RESULTS: 2025 Betfred Championship Round 7

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All the results and scorers from the seventh round of the UK second division plus the updated table and stats leaders.

All listed times are local venue times.


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


Batley Bulldogs 24 Hunslet RLFC 28
Venue: Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley

Date: Fri, 18th April. Kickoff: 1:00 PM. Halftime: Hunslet 22-10. Penalties: Batley 7-2. Referee: Aaryn Belafonte. Crowd: 1,613.

Batley: Butterworth, Render, Myers, Kear, Burton; White, Woods; Gledhill, Parsons, Brown (C), Greensmith, Blake, Moore. Int: Leak, Flynn, Ward, Shaw.
Hunslet: Watson, Nichol, Welham, Jowitt, Scurr; Hanneghan (C), Gaskell; Larroyer, Berry, Foster, Gilmore, Levy, Fletcher. Int: Hallas, Wood, Syme, O'Hanlon.

Batley Bulldogs (24)
Tries: Elliot Kear, Alistair Leak, Jack Render, Joe Burton, Robbie Butterworth
Goals: Josh Woods 2/5

Hunslet RLFC (28)
Tries: Billy Jowitt 2, Aaron Levy, Coby Nichol, Lachlan Hanneghan
Goals: Billy Jowitt 4/5


Widnes Vikings 10 Oldham RLFC 10
Venue: DCBL Stadium, Widnes

Date: Fri, 18th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Oldham 4-0. Penalties: Widnes 5-4. Referee: Matthew Lynn. Crowd: 2,561.

Widnes: Leyland, Butt, Owens (C), Edge, Ince; Lyons, Gilmore; Murray, Fozard, Reilly, Lloyd, Langtree, Gregson. Int: Bent, Kirk, Hartill.
Oldham: Laulu-Togaga'e, Johnson, Craven, Turner (C), Agoro; Dean, Drinkwater; Dudson, Aldridge, Chapelhow, Mason, Ashurst, Milner. Int: Farnworth, Lawton, Moran, Baxter.

Widnes Vikings (10)
Tries: Rhodri Lloyd 2
Goals: Tom Gilmore 1/2

Oldham (10)
Tries: Mo Agoro, Jack Johnson
Goals: Josh Drinkwater 1/2


Doncaster RLFC 19 Sheffield Eagles 6
Venue: Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster

Date: Fri, 18th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Doncaster 10-0. Penalties: Doncaster 10-8. Referee: Kevin Moore. Crowd: 1,234.

Doncaster: Hall, Briscoe, Lyne (C), Hey, Gebbie; Boas, Robinson; Bowden, Burns, Matagi, Jones, Sutcliffe, McConnell. Int: Baldwinson, Hepi, Tali, Charles.
Sheffield: Marsh, Horne, Welham, Bower, Dawson-Jones; Aston, Smith; Dickinson, Johnson, Peachey, Wallace, Martin, Gwaze (C). Int: Battye, Butterworth, Broadbent, Bussey.

Doncaster RLFC (19)
Tries: Edene Gebbie 2, Reece Lyne
Goals: Connor Robinson 3/5
Field Goals: Craig Hall

Sheffield Eagles (6)
Tries: Blake Broadbent
Goals: Cory Aston 1/1


Halifax Panthers 8 Bradford Bulls 12
Venue: The Shay Stadium, Halifax

Date: Fri, 18th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Halifax 8-6. Penalties: Bradford 6-5. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas. Crowd: 4,887.

Halifax: Jouffret, Tibbs, Graham, Crooks (C), Saltonstall; Inman, Woodburn-Hall; Douglas, O'Brien, McCarron, McComb, Tangata, Fairbank. Int: Graham, Davies, Whitehead, Calcott.
Bradford: Hooley, Okunbor, Blake, Liu, Armitage; Keyes, Meadows; Lawrence (C), Souter, Scurr, Fulton, Gee, Donaldson. Int: Lilley, Michael, Doro, Pele.

Halifax Panthers (8)
Tries: Louis Jouffret
Goals: Louis Jouffret 2/2

Bradford Bulls (12)
Tries: Luke Hooley, Jimmy Meadows
Goals: Luke Hooley 2/2


Barrow Raiders 24 London Broncos 6
Venue: Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow

Date: Fri, 18th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Barrow 16-0. Penalties: Barrow 11-10. Referee: Tara Jones. Crowd: 1,754.

Barrow: Cresswell, Bulman, Costello, Teare, Ritson; Walker, Bishop; Brown, Wood, Rothwell, Robson, Stack (C), King. Int: Smith, Emslie, Broadbent.
London: Walker, Hellec, Ball, Gorman, Tindall; Polselli, Binks; Hursey-Hord, Davies, Bienek, Lovell (C), Adebiyi, Stock. Int: Monk, Worthington, Ross, Winney.

Barrow Raiders (24)
Tries: Theerapol Ritson, Aaron Smith, Luke Broadbent
Goals: Brad Walker 6/6

London Broncos (6)
Tries: Luke Polselli
Goals: Luke Polselli 1/1


Featherstone Rovers 24 York Knights 22
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Featherstone

Date: Fri, 18th April. Kickoff: 6:00 PM. Halftime: York 16-0. Penalties: Featherstone 5-4. Referee: Ryan Cox. 

Featherstone: Aekins, Olpherts, O'Connor, Hatton, Wynne; Jones, Hampshire; Springer, Jubb, Beckett, Hardcastle, Webb, Addy (C). Int: Vuniyayawa, Williams, Turner, Wilde.
York: Brown, Jones-Bishop, Buchanan, Field, Galeano; Hingano, Harris (C); Martin, McShane, Ta'ai, Dee, Bailey, Thompson. Int: Santi, Cook, Reynolds, Hudson.

Featherstone Rovers (24)
Tries: Ryan Hampshire, King Vuniyayawa, Caleb Aekins, Connor Jones
Goals: Ryan Hampshire 4/4

York Knights (22)
Tries: Ben Jones-Bishop 2, Liam Harris, Joe Brown
Goals: Liam Harris 3/4


Toulouse Olympique had a bye this round.


Round 7 table

#TeamPWDLB+/-Pts
1Halifax7601013212
2Toulouse640219110
3Oldham742109010
4Barrow750205910
5Bradford640211810
6Widnes63121-239
7Doncaster63031-438
8Batley62131-517
9York73040466
10London62041-566
11Featherstone72050-414
12Sheffield61051-564
13Hunslet71060-1662

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


RLP stats leaders

TOP TRYSCORERS

Rank Player Team P T
1 Benjamin Laguerre Toulouse 6 8
2 Liam Harris York 6 7
3 Jack Johnson Oldham 6 5
=Ben Tibbs Halifax 7 5

TOP GOALKICKERS

Rank Player Team P G/A %
1 Louis Jouffret Halifax 7 31 / 41 76%
2 Liam Harris York 6 18 / 24 75%
=Jake Shorrocks Toulouse 5 18 / 27 67%
4 Brad Walker Barrow 6 17 / 23 74%
5 Josh Drinkwater Oldham 6 16 / 19 84%
6 Tom Gilmore Widnes 6 14 / 18 78%

TOP POINTSCORERS

Rank Player Team P T G FG Pts
1 Louis Jouffret Halifax 7 3 31 - 74
2 Liam Harris York 6 7 18 1 65
3 Brad Walker Barrow 6 2 17 1 43
4 Josh Drinkwater Oldham 6 2 16 - 40
5 Jake Shorrocks Toulouse 5 - 18 1 37
6 Kieran Dixon Oldham 4 3 12 - 36