Batley Bulldogs geared for pivotal Championship clash with play-off rivals York Knights

[Total Rugby League]

BATLEY BULLDOGS coach Craig Lingard hopes a softly, softly approach to match preparation will help his side produce a hard-hitting performance at in-form York Knights...

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[spanishknight]

Knights 14 . 10 up at H.T.

[spanishknight]

14 each on the hour

[spanishknight]

What a win, what a game, that's not good for my dicky ticker. 15 . 14 Harris drop goal

[BridKnight]

What a performance!  So, basically, Knights need to win at Barrow and hope Swinton win at Halifax.  Fax have a much superior points difference so draw for the Knights is not enough.

Edited September 18, 2023 by BridKnight

[HaxbyKnight]

IF, York and Batley both win on Sunday,   Batley would go back above fhd Knights on points difference if they win by 15 points more than the Knights. Should be an exciting weekend.

Edited September 19, 2023 by HaxbyKnight

[BridKnight]

Good point H but, according to the table on Skysports, Knights are -13 and Dogs are -27.  So, if both win, surely Dogs need to win by 15 or more points than York?  Assume it goes to points scored if both win and Batley by 14?

Might not be relevant - all down to Fax really!

Confused.com!

[AB Knight]

That’s right, our points difference is 14 better than Batley’s, who actually play their final game on Saturday at 3pm so we will know what we need to do to at least finish above Batley, like others have said though I think the final spot is Halifax’s to lose plus Barrow is never an easy game. Saying that it’s been a really good finish to the season.
 

Really enjoyable game tonight, and that’s some effort to come from 10-0 down. Probably had a few 50/50 calls go our way, but as they say it all evens up right?
 

Due to now being a rockstar (!) my previous game was Fev at home, and last time I’d seen Knights win was back in May against London, even though it’s only been a 4 month gap I have to say in that period Liam Harris has really matured as a player, I hope we build a team around him for next season. 

[HaxbyKnight]

Apologies, my maths skills are diminishing with age. 

[georgeb1]

Good game to watch , 2 very competitive sides , don't think either will make the playoffs though, big shout out to Ronan Michael who had his best game in a knights shirt .

[DEANO]

21 minutes ago, georgeb1 said:

Good game to watch , 2 very competitive sides , don't think either will make the playoffs though, big shout out to Ronan Michael who had his best game in a knights shirt .

Agreed

[andyacko]

7 hours ago, HaxbyKnight said:

Apologies, my maths skills are diminishing with age. 

No worse than mine, bud - I had us IN the playoffs at one point last night! 

[Fevrover]

27 minutes ago, andyacko said:

No worse than mine, bud - I had us IN the playoffs at one point last night! 

Hopefully they will.

[Puk]

7 hours ago, georgeb1 said:

Good game to watch , 2 very competitive sides , don't think either will make the playoffs though, big shout out to Ronan Michael who had his best game in a knights shirt .

Thought Ronan and Santi had a massive impact on the game last night from the bench as did Ta'ai on his second spell.

[andyacko]

Line of the night from Jimmy Elston on Monday, "He looked like he'd got everything wrong, and he got everything right!"

Brilliant.

[DEANO]

Guessing 2ps is gonna be up in front of the panel. Was put on report