From: naicg@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.rugby
Subject: RFL results, 8th November
Date: 9 Nov 92 10:04:36 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

All the games this weekend were in the first round of the Regal Trophy:

Batley 6 Hunslet 13
Bradford N. 70 Barrow 10
Bramley 12 Carlisle 16 
Doncaster 4 Workington T. 30
Halifax 76 Nottingham C. 6
Hull 22 Dewsbury 16
Hull KR 48 Whitehaven 4
Leigh 32 Keighley C. 24
London C. 30 Wakefield T. 0
Oldham 22 Castleford 40
Rochdale H. 32 Catalan 16
St.Helens 15 Leeds 14
Salford 14 Featherstone R. 18
Warrington 31 Sheffield E. 16
Widnes 46 Ryedale-York 4
Wigan 52 Carcassone 0

Details of the all first division ties
St.Helens 15 (Tries: A.Hunte(2),G.Connolly; Goal: P.Forber; DropGoal:T.Ropati)
Leeds 14 (Tries: G.Mercer,J.Fallon; Goals: J.Gallagher(3))

A long range drop goal from Tea Ropati near the end won the game for St.Helens. 
He had missed four goal kicks in the first half. Saints led 12-10 at half time, 
the Leeds tries by Mercer and Fallon being equalled by Connolly and Hunte 
before a borderline decision with regard to a konck on went Saints' way to 
make the score 12-8.

Warrington 31 (Tries: T.Thorniley(2),G.Chambers,N.Kenyon,M.Penny; 
	       Goals: T.Thorniley(5); DropGoal: D.Mann)
Sheffield E. 16  (Tries: P.Carr,M.Gamson; Goals: D.Mycoe(2),M.Aston(2))

Warrington gain some revenge against the side which completed a League 
double over them two weeks ago.

Round up of the rest
Pride of place goes jointly to London Crusaders and Featherstone Rovers, who 
both overcame first division opposition. I actually saw the London-Wakefield 
game, as the home side recorded a big win. They led 10-0 at half time, with 3 
penalty goals by Smith and a try to Pitt. Wakefield continued to turnover 
possession throughout the second half, with a fumbled bomb under their posts 
giving King the chance to crash over out wide. That made the score 18-0 as 
Buckley had earlier scored a superb 80 yard try following a break by Roskell. 
As Wakefield panicked in the later stages, they gifted interception tries to 
Roskell and Pitt, both goaled by Smith, to give London a remarkable win. 
Salford are currently fourth in the first division, and led 14-8 at one time. 
A late try by Owen Simpson won the game for Featherstone.
Third division sides Dewsbury and Keighley put up creditable performances 
at first division sides, but there were two big wins for Bradford and Halifax. 
Steve McGowan scored six tries for Bradford, with Greg Austin scoring five 
for Halifax.
The two French sides went out, as expected. Catalan trailed 18-0 at half time, 
but produced a good fight back in the second half. Carcassone were comfortably 
beaten in the televised game on Saturday, with Frano Botica scoring two tries 
and eight goals.

Second round draw:
Hull KR v Wigan
Featherstone R. v St.Helens
Leigh v London C.
Warrington v Bradford N.
Hull v Halifax
Castleford v Carlisle
Hunslet v Workington T.
Widnes v Rochdale H.

One game will be televised on 5th December. I would normally expect that to 
be either the game at Hull or the game at Warrington. But judging by the 
ludicrous decision to televise Wigan v Carcassone as opposed to St.Helens 
against Leeds, I'm not so sure. The rest of the ties will take place on the 
following day.

Transfer news:
Wigan may face the loss of another 92 Lions tourist, with prop forward Ian 
Lucas being put on the transfer list at 150,000 pounds at his own request. 

Coming up:
Leigh entertain St.Helens in a rearranged league match on Wednesday. On 
Friday night Widnes play Wigan, with the rest of the league matches on 
Sunday. The top games are Hull v Leeds and Salford v St.Helens.

Ian 
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