Fri 26th-Sun 28th Aug: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss this weekend's Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 26th AUGUST
York City Knights v Sheffield Eagles KO 19:30

SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town KO 18:00
Newcastle Thunder v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00

SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Whitehaven v London Broncos KO 15:00

[Glensider]

Halifax to slaughter Bradford.  Dunning to get marching orders !

[crashmon]

20 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weekend's Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 26th AUGUST
York City Knights v Sheffield Eagles KO 19:30

SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town KO 18:00
Newcastle Thunder v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00

SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Whitehaven v London Broncos KO 15:00

I expect York to respond to the game last week, London to be too strong for Haven, other games pretty much as expected

[DEANO]

Sheffield 101. York 6that’ll still be a long way off our world record 

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Hoping for two things at Leigh, we don't get embarrassed and we don't get physically beaten up.

[Cw25]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weekend's Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 26th AUGUST
York City Knights v Sheffield Eagles KO 19:30

SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town KO 18:00
Newcastle Thunder v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00

SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Whitehaven v London Broncos KO 15:00

York 30-18 Sheffield

Featherstone 70-6 Workington

Newcastle 12-34 Barrow

Halifax 36-12 Bradford

Leigh 46-10 Widnes

Whitehaven 16-28 London Broncos

[GUBRATS]

1 hour ago, Jill Halfpenny fan said:

Hoping for two things at Leigh, we don't get embarrassed and we don't get physically beaten up.

Every game has to be won , expect it to be easy and you'll lose 

[Stirlin]

7 hours ago, DEANO said:

Sheffield 101. York 6that’ll still be a long way off our world record 

Just hope Eagles declare and let us have a bat.

Edited August 25, 2022 by Stirlin

[Neutralfan7]

All home wins except Barrow to beat Thunder 

[Rockingchair]

I wonder if Sam hallas ll be able to manage 80 minutes without some petulant outburst, hope Knowles or gee bury him in one of the shays divots .

[phiggins]

13 hours ago, Jill Halfpenny fan said:

Hoping for two things at Leigh, we don't get embarrassed and we don't get physically beaten up.

Widnes showed up well on Good Friday, with a pretty depleted team from what I remember. I can see this being a bit after the lord mayor's show for Leigh. Full time fitness might tell in the end, but I can't see it being embarrassing.

For Leigh, I'd take a 1 point win with no injuries. 

[Harry Stottle]

13 hours ago, Jill Halfpenny fan said:

Hoping for two things at Leigh, we don't get embarrassed and we don't get physically beaten up.

It seemed to me last week Leigh were employing a new stratergy to their game and long before the rot set in for York, Leigh were being far more expansive with the ball from the off than they useually are, my theory is it is in build up to playing Fev again and running their ageing pack ragged, but yes they still have that awesome physical presence, and much superior fitness which they should have, I hope Widnes put up a good performance.

[Barley Mow]

York City Knights 24 v 20 Sheffield Eagles
Featherstone Rovers 38 v 4 Workington Town
Newcastle Thunder 10 v 18 Barrow Raiders
Halifax Panthers 21 v 20 Bradford Bulls
Leigh Centurions 42 v 12 Widnes Vikings
Whitehaven 12 v 18 London Broncos

[Ragingbull]

Sheffield by 40

Fev by 50

Barrow by 20

Blue Sox by 30

Leigh by 50

London by 20

[The Blues Ox]

FRIDAY 26th AUGUST
York City Knights v Sheffield Eagles York by 8

SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town Fev by 44
Newcastle Thunder v Barrow Raiders Barrow by 24

SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls Fax by 22
Leigh Centurions v Widnes Vikings Leigh by 48
Whitehaven v London Broncos London by 10

[Fevrover]

3 hours ago, phiggins said:

Widnes showed up well on Good Friday, with a pretty depleted team from what I remember. I can see this being a bit after the lord mayor's show for Leigh. Full time fitness might tell in the end, but I can't see it being embarrassing.

For Leigh, I'd take a 1 point win with no injuries. 

ONE point win from Leigh ?!  

[Fevrover]

3 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

It seemed to me last week Leigh were employing a new stratergy to their game and long before the rot set in for York, Leigh were being far more expansive with the ball from the off than they useually are, my theory is it is in build up to playing Fev again and running their ageing pack ragged, but yes they still have that awesome physical presence, and much superior fitness which they should have, I hope Widnes put up a good performance.

Fev ? Halifax won't be easy.

[phiggins]

18 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

ONE point win from Leigh ?!  

If you offered me any sort of win (which would guarantee top of the league) and no injuries, I'd happily take it.

As good as last week was, it's now as much about making sure the squad are ready for the play offs. 

[Wolford6]

Can't go, unfortuately. It's our bi-annual students' reunion weekend.

 

The result will be closer than most people would predict.

 

 

[Wakefield Ram]

5 hours ago, phiggins said:

Widnes showed up well on Good Friday, with a pretty depleted team from what I remember. I can see this being a bit after the lord mayor's show for Leigh. Full time fitness might tell in the end, but I can't see it being embarrassing.

For Leigh, I'd take a 1 point win with no injuries. 

Think you missed "00" off your winning margin prediction.

[tim2]

York City Knights v Sheffield Eagles - Eagles by 8

Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town - Fev by 50
Newcastle Thunder v Barrow Raiders - Barrow by 16

Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls - Fax by 14
Leigh Centurions v Widnes Vikings - Leigh by 50
Whitehaven v London Broncos - Haven by 4

Batley to beat Dewsbury and send them down. If Widnes keep Leigh to 30-40 that would be a very good effort. I can't see why Leigh would hold back at this point. More likely to get injured if you don't play at 100% and not playing, while helpful if you're injured, doesn't necessarily help team cohesion for the big games ahead.

[Blind side johnny]

23 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss this weekend's Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 26th AUGUST
York City Knights v Sheffield Eagles KO 19:30

SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST
Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town KO 18:00
Newcastle Thunder v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00

SUNDAY 28th AUGUST
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Leigh Centurions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Whitehaven v London Broncos KO 15:00

So Dewsbury v Batley gets ignored just because they play on Monday. Does this usually happen with other Monday games?

[Gav Wilson]

8 minutes ago, Blind side johnny said:

So Dewsbury v Batley gets ignored just because they play on Monday. Does this usually happen with other Monday games?

Yes. Premier Sports games get a thread of their own.

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

8 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:

It seemed to me last week Leigh were employing a new stratergy to their game and long before the rot set in for York, Leigh were being far more expansive with the ball from the off than they useually are, my theory is it is in build up to playing Fev again and running their ageing pack ragged, but yes they still have that awesome physical presence, and much superior fitness which they should have, I hope Widnes put up a good performance.

I'm sure we'll give it a go Harry and our recent performances have been way more committed than the dross we were turning out in mid season. But this is a step up to another level. Think the two previous games this season have been in the region of 30 odd point victories for Leigh. While you obviously hope for the best I'll be happy if we can keep it to a similar margin.

[Griff]

37 minutes ago, Blind side johnny said:

So Dewsbury v Batley gets ignored just because they play on Monday. Does this usually happen with other Monday games?

New to the forum, Johnny?