NRL Match Review & Judiciary Charges: 2025 NRL Round 8
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RESULTS: 2025 Betfred Championship Round 8
All the results and scorers from the eighth round of the UK second division.
All times are venue local (UK BST)
RELATED: See the full list of 2025 Betfred Championship Draw and Results.
Oldham RLFC 12 Bradford Bulls 42
Venue: Boundary Park, Oldham
Date: Fri, 25th April. Kickoff: 7:45 PM. Halftime: Bradford 26-2. Penalties: 6-all. Referee: Cameron Worsley. Crowd: 2,694.
Oldham: Laulu-Togaga'e, Craven, Hirst, Turner (C), Johnson; Dean, Drinkwater; Dudson, Baxter, Chapelhow, Forster, Lawton, Moran. Int: Aldridge, Farnworth, Chapelhow, Geener.
Bradford: Hooley, Okunbor, Blake, Liu, Armitage; Meadows, Lilley; Lawrence (C), Hallas, Scurr, Fulton, Gee, Donaldson. Int: Souter, Michael, Doro, Pele.
Oldham RLFC (12)
Tries: Danny Craven, Bailey Aldridge
Goals: Josh Drinkwater 2/3
Bradford Bulls (42)
Tries: Waqa Blake 3, Jordan Lilley 2, Jayden Okunbor 2, Guy Armitage
Goals: Jordan Lilley 5/7
Sheffield Eagles 50 Batley Bulldogs 18
Venue: Olympic Legacy Park Community Stadium, Sheffield
Date: Fri, 25th April. Kickoff: 7:45 PM. Halftime: Sheffield 28-12. Penalties: Sheffield 5-3. Referee: Ryan Cox. Crowd: 627.
Sheffield: Marsh, Millar, Welham, Wallace, Dawson-Jones; Aston, Smith; Battye, Johnson, Dickinson, Roberts, Bussey, Gwaze (C). Int: Butterworth, Broadbent, Matongo, Mallinson.
Batley: Butterworth, Render, Myers, Greensmith, Burton; White, Woods; Gledhill, Parsons, Cooper, Flynn, Arundel, Moore. Int: Leak (C), Ward, Atkinson, Shaw.
Sheffield Eagles (50)
Tries: Cory Aston 2, Ryan Millar 2, Kris Welham, Tyler Dickinson, Morgan Smith, Reiss Butterworth, AJ Wallace
Goals: Cory Aston 7/9
Batley Bulldogs (18)
Tries: Jack Render, Joe Burton, Ollie Greensmith
Goals: Josh Woods 3/3
Featherstone Rovers 10 Toulouse Olympique 18
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Featherstone
Date: Sat, 26th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Toulouse 12-0. Penalties: Featherstone 11-5. Referee: Matthew Lynn.
Featherstone: Aekins, Olpherts, O'Connor, Hatton, Wynne; Reynolds, Hampshire; Akauola, Jubb, Beckett, Boothroyd, Webb, Addy (C). Int: Jones, Hardcastle, Williams, Gale.
Toulouse: Ashall-Bott, Ulberg, Rennie, Marcon, Laguerre; Lacans, Shorrocks; Belmas, Marion (C), Butler, Stefani, Jussaume, Cator. Int: Rodriguez, Roumanos, Richards, Bretherton.
Featherstone Rovers (10)
Tries: Derrell Olpherts, Jordan Williams
Goals: Ryan Hampshire 1/2
Toulouse Olympique (18)
Tries: Benjamin Laguerre 2, Maxime Stefani
Goals: Jake Shorrocks 2/4, Anthony Marion 1/1
York Knights 26 Widnes Vikings 12
Venue: LNER Community Stadium, York
Date: Sun, 27th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: York 16-6. Penalties: York 6-5. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas.
York: Brown, Jones-Bishop, Buchanan, Field, Galeano; Hingano, Harris; Martin, McShane, Ta'ai, Dee, Bailey, Thompson. Int: Santi, Cook, O'Neill, Hudson.
Widnes: Edge, Butt, Owens, Hodson, Ince; Lyons, Gilmore; Murray, Fozard, Reilly, Lloyd, Langtree, Gregson. Int: Bent, Kirk, Williams, Bennion.
York Knights (26)
Tries: Ben Jones-Bishop, Ata Hingano, Liam Harris, Connor Bailey, Joe Brown
Goals: Liam Harris 3/5
Widnes Vikings (12)
Tries: Ryan Ince, Mike Butt
Goals: Tom Gilmore 2/2
Halifax Panthers 40 London Broncos 12
Venue: The Shay Stadium, Halifax
Date: Sun, 27th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Halifax 30-0. Penalties: 3-all. Referee: Denton Arnold. Crowd: 1,783.
Halifax: Jouffret, Tibbs, Graham, Graham, Saltonstall; Woodburn-Hall, Inman (C); Douglas, O'Brien, McCarron, McComb, Tangata, Fairbank. Int: Hansen, Davies, Whitehead, Calcott.
London: Polselli, Hellec, Ball, Gorman, Tindall; Walker, Monk; Bienek, Davies, Worthington, Lovell (C), Adebiyi, Stock. Int: Ross, Waine, Hursey-Hord, Davidson.
Halifax Panthers (40)
Tries: James Woodburn-Hall 2, Charlie Graham 2, Adam O'Brien, Adam Tangata, William Calcott
Goals: Louis Jouffret 6/7
London Broncos (12)
Tries: Alex Walker, Luke Polselli
Goals: Chris Hellec 2/2
Barrow Raiders 24 Doncaster RLFC 19
Venue: Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow
Date: Sun, 27th April. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Doncaster 15-8. Penalties: Barrow 7-4. Referee: Kevin Moore. Crowd: 1,612.
Barrow: Cresswell, Bulman, Costello, Teare, Ritson; Walker, Johnston; Brown, Wood, Rothwell, Robson, Stack (C), King. Int: Bishop, Broadbent, Emslie, Greenwood.
Doncaster: Hall, Briscoe, Lyne (C), Hey, Gebbie; Charles, Robinson; Bowden, Burns, Matagi, Jones, Sutcliffe, McConnell. Int: Baldwinson, Boas, Tali, Savelio.
Barrow Raiders (24)
Tries: Curtis Teare 2, Theerapol Ritson, Andrew Bulman, Ryan King
Goals: Brad Walker 2/7
Doncaster RLFC (19)
Tries: Reece Lyne 2, Edene Gebbie 2
Goals: Craig Hall 1/3
Field Goals: Craig Hall
Hunslet RLFC had a bye this round.
Round 8 table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | B | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halifax | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 14 |
| 2 | Toulouse | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 12 |
| 3 | Barrow | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 12 |
| 4 | Bradford | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 12 |
| 5 | Oldham | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 10 |
| 6 | Widnes | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -37 | 9 |
| 7 | York | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 8 |
| 8 | Doncaster | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -48 | 8 |
| 9 | Batley | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -83 | 7 |
| 10 | Sheffield | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -24 | 6 |
| 11 | London | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -84 | 6 |
| 12 | Featherstone | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -49 | 4 |
| 13 | Hunslet | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -166 | 4 |
RELATED: Click here to view the current Betfred Championship table.
RLP stats leaders
TOP TRYSCORERS
| Rank | Player | Team | P | T |
| 1 | Benjamin Laguerre | Toulouse | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Liam Harris | York | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | James Woodburn-Hall | Halifax | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Jayden Okunbor | Bradford | 5 | 5 |
| = | Morgan Smith | Sheffield | 6 | 5 |
| = | Reece Lyne | Doncaster | 7 | 5 |
| = | Jack Johnson | Oldham | 7 | 5 |
| = | Andrew Bulman | Barrow | 7 | 5 |
| = | Ben Tibbs | Halifax | 8 | 5 |
| = | Ben Jones-Bishop | Sheffield, York | 8 | 5 |
TOP GOALKICKERS
| Rank | Player | Team | P | G/A | % |
| 1 | Louis Jouffret | Halifax | 8 | 37 / 48 | 77% |
| 2 | Liam Harris | York | 7 | 21 / 29 | 72% |
| 3 | Jake Shorrocks | Toulouse | 6 | 20 / 31 | 65% |
| 4 | Brad Walker | Barrow | 7 | 19 / 30 | 63% |
| 5 | Josh Drinkwater | Oldham | 7 | 18 / 22 | 82% |
| 6 | Tom Gilmore | Widnes | 7 | 16 / 20 | 80% |
| = | Cory Aston | Sheffield | 7 | 16 / 23 | 70% |
| = | Josh Woods | Batley | 7 | 16 / 24 | 67% |
TOP POINTSCORERS
| Rank | Player | Team | P | T | G | FG | Pts |
| 1 | Louis Jouffret | Halifax | 8 | 3 | 37 | - | 86 |
| 2 | Liam Harris | York | 7 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 75 |
| 3 | Brad Walker | Barrow | 7 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 47 |
| 4 | Josh Drinkwater | Oldham | 7 | 2 | 18 | - | 44 |
| 5 | Jake Shorrocks | Toulouse | 6 | - | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| = | Cory Aston | Sheffield | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Benjamin Laguerre | Toulouse | 7 | 10 | - | - | 40 |