Widnes challenge cup 4th round.

[graham fisher]

Been drawn at home to Widnes in 4th round of challenge cup,to be played on the weekend of 1st/2nd April.

[coolie]

And who do we play in the 5th round if we win?? 

[graham fisher]

2 minutes ago, coolie said:

And who do we play in the 5th round if we win?? 

Don’t know I’ve been trying to find out.

[STEVE P]

Wow, the toilets at the top of the stairs will be busy that day. At least the fat lad from Widnes will already be in the sitting down stand, so we won't get sued as he sneaks across at half time. 

[SUPERSTUD]

Great draw at this stage as far as I am concerned. Personally under no illusions how difficult this tie could prove to be. Widnes are a great club with a fantastic past tradition with IMO a character of an head coach. We are a young fit cohesive group of players who are bonding well under good guidance and leadership from LF and his staff. Home soil game on. Win, lose or draw hoping for a great crowd and this in the main young group of players to have a right good go. 

 

 

[Crown Flatter]

The winner of our match against Widnes travels to either London Broncos or Doncaster on the 22nd or 23rd April.

Trouble is, we should be playing at London Skolars on the 22nd. Double header?

[graham fisher]

13 hours ago, Crown Flatter said:

 

Trouble is, we should be playing at London Skolars on the 22nd. Double header?

No problem we play Skolars on the 22nd then good nights sleep then play Broncos on the 23rd.

[coolie]

On 16/03/2023 at 09:55, graham fisher said:

No problem we play Skolars on the 22nd then good nights sleep then play Broncos on the 23rd.

Wouldn't be the first time we'd played 2 games on consecutive days..

[graham fisher]

43 minutes ago, coolie said:

Wouldn't be the first time we'd played 2 games on consecutive days..

I remember in the 70’s I think it was we had a backlog of fixtures,it felt we had a game every other day.

[Crown Flatter]

3 hours ago, coolie said:

Wouldn't be the first time we'd played 2 games on consecutive days..

We used to play Batley on Christmas Day, then Boxing Day and there were buses to transport us to the grounds. 

[Crown Flatter]

I listened to the Widnes-Toulouse match on Radio Merseyside and at half time one commentator said to his colleague, on hearing the London Broncos score, suggested that was the team Widnes were to play in the 5th round of the CC!

Really? I feel sure they haven’t played their 4th round match yet have they? Those commentators must also have forgotten that Doncaster stand in the way of the Broncos first?

[Blind side johnny]

No date announced for this as yet. Could there be any sensible reason for it being on the 1st?

[Therein73]

It's not a sensible reason ....... but for selfish reasons I hope it is the 1st ..... 'cos I can't make it on the 2nd 

In the past we've gone with Friday nights on occasion (Bradford & Wigan spring to mind) so that might be an option under consideration.

A Friday or Saturday game WOULD give us more preparation time before the important Hunslet game on the Good Friday .....

[myview]

Forget Friday - the M62 is at a standstill most weekday evenings and it would seriously affect the attendance.

[Therein73]

Wasn't advocating a Friday night.... Just saying it might be under consideration 

[graham fisher]

Game to be played Sunday 2nd April with a 3pm kick off.

[Therein73]

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[graham fisher]

1 hour ago, Therein73 said:

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you’ll be missed

[creditwhereitsdews]

Hoping the South Stand will be opened for this and the club will try and drag a few more punters and local amateur clubs along like we did when we played Widnes on the TV last season. If we put out our strongest side and give them a run for our money, it may even entice a few people to come back again.

[SUPERSTUD]

Personally just seen that this tie is to be screened on The Sportsman channel. Anyone know if the club(s) receive a broadcasting fee? Asking because the attendance figure is likely to be affected. Don’t get me wrong personally it came in handy for me this week as I could not travel to Workington.

[graham fisher]

11 hours ago, SUPERSTUD said:

Personally just seen that this tie is to be screened on The Sportsman channel. Anyone know if the club(s) receive a broadcasting fee? Asking because the attendance figure is likely to be affected. Don’t get me wrong personally it came in handy for me this week as I could not travel to Workington.

They don’t get a fee,same with Via Play who screen the championship games.

[SUPERSTUD]

48 minutes ago, graham fisher said:

They don’t get a fee,same with Via Play who screen the championship games.

Ok thank you Graham.

[horbury ram]

Bit of interesting news

Widnes are facing a half-back shortage after Danny Craven was handed a one-match ban by the RFL disciplinary panel.

Craven was sin-binned in the dying stages of the Vikings’ 14-12 defeat to Toulouse at the weekend for a late tackle on Robin Brochon.

Toulouse went on to score the decisive try of the match while Craven was on the sidelines, and he will now have to sit out their Challenge Cup game against Dewsbury on Sunday week.

 

[coolie]

2 hours ago, horbury ram said:

Bit of interesting news

Widnes are facing a half-back shortage after Danny Craven was handed a one-match ban by the RFL disciplinary panel.

Craven was sin-binned in the dying stages of the Vikings’ 14-12 defeat to Toulouse at the weekend for a late tackle on Robin Brochon.

Toulouse went on to score the decisive try of the match while Craven was on the sidelines, and he will now have to sit out their Challenge Cup game against Dewsbury on Sunday week.

 

First bit of good news

[Blind side johnny]

23 hours ago, horbury ram said:

Bit of interesting news

Widnes are facing a half-back shortage after Danny Craven was handed a one-match ban by the RFL disciplinary panel.

Craven was sin-binned in the dying stages of the Vikings’ 14-12 defeat to Toulouse at the weekend for a late tackle on Robin Brochon.

Toulouse went on to score the decisive try of the match while Craven was on the sidelines, and he will now have to sit out their Challenge Cup game against Dewsbury on Sunday week.

 

It could make all the difference!

Edited March 24, 2023 by Blind side johnny