Sun 8th Mar: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

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Sun 8th Mar: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

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SUNDAY 8th MARCH
Dewsbury Rams v Barrow Raiders KO 14:00
Doncaster v Goole Vikings KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v London Broncos KO 15:00
North Wales Crusaders v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Rochdale Hornets v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Whitehaven v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Hunslet KO 15:00
Workington Town v Salford KO 15:00
 

[Widnes1989]

Dewsbury Rams v Barrow Raiders KO 14:00
Doncaster v Goole Vikings KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v London Broncos KO 15:00
North Wales Crusaders v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Rochdale Hornets v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Whitehaven v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Hunslet KO 15:00
Workington Town v Salford KO 15:00

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Barrow, Donny, London, Crusaders, Rochdale, Newcastle, Whitehaven, Widnes, Worky.

[gogledd]

Barrow Raiders
Doncaster
London Broncos
North Wales Crusaders
Sheffield Eagles
Newcastle Thunder

Midlands Hurricanes
Widnes Vikings
Workington Town

I'm expecting a big bounce back by North Wales Crusaders after their very disappointing day out in London, the Bulldogs will make sure its a close contest though.

[Rene_Artois]

Big game for Dons against Goole. 1st local derby and a few former Dons in Vikings side. Be interesting to see if on loan Savelio plays.

[Fevrover]

1 hour ago, Rene_Artois said:

Big game for Dons against Goole. 1st local derby and a few former Dons in Vikings side. Be interesting to see if on loan Savelio plays.

Yer wa worried before Salford game last week,and look how that turned out,should beat quite comfortably. 

[Wakefield Ram]

3 hours ago, Rene_Artois said:

Big game for Dons against Goole. 1st local derby and a few former Dons in Vikings side. Be interesting to see if on loan Savelio plays.

Big easy win for Doncaster. 

Normally loan players can't play against their own club, depends on Doncaster. 

[UpTheDons]

8 hours ago, Rene_Artois said:

Big game for Dons against Goole. 1st local derby and a few former Dons in Vikings side. Be interesting to see if on loan Savelio plays.

Don's probably will let him play. He wasn't the flavour of the month with the current Don's players, zero effort, came 5 stone overweight at the beginning of last year. There getting rid of him anyway. Scooped 2 years salary on over 40k a year to play 1 game. Disgrace. Came for the pension pot. Other than that he's a great lad. 

[Yorks Tim]

Dewsbury Rams v Barrow Raiders KO 14:00
Doncaster v Goole Vikings KO 15:00
Halifax Panthers v London Broncos KO 15:00
North Wales Crusaders v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Rochdale Hornets v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00
Whitehaven v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00
Widnes Vikings v Hunslet KO 15:00
Workington Town v Salford KO 15:00

Hoping the pitch at The Ortus has dried out a bit, as a quagmire won't help Hurricanes' attacking style.

[Celtic Roosters]

Not one person has tipped Swinton at home to Newcastle. What a turn around from last season? I'll watch that one with an open mind. I wouldn't rule out Swinton. I couldn't call Salford at Workington but Salford have announced in the local media some excellent loan signings this week and I think it will be close. Salford are taking good support away again and they will be loud. I hope Crusaders bounce back against Batley.

[Johnny Ringo]

Dewsbury Rams 18 - 30 Barrow Raiders 
Doncaster 24 - 12 Goole Vikings 
Halifax Panthers 22 - 40 London Broncos 
North Wales Crusaders 22 - 18 Batley Bulldogs 
Rochdale Hornets 12-28 S Eagles 
Swinton Lions 6 - 36 Newcastle Thunder 
Whitehaven 10 - 42 Midlands Hurricanes 
Widnes Vikings 36 - 18 Hunslet 
Workington Town 24 - 16  Salford 

[FearNothing]

I'm expecting a big reaction from Cru to last week's drubbing, and really hope they can make a decent dint in that pts difference....and send the doggies back to Batley with their tails between thier legs

[FearNothing]

Apart from that, wins for Barrow, Donny, London, Sheffield, Thunder, Hurricanes, and Widnes. Worky/Salford too close to call, neither have had a great start to the season...

[Wakefield Ram]

10 hours ago, UpTheDons said:

Don's probably will let him play. He wasn't the flavour of the month with the current Don's players, zero effort, came 5 stone overweight at the beginning of last year. There getting rid of him anyway. Scooped 2 years salary on over 40k a year to play 1 game. Disgrace. Came for the pension pot. Other than that he's a great lad. 

£40K a year?!??

I'd guessed Doncaster were spending some money, but that's a huge salary for the Championship if it's accurate 

Edited March 6 by Wakefield Ram

[Moonshine]

10 hours ago, UpTheDons said:

Don's probably will let him play. He wasn't the flavour of the month with the current Don's players, zero effort, came 5 stone overweight at the beginning of last year. There getting rid of him anyway. Scooped 2 years salary on over 40k a year to play 1 game. Disgrace. Came for the pension pot. Other than that he's a great lad. 

He is NOT in the Goole squad that has been announced for the match.

[Jemmo]

44 minutes ago, Wakefield Ram said:

£40K a year?!??

I'd guessed Doncaster were spending some money, but that's a huge salary for the Championship if it's accurate 

I don't know about Savelio...but the lasds we got from Featherstone had been getting an awful lot more than that and had to take a significant pay cut. (Although accept they're not the best example of responsible spending)

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

On the RFL Match Centre page 'fax have a listed squad of 13 players.

[Wakefield Ram]

52 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

On the RFL Match Centre page 'fax have a listed squad of 13 players.

I remember Leigh turning up at Dewsbury about 10 years ago with 13 players after Beaumont had withdrawn his financial support at the end of a season. 

[Griff]

1 hour ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

On the RFL Match Centre page 'fax have a listed squad of 13 players.

If I were a Fax supporter, I'd be happy with that. 

There may be loans being processed. Let's hope they can raise a couple of subs at least.

[JonT]

1 hour ago, Wakefield Ram said:

I remember Leigh turning up at Dewsbury about 10 years ago with 13 players after Beaumont had withdrawn his financial support at the end of a season. 

I remember York going to Toulouse for a play off with 11 once, IIRC. Johnny Presley presented with the task of playing both 6 and 7 

[Angelus]

2 hours ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

On the RFL Match Centre page 'fax have a listed squad of 13 players.

15 players now

[Wakefield Ram]

7 minutes ago, Angelus said:

15 players now

I think they'll need all 15 on the pitch to keep London at bay...

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

1 hour ago, Griff said:

If I were a Fax supporter, I'd be happy with that. 

There may be loans being processed. Let's hope they can raise a couple of subs at least.

Maybe waiting for the Crusaders match and giving them more than 4 days to prepare might have been a better option?

[Griff]

1 hour ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Maybe waiting for the Crusaders match and giving them more than 4 days to prepare might have been a better option?

Pretty sure they'll have been preparing.

They've had information we've not been privy to.

[Griff]

2 hours ago, JonT said:

I remember York going to Toulouse for a play off with 11 once, IIRC. Johnny Presley presented with the task of playing both 6 and 7 

He hates Johnny, Jon.