Sat 10th-Sun 11th May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[League Express]

Discuss this weekend's games here.

SATURDAY 10th MAY
Oldham v Toulouse Olympique KO 17:00

SUNDAY 11th MAY
Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Doncaster KO 15:00
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 (at Rosslyn Park)
Widnes Vikings v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00
York Knights v Hunslet KO 16:00

[kiggy]

I see Eloi is parachuted immediately into the Oldham game against TO. That's going to be interesting! 

[RBKnight]

6 minutes ago, kiggy said:

I see Eloi is parachuted immediately into the Oldham game against TO. That's going to be interesting! 

Is he travelling on the TO flight ? 

[RBKnight]

12 hours ago, League Express said:

Discuss this weekend's games here.

SATURDAY 10th MAY
Oldham v Toulouse Olympique KO 17:00

SUNDAY 11th MAY
Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Doncaster KO 15:00
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 (at Rosslyn Park)
Widnes Vikings v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00
York Knights v Hunslet KO 16:00

 

[Barley Mow]

Oldham v Toulouse Olympique               - by 4
Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls               - by 14
Halifax Panthers v Doncaster                 - by 16
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles        - by 2
Widnes Vikings v Featherstone Rovers - by 4
York Knights v Hunslet                           - by 18

[Gooleboy]

5 hours ago, kiggy said:

I see Eloi is parachuted immediately into the Oldham game against TO. That's going to be interesting! 

Will he be delivering the match ball!

[doc]

21 hours ago, League Express said:

SATURDAY 10th MAY

Oldham v Toulouse Olympique KO 17:00

SUNDAY 11th MAY
Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v Doncaster KO 15:00
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 (at Rosslyn Park)
Widnes Vikings v Featherstone Rovers KO 15:00
York Knights v Hunslet KO 16:00

Not certain about the win. It would be nice to just score against Fev !

[Fevrover]

10 minutes ago, doc said:

Not certain about the win. It would be nice to just score against Fev !

First time in 3 seasons lol,iam sure you'll be fine.

[Crown Flatter]

I’m predicting :

Oldham 18-12 Toulouse Olympique               
Batley Bulldogs 12-30 Bradford Bulls               
Halifax Panthers 30-18 Doncaster                 
London Broncos 10-24 Sheffield Eagles        
Widnes Vikings 22-12 Featherstone Rovers
York Knights 36-8 Hunslet                        

Edited May 8 by Crown Flatter

[The Blues Ox]

SATURDAY 10th MAY
Oldham v Toulouse Olympique Toulouse by 16

SUNDAY 11th MAY
Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls Bradford by 22
Halifax Panthers v Doncaster Fax by 10
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles London by 6
Widnes Vikings v Featherstone Rovers Draw
York Knights v Hunslet York by 58

[Fevrover]

33 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

SATURDAY 10th MAY
Oldham v Toulouse Olympique Toulouse by 16

SUNDAY 11th MAY
Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls Bradford by 22
Halifax Panthers v Doncaster Fax by 10
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles London by 6
Widnes Vikings v Featherstone Rovers Draw
York Knights v Hunslet York by 58

Sitting on the fence with Fev ?  

[StrennyKnight]

On 23/04/2025 at 22:10, The Blues Ox said:

Oldham v Bradford Bulls  Bulls by 10
Sheffield Eagles v Batley Bulldogs Sheffield by 8
Featherstone Rovers v Toulouse Olympique  Fev by 4
Barrow Raiders v Doncaster Barrow by 22
Halifax Panthers v London Broncos Fax by 18
York Knights v Widnes Vikings York by 24

 

On 23/04/2025 at 22:53, StrennyKnight said:

Careful with that last prediction Ox...people might realise its actually you that's driving the York Hype Train!

 

54 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

SATURDAY 10th MAY
Oldham v Toulouse Olympique Toulouse by 16

SUNDAY 11th MAY
Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls Bradford by 22
Halifax Panthers v Doncaster Fax by 10
London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles London by 6
Widnes Vikings v Featherstone Rovers Draw
York Knights v Hunslet York by 58

You're just being silly now...

[The Blues Ox]

9 hours ago, StrennyKnight said:

 

 

You're just being silly now...

What am I missing? 

Hunslet are not very good, I'd back York on any handicap that the bookies give them this week. I reckon Hunslet could get up to 24-28 points start and I'd expect York to cover that comfortably.

[georgeb1]

53 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:

What am I missing? 

Hunslet are not very good, I'd back York on any handicap that the bookies give them this week. I reckon Hunslet could get up to 24-28 points start and I'd expect York to cover that comfortably.

Hunslet are improving , the york match will be closer than you think 

[Expatknight]

15 minutes ago, georgeb1 said:

Hunslet are improving , the york match will be closer than you think 

I agree they are improving but I think with home advantage and a dry firm pitch the Knights will have too much for them, but, you cannot be complacent against any team in this division as we have found out in the past. 

[Simon Hall]

57 minutes ago, georgeb1 said:

Hunslet are improving , the york match will be closer than you think 

York 146 - Hunslet 1

[StrennyKnight]

1 hour ago, The Blues Ox said:

What am I missing? 

Hunslet are not very good, I'd back York on any handicap that the bookies give them this week. I reckon Hunslet could get up to 24-28 points start and I'd expect York to cover that comfortably.

Just wondered if you were taking the York Hype Train out of its shed for a run out again Ox...
I'm not a betting man - but would never seriously predict a win of that size for any team in the Championship this year - The Competition is thankfully pretty competitive in most games every week.
While I'm sure the club and fans would be absolutely delighted with a 50+pt win to bank the 2pts in the League table going into a empty couple of weeks (1895 SF and Bye round)...but I've been watching them for too long to even allow myself to expect a win, let alone a result of that size!
Looking forward to Sunday though...The sun looks like it might be out, I can apparently watch the Valkyrie against Saints on a big screen inside the ground - closely followed by, hopefully a good game against Hunslet.

[Fevrover]

3 hours ago, Simon Hall said:

York 146 - Hunslet 1

You're just being silly now.

[JonM]

4 hours ago, georgeb1 said:

Hunslet are improving , the york match will be closer than you think 

It was a close game against Widnes, one that Hunslet could have won, and they were on top for most of the game. They won at Batley the week before. I think York will win pretty comfortably, but would be very surprised if it's a thrashing.

Hope they've got a good referee for Batley.vs Bradford round 2. Maybe also someone to keep order in the Batley boardroom too.

[Stirlin]

6 hours ago, StrennyKnight said:

Just wondered if you were taking the York Hype Train out of its shed for a run out again Ox...
I'm not a betting man - but would never seriously predict a win of that size for any team in the Championship this year - The Competition is thankfully pretty competitive in most games every week.
While I'm sure the club and fans would be absolutely delighted with a 50+pt win to bank the 2pts in the League table going into a empty couple of weeks (1895 SF and Bye round)...but I've been watching them for too long to even allow myself to expect a win, let alone a result of that size!
Looking forward to Sunday though...The sun looks like it might be out, I can apparently watch the Valkyrie against Saints on a big screen inside the ground - closely followed by, hopefully a good game against Hunslet.

York 66  -  Donny 0

[The Blues Ox]

9 hours ago, StrennyKnight said:

Just wondered if you were taking the York Hype Train out of its shed for a run out again Ox...
I'm not a betting man - but would never seriously predict a win of that size for any team in the Championship this year - The Competition is thankfully pretty competitive in most games every week.
While I'm sure the club and fans would be absolutely delighted with a 50+pt win to bank the 2pts in the League table going into a empty couple of weeks (1895 SF and Bye round)...but I've been watching them for too long to even allow myself to expect a win, let alone a result of that size!
Looking forward to Sunday though...The sun looks like it might be out, I can apparently watch the Valkyrie against Saints on a big screen inside the ground - closely followed by, hopefully a good game against Hunslet.

I like to put my neck on the line. 

Sorry Hunslet fans but in my opinion they are one of the worst teams Ive seen in a while in the Championship, no disrespect to them, it was expected from where they got promoted. We joke but York have found a bit of form and are more than capable of putting points on a team if they play well. If I found out York were going to rest players for it then I would change my opinion but I expect nothing but a thrashing for Hunslet at the moment in this game.

[The Daddy]

Oldham 18 Toulouse 30

[kiggy]

34 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Oldham 18 Toulouse 30

Many thanks to Oldham community radio for the commentary. Very entertaining!

[The Art of Hand and Foot]

32 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Oldham 18 Toulouse 30

18-24 with a minute to go. We had possession,  could a draw be on the cards or would the bookies be right with a 6 point difference? Neither, spilled possession and sloppy defending I'm afraid!!! Referees interpretation of the offside rule was different than the crowd's!

[Enk27]

Not the result we all wanted in Oldham but fair play to Toulouse, they defended well and were patient to wait for mistakes.

Great game and fingers crossed we are able to put a strong team out next week vs Fev