Sat 13th-Sun14th Jun : The Betfred Championship Match Thread

[Old Frightful]

Sat 13th-Sun14th Jun : 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 13th June :

Midlands Hurricanes v Goole Vikings (Postponed)

Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles KO 18:00

Sunday 14th June : 

Batley Bulldogs v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00

Dewsbury Rams v Rochdale Hornets (Postponed)

Hunslet v Salford KO 15:00

Keighley Cougars v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00

Whitehaven v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00

Widnes Vikings v Doncaster (Postponed)

Workington Town v Oldham KO 15:00

 

[doc]

8 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Sat 13th-Sun14th Jun : The Betfred Championship Match Thread

Saturday 13th June :

Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles KO 18:00

Sunday 14th June : 

Batley Bulldogs v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00

Hunslet v Salford KO 15:00

Keighley Cougars v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00

Whitehaven v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00

Workington Town v Oldham KO 15:00

 

 

[Dovster]

A shortened fixture list this week. 

This week I'm going with wins for

Raiders

Bulldogs

Hunslet

Thunder / Knights

Haven

Oldham

[Yorks Tim]

Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles

Batley Bulldogs v Halifax Panthers

Hunslet v Salford

Keighley Cougars v Newcastle Thunder

Whitehaven v North Wales Crusaders

Workington Town v Oldham

[Blind side johnny]

On 10/06/2026 at 06:26, Old Frightful said:

 

Saturday 13th June :

Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles KO 18:00

Sunday 14th June : 

Batley Bulldogs v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00

Hunslet v Salford KO 15:00

Keighley Cougars v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00

Whitehaven v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00

Workington Town v Oldham KO 15:00

 

 

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Barrow, Batley, Salford, Keighley, Whitehaven, Oldham. Be interesting to see how the Cru get on with Mike Grady back as coach and four reasonable looking players brought in for the rest of the season.

[FearNothing]

8 hours ago, Chronicler of Chiswick said:

 Be interesting to see how the Cru get on with Mike Grady back as coach and four reasonable looking players brought in for the rest of the season.

Yes it will....I would have said we'd give haven a game but after their win last week....at least it'll be a much smaller defeat

Edited June 11 by FearNothing

[Crown Flatter]

Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles

Batley Bulldogs v Halifax Panthers

Hunslet v Salford

Keighley Cougars v Newcastle Thunder

Whitehaven v North Wales Crusaders

Workington Town v Oldham

[the man]

Barrow v Sheffield Saturday 6pm

Streamed Live and Free to YouTube linked to Radio Cumbria commentary

 

[Expatknight]

1 hour ago, the man said:

Barrow v Sheffield Saturday 6pm

Streamed Live and Free to YouTube linked to Radio Cumbria commentary

 

This will be a good game to watch, Barrow at home always good value.

[Griff]

2 hours ago, Expatknight said:

This will be a good game to watch, Barrow at home always good value.

I'm getting a haircut in case I'm on TV.

[Phil W]

The race for the playoffs is heating up. I'm expecting a hostile atmosphere at Keighley for Thunder on Sunday. Here's my preview of this round and the 1895 Cup too https://www.philworld.co.uk/post/thunder-head-to-hostile-keighley

[N2022]

11 hours ago, the man said:

Barrow v Sheffield Saturday 6pm

Streamed Live and Free to YouTube linked to Radio Cumbria commentary

 

That's good. Trying to avoid the football and that gives another option.

[rleaguer]

Cheers for the live link, will watch that, win or lose Barrow usually entertain

[Fevrover]

Enjoyed that,an hard fought win for Barra.

[Griff]

Not seen the ball being held for a goal kick before.

[Fevrover]

24 minutes ago, Griff said:

Not seen the ball being held for a goal kick before.

I've seen it loads of times over the years,but never the opposition player holding it.

[Griff]

32 minutes ago, Fevrover said:

I've seen it loads of times over the years,but never the opposition player holding it.

Exactly!!

Played in a great spirit.

[robins up north]

It was a good game could have went either way, especially with the knock on at the death. 

[Fevrover]

10 hours ago, Griff said:

Exactly!!

Played in a great spirit.

I enjoyed it,good close game.

[Griff]

On 12/06/2026 at 12:08, Griff said:

I'm getting a haircut in case I'm on TV.

Waste of money.

[FearNothing]

We scored a try!!!!!!!!!! And converted it!!! And we scored first!!!! 

Whatever happens in the rest of the game, I for one am a happy bunny

[FearNothing]

We got another one!!!!!

34-12, what a great performance from Cru

[Moominman]

28 minutes ago, FearNothing said:

We got another one!!!!!

34-12, what a great performance from Cru

I'm pleased for you. Both tries from poor Haven defence.

Currently 58-12.

Hopefully you'll see brighter days soon. We've seen a lot of dark days in recent times at Haven, but seem to be making progress with our locally based team...

[Moominman]

Haven's new streaming service was up and running, so I could watch online from Doha.

Haven were too fit and too quick for North Wales, whose players were gassed well before the end. 80-12 was probably a fair scoreline, even if there were times when Haven were scoring set for set. Impressive considering that most of the Haven team were playing amateur rugby 12-18 months ago.

Hopefully North Wales can strengthen further before the end of the season, before coming back stronger next season.