Championship shield 8s

[roughyedspud]

1. Toulouse 30pts
2. Batley 22pts
3. Sheffield 20pts
4. Dewsbury 16pts
5. Rochdale 15pts
6. Swinton 12pts
7. Oldham 11pts
8. Bradford 0pts

Round 1 – Sunday August 6th
Batley v Swinton
Bradford v Toulouse
Dewsbury v Rochdale
Sheffield v Oldham

Round 2 – Sunday August 13th
Dewsbury v Toulouse
Oldham v Bradford
Rochdale v Batley
Swinton v Sheffield

Round 3 – Sunday August 20th
Toulouse v Rochdale (Saturday August 19th)
Batley v Oldham
Sheffield v Dewsbury
Swinton v Bradford

Round 4 – Monday August 28th
Bradford v Batley
Dewsbury v Swinton
Rochdale v Oldham
Toulouse v Sheffield

Round 5 – Sunday September 3rd
Batley v Dewsbury
Oldham v Toulouse
Rochdale v Swinton
Sheffield v Bradford

Round 6 – Sunday September 10th
Toulouse v Batley (Saturday September 9th)
Dewsbury v Bradford
Sheffield v Rochdale
Swinton v Oldham

Round 7 Sunday September 17th
Toulouse v Swinton (Saturday September 16th)
Batley v Sheffield
Bradford v Rochdale
Oldham v Dewsbury

 

[roughyedspud]

I've said on our board,we need to win at least 2 home games and chuck the kitchen sink at swinton & Rochdale away and hope for the best

 

[Lambretta]

If Bradford finish bottom, do they go down automatically?

 

[roughyedspud]

Yep*..lose two games and the are down,there's only 14points up for grabs


* unless the RFL change the structure of the league

 

[roughyedspud]

Week 1

Sheffield 56 - 16 Oldham
Dewsbury 56 - 8 Rochdale
Bradford 10 - 26 Toulouse
Batley 62 - 10 swinton

Massive games next week,Oldham v Bradford & swinton v sheffield

 

[adamkungl]

Really hope the RFL don't change the structure to give Bradford a reprieve.
Not out of malice or because they "deserve" to go down or anything, just because it's f**king amateurish to move the goalposts after the season is all but done.

Don't really see any benefit in expanding SL or Championship from 12 - if there's extra money to throw around they should raise the funding per club or invest it in junior leagues.

Leave it at 12-12, keep P&R but ditch the bloated super 8s structure imo.

Super League Leaders and Championship Shield awarded after 23 rounds.

Top 5 finals with a proper advantage for the League Leaders.

Bottom 2 + Top 2 Round Robin with MPG for P&R.

League One automatic promotion for League Leaders. 2nd-5th playoff.

Everyone else goes home and enjoys their offseason.

 

[roughyedspud]

I'm not against evening up the championship & league one 14 & 14 sounds and looks right..

Its just how they do it and when then announce it...like saying at the start of the season "1 team goes down,3 teams come up" at least everyone knows what the plan is,no if buts or maybe's....but this is the RFL,they leave themselves open to ridicule every chance they get,just for laughs.....it seems

 

[adamkungl]

I'm not against evening up the championship & league one 14 & 14 sounds and looks right..

Its just how they do it and when then announce it...like saying at the start of the season "1 team goes down,3 teams come up" at least everyone knows what the plan is,no if buts or maybe's....but this is the RFL,they leave themselves open to ridicule every chance they get,just for laughs.....it seems

Yeah I'd be fine with that if they announced it before the season started. Now it would just look like saving Bradford. Why even bother stripping them of pts in that case

 

[roughyedspud]

We'll Bradford beat us 20-16,thankfully swinton lost too

Week 2

Oldham 16 - 20 Bradford
Swinton 30 - 32 Sheffield
Rochdale 14 - 34 Batley
Dewsbury 36 - 34 toulouse

Top 4 looks done and dusted with Oldham,swinton & Rochdale fighting it out to join Bradford in league one

Toulouse 32pts
Batley 26pts
Sheffield 24pts
Dewsbury 20pts
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Rochdale 15pts
Swinton 12pts
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Oldham 11pts
Bradford 2pts

 

[deluded pom?]

I can't see you pulling four points back from Rochdale and overhauling their points difference 'spud. Five or six points would be highly unlikely. It's you or Swinton IMO.

 

[roughyedspud]

Swinton,Rochdale and a clocked off Toulouse...6 points to survival

 

[roughyedspud]

A vital point away at Batley today..and swinton & Rochdale losing

Batley 22 - 22 Oldham
Sheffield 28 - 35 Dewsbury
Swinton 16 - 30 Bradford
Toulouse 50 - 12 rochdale

Toulouse 34pts
Batley 27pts
Sheffield 26pts
Dewsbury 22pts
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Rochdale 15pts
Swinton 12pts
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Oldham 12pts
Bradford 4pts

 

[deluded pom?]

DA-DA. DA-DA. DA-DA-DA. The Great Escape is on 'spud.

 

[roughyedspud]

22 - 0 down after 25min too... apparently Scott Naylor for into a slanging match with some Batley fans as well...I think he's gone whether we survive or not..

 

[Dakink]

I'm cheering for Oldham Spud!

 

[deluded pom?]

Do you still have the six fingered ones to play again 'spud?

 

[roughyedspud]

yep on bank holiday monday

 

[deluded pom?]

It could mean you reach safety by winning El Classico.

 

[roughyedspud]

Assuming Dewsbury beat swinton

 

[deluded pom?]

Assuming Dewsbury beat swinton

There may not be a Swinton to beat. They've had another letter sent to them I believe.