who have to budget on an ever moving set of goal posts .

Spot on. I said similar when the 2x10 was first mooted. Somebody was going to get their fingers burnt and it seems to be Newcastle are the first.

[JonM]

3 hours ago, crashmon said:

Would not be surprised to see Sheffield beat Widnes either

Eagles have given Widnes a couple of kickings in recent years. IIRC, though, they have only ever won once at Widnes, in 1990. The home team that day had a full complement of 7 international players in the backs - Stuart Spruce, Alan Tait, Martin Offiah, Jonathan Davies, Andy Currier, Paul Hulme and Darren Wright.

[Gav Wilson]

18 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weeeknd's Betfred Championship games here.

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST
Barrow Raiders v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00
Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v York City Knights KO 15:00
London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams KO 14:00

Is there no TV game this round?

[LeytherRob]

10 minutes ago, Gav Wilson said:

Is there no TV game this round?

Next one is Batley v Dewsbury on Monday 29th, which is a pretty uninspiring choice considering the current state Dewsbury are in.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, LeytherRob said:

Next one is Batley v Dewsbury on Monday 29th, which is a pretty uninspiring choice considering the current state Dewsbury are in.

BUT you forget L it's the Heavy Woolen Derby  

[The Blues Ox]

3 hours ago, Rockingchair said:

Actually feel sorry for some of their players, I wonder if they were anticipating img two leagues of ten coming in a bit sooner , the faffing about really doesn’t help the championship who have to budget on an ever moving set of goal posts .

Yeah Ollie Roberts bought a house up there before he singned for them so to do this to someone only a short time after them signing is a bit lousy. 

[DavidM]

20 hours ago, John Drake said:

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST
Barrow Raiders 18-24 Featherstone Rovers 
Bradford Bulls 11- 1 Whitehaven 
Halifax Panthers 50 - 4 Newcastle Thunder 
Leigh Centurions 64- 10 York City Knights
London Broncos 28-24 Batley Bulldogs 
Widnes Vikings 36 - 30 Sheffield Eagles 
Workington Town 0-1 Dewsbury Rams ( dg 79 ) 

 

[Rockingchair]

23 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

Yeah Ollie Roberts bought a house up there before he singned for them so to do this to someone only a short time after them signing is a bit lousy. 

He must be livid , all the plans , effort and trust you put into your employment. crazy .

[spanishknight]

21 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weeeknd's Betfred Championship games here.

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST
Barrow Raiders  by 8

Bradford Bulls  by 24

Halifax  by 32

Leigh Centurions  by 98

Batley Bulldogs  by  12

Sheffield Eagles  by 16

Workington Town  by 8

 

[Keep The Faith]

Fev by 6

bulls by 14

fax by 16

Leigh by 30

batley by 7

Sheffield by 6

Dewsbury by 4