Sat 15th-Sun 16th Apr: The Betfred Championship (Non-TV) Match Thread

[DoubleD]

18 minutes ago, northamptoncougar said:

Couldn’t all assaults class as a hate crime?

Not sexual assault, that could be considered a love crime

[Angelic Cynic]

5 hours ago, kiggy said:

Doesn't seem to work from France, nothing live showing up

Toulouse are,in my humble opinion,the best side to have beaten Keighley Cougars this season.

Cougars lost at home to Featherstone Rovers,at home,on the opening night ,by a blowout score,and at Halifax,but Toulouse Olympique played better today than the other sides.

Well done.Pleased for your long-lasting head coach Sylvain Houles,in particular.

Been there 10 years,now,I have just confirmed.

[kiggy]

22 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

Not sexual assault, that could be considered a love crime

Just saying.. but if Belmas did his "testicle tackle" in France then it is indeed considered a sexual assault by plod here. And I thought France was so very liberal! 

[kiggy]

6 minutes ago, Angelic Cynic said:

Toulouse are,in my humble opinion,the best side to have beaten Keighley Cougars this season.

Cougars lost at home to Featherstone Rovers,at home,on the opening night ,by a blowout score,and at Halifax,but Toulouse Olympique played better today than the other sides.

Well done.Pleased for your long-lasting head coach Sylvain Houles,in particular.

Been there 10 years,now,I have just confirmed.

I was concerned today...heavy pitch and Keighley doing very well, and losing Pélissier so early...didn't bode well. They are stretched with a small squad and having to have some youngsters step up. They will have to bring in Guillon to cover, but that's no bad thing, getting some new young French lads playing is a step in the right direction.

Sylvain is a great guy, I fear he won't be around too much longer. He has a farm to run and a great family so I think if they don't make SL again this year then TO will be looking for a new head coach.

[DoubleD]

12 minutes ago, kiggy said:

Just saying.. but if Belmas did his "testicle tackle" in France then it is indeed considered a sexual assault by plod here. And I thought France was so very liberal! 

Some might consider it foreplay

[The Daddy]

5 minutes ago, kiggy said:

I was concerned today...heavy pitch and Keighley doing very well, and losing Pélissier so early...didn't bode well. They are stretched with a small squad and having to have some youngsters step up. They will have to bring in Guillon to cover, but that's no bad thing, getting some new young French lads playing is a step in the right direction.

Sylvain is a great guy, I fear he won't be around too much longer. He has a farm to run and a great family so I think if they don't make SL again this year then TO will be looking for a new head coach.

Toulouse are not just bringing in a lot of young players from the Elite One team, they're bringing in players from their under 19 to play games at the top of the Championship. 

Really like the look of several of the young players throughout all of their squads. 

[kiggy]

18 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Toulouse are not just bringing in a lot of young players from the Elite One team, they're bringing in players from their under 19 to play games at the top of the Championship. 

Really like the look of several of the young players throughout all of their squads. 

Is that indicative of a strong French youth who can hold their own, or a weak championship? Either way, it can only be good for the whole of the game, good French kids will travel e.g.Cozza at Fév 

[georgeb1]

57 minutes ago, Angelic Cynic said:

Toulouse are,in my humble opinion,the best side to have beaten Keighley Cougars this season.

Cougars lost at home to Featherstone Rovers,at home,on the opening night ,by a blowout score,and at Halifax,but Toulouse Olympique played better today than the other sides.

Well done.Pleased for your long-lasting head coach Sylvain Houles,in particular.

Been there 10 years,now,I have just confirmed.

took me by surprise today , fancied your guys to sneak it today , shows how good the champ is .

[Normy_Rover]

On 15/04/2023 at 09:43, ATLANTISMAN said:

Off to London Broncos v Featherstone Rovers on Sunday will post a video.

Paul

See you there 

[JonM]

Widnes 13 Barrow 2 at half time. Sammut looking dangerous, as he always seems to against Widnes, but Widnes defending well near the line.

[Davo5]

Whitehaven 20-0 Newcastle 

[Derwent]

1 minute ago, Davo5 said:

Whitehaven 20-0 Newcastle 

Thormanball still not working then….

[Davo5]

1 minute ago, Derwent said:

Thormanball still not working then….

Yeah his Championship win % doesn’t make pretty reading.

[guess who]

Keighley were given a lesson in how to defend yesterday. 

Toulouse are the best we have played this year.

[spanishknight]

Knights on the board at Fax 16 . 6 with about 8 to go.

[JonM]

Widnes 23 Barrow 14 FT. Barrow look too good to be one off the bottom.

[Davo5]

Whitehaven 30-6 Newcastle 

[Davo5]

Whitehaven win 31-6

[tim2]

Newcastle are toast by the look of it.

Barrow aren't that bad, surely? And Haven have picked up a lot of points now. Swinton as the second relegated club?

 

[Expatknight]

10 minutes ago, spanishknight said:

Knights on the board at Fax 16 . 6 with about 8 to go.

Massive effort by the Knights in adversity, no half backs, players out of position I could go on, however to keep Fax within 10 is amazing.

[welshmagpie]

You do worry for Newcastle Thunder, going from a fairly OK Championship squad to what seems to be a cannon-fodder squad this year - huge changes to keep them up you’d imagine. 

[The Phantom Horseman]

Steady performance by Fev to win 40-10 at London, who tried but looked pretty ordinary. First game for a while where Fev haven't turned the ball over lots and that showed in the scoreline. 

 

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Not a great game at Widnes, at least Sammut didn't spoil my afternoon for once.

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

23 minutes ago, JonM said:

Widnes 23 Barrow 14 FT. Barrow look too good to be one off the bottom.

Tend to agree, though they didn't offer much they showed plenty of spirit.

[The Phantom Horseman]

Good win for Batley. Just looking at results it seems like Bradford are lost without their Leeds dual reg contingent.