Fri 3rd Apr-Sun 5th Apr: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[League Express]

Fri 3rd Apr-Sun 5th Apr: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

Discuss the games here.

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FRIDAY 3rd APRIL
Whitehaven v Workington Town KO 13:00
Barrow Raiders v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Sheffield Eagles v Doncaster KO 15:00
Oldham v Rochdale Hornets KO 15:45
Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams KO 17:00
Goole Vikings v Newcastle Thunder KO 17:00

SATURDAY 4th APRIL
Keighley Cougars v Hunslet KO 13:00

SUNDAY 5th APRIL
Swinton Lions v Salford KO 14:00
North Wales Crusaders v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00

[Yorks Tim]

Whitehaven v Workington Town 20-24
Barrow Raiders v Widnes Vikings 24-16
Sheffield Eagles v Doncaster 22-18 
Oldham v Rochdale Hornets 28-18
Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams 24-22
Goole Vikings v Newcastle Thunder 22-32
Keighley Cougars v Hunslet 16-22
Swinton Lions v Salford 12-16
North Wales Crusaders v Midlands Hurricanes 16-20

Haven't got a clue really but hoping that Hurricanes' run of away wins continues at Colwyn Bay against the unknown quantity that is the current Crusaders.

 

[doc]

2 hours ago, League Express said:

Fri 3rd Apr-Sun 5th Apr: The Betfred Championship Match 

FRIDAY 3rd APRIL
Whitehaven v Workington Town KO 13:00 draw
Barrow Raiders v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Sheffield Eagles v Doncaster KO 15:00
Oldham v Rochdale Hornets KO 15:45
Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams KO 17:00
Goole Vikings v Newcastle Thunder KO 17:00

SATURDAY 4th APRIL
Keighley Cougars v Hunslet KO 13:00

SUNDAY 5th APRIL
Swinton Lions v Salford KO 14:00
North Wales Crusaders v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00

 

[Thunder fan]

Looking forward to our game at goole, wont be easy, come on thunder!

[JonM]

I wonder when Swinton last beat Salford in a competitive derby match.

[Mark]

32 minutes ago, JonM said:

I wonder when Swinton last beat Salford in a competitive derby match.

At home it was 84-85

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

9 hours ago, Mark said:

At home it was 84-85

Some score that!!

[Dovster]

This league is impossible to predict. There are always suprise scores every week.

However I'll go with wins for

Town

Raiders

Dons

Oldham

Bulldogs

Thunder/Knights

Cougars

Salford

Hurricanes

And none with any certainty. Should be some good games again though.

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Workington, Widnes, Sheffield, Oldham, Batley, Goole, Keighley, Salford, Crusaders.

[Phil W]

Another huge weekend of Championship fixtures with some big derby games. Here's my preview as I'll be at Goole v Thunder and a look ahead to the rest of the fixtures https://www.philworld.co.uk/post/goole-vikings-v-newcastle-thunder-match-preview

[Johnny Ringo]

FRIDAY 3rd APRIL
Whitehaven v Workington Town 10 - 18

Barrow Raiders v Widnes Vikings

30 - 22

Sheffield Eagles v Doncaster 18 - 28

Oldham v Rochdale Hornets 34 - 18

Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams 

16 - 24

Goole Vikings v Newcastle Thunder. 

22 - 30 

SATURDAY 4th APRIL
Keighley Cougars v Hunslet  16 - 24

SUNDAY 5th APRIL
Swinton Lions v Salford   12 - 22

North Wales Crusaders v Midlands Hurricanes    18 - 24

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Barrow v Widnes 15 min delay.

[robt]

Doncaster 16-0 up after 25. 

[robt]

Donny 32-0 up at half time. 

[JonM]

Barrow 12 Widnes 4. Barrow with a strong wind behind them and Widnes with 3 players off injured, so could end up with a pretty big score in the second half.

[robt]

Doncaster hold Sheffield to nil for the first time in the history of the two clubs playing each other.. 46-0

Edited April 3 by robt

[JonM]

Barrow 18 Widnes 8 FT. Not a great game due to the conditions, but a well-deserved win for Barrow.

[Rene_Artois]

42 minutes ago, robt said:

Doncaster hold Sheffield to nil for the first time in the history of the two clubs playing each other.. 46-0

To say I'm delighted would be a mahoosive understatement.

[Wakefield Ram]

1 hour ago, robt said:

Doncaster hold Sheffield to nil for the first time in the history of the two clubs playing each other.. 46-0

Though Sheffield snatched a last gasp winner at Dewsbury, they were poor. So this result is not really a surprise.

[Expatknight]

Another good win for the Thunder, hopefully a few more people will come and watch them now, you can’t get entertainment like they provide for the money anywhere else.

[Fevrover]

2 hours ago, Rene_Artois said:

To say I'm delighted would be a mahoosive understatement.

Apart from London,you shouldn't lose a game,might even beat em. Should be a good game at Donny.

[RSN]

Very bizarre ending to the Barrow v Widnes game. Pretty competitive throughout but Barrow edging it 18-8 in tricky conditions (very bad wind). 

Widnes players didn't clap their fans for coming which resulted it them getting boo'd as they walked down the tunnel. Very bizarre scenes. Widnes didn't play horrendous and Widnes brought good support and cheered throughout so unsure what caused that. 

[Thunder fan]

2 hours ago, Expatknight said:

Another good win for the Thunder, hopefully a few more people will come and watch them now, you can’t get entertainment like they provide for the money anywhere else.

After 2 seasons of getting thumped it will take time for people to come back, though i know they will come back, a few years ago we had highest average attendance in league 1 and more than a few championship sides at the time too, they will come back i am confident of that, class win again today, come on thunder.

[Wakefield Ram]

20 minutes ago, Thunder fan said:

After 2 seasons of getting thumped it will take time for people to come back, though i know they will come back, a few years ago we had highest average attendance in league 1 and more than a few championship sides at the time too, they will come back i am confident of that, class win again today, come on thunder.

It will be interesting to see if crowds return. I remember going to Newcastle and seeing the good crowds. But this time, if you have a good player he'll be in York team next week. Or like Nofoaluma, you sign a very good player who might never play for you. And every week there will be a rotating group of York fringe players "loaned" to make up the numbers.

Time will tell. 

Edited April 3 by Wakefield Ram

[Thunder fan]

14 minutes ago, Wakefield Ram said:

It will be interesting to see if crowds return. I remember going to Newcastle and seeing the good crowds. But this time, if you have a good player he'll be in York team next week. Or like Nofoaluma, you sign a very good player who might never play for you. And every week there will be a rotating group of York fringe players "loaned" to make up the numbers.

Time will tell. 

This season its been the same squad most games apart from injurys, york had injurys so took sam cook from us on loan, they have more injurys so took will roberts on loan for tomorrows game v the giants, apart from that the squad signed to play for thunder has played for us every game apart from when players have been injured, i am very happy things are going well and newcastle lightning has been set up to play in the yorkshire league giving local lads a chance to step up to the thunder squad aswel.