Fri 7th Apr: The Betfred Championship (Non-TV) Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss all this weekend's non-televised Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 7th APRIL
Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:30
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos KO 17:00 (UK time)
York Knights v Keighley Cougars KO 19:30

[Cw25]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

Discuss all this weekend's non-televised Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 7th APRIL
Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:30
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos KO 17:00 (UK time)
York Knights v Keighley Cougars KO 19:30

Barrow 24-12 Whitehaven

Newcastle 10-28 Sheffield

Swinton 22-24 Widnes

Batley 24-40 Featherstone

Toulouse 36-18 London Broncos

York 24-18 Keighley

[Dovster]

Raiders by 10

Eagles by 28

Lions by 4

 Fev by 14

Toulouse by 20

Cougars by 8

[spanishknight]

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

Barrow Raiders  by 14
Sheffield Eagles  by 18
Widnes Vikings  by 16
Featherstone   by 20
Toulouse  by 22
York Knights  by 10

 

Edited April 5, 2023 by spanishknight

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Barrow, Sheffield, Widnes, Batley, Toulouse, York.

[Barley Mow]

Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven                 - by 4
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles   - by 16
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings             - by 10
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers  - by 12
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos - by 14
York Knights v Keighley Cougars             - by 6

[The Blues Ox]

Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven Barrow by 18
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles Sheffield by 22
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings Swinton by 4
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers Fev by 8
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos Toulouse by 20
York Knights v Keighley Cougars York by 16

[kiggy]

I'm off to watch the TO v London match on Friday, but I am not expecting an easy match for Toulouse. Missing some big guys again, and with Belmas now banned for 7 matches they really do need some reinforcements. I think it will be a lot closer than people think. 

[doc]

6 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

FRIDAY 7th APRIL
Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:30
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos KO 17:00 (UK time)
York Knights v Keighley Cougars KO 19:30

Surely Widnes can't be hopeless 3 weeks on the trot?

Is there a 'not holding my breath' emoji ?

[Neutralfan7]

Haven

Eagles

Vikings

Fev

Toulouse

York

[JonM]

18 hours ago, doc said:

Surely Widnes can't be hopeless 3 weeks on the trot?

Is there a 'not holding my breath' emoji ?

We'll be playing with a half-back this week, which surely will help?

[ivans82]

Barrow/Haven draw ,Eagles , Fev, Toulouse , York,,,,,,,,,,,Swinton v Widnes big game for both,,,,,but think Widnes might edge it .  

[crashmon]

Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:30
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos KO 17:00 (UK time)
York Knights v Keighley Cougars KO 19:30

[Blind side johnny]

On 05/04/2023 at 11:15, John Drake said:

Discuss all this weekend's non-televised Betfred Championship games here.

FRIDAY 7th APRIL
Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:30
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos KO 17:00 (UK time)
York Knights v Keighley Cougars KO 19:30

 

[kiggy]

I read somewhere that 3 of the Broncos players are not allowed to travel. What's that about? Is it Visa issues and if so, why didn't the club sort them out properly?

[JonM]

16 minutes ago, kiggy said:

I read somewhere that 3 of the Broncos players are not allowed to travel. What's that about? Is it Visa issues and if so, why didn't the club sort them out properly?

French government just not allowing the Papuan and Fijians to enter the country is what I heard, but I don't know the full story - perhaps Covid regulations are a factor? Broncos have made some protest to the RFL about it, so it sounds like there was more to it than simply the club not applying for visas in time. Not sure what they expect the RFL to do about it though.

Edited April 6, 2023 by JonM

[kiggy]

8 minutes ago, JonM said:

French government just not allowing the Papuan and Fijians to enter the country is what I heard, but I don't know the full story - perhaps Covid regulations are a factor? Broncos have made some protest to the RFL about it, so it sounds like there was more to it than simply the club not applying for visas in time. Not sure what they expect the RFL to do about it though.

I'm not sure a UK working visa is good enough for Schengen anymore. I will do a bit of digging to see what the real reasons are. Maybe Macron is a secret TO supporter

[tim2]

On 05/04/2023 at 11:15, John Drake said:

FRIDAY 7th APRIL
Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Newcastle Thunder v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:30
Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos KO 17:00 (UK time)
York Knights v Keighley Cougars KO 19:30

Barrow by 8
Eagles by 12
Widnes by 8
Fev by 16
Toulouse by 10
York by 8

 

[Cowboy]

On 06/04/2023 at 01:34, kiggy said:

I'm off to watch the TO v London match on Friday, but I am not expecting an easy match for Toulouse. Missing some big guys again, and with Belmas now banned for 7 matches they really do need some reinforcements. I think it will be a lot closer than people think. 

Problem with that is London are without their 2 best forwards and half back for this game .Otherwise I think it would be quite tight 

[kiggy]

5 hours ago, Cowboy said:

Problem with that is London are without their 2 best forwards and half back for this game .Otherwise I think it would be quite tight 

Yes, I think I wrote that before realising the missing players who can't travel

[tim2]

If anyone can predict on a given week how Sheffield are going to perform in the first 20 minutes, please put it on postcard to M. Aston, OLP, Sheffield.

[Davo5]

Haven get a great win at Barrow 16-14

[OnStrike]

10 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Haven get a great win at Barrow 16-14

Great win. Is there anywhere that does a Championship highlights show do you know? Big win for Widnes too

[Derwent]

10 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Haven get a great win at Barrow 16-14

Match held up for a few minutes due to fighting on the terraces apparently. Good win for Haven though.

[bar red]

9 minutes ago, Derwent said:

Match held up for a few minutes due to fighting on the terraces apparently. Good win for Haven though.

The Marras seemed to be fighting among themselves , with a few stewards thrown in.