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All the results and scorers from the fifth round of the UK's second division.
All listed times are GMT (UK local time).
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London Broncos 106 North Wales Crusaders 18
Venue: The Cherry Red Records Stadium, Wimbledon
Date: Sat, 28th February. Kickoff: 7:30 PM. Halftime: London 58-6. Penalties: London 6-2. Referee: Tara Jones.
London Broncos (106)
Tries: Morea Morea 3, Jimmy Meadows 2, Neil Tchamambe 2, Finley Glare 2, Gairo Voro 2, Sadiq Adebiyi, Jack Croft, Liam Tindall, Epel Kapinias, Emarly Bitungane, Luke Smith, Ben Hursey-Hord
Goals: Jimmy Meadows 17/18
North Wales Crusaders (18)
Tries: Greg Eden 3
Goals: Junior Westwood 2/2, Dec Patton 1/1
London: Morea, Tindall, Webster-Mansfield, Wallis, Tchamambe; Meadows, Voro; Kapinias, Davis, Bitungane, Smith, Croft, Havili. Int: Glare, Adebiyi, Stock, Hursey-Hord.
North Wales: Roby, Eden, Hatton, Ah Van, Forber; Patton, Gibson; Ioane, Eaves (C), Barratt, Spedding, Robinson, Addy. Int: Moran, Baldwin, Westwood, Bridge.
Midlands Hurricanes 20 Oldham RLFC 40
Venue: Avery Fields, Birmingham
Date: Sun, 1st March. Kickoff: 2:00 PM. Halftime: Oldham 26-6. Penalties: Midlands 3-2. Referee: Kevin Moore. Crowd: 451.
Midlands Hurricanes (20)
Tries: Lewis Else, Luis Roberts, Ryan Johnson, Todd Horner
Goals: Lewis Else 2/4
Oldham (40)
Tries: Mat Ashurst 2, Kieran Dixon 2, Morgan Smith, Owen Farnworth, Tom Nisbet, Ben Davies
Goals: Kieran Dixon 4/8
Midlands: Horner, Chrimes, Johnson, Roberts, McGowan; Medforth, Else; Kirby (C), Moore, Dickinson, Wilkinson, Roberts, Wood. Int: Roden, Silk, Newboult, Shaw.
Oldham: Dean, Dixon, Nisbet, Davies, Bibby; Smith, Drinkwater; Ormondroyd, Wildie (C), Farnworth, Ashurst, Purcell, Makin. Int: Milner, Geyer, Chapelhow, Moore.
Batley Bulldogs 54 Swinton Lions 6
Venue: Fox's Biscuits Stadium, Batley
Date: Sun, 1st March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Batley 20-6. Penalties: Batley 5-4. Referee: Freddie Lincoln.
Batley Bulldogs (54)
Tries: Derrell Olpherts 3, Alistair Leak 2, Dane Manning, Nyle Flynn, Joe Burton, Robson Stevens, Robbie Butterworth
Goals: Ben Reynolds 4/7, Josh Woods 3/3
Sin Bin: Felix Ellis
Swinton Lions (6)
Tries: Harry Higham
Goals: Reece Briers 1/1
Batley: Butterworth, Burton, Bruines, Ellis, Olpherts; Reynolds, Woods; Kirk, White, Dixon, Manning, Flynn, Stevens. Int: Leak, Hodgson, Greensmith, Cooper.
Swinton: Roberts, Anderson, Jones, Higham, Parkinson; Ratchford, Briers; Shingler, Roby, Kelly-Duffy, Willis, Rodden, Irwin. Int: Openshaw, Sinclair, Bate, Cowen.
Doncaster RLFC 78 Salford RLFC 8
Venue: Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster
Date: Sun, 1st March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Doncaster 44-0. Penalties: Doncaster 6-5. Referee: Luke Bland. Crowd: 1,896.
Doncaster RLFC (78)
Tries: Edene Gebbie 4, Tom Holmes 2, Cory Aston 2, Connor Robinson, Luke Briscoe, James Glover, Luis Johnson, Muizz Mustapha, Connor Jones
Goals: Connor Robinson 11/14
Salford RLFC (8)
Tries: Joe Hartley, Ollie Garmston
Doncaster: Holmes, Briscoe, Hey, Glover, Gebbie; Robinson, Aston (C); Matagi, Burns, Mustapha, Sutcliffe, Johnson, McConnell. Int: Baldwinson, Jones, Hepi, Vulikijapani.
Salford: Ross, Van Osselaer, Connolly, Hartley, Smith; Windley, Hughes; Haldenby, Dwyer (C), Costello, Stanton, Garmston, Yates. Int: Gatcliffe, Appleby, Ayanlaja-Lowo, Andrews-Smith.
Hunslet RLFC 16 Sheffield Eagles 24
Venue: South Leeds Stadium, Hunslet
Date: Sun, 1st March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Sheffield 14-10. Penalties: Sheffield 8-7. Referee: Adam Williams. Crowd: 685.
Hunslet RLFC (16)
Tries: Mackenzie Turner 2, Billy Jowitt
Goals: Billy Jowitt 2/3
Sheffield Eagles (24)
Tries: Jordan Lilley, Joel Farrell, Connor Bower, Kieran Gill, Corey Johnson
Goals: Jordan Lilley 2/5
Hunslet: Jowitt, Faraimo, Dalton-Harrop, Graham, Turner; Gaskell, Abram; Hallas, Misky, O'Hanlon, Gilmore, Whittel, Battye. Int: Berry, Simpson, Corbett, Carr.
Sheffield: Marsh, Brown, Gill, Hodson, Walkley; Morgan, Lilley; Matongo, Bowes, Reilly, Bower, Farrell (C), Griffin. Int: Fitzsimmons, Johnson, Bussey, Foster.
Keighley Cougars 16 Workington Town 16
Venue: Cougar Park, Keighley
Date: Sun, 1st March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: 6-all. Penalties: Keighley 6-4. Referee: Carl Hughes.
Keighley Cougars (16)
Tries: George Flanagan, Lachlan Lanskey
Goals: Matty Beharrell 4/4
Workington Town (16)
Tries: Alexander Donaghy, Evan Lawther, Jake Dickinson
Goals: Jake Carter 2/3
Keighley: Sayner, Whitford, Proud, Dean, Holroyd; Farrell, Beharrell (C); Schofield, Burton, Michael, Lanskey, Hill, Parker. Int: Flanagan (C), Bajer, Green, Rushworth.
Workington: Galea, Fulton, Corkill, Lawther, Dickinson; Donaghy, Carter; Ainley, Phillips, Gittens-Bedward, Lewthwaite, Rawhiti, Scholey (C). Int: Bradley, Williams, Gibson, Graham.
Whitehaven RLFC 20 Rochdale Hornets 0
Venue: The Ortus REC, Whitehaven
Date: Sun, 1st March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Whitehaven 20-0. Penalties: Rochdale 8-7. Referee: Aaryn Belafonte. Crowd: 460.
Whitehaven RLFC (20)
Tries: Ethan Bickerdike, Ciaran Walker, Ellison Holgate, Seth Woodend
Goals: Ciaran Walker 2/4
Rochdale Hornets (0)
Whitehaven: Walker-Taylor, Eccleston, Woodend, Bickerdike, Todd; Walker, Newbegin; Brennan, Holgate, Thomson, Holliday, Pearce, Kellett. Int: Pearce, McQuistan, Turnbull, Smith.
Rochdale: Boyd, Holmes, Ashton, Taylor, Sa'u (C); Dallimore, Hansen; Hatton, Waterworth, Houghton, Kelly-Duffy, Metcalfe, Syme. Int: Butterworth, Dayes, Green, Coleman.
Widnes Vikings 54 Goole Vikings 24
Venue: DCBL Stadium, Widnes
Date: Sun, 1st March. Kickoff: 3:00 PM. Halftime: Widnes 34-6. Penalties: Goole 8-5. Referee: Denton Arnold.
Widnes Vikings (54)
Tries: Matty Fleming 3, Daniel Murray 2, Matty Fozard, Nick Gregson, Jumah Sambou, Lewis Hall, Nathan Connell
Goals: Jordan Abdull 7/10
Goole Vikings (24)
Tries: Cooper Howlett 2, Connor Barley, Callum Shaw
Goals: Jack Miller 4/4
Widnes: Connell, Butt, Edge, Sambou, Fleming; Abdull, Gilmore; Murray, Johnstone, Chapelhow, Roberts, Langtree, Gregson. Int: Fozard, Hall, McWhirter, Lawton.
Goole: Guzdek, Shaw, Howlett, Tomlinson, Barley; Rutland, Miller; Arnold, Hodgson, Watts, Ferres (C), Savelio, Staveley. Int: Morgan, Aldous, Bullock, Jubb.
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | B | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 8 |
| 2 | Widnes | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| 3 | Barrow | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 6 |
| 4 | Doncaster | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 6 |
| 5 | Sheffield | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| 6 | Dewsbury | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| 7 | Midlands | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 6 |
| 8 | Rochdale | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -32 | 6 |
| 9 | Keighley | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 5 |
| 10 | Newcastle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 4 |
| 11 | Oldham | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 4 |
| 12 | Goole | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -52 | 4 |
| 13 | North Wales | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -66 | 4 |
| 14 | Halifax | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | Hunslet | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 16 | Batley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | Whitehaven | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -107 | 2 |
| 18 | Salford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -137 | 2 |
| 19 | Workington | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -58 | 1 |
| 20 | Swinton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -160 | 0 |
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| Rank | Player | Team | P | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morea Morea | London | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Matty Fleming | Widnes | 4 | 6 |
| =3 | Bureta Faraimo | Hunslet | 2 | 5 |
| =3 | Finley Glare | London | 3 | 5 |
| =3 | Edene Gebbie | Doncaster | 4 | 5 |
| =3 | Greg Eden | North Wales | 4 | 5 |
| =3 | Connor Barley | Goole | 5 | 5 |
| Rank | Player | Team | P | G/A | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Meadows | London | 4 | 29 / 34 | 85.3% |
| 2 | Matty Beharrell | Keighley | 5 | 22 / 25 | 88.0% |
| 3 | Jordan Abdull | Widnes | 5 | 19 / 25 | 76.0% |
| 4 | Jacob Hookem | Dewsbury | 4 | 18 / 21 | 85.7% |
| 5 | Brad Walker | Barrow | 4 | 17 / 21 | 81.0% |
| =6 | Jack Miller | Goole | 5 | 14 / 18 | 77.8% |
| =6 | Kieran Dixon | Oldham | 4 | 14 / 20 | 70.0% |
| 8 | Connor Robinson | Doncaster | 2 | 13 / 19 | 68.4% |
| =9 | Jack Smith | Newcastle | 4 | 11 / 15 | 73.3% |
| =9 | Lewis Else | Midlands | 5 | 11 / 18 | 61.1% |
| Rank | Player | Team | P | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Meadows | London | 4 | 4 | 29 | - | 74 |
| 2 | Matty Beharrell | Keighley | 5 | 1 | 22 | - | 48 |
| 3 | Kieran Dixon | Oldham | 4 | 3 | 14 | - | 40 |
| 4 | Jordan Abdull | Widnes | 5 | - | 19 | - | 38 |
| 5 | Jacob Hookem | Dewsbury | 4 | - | 18 | - | 36 |
| =6 | Brad Walker | Barrow | 4 | - | 17 | - | 34 |
| =6 | Lewis Else | Midlands | 5 | 3 | 11 | - | 34 |
| 8 | Jack Miller | Goole | 5 | 1 | 14 | - | 32 |
| 9 | Connor Robinson | Doncaster | 2 | 1 | 13 | - | 30 |