John Drake Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Discuss this weekend's Betfred League One games here. SUN 5TH MARCH Dewsbury Rams v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 Hunslet v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00 Oldham v London Skolars KO 15:00 Rochdale Hornets v Doncaster KO 13:00 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanishknight Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 6 minutes ago, John Drake said: Dewsbury Rams by 22 North Wales by 12 Oldham by 26 Rochdale Hornets by 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barley Mow Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Dewsbury Rams v Midlands - Dewsbury by 18 Hunslet v North Wales Crusaders - Hunslet by 4 Oldham v London Skolars - Oldham by 16 Rochdale Hornets v Doncaster - Rochdale by 2 Edited February 28 by Barley Mow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clwydianrange Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Rams Crusaders Oldham Donny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 All away wins apart from Dews , Oldham and Hunslet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cw25 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 4 hours ago, John Drake said: Discuss this weekend's Betfred League One games here. SUN 5TH MARCH Dewsbury Rams v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 Hunslet v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00 Oldham v London Skolars KO 15:00 Rochdale Hornets v Doncaster KO 13:00 Dewsbury 46-24 Midlands Hurricanes Hunslet 30-24 North Wales Crusaders Oldham 28-14 London Skolars Rochdale 28-18 Doncaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorks Tim Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Dewsbury Rams v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 Hunslet v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00 Oldham v London Skolars KO 15:00 Rochdale Hornets v Doncaster KO 13:00 Would expect Hunslet and Oldham to win at home but not sure about Hornets at this early stage of the season. Not really expecting Hurricanes to come away with anything from our visit to the league favourites. Will be a big test after games against Cornwall and Hull Dockers but hopefully the margin will be respectable if we defend well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 All home wins this week I reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronicler of Chiswick Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Dewsbury, Crusaders, Oldham, Doncaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dovster Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Dewsbury Crusaders Oldham Hornets It would be nice to see the gap close a little more between the "expansion" teams and the "heartland" teams this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 All home wins. “It is not revenge we want for poor people, but happiness; indeed, what revenge can be taken for all the thousands of years of the sufferings of the poor?” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Sleet around the Pennines may play a part, especially if any players fancy an early warm bath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dovster Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 15 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said: None of the expansion teams can or are prepared to put in the money to be competitive. Hopefully next year midlands or Skolars do it . The budget of League 1 teams must be tiny also with CF as good as gone. If that is true and I think you're probably right. then I suppose that asks the question should the structure be regionalised at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barley Mow Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Dovster said: If that is true and I think you're probably right. then I suppose that asks the question should the structure be regionalised at this level. The standard of any southern region would be too weak and wouldn't make any significant progress without competition with more established clubs. Even if regularly defeated, I think the likes of Skolars, Midlands, etc get more out of playing established heartland clubs than they would just playing against each other. Edited March 2 by Barley Mow 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 15 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said: like poker, if you aren’t prepared to play at those stakes you shouldn’t sit at the table. Please remind everyone the amount of central rfl money issued currently to each one of the three divisions. Obviously, clubs have to pay/play their part and I believe that many directors and many supporters do so in many ways, in difficult circumstances, particularly lower in the chain. "In order to be a successful gambler, you have to have a complete disregard for money." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dovster Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, Barley Mow said: The standard of any southern region would be too weak and wouldn't make any significant progress without competition with more established clubs. Even if regularly defeated, I think the likes of Skolars, Midlands, etc get more out of playing established heartland clubs than they would just playing against each other. I agree that the standard of a southern league would not be high, however until the RFL decide to invest into grassroots development in these areas nothing will improve. The northern player-pool is too small to accomodate the expansion clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM2 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 28/02/2023 at 17:06, John Drake said: Discuss this weekend's Betfred League One games here. SUN 5TH MARCH Dewsbury Rams v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 Hunslet v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00 Oldham v London Skolars KO 15:00 Rochdale Hornets v Doncaster KO 13:00 Rams NW Skolars Hornets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM2 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 2 hours ago, Dovster said: I agree that the standard of a southern league would not be high, however until the RFL decide to invest into grassroots development in these areas nothing will improve. The northern player-pool is too small to accomodate the expansion clubs. RFL doesn't have any money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogledd Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) 6 hours ago, ShropshireBull said: None of the expansion teams can or are prepared to put in the money to be competitive. Hopefully next year midlands or Skolars do it . The budget of League 1 teams must be tiny also with CF as good as gone. Yet last year North Wales played within the top 3 all season, beating heartland teams to boot. Edited March 2 by gogledd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rene_Artois Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I'm hoping the rotation of our forwards last week will benefit us. No Foster, Burns, Knowles, McConnell or Ollett-Hobson. Of the ones that came in I'd expect Holdstock and Roberts to keep their place. Fingers crossed Jason Tali is back. We need to be full strength to win this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbe Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I think the RFL/IMG must have faith in the South, with Hemel Stags investing £90k matched by the World Cup facilities fund for doubling the changing rooms, for the inclusion of women's rugby.The benefit of owning your own ground. As the chairman said business first sports club second. Like every Southern club lack of quality Players n visa restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dovster Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 16 hours ago, IM2 said: RFL doesn't have any money I disagree.The RFL does have money but it chooses to spend it elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM2 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 49 minutes ago, Dovster said: I disagree.The RFL does have money but it chooses to spend it elsewhere. It's not an opinion mate it's a fact. check out their accounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dovster Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 9 minutes ago, IM2 said: It's not an opinion mate it's a fact. check out their accounts I'm not suggesting we have enough money but we do spend money in other areas, which if were serious about expansion, could be spent to help spread the game. It is a choice the RFL make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearNothing Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 .....and back to the games.. I hope we can get a win this week after losing to dews, but I think this year will be more a rebuilding year for us than challenging for promotion. Making the playoffs I think will be a "good" season considering the changes. 3 1 cru....Cru.....CRUSADERS!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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