2024 season.

First topic message reminder :

With the new 1895 cup format starting soon. Best get this up early.

SL
Wigan where by far the best team last year, after solid recruitment can anyone get near them. Will Hull KR & Leigh continue on from last year's decent seasons, will the sleeping giants (yes Hull, Leeds and Warrington this is you) wake up. And who will be the surprise package.

Championship. 
This is in my opinion the best league. Genuine competition at the top and for the play off places.  Even the bottom could be as tight as last year.

League one.
Unfortunately not as competitive in my opinion, after the drama of the off season, hard to see beyond Oldham doing what Dewsbury did last year and walking away with it. Competing for the play off places could be interesting. 

NRL.
Can anyone stop Penrith (who've won 4 grand finals in a row).

And what should be a fascinating and great game of rugby league in the World club game as Wigan face Penrith.

NRL

Canterbury beat Canberra 22-8. Cronulla also get a win at South Sydney 20-6.  And Penrith take advantage of Melbourne loss beating Newcastle 22-14.

ATABLE

1- Melbourne (19) 36pts, 2- Penrith (19) 34 pts, 3- Sydney Roosters (20) 30pts, 4- Cronulla (19) 30pts, 5- Canterbury(19) 28pts, 6- North Queensland (20) 28pts, 7- Manly (19) 27pts, 8- St George (19) 26pts.
10- Dolphins (19) 24pts, 11- Canberra (19) 24pts, 12- Gold Coast (19)  22pts, 13- Newcastle (19) 22pts, 14- New Zealand (20) 21pts, 15- Brisbane (20) 20pts, 16- South Sydney (19) 20pts, 17- Parramatta (19) 16pts, 18- West Tigers (20) 12pts.

SL

Wigan are back on top of SL, after beating Leigh 28-6, in there game in hand.

This week's results so far.

SL

St Helens win in golden point against Salford 17-16. Catalans also win a close one at Huddersfield 23-22. And Hull KR beat Castleford 36-6.

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Wakefield win again, this time v Sheffield 42-6.

NRL

Gold Coast crash back to earth after last week, getting stuffed at home by Cronulla 44-0. Penrith win a high scoring affair at Parramatta 36-34. And Melbourne bounce back after last week's loss winning at South Sydney 28-16.

First shock of the weekend Doncaster beat Toulouse 20 - 18 and move into the playoffs at the expense of Featherstone.

And in SL

Leeds hammer Wigan 30-4, to keep Hull KR top of the table.

NRL

All away wins.

Manly win in Canberra 46-24, Brisbane win at North Queensland 42-18. And Canterbury win at St George 28-10..


Next week magic weekend in SL.

Rest of the results, plus important table placings.

SL

Leigh beat Hull FC 42-12, and Warrington get an away win at London 36-22.

Table (top 6 play off places). All now on same number of games 21.

1- Hull KR 32pts, 2- Wigan 32pts, 3- Warrington 30pts, 4- St Helens 26pts, 5- Catalans 26pts, 6- Salford 26pts.

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Batley beat Swinton 26-6. Bradford get a big win against Whitehaven 58-0. Halifax keep up there late surge beating Barrow 38-12. York also as they beat Dewsbury 54-12, and Featherstone get an important away win 8-0 at Widnes. 

TABLE Top 6 Play offs, bottom 2 relegated 3rd bottom in League 1 play offs. All played same number of games.

1- Wakefield 36pts, 2- Toulouse 27pts, 3- Sheffield 26pts, 4- Bradford 24pts, 5- Widnes 23pts, 6- Featherstone 20pts.

Bottom 
14- Dewsbury 2pts, 13- Whitehaven 12pts,  12- Swinton 12pts.

LEAGUE ONE 

Hunslet get an away win at Cornwall 33-26. Oldham continue winning this time 84-0 v Newcastle.  Keighley also get a win, away at North Wales 24-16. Midlands beat Workington 34-22.

Table, top champions straight up, next 5 play off.

1- Oldham 32pts.

2- Keighley 29pts, 3- Hunslet 22pts, 4- Rochdale 21pts, 5- Midlands 16pts, 6- Workington 16pts.

Next week sees Oldham travel to Keighley in a pretty much title decider if Oldham win.

NRL

The top 2 meet, and Melbourne came out on rop at Penrith 24-22.

Magic weekend

London beat Hull who were shockingly poor
Wigan nil Saints
Warrington beat Leeds 24 - 6
Leigh get a great win v Salford
Hull KR back to the top after an impressive display v Catalans
Giants end a poor run beating Cas.

Hull where abysmal, Hull KR very good. Otherwise pretty average weekend.

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Dewsbury are all but relegated, losing at home to Barrow 31-24. And Barrow needed that victory as everybody around them won. Whitehaven with 16 fit players get a fantastic win v Doncaster 28-24. Swinton beat Halifax 20-6. Wakefield win again,  this time v Widnes 36-12. But the rest of the top 5 lose. York getting a great win in Toulouse 20-12, Sheffield losing at home to Batley 24-14. And Bradford losing to Featherstone at home 22-21.

LEAGUE ONE 

Midlands get a tough win at Cornwall 18-6. Hunslet beat North Wales 28-20. And Rochdale piling on the points at Newcastle 78-6.

NRL
canterbury beat Dolphins 30-10. West Tigers get a big win v South Sydney 18-16. Sydney Roosters cruise to victory v Parramatta 38-14. As do North Queensland who beat Canberra 42-4. Cronulla win in golden point against Newcastle 19-18. Manly continue there recent form winning against New Zealand warriors 24-10. And St George beat Gold Coast 32-16.

2024 WINNERS ENCLOSURE. 
league one title.

Congratulations to Oldham, who won at Keighley 20-12, tobwin the league one title, and go up to the championship.

Interesting problem at the bottom of SL.

Hull FC who have been really poor could finish bottom.  But London Broncos (who have really battled despite being behind the 8 ball all season) will probably get relegated. Why, because rather then doing the right thing, we are going on an img grading to do with off field). Just doesn't seem right.
And there will be a relegated side, because Wakefield aren't making there signings to still be in the championship.

Weekend's results so far.

SL

Warrington keep up the pressure at the top of the table, winning 28-6 at Castleford.  Hull KR respond in a fantastic way today, winning at St Helens 42-6. Leeds get an important victory in there play off chase, beating Catalans 18-6. Salford stuff Huddersfield 60-10.

CHAMPIONSHIP. 
Toulouse lose again, this time at Featherstone 22-10.

NRL 
West Tigers get a great result v Manly 34-26. Brisbane get back winning, beating Parramatta 30-24. Canterbury good season continues with a great victory at New Zealand warriors 34-18. Melbourne have all but clinched the league leaders shield.  Beating Dolphins 48-6, coupled with Penrith lose at Canberra 22-18. Newcastle win at South Sydney  36-16.

Rest of the weekends results. 

SL

Leigh keep up there chase for a play off place with a 32-12 win at London Broncos.  Wigan keep up there chase for the league leaders shield beating Hull FC 22-4.

1- Hull KR 36pts, 2- Wigan 36pts, 3-  Warrington 34pts, 4- Salford 28pts, 5- St Helens 26pts, 6- Catalans 26pts.
With Leigh (25), and Leeds (24) just outside the play offs.

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Wakefield win the league leaders shield, after winning 48-6 at Halifax. 
The bottom 4met. With the Cumbrian sides winning. Barrow beating Swinton 20-18. And Whitehaven winning at Dewsbury 18-10. A win that condemned Dewsbury to the drop back to league one.
Widnes beat Sheffield 35-20, a win that not only helped them but Bradford as well, after Bradford won 18-4 at Doncaster.  York beat Batley 37-6

- Wakefield 40pts, 2- Toulouse 27pts, 3- Bradford 26pts, 4- Sheffield 26pts, 5- Widnes 25pts, 6- Featherstone 24pts.
York (22) & Batley (20) next just out the play offs.

At the bottom,  with Dewsbury relegated and guaranteed bottom place. The other places are.

13- Swinton 14pts, 13- (play off place) Whitehaven 16pts.
With Halifax (16) & Barrow (17) just outside. 

LEAGUE ONE 
Oldham show why they're champions,  beating Cornwall 72-0. Keighley beat Hunslet 40-22. Rochdale beat North Wales 28-10. Workington beat Newcastle 46-0.

With Oldham champions. 
The play off places are. 
2- Keighley 31pts, 3- Rochdale 25 pts, 4- Hunslet 24pts, 5- Midlands 18pts 6- Workington 16pts.
With North Wales (14) just outside. 

NRL.
Gold Coast lose at home to Sydney Roosters 48-22. St George also lose at home, to Cronulla 38-10.

1- Melbourne 42pts,  2- Sydney Roosters,  3- Cronulla  36pts, 4- Penrith 36pts, 5- Canterbury 34pts, 6- North Queensland 32pts, 7- Manly 31pts, 8- St George 28pys.
With Brisbane  & Dolphins & Newcastle & Canberra all just outside on 26pts each.

2025 WINNERS ENCLOSURE 
Barla National cup.

Congratulations to Thatto Heath on beating Orrell St James 24-4 to win the  cup.

This weekend's results so far. 

SL.
Castleford get an away win at a Hull FC team that just want the season to end 39-20.
But the big result was Friday night. As Leigh get an excellent win against Warrington 16-12. Which coupled with Wigan win at Catalans 26-18 puts them in the play offs. And also with Hull KR winning 32-12 v Salford,  gives Hull KR and Wigan a 4 point advantage over 3rd place Warrington. Which is big at this stage of the season,  and also because they play each other this week, meaning who ever loses will not be lower than 2nd. At the weekends finish.

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Bradford get an expected win v Dewsbury, and do it fairly comfortably 58-0. Helped by Toulouse beating Sheffield 32-12, so Bradford are solo in 3rd place.

LEAGUE ONE 
Midlands lose at home to Hunslet 28-22.

NRL
Melbourne lose, as North Queensland beat them 38-30. Penrith take advantage,  beating South Sydney 34-12 to close the gap. Canterbury surprisingly lose at home to Manly 34-22. As do Cronulla who lose at home 28-30 to New zealand warriors.  Dolphins win the Brisbane Derby,  winning easily 40-6 against Brisbane.  And Parramatta win 44-40 v St George in a game where defence didn't matter.

Rest of the weekends results. 

SL

In London,  Leeds again beat London Broncos by a golden point drop goal, this time 21-20. And St Helens win at Huddersfield 18-10.

In the league table, the only change from last week is Leigh being 6th with Catalans now 7th.

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Batley lose at home to Widnes  12-8. Halifax get an important victory at Doncaster 17-16. York get a big victory,  winning at Whitehaven 40-0. Featherstone get a win v Barrow 36-18. And Wakefield keep winning, this time 60-0 at Swinton 

1- Wakefield 42pts, 2- Toulouse 29pts, 3- Bradford 28pts, 4- Widnes 27pts 5- Featherstone 26pts, 6- Sheffield 26ptswith York just outside on 24pts.

The bottom is the same as last week.

NRL
Newcastle beat God Coast 36-14. And Sydney Roosters lose at home to Canberra 14-12.

1- Melbourne 42pts, 2- Penrith 38pts, 3- Sydney Roosters 36pts, 4- Cronulla 36pys, 5- Canterbury 34pts, 6- North Queensland 34pts, 7- Manly 33pts, 8- Dolphins 28pts.
With Newcastle,  St George & Canberra just outside the play offs on 28pts.

LEAGUE ONE 

This weekend saw the end of the league one season.
With Oldham finishing the season in style with a 56-0 win against Workington.  Rochdale beat Keighley 32-18, and North Wales inflict Cornwall's latest defeat 40-10.

FINAL TABLE

1- Oldham 38 pts, champions & Promoted.
2- Keighley 31 pts, play offs.
3- Rochdale 27 pts, play offs.
4- Hunslet 26 pts, play offs.
5- Midlands 18 pts, play offs. 
6- Workington 18 pts. Play offs.
7- North Wales 16 pts.
8- Cornwall 6 pts.
9- Newcastle 0pts.

The play offs start in 2 week's.  With Rochdale v Hunslet & Midlands v Workington.

It's the final rd of the NRL this week.

So will do full round up and table on Monday.

Tonight's SL games.

The big one, Wigan take advantage from Hull KR having 2 sin bins to win 24-20. Rovers were the better team, Wigan some outstanding bits of play.
Leeds compound Hull FC dismal season, winning 68-6. And Leigh continue there charge winning at Castleford 34-12.

Yesterday's results. 
SL
Warrington continue there chase of the top 2, beating St Helens 16-2. Salford get a win against Catalans 27-12.

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Toulouse win in Barrow 36-24.

Rest of the weekends results. 

SL
Huddersfield beat London Broncos 22-16.

Table.

1- Wigan 40pts, 2- Hull KR 38pts, 3- Warrington 36pts. 4- Salford 30pts, 5- Leigh 29pts, 6- St Helens 28 pts.
With Leeds (28) & Catalans (26) the only 2 sides that can get into the play offs.

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Doncaster get a great victory at Batley 38-0. Bradford also get a great result, winning at Sheffield 30-12. York also get an away won 12-6 at Widnes. Swinton also get a great result,  beating Featherstone 28-8. Halifax beat Dewsbury 34-6, and of course Wakefield win again 60-6 v Whitehaven. 

TABLE

1- Wakefield 44pts, 2- Toulouse 31pts, 3- Bradford 30pts,  4- Widnes 27pts, 5- York 26pts,  6- Featherstone 26pts. 
With Sheffield (26) just outside.
At the bottom 
13- Whitehaven 16pts  with Swinton in the play off place (16). With Barrow just outside on 17pts.

NRL.

Melbourne win the League leaders shield,  and how. Stuffing Brisbane in Brisbane 50-12.
North Queensland get a great away victory at Canterbury 44-6. Cronulla also win away at Manly 40-20. Newcastle beat Dolphins 14-6 to get into offs. Penrith win 18-12 against Gold Coast. Sydney Roosters win at South Sydney 36-28. Canberra also get an away win,  at St George 26-24. And Parramatta end the season on a high, Stuffing West Tigers 60-26 away.

TABLE 
1- Melbourne 44pts, LLS winners, Play offs. 
2- Penrith 40pts, Play offs. 
3- Sydney roosters 38pts, Play offs. 
4- Cronulla 38pts, Play offs. 
5- North Queensland 36pts, Play offs. 
6- Canterbury 34pts, Play offs. 
7- Manly 33pts,  play offs. 
8- Newcastle 30pts,  Play offs. 
9-  Canberra 30pts.
10- Dolphins 28pts. 
11- St George 28pts. 
12- Brisbane 26pts. 
13- New Zealand warriors 25pts. 
14- Gold Coast 22pts. 
15- Parramatta 20pts. 
16- South Sydney 20pts. 
17- West Tigers 18pts.

PLAY OFFS 
The Nrl play off system see's the top 4 play each other, winners get a week off, the losers face the winners of the bottom 4 games.
So next week sees. 
Melbourne v Cronulla,  Penrith v Sydney Roosters in top 4 games. And North Queensland v Newcastle and Canterbury v Manly in the bottom 4 games.

It has to be said there as been some poor games this week in relation to competitive fixtures

Friday saw Wigan hammer Leeds, Saints similar v Castleford the best game being KR excellent win at Leigh

Saturday saw Salford hammer Hull FC who fielded a young side who to their credit did give up despite being over-matched. Having seen the Highlights Huddersfield were awful being hammered by Warrington. Catalans beat London but seem unlikely to make the playoffs.

In the Championship Toulouse beat Fax who happily now look safe after beating Doncaster last week.

This week's results so far.

SL

In what has been a surprisingly 1 sided week. Wigan are still top after beating Leeds 38-0. Hull KR remain 2nd after getting an impressive win at Leigh 24-0. Warrington are still 3rd, and have cut the points difference with Hull KR after stuffing Huddersfield at Huddersfield 66-0. Salford secure a play off place, after dominating a terrible Hull FC at Hull 58-4. St Helens continue there place in the play offs after beating Castleford 40-4. And London again put in a performance, and lose this time at Catalans 12-8.

CHAMPIONSHIP
Toulouse beat Halifax 38-18.

NRL PLAY OFFS

Manly pull off a great comeback to put Canterbury out, winning at Canterbury 24-22. The other side out after this rd are Newcastle. Who lose at North Queensland 28-16. Melbourne get next week off, after beating Cronulla 37-10. Penrith will also have next week off after beating Sydney Roosters 30-10.

The Championship continues to deliver:
Barrow beat Whitehaven 34 - 14
Bradford scrape past Batley 16 - 14
Swinton win at Dewsbury 16 - 28
Doncaster get a good win v Widnes 30 - 14
Sheffield secure a crucial win at Fev
Wakefield overcome York 20 - 4

Fev now outside of the 6 but play Dewsbury next week, Friday night's Sheffield v York will be pivital