2025 UK Pre-Season Friendlies
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All the results, scorers from, plus the table and stats leaders after, Round 6 of the UK's second division.
All listed times are AEDT (NSW/VIC/ACT). Subtract 11 hours for UK local GMT.
RELATED: See the full list of 2023 Betfred Championship Draw and Results.
Newcastle Thunder 6 London Broncos 36
Venue: Kingston Park, Newcastle
Crowd: 978
Date: Sunday 19 March 2023 at 2:00am
Newcastle Thunder (6)
Tries: Jack Miller
Goals: Nikau Williams 1/1
London Broncos (36)
Tries: Ethan Natoli, Bill Leyland, Alex Walker 3, Jarred Bassett, Emmanuel Waine
Goals: Oliver Leyland 4
Newcastle: Johnson, Young, Foster, Wynne, Clegg; Miller, Williams; Chapelhow, Davies, Clark, Staveley, Gallagher, Bailey. Int: Balmforth, Chapelhow, Laidlaw, Moore.
London: Walker, Ulberg, Bassett, Natoli, Grant; Leyland, Parata; Bienek, Davis, Williams, Lovell, Jones, Stock. Int: Leyland, Albert, Waine, Raiwalui.
Widnes Vikings 12 Toulouse Olympique XIII 14
Venue: DCBL Stadium, Widnes
Crowd: 3093
Date: Sunday 19 March 2023 at 2:00am
Widnes Vikings (12)
Tries: Ryan Ince, Kieran Dixon, Joe Edge
Toulouse Olympique XIII (14)
Tries: Joe Bretherton, Reubenn Rennie, Paul Marcon
Goals: Jake Shorrocks 1
Widnes: Owens, Ince, Fleming, Edge, Dixon; Craven, Lyons; Field, Fozard, Amor, Grady, Davies, Brown. Int: Walker, Johnstone, Wilde, Hatton.
Toulouse: Ashall-Bott, Marcon, Jussaume, Armitage, Brochon; Ralph, Shorrocks; Belmas, Marion, Richards, Bretherton, Rennie, Hansen. Int: Pélissier, Pezet, Biscarro, Schaumkel.
Bradford Bulls 32 Sheffield Eagles 18
Venue: Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Crowd: 3004
Date: Monday 20 March 2023 at 2:00am
Bradford Bulls (32)
Tries: Tom Holmes 2, Joe Arundel, George Flanagan Sr, Liam Tindall
Goals: Dec Patton 6/7
Sheffield Eagles (18)
Tries: Jesse Sene-Lefao 2, Matty Dawson-Jones
Goals: Cory Aston 3/3
Bradford: Holmes, Tindall, Arundel, Gill, Foggin-Johnston; Patton, Lilley; Baldwinson, Flanagan, Rogers, Wallace, Ruan, Butler. Int: Scurr, Foster, Appo, Johnson.
Sheffield: Jones-Bishop, Bass, Welham, Oakes, Dawson-Jones; Aston, Thackeray; Douglas, Halafihi, Dickinson, Murphy, Farrell, Gwaze. Int: Hodgson, Broadbent, Sene-Lefao, Roberts.
Halifax Panthers 34 Keighley Cougars 10
Venue: The Shay Stadium, Halifax
Crowd: 2123
Date: Monday 20 March 2023 at 2:00am
Halifax Panthers (34)
Tries: Lachlan Walmsley 2, James Saltonstall, Joe Keyes, Ben Kavanagh, Tom Inman
Goals: Joe Keyes 5/6
Keighley Cougars (10)
Tries: Robbie Storey 2
Goals: Luke Gale 1/2
Halifax: Woodburn-Hall, Walmsley, Maizen, McComb, Saltonstall; Jouffret, Keyes; Maher, Wood, Murray, Kavanagh, Gee, Fairbank. Int: Tangata, Calcott, Inman, Gannon.
Keighley: Young, Graham, Storey, Stephenson, Dyer-Dixon; Gale, Gaylor; Santi, Kesik, Parker, Tomlinson, Levy, Spence. Int: Walker, Ioane, Doyle, Adebiyi.
Swinton Lions 6 Featherstone Rovers 34
Venue: Heywood Road, Sale
Crowd: 1090
Date: Monday 20 March 2023 at 2:00am
Swinton Lions (6)
Tries: James Greenwood
Goals: Dan Abram 1
Featherstone Rovers (34)
Tries: Kyle Evans 2, Gareth Gale, Josh Hardcastle, Caleb Aekins, Thomas Lacans, Connor Jones
Goals: Riley Dean 3/8
Swinton: Abram, Bruines, Butt, Badrock, Hatton; Lowe, Gibson; Delaney, Eaves, Baker, Lannon, Greenwood, Brogan. Int: Case, Cooper, Hall, Norman.
Featherstone: Aekins, Evans, Leilua, Hardcastle, Gale; Lacans, Dean; Springer, Wildie, Lockwood, Day, Taylor, Cozza. Int: Kopczak, Jones, Davies, Fleming.
York RLFC Knights 12 Whitehaven RLFC 14
Venue: LNER Community Stadium, York
Date: Monday 20 March 2023 at 2:00am
York RLFC Knights (12)
Tries: Matty Marsh, AJ Towse
Goals: James Glover 2/2
Whitehaven RLFC (14)
Tries: Daniel Spencer-Tonks 2, Curtis Tear
Goals: Sam Freeman 1/3
York: Marsh, Brown, Glover, Harrison, Towse; Hingano, Harris; Antrobus, Jubb, Fitzsimmons, Thompson, Kirmond, Michael. Int: Daley, Teanby, Ta'ai, Barley.
Whitehaven: Rourke, Eccleston, Taylor, Dixon, Teare; Freeman, Doran; Castle, Newton, Tabu, Lanskey, Holliday, O'Brien. Int: Aiye, Singleton, Spencer-Tonks, Ainley.
Batley Bulldogs 24 Barrow Raiders 12
Venue: FLAIR Stadium, Dewsbury*
Date: Tuesday 21 March 2023 at 6:45am
Batley Bulldogs (24)
Tries: Josh Hodson, Samy Kibula, James Meadows, Dale Morton
Goals: James Meadows 4
Barrow Raiders (12)
Tries: Greg Burke, Jarrod Sammut
Goals: Ryan Shaw 2
Batley: McGowan, Morton, Hodson, Buchanan, Kear; Meadows, White; Lillycrop, Leak, Brown, Manning, Walshaw, Reilly. Int: Campbell, Kibula, Flynn, Ward.
Barrow: Cresswell, Bulman, Broadbent, Shaw, Toal; Sammut, Carter; Burke, Wood, Iaria, Langtree, Stack, Wells. Int: Dawson, Gillam, Brooks, Evans.
*Note: this match was scheduled for Fox's Biscuit Stadium, Batley - damage to floodlights at that venue forced a late change to nearby Dewsbury.
Team | P | W | L | D | F | A | +/- | Pts |
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1. Featherstone Rovers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 50 | 238 | 12 |
2. Toulouse Olympique XIII | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 222 | 54 | 168 | 10 |
3. Sheffield Eagles | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 171 | 106 | 65 | 8 |
4. Bradford Bulls | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 114 | 12 | 8 |
5. Halifax Panthers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 142 | 150 | -8 | 8 |
6. York RLFC Knights | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 124 | 99 | 25 | 6 |
7. Widnes Vikings | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 123 | 114 | 9 | 6 |
8. Batley Bulldogs | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 141 | -27 | 6 |
9. London Broncos | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 132 | 4 | 4 |
10. Keighley Cougars | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 184 | -56 | 4 |
11. Swinton Lions | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 146 | -80 | 4 |
12. Whitehaven RLFC | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 208 | -136 | 4 |
13. Newcastle Thunder | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 218 | -146 | 3 |
14. Barrow Raiders | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 82 | 150 | -68 | 1 |
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Rank | Player | Team | P | T |
1 | WALMSLEY, Lachlan | HAL | 6 | 10 |
2 | GALE, Gareth | FEV | 6 | 8 |
3 | STOREY, Robbie | KLY | 6 | 7 |
4 | ARMITAGE, Guy | TOU | 4 | 6 |
Rank | Player | Team | P | T | G | FG | Pts |
1 | SHORROCKS, Jake | TOU | 6 | 4 | 22 | - | 60 |
2 | ASTON, Cory | SHE | 6 | 1 | 22 | - | 48 |
DEAN, Riley | FEV | 6 | 5 | 14 | - | 48 | |
4 | GLOVER, James | YOR | 5 | - | 20 | - | 40 |
WALMSLEY, Lachlan | HAL | 6 | 10 | - | - | 40 |