Sat 8th - Sun 9th Jul: The Betfred League One Match Thread

[John Drake]

Discuss this weekend's Betfred League One games here.

SATURDAY 8th JULY
London Skolars v Cornwall KO 15:00

SUNDAY 9th JULY
Midlands Hurricanes v Hunslet KO 15:00 at Derby RFC
Oldham v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00
Workington Town v Rochdale Hornets KO 15:00

[Yorks Tim]

London Skolars 16 v 22 Cornwall
Midlands Hurricanes 25 v 22 Hunslet 
Oldham 28 v 22 North Wales Crusaders
Workington Town 30 v 24 Rochdale Hornets

Don't want to get carried away but last week Hurricanes looked like they intend to finish strongly even if the play-offs are out of range now. 

 

[Barley Mow]

London Skolars v Cornwall

Midlands Hurricanes v Hunslet 

Oldham v North Wales Crusaders

Workington Town v Rochdale Hornets (draw)

[Dovster]

Skolars by 10

Hunslet by 16

Oldham by 18

Town by 8

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

All away wins bar Workington.

[newbe]

If Skolars lose after the take over there is no hope. Hope they can get over the white wash.

[clwydianrange]

Close games this week.

Skolars to sneak a win by a couple

Hurricanes to surprise Hunslet by 6

Crusaders now finding their feet and to win by 8

Rochdale to get home by 4

[gogledd]

Wins for Skolars, Hunslet and Workington.....and a cheeky away win for North Wales Crusaders at Oldham would d very nicely, thank you!

[DavidM]

On 05/07/2023 at 16:49, John Drake said:

SATURDAY 8th JULY
London Skolars 2-1 Cornwall 

SUNDAY 9th JULY
Midlands Hurricanes 30-38 Hunslet 
Oldham 50-40 North Wales Crusaders 
Workington Town 44-1 Rochdale Hornets 

 

[Jeff Stein]

Skolars 6 Cornwall 16 at halftime 

[ChristianB]

Skolars 14 Cornwall 30

[OriginalMrC]

Well done to Cornwall. Feels like another step in their progress as a club. 

Not sure what's going on at Skolars. I thought their squad looked good enough to get the win today but they were well beaten at home

[ChristianB]

3 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

Well done to Cornwall. Feels like another step in their progress as a club. 

Not sure what's going on at Skolars. I thought their squad looked good enough to get the win today but they were well beaten at home

We have been sparking over recent weeks and you could just sense things were heading in the right direction. Really pleased for the lads as they've put in massive amounts of work and it's starting to pay off.

[Jeff Stein]

Dismal performance by Skolars. An utterly forgettable season is peetering out

[Expatknight]

Great result for Cornwall, it is a great result for Rugby League, hopefully it will boost their confidence and inspire them to a few more wins which should draw a few more people to their home games which has to be good for the game as a whole. Skolars will come good we need them to be successful also if we want this great game of ours to thrive. It is so hard making progress with so little funding for all the tier three teams, it is hard enough in the Championship to make ends meet  so you have to applaud the efforts of all the people in involved in running the clubs at this level.

[Templegreen]

1 hour ago, OriginalMrC said:

Well done to Cornwall. Feels like another step in their progress as a club. 

Not sure what's going on at Skolars. I thought their squad looked good enough to get the win today but they were well beaten at home

Skolars down to bare bones (3 experienced & powerful players missing - Smalls ban, Juma ban, Gale England university tournament), but even so they looked poor today. Awful performance & currently on train back to Leeds wondering why i bothered!

[Expatknight]

14 minutes ago, Templegreen said:

Skolars down to bare bones (3 experienced & powerful players missing - Smalls ban, Juma ban, Gale England university tournament), but even so they looked poor today. Awful performance & currently on train back to Leeds wondering why i bothered!

Because as a fan that is what we do, there is no sense to it.

[OriginalMrC]

1 hour ago, Templegreen said:

Skolars down to bare bones (3 experienced & powerful players missing - Smalls ban, Juma ban, Gale England university tournament), but even so they looked poor today. Awful performance & currently on train back to Leeds wondering why i bothered!

Still was a fair bit of league 1 experience. It's much harder to pick up wins in league 1 now though. Hope your journey back was OK! 

[Crown Flatter]

London’ Skolars v Cornwall

Midlands Hurricanes 14.36  Hunslet 

Oldham 44-10 North Wales Crusaders

Workington Town 28-12 Rochdale Hornets 

[The Future is League]

On 07/07/2023 at 04:56, newbe said:

If Skolars lose after the take over there is no hope. Hope they can get over the white wash.

Have the new owners taken over yet?

[OriginalMrC]

2 hours ago, The Future is League said:

Have the new owners taken over yet?

Still going through a really comprehensive due diligence process

[The Future is League]

6 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

Still going through a really comprehensive due diligence process

So it seems

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

37-24 at Oldham. I suppose four tries away from home's not to be sneezed at but not when the home team scores six! Wondering whether the drop goal was a sign of worry or just taking the wotsit.

[sheddingswasus]

The drop goal was to take Oldham 2 scores clear and it had the desired effect. Oldham regained their ascendancy at the point and then scored again. When they were well in control in the first half but only 6-0 up they twice turned down a kick at goal in front of the goals to extend the  lead. In the end I think drop goal was to correct the first half bad choices 

[Cb2]

10 hours ago, The Future is League said:

Have the new owners taken over yet?

They haven’t, just waiting on the funds transfer part apparently. (Been the same for 6-8 weeks).