Sat 24th-Sun 25th Feb: Betfred Challenge Cup 4th Round Match Thread

[Barley Mow]

Discuss this weekend's Betfred Challenge Cup 4th Round games here. 

Please stick to discussing the matches and do not accuse match officials of being biased or corrupt or you run the risk of being immediately banned from the forum.

 

SATURDAY 24th FEB

York Acorn v Wath Brow Hornets KO 14:00

Halifax Panthers v Hammersmith Hills Hoists KO 17:00

 

SUNDAY 25th FEB

Bradford Bulls v Widnes Vikings KO 12:30 (BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport Online)

Batley Bulldogs v Rochdale Hornets KO 14:00

Wakefield Trinity v Hunslet Amateur KO 14:00

Keighley Cougars v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00

York Knights v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00

Swinton Lions v Oldham KO 18:00 (The Sportsman - YouTube)

 

@John Drake or @ckn - Please could we get this one pinned?

Edited February 24 by Barley Mow

[dkw]

Is the York v Brow game on live anywhere?

[RBKnight]

13 minutes ago, dkw said:

Is the York v Brow game on live anywhere?

This is the link on the Acorn FB page :-

https://13proamcommunityrl.mixlr.com/events/3169323?fbclid=IwAR2UZr0dgiw4H-G7PzzrnDId6gBpSlXX8i1nfIXQjxF5U8ruVsB6PCev23M

 

[dkw]

Excellent, thanks mate.

[Barley Mow]

York Acorn 14-6 up at half time.

[RBKnight]

Acorn up 14-6 against Wath Brow at Half-Time.

[RBKnight]

24-24 with 20 minutes to go......

[dkw]

Looks like York have put the game to bed, shame this wasn't on the BBC as it sounds like it's been a belter.

[RBKnight]

Acorn through 32-28

[Expatknight]

Cracking performance by York Acorn against a very good Wath Brow side.

well done.

[Dunbar]

Halifax Panthers 26-0 up against Hammersmith at half time.  Have to say, that's a pretty fair effort from the Southern Conference side.

[Dunbar]

Finished Halifax 50 Hammersmith 4.

As I say, that's a good effort for me.

[The Blues Ox]

Could be a disasterous game for Fax losing 3 of our players with possible season ending injuries in Calcott(Broken Knee cap), Crooks(Broken Foot), OBrien(Possible torn bicep) and as someone on the Fax forum has just noted, it leaves us unable to name a 21 man squad before the season has even started properly.

[Barley Mow]

Bradford 0-2 Widnes after 6 minutes.

[doc]

We're not gonna get nilled. 2-0 to the Vikings.

Better than last week already.

[Harry Stottle]

Is Michael Lawrence excused from making any attempt to play the ball with his foot?

[doc]

Blast. 6-2 Bratfud.

[Harry Stottle]

4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Is Michael Lawrence excused from making any attempt to play the ball with his foot?

Seems that Thaler read my comment 

[Spidey]

Glad there’s no video ref

[doc]

Smart kick from Gilmore. 8-6 Widnes. 

I admit I'm a bit surprised.

[Spidey]

Not the massacre I expected. But there’s time yet

[The Blues Ox]

Bradford look pretty powerful but are clearly lacking quality in the halves. Widnes have defended well and probably look a touch more dangerous with the ball in hand. Good contest so far just feeling like Widnes may run out of steam late on.

[Spidey]

Just now, The Blues Ox said:

Bradford look pretty powerful but are clearly lacking quality in the halves. Widnes have defended well and probably look a touch more dangerous with the ball in hand. Good contest so far just feeling like Widnes may run out of steam late on.

May have a better contest on a bigger pitch. Creating gaps is a bit of an issue at Odsal ain’t it

[JonM]

9 minutes ago, doc said:

Smart kick from Gilmore. 8-6 Widnes. 

I admit I'm a bit surprised.

Bradford dominating territory & possession, but not offering much in terms of creativity to make an actual break. Widnes defending very well near the line, but a bit lucky to get some points on rare forays into the other half. Our defence of the high ball on the last tackle looks pretty sketchy - not sure that standing back and simply allowing Bradford to regather is the best tactic. 

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

11 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Not the massacre I expected. But there’s time yet

You just know we'll do something stupid.