2024 season.

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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.

Hull improved in the 2nd half, but god they were woeful in the 1st.. Rovers were clinical and as with last week won it by ht., good job we Don't have a kicker. Wasn't much of a Derby to kick off Derby weekend (or close rivals).

In the other SL game,
St Helens best Wigan 12-4, in a scrappy game.

In the championship. 
Bradford get a great result, beating Halifax 29-10. Whitehaven beat Barrow 23-22. Wakefield win again, this time at Featherstone 20-12. Dewsbury  beat Batley 24-4 in a great win. Sheffield continue there fine form winning at Doncaster 26-20, and Widnes beat Swinton 28-10.

In League 1.
Keighley continue there fantastic start by winning at Hunslet 42-14.

In the NRL.
Brisbane stuff North Queensland 38-12. And South Sydney beat Canterbury 20-16.

Yesterday's games. 

In SL
Catalans get an excellent win at Warrington 32-24, in an exciting game. Salford also win beating Leigh 32-22.

In League 1.
Newcastle lose at home to Workington 48-18.

In the NRL.
St George win against Manly 20-12. And Solphins win at Gold Coast 30-14.

Final games of Easter weekend. 

In SL.
London lose again, this time to Huddersfield 26-6.

In the championship. 
Toulouse get a good win at York 20-14.

In League 1.
Oldham win big v Rochdale 54-16. North Wales beat Midland 20, -14.

And in the NRL.
New Zealand warriors beat Newcastle

Sorry,
New Zealand warriors beats Newcastle 20-12, and Cronulla get a good win v Canberra 36-22.

The opening games if this weekends rugby. 

In SL. Wigan cruise to a fairly comfortable win at Leigh 40-12.

And in the NRL

Melbourne and Brisbane serve up another highly entertaining game, which Melbourne just win 34-32.

Today's games.

In SL.
The big result what Wheldon rd. As Castleford win there 1st game of the season beating Salford 36-24. Warrington get a good win at Leeds 34-8. Hull KR  continue there recent good form beating London Broncos 50-10. 

In the NRL.
Canterbury beat Sydney Roosters 30-26. Newcastle beat St George 30-10 (St george 2nd try is from a wonderful pass). Both these games where played in absolute torrential rain.

I am not greatly surprised by Wire winning at Leeds, the margin however is a different matter.

I do feel very much for London.

Hull FC v Huddersfield as I type, the final score not in but the result pretty well is currently 10 - 40, ouch.

Catalans v Saints later should be a cracker.

The Beast wrote:I am not greatly surprised by Wire winning at Leeds, the margin however is a different matter.

I do feel very much for London.

Finished 56-22 to Huddersfield.  Fc again woeful in the 1st half, they really are a poor team. 
As for London, they were on a hiding to nothing before, than img just crushed them. Though last night they just seemed defensively naive (like Hall's try). Probably wrong year to go up.

The big result so far happened in the championship. 
As Swinton travel to Toulouse and pull off a 20-14 win. 

In the NRL.
Manly get a good win v Penrith 32-18. Dolphins beat West Tigers 26-16. And South Sydney who have been poor, continue that vain by losing to New Zealand Warriors 34-4.

In the NCL premier league. 
The 2 most dominant forces of recent years Weat Hull & Hunslet, just keeping winning.

Final game of yesterday. 

Catalans beat St Helens 14-8.

Today's games. 

In the Championship. 
The result of the day was at post office Rd, where Bradford beat Featherstone away 24-14 for an excellent win. Sheffield continue there fine form winning at Whitehaven 42-16. Wakefield win again 42-6 at Doncaster. Barrow beat York 15-14, and Halifax beat Batley 18-10. Widnes get an away win at Dewsbury 24-6.

In League one. 
Oldham put down a marker, winning 62-0 at Hunslet. North Wales inflict the latest defeat on Newcastle 58-18, and Workington beat Rochdale 32-22.

In the NRL.

Parramatta get stuffed in Canberra 41-8. And North Queensland beat Gold Coast 35-22.

Great result for Swinton, not many win there.

Quite surprised that York lost.

Not sure what to makof York, on paper they have a good squad. But semi to be struggling on the pitch.

No SL games as challenge Cup weekend.

In the NRL.
Sydney Roosters hold of a late comeback to win at Newcastle 22-20.

Yesterday's nrl games.

Brisbane win the Brisbane Derby, beating Dolphins 28-14. Melbourne scrape a victory against Canterbury 16-14.

Today's games. 

In the challenge Cup quarter finals. 
Huddersfield pull off a big shock, winning at Catalans 34-6. And Hull KR see off holders Leigh 26-14 after an exciting 2nd half.

In the championship. 
Bradford follow up last week's win at Featherstone with another impressive victory, this time beating Toulouse 19-12.

In the NRL.
South Sydney's bad start to the season continued, losing at home to Cronulla 34-22. Newcastle & Manly fight out a 22 all draw, in which both half's were mirrors of each other. And Parramatta beat North Queensland 27-20.

Huddersfield.....wow didn't see that coming at all. Looking forward to seeing highlights of both QF's.

In today's games. 

In the challenge Cup. 
Warrington pull off a fantastic win, beating St Helens in St Helens 31-8. Wigan meanwhile gain an expected victory 60-6 at Castleford. 
The semi final draw, see's a repeat of last seasons semi as Hull KR get Wigan, meanwhile Huddersfield face Warrington. 

Un the championship. 
Wakefield win 50-6 at York.  Featherstone also get a good away win 46-4 at Doncaster. Widnes get a big win v Halifax 40-14. Sheffield roll on, winning at Swinton 22-4.Batley win at Whitehaven 25-12. Meanwhile in South Cumbria,  Barrow win 27-20 v Dewsbury. 
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In League 1.
Oldham win against Cornwall 46-10. Keighley match them with a 22-6 win v North Wales (it really looks between these 2), Rochdale get a big needed win v Newcastle 68-4. And in a slightly surprising result Hunslet win at Midlands 30-26.

In the NRL.
West Tigers lose at home 24-12 to St George,  Canberra win a close game 21-20 against Gold Coast.

The tables at this moment in time.

SL.

Top are Catalans with 12 pts from 7 games, then in order Warrington,  Wigan,  Hull KR & St Helens with 10 pts from 7 games, apart from Wigan who played 6. Then last in the play offs are Huddersfield 8pts from 7.
With Salford & Leeds just outside with 8 pts also.
Bottom are London Broncos with 0 pts, just above are Hull fc,Castleford then Leigh with 2

Championship.  All have played 4 games.
Top Wakefield 8 pts, then in order Widnes & Sheffield 8 pts, Bradford 6 pts, then Featherstone & Halifax 4 pts.
With Barrow & Whitehaven just outside the play off places with 4 pts.
In the relegation places.
York are Bottom with 0pts, then Doncaster with 2 pts.
Just outside are Swinton, Batley,  Dewsbury & Toulouse with 2 pts. 

In League 1.
Oldham are top with 8pts from 4 games.
In the play off places. 
Keighley 8 pts from 4, North Wales 6pts from 4 & Hunslet 6 from 5, then Rochdale & Workington 4 pts from 5 (Rochdale) & 4 (Workington).
With Midlands just outside with 2pts from 4.

In the NRL
Cronulla are top with 10 pts from 5 games. 
The rest of the play off places are.
Melbourne 10pts from 5, Canberra, North Queensland (6 games each), Dolphins & Penrith (5 games) all have 8 pts. New Zealand Warriors & Manly 7 pts from 6.
With just outside.
Sydney Roosters,  Brisbane, Parramatta, West Tigers (5 games), St George with 6pts from 6.
Bottom are South Sydney on 2 pts from6, with Gold Coast also 2pts from 6 next place up.

Today's NRL game.

Melbourne win at Sydney Roosters 16-12.

Yesterday's games. 

In SL.

Hull FC are still hammered despite sacking the coach, this time at At Helens 58_0. Huddersfield get a great win at Leeds 30-24. And Wigan beat Castleford for the 3rd time this season so far 36-14.

In the NRL.
Dolphins get a great win at Parramatta 44-16. And St George continue there good start beating New Zealand warriors 30-12.

Saturdays games.

SL. 
The big game turned into a disappointing one sided affair, with Catalans win 36-6 against Hull KR. The other 2 games where tight affairs. Salford came back from the capital with 2 points after a 12-4 win at London Broncos.  And Warrington beat Leigh 16-14.

 The Championship. 
Toulouse after losing there last 2 games bounced back with a big win 40-4 v Whitehaven. 

NRL. 
Brisbane after an excellent 1st half, beat Canberra 34-10. Manly win at Gold Coast 34-30. And Penrith beat West Tigers 22-6.

Today's games. 

Championship. 
York get there 1st win of the season, perhaps surprisingly beating Bradford 25-14.
Wakefield continue winning,  this time at Batley 34-14. Near neighbours Featherstone also win 32-24 against Widnes. Sheffield put on a masterful away performance in thrashing Halifax 36-0. Doncaster return from South Cumbria with a great win 38-6. Swinton also get a good win, beating Dewsbury 50-22. 

League 1.
Rochdale win a good game at Notth Wales 37-36. Workington also get a great away win, at Hunslet 30-18. Keighley stuff Newcastle in Newcastle 82-6. And Midlands stuff Cornwall in Cornwall 72-6.

NRL. 
Neither were close games, as Cronulla easily beat North Queensland 42-6. And Canterbury also win fairly easily, beating Newcastle 36-12.

Wakefield have Toulouse then Sheffield, the latter might offer their biggest challenge to date.

In yesterday's games. 

SL
St Helens win a tight game 13-12 against Huddersfield. 

NRL. 
Sydney Roosters put there recent indifferent form behind them as they stuff St George away 60-18. Melbourne continue there fine form easily beating South Sydney 54-20. Gold Coast win away in New Zealand at the Warriors 27-24.

Today's games. 

SL.
Leigh get a great result, beating Catalans 30-2. Hull KR also get a good result,  beating Wigan 26-10. And Castleford get an expected win against London Broncos 40-0.

NRL.
Manly beat Parramatta 32-18.

Saturday;

Salford continue to prove doubters wrong, beating Warrington 17 - 12.

Toulouse push Wakefield but the home side run out 28 - 12 winners at Belle Vue

In League 1 Oldham record a reasonably comfortable win at Midlands 44 - 16, IMO the latter deserving a lot of credit for their performance.

Sunday

Leeds edge out an improved Hull FC 18 - 12

Championship

Batley 22 - York 18
Bradford 13 - Widnes 14 On dear.
Doncaster 38 - Dewsbury 12
Halifax 12 - Swinton 28 I feel for Fax really struggling with injuries
Whitehaven 24 - Fev 28, never easy in Cumbria but closer than most expect.
Sheffield 54 - Barrow 0 they play Wakefield next week, should be an interesting game

League 1

Hunslet beat North Wales 22-22-14. Rochdale give Keighley a scare before losing 42-30 at home. Workington beat Cornwall 52-18.

NRL
Cronulla get a very impressive win at Canberra 40-0. Newcastle also get a good away win at Dolphins 18-14. Penrith also get an away win 26-20 at North Queensland.. Brisbane also get an away win at West tigers 34-10.


Wakefield could get a test this week at Sheffield, who at the moment are the most consistent of the rest. Halifax are a suprise, yes injuries but i still expected them to be better.
League 1 is basically a 2 horse race betwewn Keighley & Oldham.

Tonight's games. 

SL.
Wigan win the Grand final replay 30-8 against Catalans. 

NRL 

Penrith score 42 unanswered points after being 12-0 down to win at South Sydney 42-12.

Yesterday's games. 

SL.
Salford get a great result at Huddersfield winning 18-16. Warrington beat Hull FC at home 24-6. Leeds are the latest side to jump over London winning 46-8. 

Championship. 
Wakefield win at Sheffield quite convincingly 36-10.

NRL
Canberra pull off a great comeback to win at Manly 26-24, and Sydney Roosters gat a great win at Brisbane 40-18.

Yesterday's games. 

SL
Hull Kr produce another great performance to beat St Helens 40-20. And we get our 1st draw of the season, as Leigh and Castleford draw 28 all.

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Toulouse get a good if expected away win at Dewsbury 38-21.

NRL
Melbourne continue winning, this time a tight one at Gold Coast 22-20. Dolphins also win away in a Queensland Derby at North Queensland 28-26. And Canterbury beat West Tigers  22-14.

Today's Championship Games

Barrow earn a good home win v Batley
Featherstone overcome a good challenge from Fax
Bradford record a comfortable win at Swinton
Widnes edge past Doncaster
York's poor start (except when playing Bradford) continues, well beaten at home by Whitehaven.

League 1

I saw the game via The Sportsman's You Tube Channel Hunslet record a great win at Keighley, the home side with the majority of possession territory but the difference IMO came down to goal line defence, one team more desperate than the other.

Oldham predictably hammer Newcastle
Rochdale record a comfortable win v Cornwall
Hurricanes seal an excellent win at Workington

The Beast wrote:Today's Championship Games

Barrow earn a good home win v Batley
Featherstone overcome a good challenge from Fax
Bradford record a comfortable win at Swinton
Widnes edge past Doncaster
York's poor start (except when playing Bradford) continues, well beaten at home by Whitehaven.

League 1

I saw the game via The Sportsman's You Tube Channel Hunslet record a great win at Keighley, the home side with the majority of possession territory but the difference IMO came down to goal line defence, one team more desperate than the other.

Oldham predictably hammer Newcastle
Rochdale record a comfortable win v Cornwall
Hurricanes seal an excellent win at Workington

York really are a strange side, with there players really expected more. Widnes could be the surprise outfit this season. Of the rest, expected the results. 

Keighley loss pretty much puts Oldham in such a good position, think they play each other 3 times, but Oldham are massive favourites.

Tonight's games. 

SL
A bad start gave Hull KR to much to do at Warrington, who won 20-8.

NRL
Dolphins beat Manly 30-24.

Yesterday's games. 

SL.

St Helens win easily at Castleford 60-4. Leigh also put on a good performance beating Salford 40-12.

NRL
Brisbane win at Parramatta 30-14, Penrith win against Canterbury 16-10.

Yesterday's games. 

SL
Wigan put on a great attacking display in winning at Huddersfield 48-6. Catalans beat Leeds 26-0.

NRL
Cronulla pull off a fantastic win in the battle of the top 2 at Melbourne 25-18. At the other end South Sydney Continue to lose, this time at St George 28-14. And West Tigers also lose again 14-20 to Newcastle at home.

The few games from Today.

SL
Congratulations to London Broncos on getting there 1st win of the season,  beating Hull FC 34-18.

LEAGUE ONE 
Also Congratulations to Cornwall,  who also got there 1st win, an impressive 24-22 win at Midlands. 

1895 CUP SEMI FINALS. 
Wakefield do what they've been doing, beating Bradford at Bradford 40-14 to get to Wembley. Where they will face Sheffield,  who win at York 28-18.

NRL
Sydney Roosters win 38-18 v New Zealand Warriors. And Gold Coast hold on to beat North Queensland 20-18.

Really pleased for London, well played. I haven't seen any of the game but from previous games Hull FC are a mess and fold like a pack of cards under pressure.

Great win for Cornwall.

So tables at the moment. 

SL
Other than Wigan & Leigh (who's game was postponed for the World club game) everyone else has played 11. Top to bottom play off place (in order).

Wigan & St Helens & Warrington & Catalans  all have 16pts. Hull KR & Salford 14pts. 
Leeds are just outside on 12pys.

Bottom are London Broncos on 2 pts, with Hull FC next to bottom also on 2pts.

CHAMPIONSHIP 
All have played 7. Top to bottom in play off places are.

Wakefield 14 pts, Sheffield & Widnes 12pts, Featherstone 10pts, Bradford 8pts, Toulouse 6pts.
With Doncast & Swinton &Whitehaven & Barrow all on 6pts also just outside. 
Relegation places are
Dewsbury & York with 2pts. With Halifax & Batley on 4pts just outside. 

LEAGUE ONE. 
Oldham are top in the automatic promotion place with 12pts from 6 games.
Play Off places are.
Keighley 12pts from 7, Hunslet 10pts from 8, Rochdale (8 games) & Workington (7 games) 8 points, Midlands 6 points from 8 games.
With North Wales just outside also with 6 points from 6 games.


NRL
Top to bottom play off places. 
Cronulla 18 pts from 9 games, Penrith & Melbourne 16 pts from 9 games, Dolphins 14 pts from 9 games, Sydney Roosters & Brisbane (both played 10 games) & Canberra (9 games), all with 12 pts, Manly 11 points from 10 games.
With just outside Canterbury (9gaes) & Newcastle & St George (both 10 games) on 10 pts.
Bottom are South Sydney pts, then Gold Coast & West Tigers on 4 pts, all after 9 games.

1st challenge Cup semi final.

Wigan beat a poor Hull KR 38-6 

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Toulouse beat Barrow 38-16.

NRL (all games till. Tomorrow)

Brisbane win a tight one 13-12 at Manly. Canberra beat Canterbury 24-20.
Cronulla win a thriller against Sydney Roosters 38-30. Newcastle win At Gold Coast 28-24. And North Queensland win at South Sydney 28-22.

Today's games. 

2nd challenge Cup semi final. 
Another one sided affair, as Warrington beat Huddersfield 46-10. 
Though both semi finals have been disappointing games, there is no argument the final should be a great game.

CHAMPIONSHIP. 
Bradford get a great result,  beating Sheffield 28-10. York also get an excellent result stuffing Halifax 40-18 (still don't understand what is happening at Halifax). Wakefield pull away at the end to beat Swinton 46-22. Featherstone come back at Dewsbury to win fairly comfortably 46-12. Doncaster get an impressive 26-0 win v Batley. Meanwhile Widnes and Whitehaven battle out a 28 all draw.

LEAGUE ONE. Oldham win again, this time at Cornwall 42--0. Keighley match them with a good 30-10 win at North Wales. Midlands get the big win V Newcastle this week 66-4. Rochdale get a big win v Workington 56-12.

NRL 
New Zealand warriors get a great win v Penrith 22-20. Dolphins win against West Tigers 24-12. And Melbourne bounce back from last week's defeat to beat Parramatta 48-12.

Re Fax. A combination of finance concerns and thus wafer thin squad, injuries and dual reg. Leeds are a fantastic club but as Bradford found dual reg just did not work.

I thought they would have improved by now, I guess confidence is low.

Games so far this week.

SL

Castleford hold on for another win all though they where only playing Hull FC so you know 30-22. St Helens demolish Leeds in the 2nd half to win 40-10. Huddersfield poor home form continues as they lose to Leigh 16-10.

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Sheffield beat Dewsbury 36-13.

NRL

Canterbury beat St George 44-12. Manly get a good win v Melbourne 26-20. North Queensland get back to winning ways against West Tigers 42-28. Penrith get the result of the RD so far, stuffing Cronulla away 42-0. South Sydney win, beating Parramatta 42-26. And Sydney Roosters win in Canberra 44-16.

Today's games. 

SL

Warrington finally beat Catalans  (this was the 3rd time they've played in the league this season, twice away) away 16-8.

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Toulouse beat Widnes 28-20 to continue there improved form.

Chsmpionship

Bradford throw away a 12 point lead and lose 21 - 20 at Batley

SL

Hull KR bounce back from last week's semi final defeat,  to score 11 tries and win 64-14 at London. Wigan get a win at Salford 26-6.

CHAMPIONSHIP 

Barrow get a fantastic result beating Featherstone 25-12. Wakefield continue to win, also in Cumbria at Whitehaven 30-6. York stage a better comeback then Batley to win at Swinton 30-22. Halifax get a win 30-8 against Doncaster. 

LEAGUE ONE. 

The big game see's Keighley get a win 28-18 at home against Oldham. Newcastle put in a great performance on there move back to Gateshead losing but only just 18-24 v Rochdale. Midlands beat North Wales 18-10. Hunslet beat Cornwall 42-16.

NRL
New Zealand Warriors beat Dolphins 24-20. But I guess the surprise result of the RD, Gold Coast go to Brisbane and win 36-34.

Only one NRL game yesterday. 

As Parramatta beat a faltering Cronulla 34-22.

Tonight's games. 

SL.

Huddersfield beat Hull FC for a 3rd time this year 24-18. And St Helens beat Catalans 24-12


CHAMPIONSHIP 

Wakefield cruise past Dewsbury 56-0.

NRL

Canterbury easily beat Newcastle in Newcastle 32-2.

Good to see Hull FC seemingly putting in a good shift and showing some fight.

Today;

Wigan record an excellent win at Warrington 18 - 19
Hull KR beat Leigh 12 - 0
Leeds relieve some pressure from Rohan Smith with a convincing 32 - 4 v Castleford

Championship

Toulouse improve their away record winning 24 - 38 at Fax.

NRL

St. George with a great win at Penrith 10 - 22
Canberra edge past the Dolphins 25 - 26

2024 WINNERS ENCLOSURE 
French Champions 

Congratulations to Carcassonne who narrowly defeated Albi to win the title.