Sat 6th-Sun 7th May: The Betfred Championship (Non-TV) Match Thread

[RBKnight]

Tight game at York, where a score just before the half time hooter puts the Knights 16-4 up against the Broncos

[The Blues Ox]

9 minutes ago, RBKnight said:

Tight game at York, where a score just before the half time hooter puts the Knights 16-4 up against the Broncos

Sounds even tighter now. Some good games today.

[RBKnight]

18 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

Sounds even tighter now. Some good games today.

Now 24-22 to York, 12 minutes left

[Tommygilf]

15 ish to go at Fev and its 16 a-piece

[Tommygilf]

10 play 12 ...

 

[The Phantom Horseman]

5 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

15 ish to go at Fev and its 16 a-piece

Eagles down to 10 men, fev down to 12.

[Harry Stottle]

2 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Eagles down to 10 men, fev down to 12.

Listening in Leigh on the radio, sounds like the ref has spoiled the contest.

[The Phantom Horseman]

Ref has lost control after some late tackles went unpunished. Sheffield have had a right dig but some of their tactics have been borderline to say the least.

[Harry Stottle]

2 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Ref has lost control after some late tackles went unpunished. Sheffield have had a right dig but some of their tactics have been borderline to say the least.

Who is the ref Phantom?

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Barrow 46 Bradford 12 FT

[The Phantom Horseman]

4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Who is the ref Phantom?

Tom Grant.

[tim2]

Fev took the lead but Eagles score despite being 2 men down. Missed con but 22-20 Fev with Eagles back to 11v12 for the last 7 minutes. No excuse for back chat when you're already down a man.

[Harry Stottle]

2 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Tom Grant.

Tom 'Pedantic' Grant that figures then!

[Harry Stottle]

Aiken scores to win it, must say after watching him all last season, he is one of the better players in the Championship.

[RSN]

Barrow 46 - 12 Bulls. 

Hopefully this kick-start our season. 

[The Phantom Horseman]

An amazing game, lots of intensity, Fev win it but jeez made hard work of it against an Eagles team that put everything into it, including when scoring when down to 10 men.

Perversely I thought Sheffield's, er, aggressive tactics worked against them, they could have had two or three sin binned before the 3 yellow cards that did come and they also got the home crowd fired up. I don't think I have ever heard a yellow card cheered so much as that for Sene-Lefao who played well but also stretched the boundaries of legality quite frequently.

I think those of us who have watched Fev regularly this season know that the table is a bit misleading, we're probably just about the best team in the division overall but we aren't massively better than a number of other teams.

[RBKnight]

York win 30-28 - never in doubt

[tim2]

1 minute ago, tim2 said:

Fev took the lead but Eagles score despite being 2 men down. Missed con but 22-20 Fev with Eagles back to 11v12 for the last 7 minutes. No excuse for back chat when you're already down a man.

Back to 13v13 with 2 left. Good effort by the Eagles but not quite enough.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Meant to post this this morning, but there was a good article about the Eagles in the 'Observer', quite surprised me!

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, Tommygilf said:

10 play 12 ...

 

Never seen Jesse play like that he was like a man  possed told someone in the crowd  to shut up when he got 10 minutes. He was well liked and respected while at Fev but today was unreal.

Edited May 7, 2023 by Fevrover

[David Shepherd]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

Listening in Leigh on the radio, sounds like the ref has spoiled the contest.

Could and should have jumped on Sheffield’s dirty play from tackle 1 in the 1st half. No surprise it boiled over. Appalling day’s work from the ref and the two blind mice.

What was most amazing is that it took 65 minute for Sene-Lafao to get himself in the bin. Don’t think he had a clean, sporting contact all afternoon.

Banana skin avoided. Onwards and upwards.

[David Shepherd]

30 minutes ago, tim2 said:

Back to 13v13 with 2 left. Good effort by the Eagles but not quite enough.

“Good effort”?

It was a game of Rugby. Not murderball

[Daft old hooker]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

Listening in Leigh on the radio, sounds like the ref has spoiled the contest.

Referee was a disgrace Sheffield came with an agenda and he was happy to let them get on with it targeting the half backs with or without the ball and only applying the offside rule to one side.

[kiggy]

7 minutes ago, Daft old hooker said:

Referee was a disgrace Sheffield came with an agenda and he was happy to let them get on with it targeting the half backs with or without the ball and only applying the offside rule to one side.

Sounds like the ref at Swinton yesterday 

[gazza77]

1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

An amazing game, lots of intensity, Fev win it but jeez made hard work of it against an Eagles team that put everything into it, including when scoring when down to 10 men.

Perversely I thought Sheffield's, er, aggressive tactics worked against them, they could have had two or three sin binned before the 3 yellow cards that did come and they also got the home crowd fired up. I don't think I have ever heard a yellow card cheered so much as that for Sene-Lefao who played well but also stretched the boundaries of legality quite frequently.

I think those of us who have watched Fev regularly this season know that the table is a bit misleading, we're probably just about the best team in the division overall but we aren't massively better than a number of other teams.

Fair summary. I'll take continuing to win, but we're not going to have a 100% record unless things improve.