RESULTS: 2023 Betfred Championship Round 25

All the results and scorers from the 25th round.

All listed times are AEST (NSW/QLD/VIC/ACT).

RELATED: See the full list of 2023 Betfred Championship Draw and Results.

Sheffield Eagles 38 Keighley Cougars 10
Venue: Olympic Legacy Park Community Stadium, Sheffield
Crowd: 932
Date: Saturday 9 September 2023 at 4:30am

Sheffield Eagles (38)
Tries: Aaron Murphy, Ben Jones-Bishop, Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Cory Aston, James Glover, Ross Oakes
Goals: Cory Aston 3/5, Izaac Farrell 2/2

Keighley Cougars (10)
Tries: Lewis Young 2
Goals: Harvey Spence 1/2

Sheffield: Laulu-Togaga'e, Jones-Bishop, Oakes, Glover, Dawson-Jones; Aston, Thackeray; Kirk, Hansen, Dickinson, Murphy, Sene-Lefao, Hodgson. Int: Farrell, Broadbent, Wood, Hird.
Keighley: Young, Graham, Sa'u, Storey, Agoro; Spence, Rush; Ioane, Doyle, Nicholson-Watton, Robson, Adebiyi, Trout. Int: Walker, Lynam, Thomas, Bibby.

Newcastle Thunder 22 Featherstone Rovers 56
Venue: Kingston Park, Newcastle
Crowd: 747
Date: Saturday 9 September 2023 at 5:00am

Newcastle Thunder (22)
Tries: Gideon Boafo 2, Nikau Williams, Denive Balmforth
Goals: Nikau Williams 3/4

Featherstone Rovers (56)
Tries: Gareth Gale 3, Craig Hall 2, Matthew Wildie, Elijah Taylor, Brad Day, Ellis Longstaff, Mathieu Cozza
Goals: Craig Hall 8/10

Newcastle: Donaghy, Johnson, Walsh, Walker, Boafo; Balmforth, Williams; Chapelhow, Davies, Chapelhow, Bailey, Burns, Clark. Int: Simons, Lightowler, Walton, Rushworth.
Featherstone: Aekins, Hall, Longstaff, Jones, Gale; Lacans, Chisholm; Kopczak, Wildie, Cozza, Day, Taylor, Smith. Int: Kheirallah, Davies, Moors, Springer.

Halifax Panthers 26 Toulouse Olympique XIII 18
Venue: The Shay Stadium, Halifax
Crowd: 1437
Date: Sunday 10 September 2023 at 3:00am

Halifax Panthers (26)
Tries: Ben Kavanagh, James Woodburn-Hall, James Saltonstall, Lachlan Walmsley
Goals: Louis Jouffret 5/6

Toulouse Olympique (18)
Tries: Zac Santo, Robin Brochon, Pierre-Jean Lima
Goals: Jake Shorrocks 3/3

Halifax: Woodburn-Hall, Saltonstall, McComb, Crooks, Walmsley; Jouffret, Keyes; Calcott, Moore, Larroyer, Kavanagh, Gee, Fairbank. Int: Inman, Tangata, Lannon, Sutcliffe.
Toulouse: Santo, Marcon, Laguerre, Armitage, Laguerre; Shorrocks, Brochon; Hansen, Gahan, Belmas, Stefani, Lima, Marion. Int: Pélissier, Skoundri, Silva, Peyroux.

London Broncos 52 Widnes Vikings 12
Venue: The Cherry Red Records Stadium, Wimbledon
Date: Monday 11 September 2023 at 12:00am

London Broncos (52)
Tries: Dean Whare 2, Wellington Albert, Alex Walker, Henry Raiwalui, Jarred Bassett, Marcus Stock, Jordan Williams, Oliver Leyland
Goals: Corey Norman 8/9

Widnes Vikings (12)
Tries: Kieran Dixon, Olly Davies
Goals: Kieran Dixon 2/2

London: Walker, Grant, Raiwalui, Whare, Bassett; Leyland, Norman; Albert, Davis, Butler, Lovell, Natoli, Parata. Int: Stock, Williams, Waine, Leyland.
Widnes: Owens, Ince, Fleming, Edge, Dixon; Craven, Gilmore; Farnworth, Fozard, Field, Wilde, Grady, Brown. Int: Davies, Forber, Lawton, Worthington.

Barrow Raiders 32 Swinton Lions 14
Venue: Matt Johnson Prestige Stadium, Barrow
Crowd: 2117
Date: Monday 11 September 2023 at 12:00am

Barrow Raiders (32)
Tries: Keanan Brand 2, Luke Broadbent 2, Ryan Shaw, Andrew Bulman
Goals: Ryan Shaw 4/6

Swinton Lions (14)
Tries: Dan Abram, Andrew Badrock
Goals: Dan Abram 3/3

Barrow: Cresswell, Shaw, Brand, Broadbent, Bulman; Sammut, Johnston; Burke, Wood, Worthington, Emslie, Stack, Wilkinson. Int: Carter, Corkill, Evans, Billington.
Swinton: Lowe, Romeo, Spedding, Badrock, Butt; Abram, Gibson; Brogan, Hall, Bennion, Lloyd, Cox, Foster. Int: Baker, Case, Roby, Rodden.

Batley Bulldogs 25 Whitehaven RLFC 12
Venue: Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley
Crowd: 1122
Date: Monday 11 September 2023 at 12:00am

Batley Bulldogs (25)
Tries: Dale Morton 2, Jimmy Meadows 2
Goals: Dale Morton 4/4
Field Goals: Josh Woods 1

Whitehaven RLFC (12)
Tries: Dion Aiye, David Eccleston
Goals: Josh Rourke 2/2

Batley: McGowan, Morton, Hodson, Buchanan, Kear; Meadows, Woods; Gledhill, White, Brown, Manning, Walshaw, Blake. Int: Leak, Ward, Kibula, Flynn.
Whitehaven: Rourke, Eccleston, Taylor, Dixon, Teare; Carter, Doran; Castle, Newton, Ainley, Holliday, Lanskey, Hill. Int: Phillips, Aiye, Singleton, Spencer-Tonks.

Bradford Bulls 10 York RLFC Knights 20
Venue: Odsal Stadium, Bradford
Crowd: 3603
Date: Monday 11 September 2023 at 12:00am

Bradford Bulls (10)
Tries: Connor Wynne
Goals: Jordan Lilley 3/3

York Knights (20)
Tries: Conor Fitzsimmons, Myles Harrison, AJ Towse
Goals: Liam Harris 4/5

Bradford: Wynne, Tindall, Arundel, Gill, Foggin-Johnston; Holmes, Lilley; Lawrence, Flanagan, Doro, Butler, Wallace, Baitieri. Int: England, Scurr, Appo, Jowitt.
York: Harrison, Pratt, Dee, Clarkson, Towse; Daley, Harris; Santi, Jubb, Ta'ai, Field, Kirmond, Thompson. Int: Fitzsimmons, Michael, Pauli, Pemberton.

Table after Round 25

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Top Tryscorer
Lachlan Walmsley (32)

Top Pointscorer
Jake Shorrocks (216)

State of play - two rounds remaining

With two rounds left the race for the top six is wide open - and the relegation battle is wide open too.

Let's start top and bottom. Featherstone are League Leaders and will get the first week of playoffs to rest with first place locked in. Newcastle will be relegated with the margin now too great for them to dig their way out of the bottom two.

The race for the six: Toulouse are the only other team who are mathematically locked in for playoffs so far. Sheffield and London are all-but there, but could still fall out of contention should a whole raft of results go against them. Halifax, York and Widnes all sit slightly outside the top six and will be hoping Bradford or Batley slip up in the closing fortnight. Key clashes over the final fortnight shape to be London v Bradford (R26), Widnes v Sheffield (R26), York v Batley (R26); then Sheffield v Bradford (R27).

Relegation rumble: Barrow look to have done everything necessary to avoid relegation, and with their opponents next Saturday being Newcastle, should be comfortably clear this time next week. Keighley should escape scrutiny as well, with 12th placed Whitehaven and 13th placed Swinton facing each other in what shapes as a future-defening clash at Heywood Road next Sunday. Things are particularly gruesome for Whitehaven, who then face Toulouse in the final round, while Swinton are against Halifax to close the season. Keighley's two clashes are against Halifax and London, who are both in the top six mix.