Sat 9th-Sun 10th May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[League Express]

Sat 9th-Sun 10th May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

Discuss the games here.

Please don't accuse match officials of deliberate bias or cheating, or your posts will be removed and your account may be banned without further warning.

SATURDAY 9th MAY
Rochdale Hornets v Newcastle Thunder KO 13:00
Goole Vikings v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00

SUNDAY 10th MAY
Halifax Panthers v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Oldham v Doncaster KO 15:00 (at Sedgley Park, Whitefield)
Salford v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Workington Town v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
London Broncos v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:30

[Angelus]

Doncaster by 6 (Friday)

Newcastle by 20

Goole by 30

Dewsbury by 18

Keighley by 14

Widnes by 12

Swinton by 8

Sheffield by 12

London by 40

Edited May 7 by Angelus

[shrewsbury roughyed]

Oldham v Doncaster now on Friday at Boundary Park. 

[Blind side johnny]

2 hours ago, League Express said:

 

SATURDAY 9th MAY
Rochdale Hornets v Newcastle Thunder KO 13:00
Goole Vikings v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00

SUNDAY 10th MAY
Halifax Panthers v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Oldham v Doncaster KO 15:00 (at Sedgley Park, Whitefield)
Salford v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Workington Town v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
London Broncos v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:30

 

[doc]

3 hours ago, League Express said:

Sat 9th-Sun 10th May: The Betfred Championship Match

SATURDAY 9th MAY
Rochdale Hornets v Newcastle Thunder KO 13:00
Goole Vikings v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00 if it's on.

SUNDAY 10th MAY
Halifax Panthers v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Oldham v Doncaster KO 15:00 (at Sedgley Park, Whitefield)
Salford v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Workington Town v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
London Broncos v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:30

 

[Widnes1989]

4 hours ago, League Express said:

Sat 9th-Sun 10th May: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

Discuss the games here.

Please don't accuse match officials of deliberate bias or cheating, or your posts will be removed and your account may be banned without further warning.

SATURDAY 9th MAY
Rochdale Hornets v Newcastle Thunder KO 13:00
Goole Vikings v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00 Not happening

SUNDAY 10th MAY
Halifax Panthers v Dewsbury Rams KO 15:00
Keighley Cougars v Batley Bulldogs KO 15:00
Oldham v Doncaster KO 15:00 (at Sedgley Park, Whitefield)
Salford v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00
Swinton Lions v Whitehaven KO 15:00
Workington Town v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00
London Broncos v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:30

 

[Rene_Artois]

48 nil win to Doncaster awarded against NW now makes tomorrows games 2nd Vs 3rd!

[Yorks Tim]

Rochdale Hornets 16 v 46 Newcastle Thunder
Goole Vikings 24 v 16 North Wales Crusaders
Halifax Panthers 14 v 28 Dewsbury Rams
Keighley Cougars 28 v 14 Batley Bulldogs
Oldham 28 v 22 Doncaster
Salford 12 v 38 Widnes Vikings
Swinton Lions 38 v 12 Whitehaven
Workington Town 28 v 22 Sheffield Eagles
London Broncos 0 v 1 Midlands Hurricanes

[Phil W]

It's a big game at Oldham tomorrow night! I'll be at Rochdale v Thunder on Saturday, we have to be on our game on Saturday. Here's my preview for that and the round https://www.philworld.co.uk/post/rochdale-v-newcastle-and-the-rest-of-the-championship-preview

[Crown Flatter]

Oldham 24-18 Doncaster
Rochdale Hornets 12-56 Newcastle Thunder
Goole Vikings 44-6 North Wales Crusaders
Halifax Panthers 21-18 Dewsbury Rams
Keighley Cougars 18-26 Batley Bulldogs
Salford 12-44 Widnes Vikings
Swinton Lions 18-24 Whitehaven
Workington Town 24-30 Sheffield Eagles
London Broncos 60-10 Midlands Hurricanes

[Dovster]

Another round with what you would think are some very cometitive fixtures. I'm going with wins for

Dons

Thunder

Vikings (1)

Panthers

Cougars

Vikings (2)

Lions

Eagles

Broncos

[Jemmo]

Dons missing most of their backs between knocks and player unavailability due to the short notice changes. Shame as this could have been one the divisions best games

[Jemmo]

Oldham v Dons delayed and players left after a drone flew over the pitch 

[Johnny Ringo]

Oldham still  8 - 0 up over Donny after 18 mins 

[Johnny Ringo]

Oldham are camped on Doncaster line for long spell but the Dons have somehow kept them out

 

[Johnny Ringo]

Oldham in for their 3rd try to make it 14 - 0 as half time looms.

[Johnny Ringo]

Dons score early in the second half but fail to convert. 
Oldham 24 - 4 Dons 

[Johnny Ringo]

Oldham in again midway through the second half. Conversion again is missed.

Oldham 18 - Dons 4

[Johnny Ringo]

Dons go in with 14 mims to play

Oldham 18 - 10 Dons

 

Edited May 8 by Johnny Ringo

[Yorks Tim]

1 hour ago, Jemmo said:

Oldham v Dons delayed and players left after a drone flew over the pitch 

Hand grenades!

Drones!

Whatever next?!

[SinBinSid]

2 hours ago, Jemmo said:

Dons missing most of their backs between knocks and player unavailability due to the short notice changes. Shame as this could have been one the divisions best games

That’s actually a really interesting point and something full time clubs don’t really face. At part time level, late fixture and ground changes can genuinely weaken squads. Players have work shifts, family plans and travel arranged around the original details and not everyone can suddenly reshuffle life at short notice. Easy to overlook but it can make a real difference to the quality of a game like this.  FT: Oldham 18-10 Doncaster

[Rene_Artois]

1 minute ago, SinBinSid said:

That’s actually a really interesting point and something full time clubs don’t really face. At part time level, late fixture and ground changes can genuinely weaken squads. Players have work shifts, family plans and travel arranged around the original details and not everyone can suddenly reshuffle life at short notice. Easy to overlook but it can make a real difference to the quality of a game like this.  FT: Oldham 18-10 Doncaster

A real shame but a very weakened Dons side gave their all. I assume Oldham were similarly disadvantaged?

[Fevrover]

27 minutes ago, Rene_Artois said:

A real shame but a very weakened Dons side gave their all. I assume Oldham were similarly disadvantaged?

I was surprised how low down the table Donny were.

[sheddingswasus]

1 hour ago, Yorks Tim said:

Hand grenades!

Drones!

Whatever next?!

It was a farce. The drone was several miles away. 

[Enk27]

8 hours ago, Rene_Artois said:

A real shame but a very weakened Dons side gave their all. I assume Oldham were similarly disadvantaged?

Looking at the starting 13 you swapped your centres and a half back compared to the London game. The bench looks like it had 3 out of 4 players from London.

Not saying that you didn’t put out your strongest side (Robinson missing is a blow) but saying it’s “very weakened” sounds very disrespectful to the players who played vs London. Or are the Dons really a “3 man team”?

As for Oldham, same 13 as Barrow but with the disadvantage of having 5 days rest compared to the Dons 12 days.

We also didn’t have utility player Liu (who would have been helpful when you crunched out centre early on) and Geyer who is possibly the best “change of pace” Dummy Half’s I’ve seen who would have been handy in the second half when we struggled to move the ball in patches.

Overall a very good game and post match I was terrified as the Dons fans had convinced us that you’d raided Bentley ARLFC to string a team together. I was glad to see that the bulk of it played London 2 weeks earlier.

Looking forward to the away fixture and sorry that our back room issues led to so few of you being able to make the trip.