RESULTS: 2025 Betfred Championship Round 17

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All the results and scorers from the seventeenth round of the UK's second division.

All listed times are venue local, usually UK BST.


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


Hunslet RLFC 40 Featherstone Rovers 70
Venue: South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet

Date: Fri, 11th July. Kickoff: 7:45 PM. Halftime: Featherstone 22-0. Penalties: Featherstone 7-4. Referee: Aaryn Belafonte. Crowd: 1,009.

Hunslet: Watson (C), Nichol, Welham, McEwan-Peters, Turner; Jowitt, Rugless; Hallas, Corbett, Foster, Kirby, Gallagher, Fletcher. Int: Syme, Clavering, O'Hanlon, Campbell.
Featherstone: Aekins, Gale, Wynne, Glover, Olpherts; Reynolds, Hampshire; Vuniyayawa, Jubb, Beckett, Hardcastle, Webb, Addy (C). Int: Jones, Moran, Wilde, Springer.

Hunslet RLFC (4)
Tries: Billy Jowitt

Featherstone Rovers (70)
Tries: Derrell Olpherts 3, Gareth Gale 2, Caleb Aekins 2, Connor Jones 2, Ryan Hampshire, Ben Reynolds, James Glover, James Beckett
Goals: Ben Reynolds 5/9, Ryan Hampshire 4/4


London Broncos 18 Doncaster RLFC 38
Venue: Kufflink Stadium, Ebbsfleet

Date: Sat, 12th July. Kickoff: 5:00 PM. Halftime: 12-all. Penalties: Doncaster 6-4. Referee: Tara Jones. 

London: Polselli, Smith, Gorman, Webster-Mansfield, Tindall; Walker, O'Beirne; Bienek, Davies, Adebiyi, Lovell (C), Natoli, Stock. Int: Kerr, Hursey-Hord, Worthington, McDermott.
Doncaster: Hall, Briscoe, Lyne (C), Hey, Gebbie; Boas, Robinson; Baldwinson, Misky, Matagi, Jones, Smeaton, Hepi. Int: Wainhouse, Burns, Laidlaw, Pauli.

London Broncos (18)
Tries: Marcus Stock 2, Lewis Bienek
Goals: Jack Smith 3/3

Doncaster RLFC (38)
Tries: Edene Gebbie 3, Watson Boas 2, Sam Smeaton
Goals: Connor Robinson 7/7


Halifax Panthers 30 Toulouse Olympique 16
Venue: Odsal Stadium, Bradford

Date: Sat, 12th July. Kickoff: 6:00 PM. Halftime: Halifax 16-4. Penalties: 7-all. Referee: Kevin Moore. Crowd: 980.

Halifax: Nofoaluma, Graham, Crooks (C), Sambou, Saltonstall; Jouffret, Hansen; Douglas, Halafihi, Calcott, McCarron, Tangata, Inman. Int: O'Brien, McComb, Fairbank, Cowen.
Toulouse: Ashall-Bott, Laguerre, Marcon, Rennie, Ulberg; Robinson, Shorrocks; Belmas, Rodriguez, Butler, Stefani, Jussaume, Cator. Int: Garrigues, Roumanos, Gillam, Bretherton.

Halifax Panthers (30)
Tries: James Saltonstall 2, Louis Jouffret 2, David Nofoaluma
Goals: Jack Hansen 3/4, Louis Jouffret 2/2

Toulouse Olympique (16)
Tries: Ellis Gillam, Benjamin Laguerre, Radean Robinson
Goals: Jake Shorrocks 2/3


Barrow Raiders 40 Batley Bulldogs 16
Venue: Northern Competitions Stadium, Barrow

Date: Sun, 13th July. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Barrow 22-12. Penalties: Batley 6-5. Referee: Cameron Worsley. Crowd: 1,863.

Barrow: Cresswell, Toal, Teare, Broadbent, Bulman; Bishop, Johnston; Walker, Wood, Bullock, Robson, Costello, Walker. Int: Doolan, Greenwood, Brown, Emslie.
Batley: Butterworth, Burton, Dean, Greensmith, McGowan; White, Woods; Blake, Leak (C), Cooper, Manning, Walshaw, Moore. Int: Parsons, High, Flynn, Bateman.

Barrow Raiders (40)
Tries: Curtis Teare 2, Josh Wood, Shane Toal, Ryan Johnston, Andrew Bulman, Alex Bishop
Goals: Ryan Johnston 6/7

Batley Bulldogs (16)
Tries: Luke Blake, Aidan McGowan, Robbie Butterworth
Goals: Josh Woods 2/3


York Knights 16 Bradford Bulls 14
Venue: LNER Community Stadium, York

Date: Sun, 13th July. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: York 10-8. Penalties: Bradford 10-4. Referee: Matthew Lynn. 

York: Mata'afa, Jones-Bishop, Buchanan, Field, Galeano; Hingano, Harris (C); Martin, McShane, Fitzsimmons, Dee, Bailey, Thompson. Int: Santi, Cook, Hudson, Clark.
Bradford: Hooley, Okunbor, Blake, Gill, Carr; Keyes, Lilley; Lawrence (C), Hallas, Bayliss-Brow, Fulton, Gee, Doro. Int: Scurr, Ott, Michael, Rogers.

York Knights (16)
Tries: Ben Jones-Bishop, Liam Harris, Oli Field
Goals: Liam Harris 2/4

Bradford Bulls (14)
Tries: Sam Hallas, Jayden Okunbor
Goals: Jordan Lilley 3/4


Oldham RLFC 24 Sheffield Eagles 12
Venue: Boundary Park, Oldham

Date: Sun, 13th July. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Sheffield 6-4. Penalties: Oldham 20-4. Referee: Scott Mikalauskas. 

Oldham: Laulu-Togaga'e, Agoro, O'Keefe, Davies, Dixon; Smith, Drinkwater (C); Farnworth, Wildie, Chapelhow, Ashurst, Taylor, Milner. Int: Chapelhow, Pélissier, Johnson, Baxter.
Sheffield: Walker, Millar, Welham, Hodson, Walkley; Craven, Bower; Battye, Johnson, Broadbent, Farrell (C), Foster, Gwaze. Int: Butterworth, Reilly, Roberts, Bussey.

Oldham (24)
Tries: Mat Ashurst 2, Kieran Dixon 2, Owen Farnworth
Goals: Kieran Dixon 2/5

Sheffield Eagles (12)
Tries: Kris Welham, Danny Craven, Ryan Millar
Goals: Danny Craven, Connor Bower, Josh Hodson - all 0/1


Widnes Vikings had a bye this round.


Round 17 table

#TeamPWDLB+/-Pts
1York161204125026
2Toulouse161204117726
3Bradford161105117424
4Oldham161024113924
5Barrow1691617021
6Featherstone1690719520
7Doncaster1580724820
8Halifax1681716919
9Widnes156272-7518
10London1540112-9212
11Batley1532102-25512
12Sheffield1640121-13410
13Hunslet1620141-4666

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


RLP stats leaders

TOP TRYSCORERS

Rank Player Team P T
1 Ben Jones-Bishop Sheffield, York 16 20
2 Edene Gebbie Doncaster 13 19
3 Benjamin Laguerre Toulouse 16 18
4 Olly Ashall-Bott Toulouse 13 13
5 Liam Harris York 15 12
6 Andrew Bulman Barrow 12 11
7 Derrell Olpherts Featherstone 13 10
= Guy Armitage Bradford 14 10
9 Scott Galeano York 10 9
= James Glover Sheffield, Featherstone 11 9
= Tee Ritson Barrow 13 9
= Jayden Okunbor Bradford 14 9
= Waqa Blake Bradford 16 9

TOP GOALKICKERS

Rank Player Team P G/A %
1 Liam Harris York 15 58 / 83 70%
2 Jake Shorrocks Toulouse 13 46 / 65 71%
3 Josh Drinkwater Oldham 15 44 / 57 77%
4 Connor Robinson Doncaster 13 42 / 52 81%
5 Louis Jouffret Halifax 14 41 / 54 76%
6 Ben Reynolds Featherstone 11 39 / 51 76%
= Jordan Lilley Bradford 16 39 / 55 71%
8 Tom Gilmore Widnes 13 34 / 41 83%
9 Brad Walker Barrow 14 31 / 45 69%
10 Josh Woods Batley 15 30 / 45 67%

TOP POINTSCORERS

Rank Player Team P T G FG Pts
1 Liam Harris York 15 12 58 1 165
2 Josh Drinkwater Oldham 15 6 44 - 112
3 Louis Jouffret Halifax 14 5 41 - 102
= Jordan Lilley Bradford 16 6 39 - 102
5 Ben Reynolds Featherstone 11 4 39 - 94
6 Jake Shorrocks Toulouse 13 - 46 1 93
7 Connor Robinson Doncaster 13 2 42 - 92
8 Ben Jones-Bishop Sheffield, York 16 20 - - 80
9 Edene Gebbie Doncaster 13 19 - - 76
10 Brad Walker Barrow 14 3 31 1 75