Championships Team of the Week – August 18th
Ben Heaton and Tony Tonks are both named in the Championship Team of the Week after Halifax’s return to form against Batley.
Ben Heaton and Tony Tonks are both named in the Championship Team of the Week after Halifax’s return to form against Batley.
Hunslet stand-off Thomas Coyle and London Skolars scrum-half Dylan Skee are the latest Premier Sports Players of the Week.
Scores and report from Sunday’s fixtures in the Kingstone Press Championships.
Match stats from Rochdale Hornets v Oldham RLFC
Ruairi McGoff is Rochdale’s major concern for Thursday’s televised derby after suffering an elbow injury during Hornets’ win over Gateshead Thunder on Sunday.
Sheffield have three players in the Championship Team of the Week after their 20-8 win over Leigh.
Keighley Cougars player-coach Paul March and Rochdale Hornets winger Gareth Langley are the Premier Sports Players of the Week.
Match stats from Rochdale Hornets v Gateshead Thunder
Rochdale Hornets coach Ian Talbot will give late fitness tests to Chris Hough and ‘a couple of others’ ahead of Sunday’s clash with Gateshead Thunder.
The Premier Sports Teams of the Week for both the Championship and Championship One.
Batley Bulldogs prop Alex Rowe and Oldham full-back Richard Lepori are the Premier Sports Players of the Week.
Scores and report from Sunday’s fixtures in the Kingstone Press Championships.
Match stats from Rochdale Hornets v South Wales Scorpions
Chris Tyrer (groin) is Rochdale’s only absentee as the Hornets prepare to host South Wales Scorpions in Sunday’s Kingstone Press Championship One fixture.
Swinton Lions have two players in the Premier Sports Championship Team of the Week after their superb win over Featherstone Rovers.
Workington Town second row Jarrad Stack and Rochdale Hornets centre Dave Hull are the Premier Sports Players of the Week.
Neil Barraclough has his weekly look at what we’ve learned about rugby league over the past few days.
Rochdale Hornets coach Ian Talbot could give a debut to loan signing Ruairi McGoff, who has joined on a one-month deal from Barrow Raiders.
Neil Barraclough has his regular Sunday night look at the five things we’ve learned in rugby league this weekend.
Rochdale have beaten off competition from fellow Championship and Championship 1 clubs to capture Barrow Raiders forward Ruairi McGoff on an initial one month loan.
The Challenge Cup quarter-final weekend saw some superb Hull defence, but the debate on re-structuring rumbles on.
Keighley props Scott Law and Sean Hesketh are both in the Premier Sports Team of the Week after the Cougars 28-20 win over Hunslet.