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Sun 13th Sept: The Betfred Championship Match Thread

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SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER
Qualifying Finals
London Broncos v Doncaster KO 15:00 (TBC)
Newcastle Thunder v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00 (TBC)
Elimination Finals
Oldham v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 (TBC)
Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 (TBC)

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Phil W
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Really happy with that Thunder win. Widnes dominated at times especially late in the first half but we got the job done! 

The Phantom Horseman
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Pretty farcical isn't it?

Enk27
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Oldham 46 Midlands 16. Fair play to Hurricanes at points the game was a lot closer than the final score suggests.  Think the score by Drinkwater in likely his last game at Home for Oldham at the

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SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER
Qualifying Finals
London Broncos v Doncaster KO 15:00 (TBC) By 10
Newcastle Thunder v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00 (TBC) By 8
Elimination Finals
Oldham v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 (TBC) By 32
Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 (TBC) By 12

 

An intriguing set of fixtures this weekend.

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12 hours ago, League Express said:

Sun 13th Sept: The Betfred Championship Match.

SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER
Qualifying Finals
London Broncos v Doncaster KO 15:00 (TBC)
Newcastle Thunder v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00 (TBC)
Elimination Finals
Oldham v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 (TBC)
Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 (TBC)

The Newcastle game is shown as on Saturday at 5pm.

 

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tim2

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14 hours ago, Phil W said:

Newcastle's definitely Saturday at 17:00.

Big games this week, for us at Thunder given where we've been we'll enjoy the play off campaign. Here's my look ahead to the action https://www.philworld.co.uk/post/it-s-play-off-time-for-thunder

Shame it's not at 3, I would have gone as I'm in the area, but 5 is too late.

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"I am the avenging angel; I come with wings unfurled, I come with claws extended from halfway round the world. I am the God Almighty, I am the howling wind. I care not for your family; I care not for your kin. I come in search of terror, though terror is my own; I come in search of vengeance for crimes and crimes unknown. I care not for your children, I care not for your wives, I care not for your country, I care not for your lives." - (c) Jim Boyes - "The Avenging Angel"

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On 10/09/2026 at 09:10, Widnes1989 said:

SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER
Qualifying Finals
London Broncos v Doncaster KO 15:00 (TBC) By 10
Newcastle Thunder v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00 (TBC) By 8
Elimination Finals
Oldham v Midlands Hurricanes KO 15:00 (TBC) By 32
Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles KO 15:00 (TBC) By 12

 

An intriguing set of fixtures this weekend.

It's definitely crunch time. We find out how good Newcastle actually are, whether London will blow it, and whether last week's performance by Barrow was a one-off. The Eagles are down to bare bones due to injuries and a suspension so I think Barrow will prove too much for them at their own ground. I hope not. 

London Broncos v Doncaster KO  By 14
Newcastle Thunder v Widnes Vikings By 8
Elimination Finals
Oldham v Midlands Hurricanes By 20
Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles  By 6

"I am the avenging angel; I come with wings unfurled, I come with claws extended from halfway round the world. I am the God Almighty, I am the howling wind. I care not for your family; I care not for your kin. I come in search of terror, though terror is my own; I come in search of vengeance for crimes and crimes unknown. I care not for your children, I care not for your wives, I care not for your country, I care not for your lives." - (c) Jim Boyes - "The Avenging Angel"

Snowys Backside

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Cant rule out Doncaster.

They have a fantastic little side on Paper.

Good luck to all teams. Loved the Championship days with Leigh.

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SinBinSid

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Some really interesting games there and I’m not sure I’d be predicting too many big winning margins.

Doncaster certainly can’t be taken lightly after sticking 72 on Barrow last week and they’ve got plenty of experience in that side. That said, if London play anywhere near the level we have been recently, especially at Plough Lane, I’d expect us to have too much for them. London by 38 and next weekend off.

Newcastle v Widnes could be the game of the weekend. Thunder have won 15 on the bounce but Widnes winning at Oldham last week was a very decent result and they’ve already beaten Newcastle in the 1895 Cup this season. Newcastle by 6.

Oldham v Midlands looks closer than some are suggesting as they’ve beaten each other once this season. Home advantage probably just swings it for me. Oldham by 20.

Barrow v Sheffield is probably the hardest one to call, especially after Barrow’s 72 nil last week. They’re back at home though and with Sheffield apparently down to the bare bones I’ll just go Barrow by 4.

Yorks Tim

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Looks close at h/t at Newcastle (14-12).

Shame all of these games are not available for streaming. Would have happily stumped up a tenner for this one.

 

THE RED ROOSTER

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The most important four weeks in the London Broncos history begins tomorrow with a very tough assignment against Doncaster. As I have said before there are no mugs when you get to the ply offs and Doncaster are a side that is very much a dark horse and not normally mentioned when it comes to people tipping championship winners.

Although London has beaten Doncaster in the three encounters this season,Doncaster have proved very tough opponents, they do have the ability to score 3 successive tries in succession as evidenced in the 1895 cup game at Richmond. If the Broncos play anything like they did in the first half against Widnes in the 1895 cup final they are likely to be punished. The Broncos cannot afford a slow start and also cannot afford the number of unforced errors which have plagued the club because if you give Doncaster field position, they will be able to take advantage of it

Going back to that Richmond game, there was a Blond Doncaster woman there along with her husband who was acting as a sort of one girl army in barracking for the Dons. It brought back memories of a girl from Brisbane Broncos who barracked Nathan Cleary incessantly at Penrith stadium. Obviously, she was not looking at starring in a TikTok video with Nathan.😉

I am not going to tip in this game simply because I do not want to put the mouth on London. It is that serious.

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Yorks Tim

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48 minutes ago, Yorks Tim said:

Looks close at h/t at Newcastle (14-12).

Shame all of these games are not available for streaming. Would have happily stumped up a tenner for this one.

 

32-16 now and presumably in the closing minutes.

Thought a surprise was on the cards but seems not.

Phil W

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Really happy with that Thunder win. Widnes dominated at times especially late in the first half but we got the job done! 

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Jill Halfpenny fan

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3 hours ago, Yorks Tim said:

32-16 now and presumably in the closing minutes.

Thought a surprise was on the cards but seems not.

They made less mistakes.  Twice Widnes were in possession and it  ended up with 12 points for Newcastle and we dropped a simple pass at the start of the second half which they also scored off.  Crowd  I'd guess at about 600 of which about half were from Widnes, it would seem being a feeder club, and a successful one so far has not exactly captured the imaginations up there.  One other thing, three chemical toilets is not really adequate.

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20 minutes ago, Jill Halfpenny fan said:

One other thing, three chemical toilets is not really adequate.

I was near the toilets. Didn’t realise they were the only ones 😳

Side note. I got my Geordie cousins to attend. Howay Widnes was a weird shout by one of them 🤣🤣

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11 minutes ago, Rob Nash said:

Dons have named exactly same 17 that beat Barrow last week.

Pretty small difference ack against London but hope they play well and make it difficult for London

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