From: naicg@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.rugby
Subject: RFL news and results, to 30th September
Date: 1 Oct 92 09:20:04 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

This could turn out to be a bumper edition:

Championship, Division One:
Bradford N. 36 (Tries: G.Cordle,T.Marchant,S.McGowan,D.Fox,B.Noble,P.Medley, 
		J.Hamer; Goals: D.Hobbs(3),D.Fox)
Leeds 6 (Try: E.Hanley; Goal: C.Maskill)

Leeds poor start continues. They are rumoured to be after Des Drummond now. 

Castleford 34 (Tries: S.Middleton,S.Irwin,T.Smith,G.Boothroyd,M.Ford; 
		Goals: L.Crooks(7))
Hull 6 (Try: A.Dearlove; Goal: P.Eastwood)

Cas starting to get their act together, Hull suffering from the midweek cup
tie. 

Halifax 34 (Tries: G.Austin(3),M.Preston,D.Cooper,J.Fieldhouse; 
		Goals: P.Bishop(5))
Leigh 18 (Tries: M.Blakeley,S.Mahon,D.Hill; Goals: M.Blakeley(3))

Leigh remain bottom, Halifax recover from two defeats.

Hull KR 6 (Try: C.O'Brien; Goal: M.Fletcher)
Sheffield E. 19 (Tries: M.Gamson,D.Plange,A.Farrell; Goals: M.Aston(3); 
		Drop-Goal: M.Aston)

Hull KR look set for a tough season, without Graeme Hallas. Sheffield manage 
to carry their cup form over to the league.

St.Helens 48 (Tries: A.Sullivan(2),A.Hunte(2),T.Ropati(2),J.McCracken(2), 
		B.Dwyer; Goals: B.Dwyer(6))
Salford 8 (Try: C.Coleman; Goals: M.Birkett(2))

Saints played well, but around half the points were given away by an awful 
Salford performance.

Warrington 22 (Tries: N.Kenyon,G.Mackey,K.Ellis,P.Cullen; Goals: C.Rudd(3))
Wakefield T. 6 (Try: G.Spencer; Goal: M.Conway)

The Ellis-Mackey half back partnership is starting to look very useful.

Wigan 14 (Tries: F.Botica,M.Offiah; Goals: F.Botica(3))
Widnes 2 (Goal: J.Davies)

This was a super game between two closely matched sides. The clinching try 
came in injury time.

Table:
8 points St.Helens
6 points Wigan,Halifax,Warrington,Bradford
4 points Castleford,Widnes,Hull,Sheffield,Salford
2 points Leeds,Hull KR
0 points Wakefield,Leigh

Division Two:
Bramley 12 Rochdale H. 20
Featherstone R. 30 Carlisle 10
London C. 46 Huddersfield 10
Oldham 16 Swinton 8

Table:
8 points Oldham
6 points London,Featherstone,Rochdale
4 points Bramley
2 points Carlisle
0 points Swinton,Huddersfield

Division Three:
Barrow 14 Whitehaven 28
Blackpool G. 8 Batley 22
Dewsbury 24 Keighley C. 13
Doncaster 28 Hunslet 4
Nottingham C. 15 Chorley B. 18
Ryedale-York 60 Highfield 12

Table:
8 points Ryedale-York
6 points Dewsbury,Batley
4 points Workington,Doncaster,Whitehaven,Keighley,Blackpool,Hunslet
2 points Nottingham,Chorley
0 points Barrow,Highfield

Lancashire Cup, second round:
The two remaining ties were played this week
Swinton 0 Wigan 78
Must mention that Shaun Edwards equalled the club record of ten tries 
which Martin Offiah set against Leeds at the end of last season.

St.Helens 10 (Tries: G.Connolly,T.Ropati; Goal: B.Dwyer)
Widnes 8 (Try: S.McCurrie; Goals: J.Davies(2))

Apparently another fine game. The winning try was scored by Tea Ropati with 
two minutes remaining.

County Cup semi-finals (7th October):
In Lancashire, St.Helens play Salford and Wigan play Oldham

In Yorkshire, Sheffield play Hull and Wakefield play Featherstone 

Regal Trophy:
The draw for this competition was made on Tuesday. A first round tie between 
St.Helens and Leeds will be the top game, assuming that Saints beat
Huddersfield in a Preliminary round game. Warrington and Sheffield are likely 
to meet in the first round as well, but both sides must win preliminary round 
ties. Two French clubs are taking part in the competition for the first time 
this season, and will play all their games in England. French champions 
Carcassone will play English champions Wigan, and X111 Catalan will play 
Rochdale Hornets. 
The first round takes place on the 7th and 8th of November.

World Club Challenge? 
With eight members of the victorious Brisbane Broncos side already coming 
over to Britain as part of the World Cup squad, it has been suggested that 
the remainder of the team follow, and a game played at Central Park, Wigan 
a week after the World Cup Final. It had previously been suggested that 
they would play each other at the Broncos' new stadium in February. The 
only problem appears to be the limited time to sort out sponsorship etc.

Coming up:
Another weekend of League action. On Friday Leeds play Warrington, and Oldham 
play Featherstone in division two. Leeds really must win against a side who 
seem to have recovered from their poor form of a few weeks ago. The rest 
of the fixtures are played on Sunday, including Sheffield against Castleford 
and Wakefield against St.Helens. 
The County Cup semi finals are played in midweek.

Ian