Fri 24th - Sun 26th May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[Masters 13]

A very decent result for Barrow who haven't beaten Featherstone at home for 15 years. 

[Rene_Artois]

1 hour ago, Moonshine said:

I guess some of us know our team better than others. We always disappoint when favourites, its written in Dons history. Good luck to Fax for the rest of the season, hopefully you've turned a corner.  We are just pleased to be making the numbers up in the Championship  and can hopefully stay out the bottom 2.

I think better than bottom 2 but never take anything for granted. Fax REALLY wanted that.

[Agbrigg]

Been to Whitehaven today and after all my years, it was my first ever visit. Found them to be a great bunch of supporters and really enjoyed the day. They are doing a great job keeping RL alive up there. 

They really put up a decent scrap and were very competitive in the first half hour or so. However like every team this season couldn't keep it up and Wakey won comfortably 

[Fevrover]

5 minutes ago, Agbrigg said:

Been to Whitehaven today and after all my years, it was my first ever visit. Found them to be a great bunch of supporters and really enjoyed the day. They are doing a great job keeping RL alive up there. 

They really put up a decent scrap and were very competitive in the first half hour or so. However like every team this season couldn't keep it up and Wakey won comfortably 

Are you surprised lol, no team to touch Wakefield this season ( league games). Nice away day Whitehaven. 

[Moonshine]

27 minutes ago, Rene_Artois said:

I think better than bottom 2 but never take anything for granted. Fax REALLY wanted that.

Its going to be tight, and next week is a real tough test.

[Griff]

2 hours ago, Spidey said:

......  he Alf tone. 

Autospell?

[Phil]

Too early to say we’ve turned the corner but Fax totally dominant today against what I think is a very decent Doncaster side.

Some real size in their pack but we rolled them back and won pretty comfortably 

[Simon Hall]

One of the maddest games I’ve ever seen at Swinton today. Swinton full value for their lead and York offered nothing whatsoever for 65 minutes and were poor in all areas. Defence was poor, attack non existent, discipline was an issue again, then Dagger (who’d had his usual sit down for 10 minutes due to committing a professional foul) catches a kick on the full and flies into a Swinton player at 100mph, gets hit high with the shoulder and the Swinton player sees a red card. 
 

Then York suddenly come to life and score 5 converted tries in 12 minutes to win the game with Swinton hardly touching the ball again. 

Almost comical really, both sets of players looked shocked at the end.

 

[Fevrover]

2 hours ago, Masters 13 said:

A very decent result for Barrow who haven't beaten Featherstone at home for 15 years. 

It had to end sometime good win .

[Spidey]

1 hour ago, Griff said:

Autospell?

God knows.

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

2 hours ago, Simon Hall said:

One of the maddest games I’ve ever seen at Swinton today. Swinton full value for their lead and York offered nothing whatsoever for 65 minutes and were poor in all areas. Defence was poor, attack non existent, discipline was an issue again, then Dagger (who’d had his usual sit down for 10 minutes due to committing a professional foul) catches a kick on the full and flies into a Swinton player at 100mph, gets hit high with the shoulder and the Swinton player sees a red card. 
 

Then York suddenly come to life and score 5 converted tries in 12 minutes to win the game with Swinton hardly touching the ball again. 

Almost comical really, both sets of players looked shocked at the end.

 

Remember York doing something similar at Widnes last season. Went from something like 20 - 12 down to leading 40 - 20 in a very short period of time in the second half.

[The Blues Ox]

9 hours ago, Phil said:

That’s the way, stand by your team ffs 

Missed about 5 games in the last 30 odd years before this season. Priorities change. 

 

Sounds like a good win for Fax against a team that was in form. Everyone I have spoke to said how well we played and how good the young lad at centre from Leeds was. Fingers crossed this helps us turn a corner, got a busy weekend of amateur games next week but this win might just tempt me to watch the Toulouse game with it been a late kick off.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, The Blues Ox said:

Missed about 5 games in the last 30 odd years before this season. Priorities change. 

 

 

I was feeling a bit prickly, I apologise, you don’t have to explain yourself to me 

[sentoffagain2]

5 hours ago, Masters 13 said:

A very decent result for Barrow who haven't beaten Featherstone at home for 15 years. 

   Thas not beaten much we are not the team of the last 15 years.But well done on a well deserved win and a good attendance.