Fri 21st-Sun 23rd Apr: The Betfred Challenge Cup Fifth Round Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss these Betfred Challenge Cup Fifth Round games here.

FRIDAY 21st APRIL
York Knights v Newcastle Thunder KO 19:30

SATURDAY 22nd APRIL
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls KO 19:00 (BBC iPlayer)

SUNDAY 23rd APRIL
Batley Bulldogs v Keighley Cougars KO 15:00 (Sportsman)
London Broncos v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00

[Expatknight]

Knights by 20

Fax by 18

Batley by 12

Broncos by 10

[Dovster]

Knights by 14

Panthers by 8

Cougars by 6

Rams by 2

[Cw25]

40 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Discuss these Betfred Challenge Cup Fifth Round games here.

FRIDAY 21st APRIL
York Knights v Newcastle Thunder KO 19:30

SATURDAY 22nd APRIL
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls KO 19:00 (BBC iPlayer)

SUNDAY 23rd APRIL
Batley Bulldogs v Keighley Cougars KO 15:00 (Sportsman)
London Broncos v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00

York 36-10 Newcastle

Halifax 22-23 Bradford

Batley 24-18 Keighley

London Broncos 18-22 Dewsbury

[spanishknight]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

York Knights  by 16
Halifax Panthers  by 6
Batley Bulldogs  by 14
London Broncos  by 18

 

[Barley Mow]

York Knights v Newcastle Thunder by 14

Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls by GP

Batley Bulldogs v Keighley Cougars by 16
London Broncos v Dewsbury Rams by 2

 

[The Blues Ox]

FRIDAY 21st APRIL
York Knights v Newcastle Thunder York by 18

SATURDAY 22nd APRIL
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls Fax by 16

SUNDAY 23rd APRIL
Batley Bulldogs v Keighley Cougars Batley by 14
London Broncos v Dewsbury Rams London by 20

 

All comfortable home wins this week.

[crashmon]

14 hours ago, John Drake said:

Discuss these Betfred Challenge Cup Fifth Round games here.

FRIDAY 21st APRIL
York Knights v Newcastle Thunder KO 19:30

SATURDAY 22nd APRIL
Halifax Panthers v Bradford Bulls KO 19:00 (BBC iPlayer)

SUNDAY 23rd APRIL
Batley Bulldogs v Keighley Cougars KO 15:00 (Sportsman)
London Broncos v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00

All Home I feel, but to be honest all of them could go either way. Dewsbury could very easily upset London.  Of the ties I would think only York are strong favourites.

[Ovenden Grunt]

15 hours ago, Expatknight said:

Knights by 20

Fax by 18

Batley by 12

Broncos by 10

About right that i would think.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Should be all home wins, the only possible exception being Dewsbury at London.

[tim2]

All home wins.

[David Shepherd]

Not sure Halifax's advert is family friendly

[Fevrover]

13 minutes ago, David Shepherd said:

Not sure Halifax's advert is family friendly

Someone has a sense of humour , surely they've looked at it properly?

[Ragingbull]

1 hour ago, David Shepherd said:

Not sure Halifax's advert is family friendly

Think they have got this the wrong way round. Its was actually us that shafted them a couple of weeks ago. 

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, Ragingbull said:

Think they have got this the wrong way round. Its was actually us that shafted them a couple of weeks ago. 

Yeah but they must think it's their time this week.

[Phil]

3 hours ago, Ragingbull said:

Think they have got this the wrong way round. It’s was actually us that shafted them a couple of weeks ago. 

The constant bradford problem, living in the past 

[Crown Flatter]

York 30-12 Newcastle 

Halifax 22-14 Bradford 

Batley 36-16 Keighley 

London Broncos 24-16 Dewsbury 

Edited April 22, 2023 by Crown Flatter

[TrueBull]

Knights by 24

Bradford by 14 - different style of game as well, hope Walker has a great 2nd debut, he’s due a bit of luck

Batley by 14

Broncos by 10

 

[spanishknight]

York caught napping again 

[JonM]

Thunder 12-4 up at half-time. Don't think many people expected that.

[RBKnight]

York scrape home 22-18

[Barley Mow]

2 hours ago, spanishknight said:

York caught napping again 

I thought they seemed really lackluster for most of the first half and then for spells in the second as well.

Newcastle looked more capable than I expected, but that could have been York's lack of drive for long spells making them look better than they are.

If York had found a bit of impetus more regularly, the score wouldn't have been so close.

A good match for the neutral though.

[Futtocks]

Jouffret's got a couple of tries already - with the Test Match looming, he's got to be catching the eye of the French selectors.

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Halifax 12 Bradford 0, 18 mins

[Padge]

fax good for their lead 12-0