Sat 18th-Sun 19th May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[PECETTO]

4 hours ago, kiggy said:

The match can be found here.

https://viaoccitanie.tv/video-replay-toulouse-olympique-xiii-vs-barrow-raiders/

Not a very big crowd yesterday but a couple of dozen Barrow fans made it into the posh seats.

Barrow did well to capitalize against the 12 men when Belmas was binned, but TO did well to come back from 4-16 to win 38-16. 

On a side note: what's with the Georgia Stanway chants aimed at OAB? Couldn't quite make out the detail where we were. It looks like he picked up another leg injury.

Cramps 

[kiggy]

7 minutes ago, PECETTO said:

Cramps 

Let's hope it's only minor and he's back for next week

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

Wakefield 6 Swinton 4

20 minutes 

[kiggy]

1 hour ago, oiseau said:

Weird game kiggy, TO were hopeless for the first 30 minutes but grew in confidence with the help of  some basic errors from Barrow. They never looked in trouble after the early second half try. I thought Shorrocks had a big game. Eloi recalled after having  been dropped looked lively when he came on for a less than convincing Gahan. 
Impressed with Ramon Silva and Matt Costello for Barrow.  Didn’t know this but apparently Mike Ogunwole is a soldier on the Army specializing in bomb disposal !!!

I'm not sure TO were that hopeless, I think Barrow were very good.for the 30mins. Once Lambert came back and they got that try, Barrow imploded a bit and gave the game to TO. Kicking out on the full twice on the restart gave TO too much advantage. 3 quick tries and there wasn't going to be anything other than a TO win. Jake had a good game too, nice to see some smiling banter with the Barrow faithful when they were giving him some helpful "advise" when he was kicking from the touch line. Good to see.

I expected Sita to be back as we bumped into him last week at Pont d'Espagne of all places and he said he was going to be OK. Maybe another week and he will be up and firing for Widnes next week. 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

30 minutes

 

Wakefield 6 Swinton 8

[wakeyranger]

Three back to back tries for Swinton (none converted) makes it 6-12. Really poor for wakey so far 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

32 minutes

Wakefield 6 Swinton 12

Swinton scored off back of a 40:20 but have yet to complete a successful conversion.

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

HT.

Two quick tries from Trinity and it's 

Wakefield 16 Swinton 12

 

 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

Swinton in again but still no conversion. Wakey's left side looking hopeless.

Wakefield 16 Swinton 16 

42 minutes

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

Loose pass from Jowitt in the opposition 20 metres area byand Swinton go 80 metres.

Wakefield 16 Swinton 22

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

51 minutes

 

22-22

 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

56 minutes

 

Wakefield 28 Swinton 22

[wilsontown]

Wakefield being made to work for it, won't be used to that.

[wilsontown]

In other news, Halifax must be absolutely terrible.

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

70 minutes.

Wakefield finally put the game to bed 

34-24

What a fight Swinton have put up 

[JonM]

Widnes 28 Whitehaven 28 FT

Absolutely cracking game. Widnes dominated possession and territory for pretty much the whole game, but Haven got 3 length of the field tries, plus a great solo try from Maizen from a scrum move and were never behind at any point.

Whitehaven worked really hard throughout and defended their line superbly, clinging on for dear life for the last 20 minutes in particular. Jake Maizen caused problems for Widnes every time he had the ball.

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

FT

Wakefield 46 Swinton 22

 

Tough game until 70 minutes. 

[Rene_Artois]

43 minutes ago, wilsontown said:

In other news, Halifax must be absolutely terrible.

Hope so for next week.

[Agbrigg]

Thought Swinton played well today and scored the best try of the game. However the power of the Trinity pack told in the end. 

[PREPOSTEROUS]

Well played Swinton. Very inventive, intelligent, and near error free game of rugby, really made Trinity work for that and 46 - 22 flattered us. Maybe a hang over from the semi-final but I wouldn't want to discredit the opposition.  Fundamentally they have been the best team I've watched us against this season. 

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

42 minutes ago, JonM said:

Widnes 28 Whitehaven 28 FT

Absolutely cracking game. Widnes dominated possession and territory for pretty much the whole game, but Haven got 3 length of the field tries, plus a great solo try from Maizen from a scrum move and were never behind at any point.

Whitehaven worked really hard throughout and defended their line superbly, clinging on for dear life for the last 20 minutes in particular. Jake Maizen caused problems for Widnes every time he had the ball.

"Cough, a pedant writes Widnes led 16-12 for about 90 seconds just before half time, cough". That said would have took a point when Whitehaven ran in the second length of the field intercept for 16 -28. If we had snatched it at the death it would have been an injustice to Whitehaven. A perfect example of why there's no need for golden point. Both teams deserved something from the game. Oh, and I wouldn't say no to Jake Maizen at Widnes.

 

Edited May 19, 2024 by Jill Halfpenny fan

[DoubleD]

1 hour ago, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:

FT

Wakefield 46 Swinton 22

 

Tough game until 70 minutes. 

Full time fitness and conditioning usually has an effect late on 

[wakeyranger]

5 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

Full time fitness and conditioning usually has an effect late on 

Exactly what happened tbh. Swinton we're excellent but were blowing when it got to 65mins. Well played Swinton we got away with that.

[Bull Mania]

Big win for the Bulls against high flying Eagles despite being decimated by injuries

[doc]

1 hour ago, JonM said:

Widnes 28 Whitehaven 28 FT

Absolutely cracking game. Widnes dominated possession and territory for pretty much the whole game, but Haven got 3 length of the field tries, plus a great solo try from Maizen from a scrum move and were never behind at any point.

Whitehaven worked really hard throughout and defended their line superbly, clinging on for dear life for the last 20 minutes in particular. Jake Maizen caused problems for Widnes every time he had the ball.

Best Haven side I've ever seen at Widnes. 

Thought the second try by Haven was a pure delight.

We could've won in the last minute, but dropped the ball. 

Fair result.