From: naicg@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.rugby
Subject: RFL results 4/5 April
Date: 6 Apr 92 09:14:22 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAXcluster

Quite a few surprise results this week - 

Championship, Division One
Saturday: Warrington 30 St.Helens 18
A bad result for second placed Saints. Warrington built up 
an 18-2 lead early in the second half. Kevin Ellis was then 
dismissed for an alleged trip on Bishop. Saints pulled the 
score back to 18-12, before 12 man Warrington scored two more 
tries through Gary Mercer and Mark Forster. Tea Ropati scored 
a last minute consolation try for the visitors.

Sunday: Bradford 9 Wakefield 8
Bradford maintained their survival hopes with this win. Wakefield 
scored two tries through Wilson, but two goals and a drop by 
skipper David Hobbs gave the home side a vital two points.

Featherstone 13 Wigan 34
Wigan now need one point from their last three games to clinch the 
title. They led 22-3 at half time in a game that was apparently 
brutal at times. Gene Miles and Leo Casey visited the blood bin, 
Chris Burton, Gary Rose and Kelvin Skerrett all visited the sin bin.
Botica, Offiah, Myers, Skerrett, Edwards and Bell scored Wigan's 
tries, Botica kicking four goals and Edwards one. Manning and Fisher 
scored tries for the home side, with Fox adding two goals and a 
drop goal.

Hull K.R. 4 Leeds 13
Hull K.R. suffered their second home defeat in the last week, and 
Leeds gave themselves a chance of a top four place. Ellery Hanley 
scored one of the Leeds tries, and John Gallagher kicked two goals.

Swinton 27 Hull 18
Bottom club Swinton recorded their first win since the start of 
November to leave Hull on the edge of the relegation battle. Both 
sides managed four tries, but Wilkinson's five goals for Swinton 
were the difference.

Widnes 20 Salford 24
Salford also gave themselves a survival chance as injury hit Widnes 
slumped to their fifth successive defeat. Salford led 14-4 at 
half time, then Widnes pulled level with John Devereux scoring two 
tries. Long range tries by Tex Evans and Adrian Hadley settled the 
game in Salford's favour.

A quick run down on the table:(top 8 to premiership, bottom 2 relegated)
                    Pld  Won Drawn Lost  Pts  Points Difference
1.Wigan              23   19   0     4    38       +280
2.St.Helens          24   16   2     6    34       +167
3.Castleford         23   13   2     8    28       +169
4.Warrington         24   14   0    10    28        +71
5.Leeds              23   13   1     9    27       +104
6.Hull K.R.          23   12   0    11    24        -69
7.Wakefield T.       23   11   1    11    23        -65
8.Widnes             23   11   0    12    22        +34
9.Halifax            23   10   0    13    20        +40
10.Hull              23   10   0    13    20        -30
11.Featherstone R.   24   10   0    14    20       -104
12.Salford           24    9   0    15    18        -47
13.Bradford N.       23    9   0    14    18        -57
14.Swinton           23    3   0    20     6       -495 

The second relegation place is less clear cut than I thought last 
week. Wins for Bradford and Salford, and defeats for Featherstone 
and Hull have made the situation much closer.

Division Two:Leigh 0 Rochdale H. 12
Form team Rochdale moved into fourth place with this victory over 
leaders Leigh.

Oldham 44 Workington T. 10
Oldham maintained their fine run and kept the pressure on the top 
two with this runaway win. Scott Ranson scored four tries for the 
home side, with Tommy Martyn adding three tries and five goals.

Ryedale-York 16 London C. 4
Ryedale moved off the bottom with this win which probably ends 
London's play off hopes

Sheffield E. 32 Carlisle 14
Sheffield moved back to the top with this win, achieved with 12 
men after Darryl Powell was sent off. Clayton Friend scored 2 
tries for Carlisle.

The table now reads:(top 2 promoted, top 4 to premiership, bottom 
2 relegated)
                   Pld   Pts  Points Difference
1.Sheffield E.      26    39       +351
2.Leigh             26    38       +189
3.Oldham            25    34       +119
4.Rochdale H.       26    26       +153
5.London C.         26    26        -37
6.Carlisle          25    19        -30
7.Ryedale-York      25    12       -354
8.Workington T.     25    10       -391

Division Three:
Bramley 6 Batley 12 *
Highfield 8 Doncaster 28
Huddersfield 42 Barrow 10 *
Hunslet 8 Dewsbury 40
Keighley 46 Whitehaven 24

* These two results mean that Huddersfield are promoted as 
Champions, joining Bramley in the second division

The table reads: (top 2 promoted, top 8 to premiership)
                   Pld   Pts  Points Difference
1.Huddersfield      24    42       +593
2.Bramley           26    42       +417
3.Dewsbury          24    37       +505
4.Batley            25    36       +316
5.Keighley C.       24    32       +222
6.Hunslet           24    32       +127
7.Barrow            24    31       +260
8.Doncaster         25    30       +189
9.Scarborough P.    24    20         L
10.Whitehaven       25    16       -159
11.Highfield        25    16       -244
12.Chorley B.       26     8       -552
13.Trafford B.      24     2       -596
14.Nottingham C.    24     0       -1078

This is my last round-up for a couple of weeks, as I am going 
home for Easter (and to see Wigan-Bradford,St.Helens-Wigan and 
Wigan-Warrington) this Friday. By the time I return, the league 
programme will be over, plus the first round of the Divisional
Premiership (top 8 from division three on a 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6,
4 v 5 basis). There will be 4 Premiership ties (top 8 from 
division one) and 4 Divisional Premiership ties (top 4 from division 
two plus winners of first round) on the 26th April, the Cup 
final on May 2nd, both of the Premiership comp semis on May 10th, 
and the Premiership finals on May 17th.
Then Great Britain are off to Papua New Guinea, Australia and 
New Zealand. The tour squad is announced at noon today - I will 
hope to post details this afternoon.

Ian
 
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