Sun 20th July: The Betfred League One Match Thread

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Sun 20th July: The Betfred League One Match Thread

Discuss the games here.

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SUNDAY 20th JULY
Dewsbury Rams v Swinton Lions KO 15:00
Goole Vikings v Keighley Cougars KO 15:00 (at Millennium Stadium, Featherstone)
Newcastle Thunder v Rochdale Hornets KO 15:00
Whitehaven v Workington Town KO 15:00

[gogledd]

No game for North Wales Crusaders this weekend so the interest will be in the teams in the top four places.

Lions will keep up the pressure and beat Rams

Hornets will beat Thunder

After Vikings excellent result last week I'll back them to beat Cougars

Town v Haven - a real derby so the form book goes out of the window. I'll say it will be a draw!

[Anita Bath]

Lions, Hornets, Cougars and no sitting on the fence for the cumbian derby...its got to be Town.

[Dovster]

It is getting to the point where the chasing teams can not afford to lose.

I'll go

Rams  by 6

Cougars by 8

Hornets by 30

Town by 12

[Yorks Tim]

6 hours ago, gogledd said:

No game for North Wales Crusaders this weekend so the interest will be in the teams in the top four places.

Lions will keep up the pressure and beat Rams

Hornets will beat Thunder

After Vikings excellent result last week I'll back them to beat Cougars

Town v Haven - a real derby so the form book goes out of the window. I'll say it will be a draw!

I was agreeing with your predictions up until the last one.

I'm expecting Town to come away as victors, based on last week's results.

[Barley Mow]

Dewsbury Rams v Swinton Lions              by 1
Goole Vikings v Keighley Cougars            by 6
Newcastle Thunder v Rochdale Hornets by 28 
Whitehaven v Workington Town               by 4

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Rochdale only away winners.

[FearNothing]

Lions, Vikings, Hornets and Worky to win this week whilst we have a rest before the trek to Thunder next week.

[clwydianrange]

I thought the Rams played some good stuff against Cru last week so I’ll take them to win.

Goole to continue their recent good form to pip Keighley

Rochdale to win but Thunder to score a few tries

From what I’ve seen of the Cumbrian teams this year Workington should get this one.

[HurricanesSC]

Would expect Rochdale to win comfortably (i.e. by 30+) and Swinton to win despite Rams having home advantage in a closeish contest (i.e. 8-12 points).

Haven v Town is difficult to assess notwithstanding Town's win over us and Haven's thrashing by Goole. Haven have beaten them once before (albeit in a friendly) and the last game was extremely close with Town edging a win. I could honestly see Haven pipping them if they turn up and embrace the derby spirit. 

Goole v Keighley is also hard to assess because they're two teams on the rise, but I'm inclined to agree with the majority that Goole will probably win, but not by much (6-10 points). 

[StrennyKnight]

Absolutely shocked to see that the BBC website RL section has an article about something other than Super League....

(Or Cornwall - as they seemed to have an obsession with last year)

Haven v Town - rugby league's great outpost derby  - https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/articles/c625xed276ko

[Phil W]

Tight wins for Keighley, Workington and Swinton. Rochdale will beat us but I know it's a small thing, I hope we score some home points this week. https://www.philworld.co.uk/post/newcastle-thunder-v-rochdale-hornets-and-the-rest-of-league-1-this-week

[Wakefield Ram]

Dewsbury pull out their best performance of the season to beat Swinton. 

[gogledd]

21 minutes ago, Wakefield Ram said:

Dewsbury pull out their best performance of the season to beat Swinton. 

Backing up their impressive performance at Eirias Park against North Wales Crusaders, where they proved a really tough team to break down.

[Phil W]

Well I got my Keighley and Swinton predictions wrong! Tough one for Thunder, some of the players were frustrated with that one. Lewis Else was very good for Rochdale. The race for the play-offs is going to be tight, my thoughts https://www.philworld.co.uk/post/newcastle-thunder-v-rochdale-hornets-and-league-1-review

[dkw]

Whitehaven fans living down to their reputation yesterday, along with allegedly a player and board member, throwing beer and urine at the Town fans including kids, players dad threatening young fans etc. classy bunch.