Sun 2nd June: The Betfred League One Match Thread

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The Betfred League One Match Thread

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SUNDAY 2nd JUNE
Cornwall v Newcastle Thunder KO 13:00
Midlands Hurricanes v Keighley Cougars KO 14:00
North Wales Crusaders v Oldham KO 14:30
Workington Town v Hunslet KO 15:00

[Yorks Tim]

Cornwall 22 v 16 Newcastle Thunder
Midlands Hurricanes 22 v 20 Keighley Cougars
North Wales Crusaders 16 v 34 Oldham
Workington Town 16 v 28 Hunslet

[tbgfc]

Cornwall by 12

Keighley by 20

Oldham by 16

Town by 6

[clwydianrange]

Crusaders Oldham switched to 5.00pm Saturday 

[Yorks Tim]

2 hours ago, clwydianrange said:

Crusaders Oldham switched to 5.00pm Saturday 

Not sure Oldham were ready - 24-8 after 52 minutes!

[FearNothing]

just gone 24-20..not long left to hang on Cru 

[FearNothing]

24-24

[FearNothing]

24-25 final score...gutted

[Yorks Tim]

8 minutes ago, FearNothing said:

24-25 final score...gutted

Oh man, that's harsh. 

A day of mixed emotions for you lot then. 

[RoughyedsFan_merged]

27 minutes ago, FearNothing said:

24-25 final score...gutted

Hard lines for Crusaders, sounds like they put a lot in to the game.

Plenty of injuries in the Oldham side but the signs are looking increasingly more worrying under Long so far. Very similar patterns throughout a lot of the games.

[gogledd]

1 hour ago, FearNothing said:

24-25 final score...gutted

Absolutely gutted. Fair play to the lads today they put in a shift, but we should have shut the game down at 24-14. I have no idea of the penalty count in the second half but we let Oldham back in with a stream of soft penalties or mistakes. 

We really should have won that - fair play to Oldham for pressing and pressing and forcing us to defend for what seemed like a very long second half. 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

13 hours ago, gogledd said:

Absolutely gutted. Fair play to the lads today they put in a shift, but we should have shut the game down at 24-14. I have no idea of the penalty count in the second half but we let Oldham back in with a stream of soft penalties or mistakes. 

We really should have won that - fair play to Oldham for pressing and pressing and forcing us to defend for what seemed like a very long second half. 

And another game we lost in the last 15 minutes. Makes me wonder how fit we are. The Oldham 20 was a class act, caused us trouble throughout the game.

[Phil W]

Really intriguing match for us at Cornwall this afternoon. We're going to have to keep our discipline as Cornwall seem to like to get at teams at home and there always seems to be a card or two. 

If we can back up last week's performance it'd be massive for us to get a win. 

[Phil W]

6-6 at half time between Cornwall and Thunder.

[Phil W]

Comfortable win for Cornwall in the end 30-6. 

[northamptoncougar]

Workmanlike  performance by keighley, never in any real danger but looked like they struggled to get out of 2nd gear, I think they’ll have completed sets at 50% all game. It’s telling that both Oldham and Keighley struggled this week.

Midlands were decent and well structured and played with a lot of spirit.
 

462 at the game, I’ll be surprised if 62 of them were from the Hurricanes.

I’m a big expansion fan but I’m not sure what the Midlands are doing, they play out of the soulless Don Valley Mk 2, no juniors, a team imported from the north, no development etc, it’s beyond laughable that there was a TotalRL piece on them being in superleague. 

 

[Yorks Tim]

On the one hand, respect to Keighley Cougars fans for drinking the bar dry at the Alexander Stadium today. On the other, yes....the catering offering is still a huge disappointment. We don't have a home fixture until mid-August when Town are in town so something needs to improve as they'll presumably bring a few fans with them.

On the pitch, Hurricanes were unlucky with a few decisions and Keighley's drop goal tells you they were concerned with how close it was between the 2 teams. A good game with Hurricanes defending well again and driving well through the middle and dangerous on the left wing. 

Looking forward to the game at Hunslet after the break next week.   

[Angelic Cynic]

2 hours ago, Phil W said:

Comfortable win for Cornwall in the end 30-6. 

Dreadful result for Newcastle Thunder. 

If the league table remains as it is - that is an unenviable record for Chris Thorman. 

[Yorks Tim]

48 minutes ago, northamptoncougar said:

462 at the game, I’ll be surprised if 62 of them were from the Hurricanes.

I’m a big expansion fan but I’m not sure what the Midlands are doing, they play out of the soulless Don Valley Mk 2, no juniors, a team imported from the north, no development etc, it’s beyond laughable that there was a TotalRL piece on them being in superleague. 

 

Bit harsh but, as I'm also a grumpy old man, I'll bite.

Cougars brought good numbers but not 400. You will have had the majority but then you have the history we don't. Oldham and Rochdale brought more.

We had a massive change in direction when Big Red took over the club and Mark Dunning was subsequently brought in as coach. Establishing a club that can support the development of juniors etc wlll therefore take some tme - the excellent work still carried out by Coventry Bears is lost to this club now. Will be good if the development work is replicated north of Birmingham to compliment the Bears' success but it will take time and the creation of a solid base first.

The TotalRL article was hilarious I thought - don't take things so seriously!

Thanks for coming today though mate.  

[OriginalMrC]

1 hour ago, northamptoncougar said:

Workmanlike  performance by keighley, never in any real danger but looked like they struggled to get out of 2nd gear, I think they’ll have completed sets at 50% all game. It’s telling that both Oldham and Keighley struggled this week.

Midlands were decent and well structured and played with a lot of spirit.
 

462 at the game, I’ll be surprised if 62 of them were from the Hurricanes.

I’m a big expansion fan but I’m not sure what the Midlands are doing, they play out of the soulless Don Valley Mk 2, no juniors, a team imported from the north, no development etc, it’s beyond laughable that there was a TotalRL piece on them being in superleague. 

 

 I know the Cougars hate expansion clubs but that's very harsh. Hurricanes have got a competitive team now with a decent coaching set up and playing in a decent stadium. I'm not sure how you can expect much more. People in glass houses comes to mind where the Cougars are concerned. 

[Phil W]

On 02/06/2024 at 17:49, Angelic Cynic said:

Dreadful result for Newcastle Thunder. 

If the league table remains as it is - that is an unenviable record for Chris Thorman. 

We knew it would be a tough season given where we've started from. For what it's worth everyone is behind Chris and the squad but they will be disappointed with the score yesterday.