Rugby13: Rugby League

Challenge Cup third-round Results

ebbs — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:56:45 +0000

Here are all the results from the third round of the Challenge Cup.

Widnes 64-12 Wigan St Judes
Oldham 80-6 Blackwood Bulldogs
Gateshead 12-44 York
London Skolars 16-42 Limoux
Doncaster 0-26 Siddal
Rochdale 22-32 Lezignan
Drighlington 10-42 Dewsbury
Batley 70-6 Leeds Metropolitan University
Royal Navy 16-50 Blackpool
Featherstone 74-0 Workington
Warrington Wizards 22-34 Swinton
Leigh Miners Rangers 20-40 Whitehaven
Sheffield Eagles 54-0 Thatto Heath
Ovenden 10-88 Halifax
Barrow Raiders 62-10 Hunslet Warriors
Keighley 26-35 Toulouse Olympique
Leigh East 14-30 Hunslet Hawks
Leigh Centurions 52-4 Wath Brow Hornets

Telstra Premier League fixtures Rd1

ebbs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:37:50 +0000

Here are all the first round fixtures:

Fixtures Round One

Fri 12 Mar 07:35 Broncos v Cowboys
Fri 12 Mar 07:35 Eels v Dragons
Sat 13 Mar 05:30 Bulldogs v Knights
Sat 13 Mar 07:30 Panthers v Raiders
Sat 13 Mar 07:30 Sharks v Storm
Sun 14 Mar 05:30 Titans v Warriors
Sun 14 Mar 05:30 Rabbitohs v Roosters
Mon 15 Mar 07:00 Wests Tigers v Sea Eagles

Predictions

Here we are into a new season and Storm must be hot favourites following their win over Leeds Rhinos. Tricky first week, but here are our picks:

Broncos
Dragons
Bulldogs
Panthers
Storm
Titans
Rabbitohs
Sea Eagles

Super league Results Rd5 & Fixtures Rd6 with Predictions

ebbs — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:08:09 +0000

Here are the Weekends results:

Bradford Bulls 22-20 Wigan Warriors
Leeds Rhinos 62-4 Harlequins RL
Hull FC 42-22 Castleford Tigers
Salford City Reds 12-24 Catalans Dragons
Wakefield Wildcats 0-52 Huddersfield Giants
Hull Kingston Rovers 28-24 St. Helens
Warrington Wolves 46-12 Crusaders RL

Fixtures Round 6

Fri 12 Mar 20:00 Hull Kingston Rovers v Wakefield Wildcats Sky Sports
Fri 12 Mar 20:00 Wigan Warriors v Hull FC
Fri 12 Mar 20:00 St.Helens v Crusaders RL
Sat 13 Mar 17:30 Warrington Wolves v Bradford Bulls Sky Sports
Sat 13 Mar 18:30 Catalans Dragons v Castleford Tigers
Sun 14 Mar 14:00 Harlequins RL v Salford City Reds

Predictions

3 from 7 this week a real disaster, really not a lot we can say about it. Six games this week and here are our predictions:

Hull Kingston Rovers
Wigan Warriors
St.Helens
Warrington Wolves
Catalans Dragons
Harlequins RL

Super league Results Rd4 & Fixtures Rd5 with Predictions

ebbs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:40:42 +0000

Here are the Weekends results:

Wigan Warriors 58-0 Catalans Dragons
Hull FC 28-4 Harlequins RL
Salford City Reds 0-7 Bradford Bulls
St. Helens 22-16 Wakefield Wildcats
Castleford Tigers 20-24 Hull Kingston Rovers
Huddersfield Giants 10-14 Warrington Wolves

Fixtures Round 5

Fri 5 Mar 20:00 Bradford Bulls v Wigan Warriors Sky Sports
Fri 5 Mar 20:00 Leeds Rhinos v Harlequins RL
Fri 5 Mar 20:00 Hull FC v Castleford Tigers
Fri 5 Mar 20:00 Salford City Reds v Catalans Dragons
Sat 6 Mar 17:45 Wakefield Wildcats v Huddersfield Giants Sky Sports
Sun 7 Mar 15:00 Hull Kingston Rovers v St. Helens
Sun 7 Mar 15:00 Warrington Wolves v Crusaders RL

Predictions

5 from 6 this week much more like it, just Castleford who let us down. Back to a full fixture list this week and here are our predictions:

Wigan Warriors
Leeds Rhinos
Hull FC
Salford City Reds
Wakefield Wildcats
St.Helens
Warrington Wolves

Storm take the World Club Challenge – Leeds 10-18 Melbourne

ebbs — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:13:07 +0000

In a tight first half the only scores came from Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow slotting penalties for Leeds, with Cameron Smith replying with two for Melbourne giving us 4-4 at the break.

In the second period Danny McGuire ran the length-of-the-field scoring a try to put Leeds in front. However Luke MacDougall got one for Melbourne and Smith kicked them in front, finally Anthony Quinn took a late try to give it to the Storm. Final score:

Leeds 10-18 Melbourne

Scorers

Leeds
Tries: McGuire Goals: Sinfield, Burrow (2)

Melbourne
Tries: MacDougall, Quinn Goals: Smith (5)

Teams

Leeds: Webb, Watkins, Delaney, Senior, Hall, McGuire, Burrow, Leuluai, Diskin, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Kirke, Sinfield.
Replacements: Bailey for Leuluai (18), Buderus for Diskin (28), Lauitiiti for Peacock (29), Eastwood for Jones-Buchanan (23).

Melbourne: Slater, MacDougall, Nielsen, Inglis, Quinn, Finch, Smith, Tolman, Hinchcliffe, Lima, Blair, Hoffman, Lowrie.
Replacements: Bromwich for Tolman (23), Kostjasyn for Hinchcliffe (53), Proctor for Lima (16), Cahill for Lowrie (30).

Att: 27,697

Ref: R Silverwood (Dewsbury)

2013 League World Cup expanded to 14 teams

ebbs — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:27:53 +0000

More than 20 Countries will be given the chance to play in the 2013 rugby league World Cup to be held in the UK.

The Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) announced this week that 14 nations will compete in the modified and expanded tournament, with two of the countries coming from qualifying tournaments in the northern and southern hemispheres.

The proposal for a 14-nation World Cup was ratified in Singapore at a meeting of the RLIF.

RLIF chairman Colin Love said: (quote) We are delighted to have ratified this proposal for a 14-nation Rugby League World Cup, which was unanimously supported by RLIF delegates. Going forward I am confident that in 2013 we will see a tournament that will successfully showcase international rugby league to a worldwide audience.

World Club Challenge 2010 28 February

ebbs — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:13:53 +0000

Elland Road will the place to be this Sunday 28 February for the Gillette Fusion World Club Challenge between Leeds Rhinos and Melbourne Storm.

The annual showdown between the engage Super League champions and their opposite numbers from the NRL will come back to the home of Leeds United FC for the third successive year and will be a repeat of the 2008 world title decider.

The Storm warmed up for the encounter with a convincing win over Harlequins RL at the Stoop on Sunday running in 6 tries as they won 34-10. However the Quins were not at full strength so this may give them false hope.

We are predicting a Leeds Rhinos win.

Super league Results Rd3 & Fixtures Rd4 with Predictions

ebbs — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:34:37 +0000

Here are the Weekends results:

Leeds Rhinos 22-10 Salford City Reds
Bradford Bulls 41-22 Castleford Tigers
Warrington Wolves 20-22 Wigan Warriors
Catalans Dragons 12-42 St. Helens
Crusaders RL 18-16 Hull FC
Hull Kingston Rovers 0-30 Huddersfield Giants

Fixtures Round 4

Fri 26 Feb 20:00 Wigan Warriors v Catalans Dragons
Fri 26 Feb 20:00 Hull FC v Harlequins RL Sky Sports
Fri 26 Feb 20:00 Salford City Reds v Bradford Bulls
Fri 26 Feb 20:00 St. Helens v Wakefield Wildcats
Sat 27 Feb 18:15 Castleford Tigers v Hull Kingston Rovers Sky Sports
Sun 28 Feb 15:00 Huddersfield Giants v Warrington Wolves

Predictions

3 from 6 this week, both Hulls let us down, Warrington was not quite such a surprise. Only six matches again this week and hopefully more straight forward, but here are our predictions:

Wigan Warriors
Hull FC
Bradford Bulls
St Helens
Castleford Tigers
Huddersfield Giants

Challenge Cup third-round draw

ebbs — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:31:47 +0000

The Challenge Cup third-round draw has been completed after a glitch when it had to be redone after one of the balls was mistakenly replaced in the bag after being drawn out.

The 36 sides in the draw have the incentive of a potential tie against one of the 14 Super League sides.

However, Cumbrian amateurs Wath Brow Hornets face a big test against Championship club Leigh Centurions. whilst Keighley have French opposition for the second successive year, after disposing of Pia in 2009, they face a tougher proposition against Toulouse.

Welsh champions Blackwood Bulldogs’ reward for their away win over Edinburgh Eagles is a trip to Oldham.

Blackwood chairman Andrew Smith said: (quote) It is another tough tie but we will go up there with confidence as we want to pull off a shock and bring a Super League side to Glan-yr-Afon Park. (end quote)

The ties will all be played over the weekend of 6 and 7 March.

Challenge Cup third-round draw

Widnes v Wigan St Judes
Oldham v Blackwood Bulldogs
Gateshead v York
London Skolars v Limoux
Doncaster v Siddal
Rochdale v Lezignan
Drighlington v Dewsbury
Batley v Leeds Metropolitan University
Royal Navy v Blackpool
Featherstone v Workington
Warrington Wizards v Swinton
Leigh Miners Rangers v Whitehaven
Sheffield Eagles v Thatto Heath
Ovenden v Halifax
Barrow Raiders v Hunslet Warriors
Keighley v Toulouse Olympique
Leigh East v Hunslet Hawks
Leigh Centurions v Wath Brow Hornets

Terry Newton suspended over dope test

ebbs — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:18:22 +0000

Wakefield hooker Terry Newton has been provisionally suspended by the UK Anti-Doping Agency (UKAD) after testing positive for a banned substance.

Wakefield issued a statement saying the 31-year-old former Leeds, Wigan and Bradford player gave a positive test on 24 November. No details of what the substance was have been revealed and the club said there will be no further comment.

Newton joined Wakefield in the winter after being released by Bradford. He has been capped by Great Britain 15 times and has also won two England caps.

In five years at Wigan, he scored 62 tries before he moved to Bradford for two years, during which time he scored 27 tries.

A statement from the Rugby Football League said it had been informed by UKAD about Newton’s positive test on Monday 16 February.