RESULTS: 2025 Betfred Championship Round 5

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All the results and scorers from the fifth round of the UK's second division, together with the current table and stats leaders.

All listed times are UK local time (GMT Saturday, BST Sunday)


RELATED: See the full list of 2025 Betfred Championship Draw and Results.


London Broncos 26 Hunslet RLFC 6
Venue: The Cherry Red Records Stadium, Wimbledon

Date: Sat, 29th March. Kickoff: 5:00 PM. Halftime: London 16-0. Penalties: London 10-6. Referee: Kevin Moore. 

London: Walker, Johnson, Hellec, Small, Tindall; Polselli, Binks; Worthington, Davies, Stock, Lovell (C), Hursey-Hord, Whitehead. Int: Monk, Ball, Ross, Winney.
Hunslet: Watson (C), Turner, Booth, Welham, Scurr; Eden, Jowitt; Campbell, Corbett, Foster, Wood, Gilmore, Fletcher. Int: Hallas, Levy, Syme, O'Hanlon.

London Broncos (26)
Tries: Aaron Small, Alex Walker, Marcus Stock, Liam Tindall, Luke Polselli
Goals: Chris Hellec 3/5

Hunslet RLFC (6)
Tries: Noah Booth
Goals: Billy Jowitt 1/1


Doncaster RLFC 10 Toulouse Olympique 6
Venue: Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster

Date: Sat, 29th March. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: 6-all. Penalties: Toulouse 7-6. Referee: Aaryn Belafonte. Crowd: 1,028.

Doncaster: Hall, Briscoe, Lyne (C), Hey, Faraimo; Boas, Robinson; Bowden, Burns, Matagi, Jones, Sutcliffe, McConnell. Int: Knowles, Smeaton, Baldwinson, Misky.
Toulouse: Ashall-Bott, Laguerre, Marcon, Tropis, Ulberg; Marion (C), Lacans; Roumanos, Rodriguez, Butler, Jussaume, Stefani, Cator. Int: Rennie, Belmas, Bretherton, Gillam.

Doncaster RLFC (10)
Tries: Bureta Faraimo, Luke Briscoe
Goals: Connor Robinson 1/2

Toulouse Olympique (6)
Tries: Thomas Lacans
Goals: Anthony Marion 1/1


Barrow Raiders 12 York Knights 36
Venue: Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow

Date: Sun, 30th March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: York 12-6. Penalties: Barrow 5-2. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas. Crowd: 1,760.

Barrow: Broadbent, Bulman, Toal, Teare, Ritson; Bishop, Johnston; Walker, Wood, Brown, Robson, Stack (C), King. Int: Smith, Walker, Pye, Emslie.
York: Brown, Jones-Bishop, Buchanan, Field, Law; McShane, Harris (C); Martin, Cook, Reynolds, Dee, Bailey, Thompson. Int: Pemberton, Teanby, Santi, Ferreira.

Barrow Raiders (12)
Tries: Ryan Johnston, Ellis Robson
Goals: Brad Walker 2/2

York Knights (36)
Tries: Liam Harris 3, Ben Jones-Bishop, Jude Ferreira, Jesse Dee
Goals: Liam Harris 3/4, Taylor Pemberton 3/3


Halifax Panthers 50 Batley Bulldogs 6
Venue: The Shay Stadium, Halifax

Date: Sun, 30th March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Halifax 36-0. Penalties: Batley 5-4. Referee: Matthew Lynn. Crowd: 1,659.

Halifax: Jouffret, Tibbs, Graham, Crooks (C), Saltonstall; Woodburn-Hall, Hansen; Douglas, Inman, Calcott, McCarron, Tangata, Fairbank. Int: O'Brien, McComb, Davies, Dixon.
Batley: Butterworth, Render, Myers, Burton, Kear; White, Woods; Gledhill, Leak, Thomas, Greensmith, Arundel, Moore. Int: Parsons, Ward, Peposhi, Atkinson.

Halifax Panthers (50)
Tries: Ben Crooks 2, James Woodburn-Hall 2, Ben Tibbs 2, Jack Hansen, Tom Inman, Owen McCarron
Goals: Louis Jouffret 7/9

Batley Bulldogs (6)
Tries: Jayden Myers
Goals: Josh Woods 1/1


Featherstone Rovers 24 Bradford Bulls 48
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Featherstone

Date: Sun, 30th March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Bradford 22-6. Penalties: 3-all. Referee: Cameron Worsley. 

Featherstone: Gorman, Olpherts, Barley, Hatton, Wynne; Aekins, Turner; Vuniyayawa, Jubb, Wilde, Day, Webb, Addy (C). Int: Jones, Williams, Beckett, Stevens.
Bradford: Hooley, Okunbor, Blake, Gill, Armitage; Meadows, Keyes; Lawrence (C), Souter, Pele, Fulton, Gee, Donaldson. Int: Lilley, Mason, Hallas, Michael.

Featherstone Rovers (24)
Tries: Brad Day 2, Derrell Olpherts, Connor Barley
Goals: Calum Turner 3/3, Louix Gorman 1/1

Bradford Bulls (48)
Tries: Kieran Gill 3, Guy Armitage 2, Michael Lawrence, Jimmy Meadows, Jayden Okunbor, Mitchel Souter
Goals: Luke Hooley 6/9


Sheffield Eagles 8 Oldham RLFC 20
Venue: Olympic Legacy Park Community Stadium, Sheffield

Date: Sun, 30th March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Sheffield 8-6. Penalties: Oldham 7-4. Referee: Ryan Cox. Crowd: 992.

Sheffield: Marsh (C), Millar, Welham, Glover, Dawson-Jones; Walker, Aston; Broadbent, Johnson, Dickinson, Roberts, Foster, Gwaze. Int: Butterworth, Hodgson, Peachey, Matongo.
Oldham: Laulu-Togaga'e, Dixon, Johnson, Turner (C), Lowe; Wildie, Drinkwater; Dudson, Aldridge, Chapelhow, Ashurst, Taylor, Milner. Int: Farnworth, Lawton, Chapelhow, Moran.

Sheffield Eagles (8)
Tries: James Glover
Goals: Cory Aston 2/2

Oldham (20)
Tries: Kieran Dixon, Adam Lawton, Josh Drinkwater
Goals: Kieran Dixon 2/2, Josh Drinkwater 2/2


Widnes Vikings had a bye this round.


Round 5 table

#TeamPWDLB+/-Pts
1Halifax5500010210
2Widnes4301128
3Oldham53110887
4Toulouse53020696
5Barrow53020166
6Bradford53020146
7Doncaster42021106
8London42021-366
9Batley41121-495
10York52030-184
11Sheffield41031-214
12Featherstone51040-412
13Hunslet50050-1360

RELATED: Click here to view the current Betfred Championship table.

RLP stats leaders

TOP TRYSCORERS

Rank Player Team P T
1 Benjamin Laguerre Toulouse 5 8
2 Morgan Smith Sheffield 3 4
=Liam Harris York 4 4
=Andrew Bulman Barrow 4 4
=Ben Tibbs Halifax 5 4
=Noah Booth Hunslet 5 4

TOP GOALKICKERS

Rank Player Team P G/A %
1 Louis Jouffret Halifax 5 22 / 30 73%
2 Jake Shorrocks Toulouse 4 13 / 21 62%
3 Kieran Dixon Oldham 4 12 / 15 80%
4 Tom Gilmore Widnes 4 11 / 14 79%
=Brad Walker Barrow 4 11 / 17 65%
6 Josh Drinkwater Oldham 4 10 / 12 83%

TOP POINTSCORERS

Rank Player Team P T G FG Pts
1 Louis Jouffret Halifax 5 2 22 - 52
2 Kieran Dixon Oldham 4 3 12 - 36
3 Benjamin Laguerre Toulouse 5 8 - - 32
4 Liam Harris York 4 4 7 1 31
5 Brad Walker Barrow 4 2 11 - 30
6 Josh Drinkwater Oldham 4 2 10 - 28