Quite the battle of top half v bottom half this coming weekend. Can the "minnows" rise to the occasion, can everyone's pre-season aspirations come to fruition and can Northallerton win a game?
Halifax v Roundhegians
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix
Old Otliensians v Ripon
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill
Filofax v "Not so sleepy" Hegians: Can't see past this being a season too far for Fax and a resurgent Hegians looking like they might actually be promotion contenders. Hegians +7
Hooligans v Fisherman's Friends: The travelling clearly not a problem for the seasiders, having played at dizzier heights than Y2. Mount Doom will hold no air of mystery for this formulaic step for Brid to get back to Y1. Brid -7
Old Farmers v Not so bad apples: Despite unceremoniously stifling Ripon's plans last weekend, think if North can stick it up their jumper for 80 minutes, they might have a chance. North -7
Ouzos v Rugrats: Form says a home win and heart and heart says the Ripon squad needs to kick start its league season properly, so why not start here. Ripon -7
Wakey Wind-Ups v Bed & Breakfast: How will the mercenaries fare here in the heart of good old fashioned honest graft country? Probably quite well. Bees +7
Ca$h Cow$ v Laundromats: Neither did well last weekend and I'm sure the Baildon boys will want a fitting reminder to Dave Duxbury they're still in contention (Get well soon Dave). Bai£don -7
Fax v hegians- if fax give any penalties then its 3 points. Carnt see anything other than hegians +7
Vandals v Brid - long trip and a terrible journey. Vandals tight pitch might make it tight for a half, but brid to pull away +7
Allerton v Bramley Phoenix-after putting one over Ripon the boys should be ready for a difficult trip but +7 win Bramley
Ensians v Ripon- should be a good game Ripon away again Ensians to continue the misery here -7 home win
Ossett v Bees +7 win Bees
Baildon v HLH Baildon to win a close game -7
Halifax v Roundhegians: Hegians +7
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington: Vandals +7
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix: Phoenix-7
Old Otliensians v Ripon: Ensians +7
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley: Bees +7
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill:Baildon-7
Halifax v Roundhegians - Heigans +7
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington - Vandals -7
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix - Bramley +7
Old Otliensians v Ripon - OO +7
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley - B&B +7
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill - Baildon -7
Halifax v Roundhegians - Hegians stuffed us at home the end of last season. That's no small thing, and seem to be keeping that momentum. Hegians +7
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington - A team I have never played before, 18 seasons in that's pretty rare occurrence. Let's see what they bring. Van -7
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix - No idea 🤷🏼. Bramley +7
Old Otliensians v Ripon - Sorry Ripon I see nothing for you here. Ensians +7
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley - Seems the Bees have turned a bit of a corner. Let's see. B&B +7
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill - Having played both. Hudds could win this but will need to keep the ball a lot better than last week to do it. Baildon -7
Halifax v Roundhegians. Roundhegians -7
Vandals v Brid. Brid -7
Northallerton v Bramley. Bramley -7
OO'S v Ripon. OO'S -7
Ossett v B&B. B&B +7
Baildon v HLH. Baildon -7
Halifax v Roundhegians - Fax might be scraping for players after the apparent fight in the crowd and between players last week, Not sure if there was any Red Cards . Roundhegians +7
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington - Another Brid win -7
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix - Bramley to take the win on the road Bramley -7
Old Otliensians v Ripon - OO +7
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley - bees to continue form and get a 5 point win Bees +7
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill - I think we will see another Away win here Hudds -7
Good Luck all.
Hegians +7
Brid -7
Bramley -7
Old Otley +7
B&B +7
Baildon +7
Roundhegians +7
Vandals -7
Bramley +7
Ripon -7
Ossett -7
Baildon +7
Roundhegians +7
Bridlington -7
Bramley +7
Otliensians +7
B&B +7
Baildon -7
Halifax v Roundhegians lLooks like Roundhegians are on a bit of a role +7
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington Brid were v good on Saturday , providing their strike players are available Brid -7
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix Good win for BP on Saturday +7
Old Otliensians v Ripon Great result at Baildon , cant see Ripon getting a win here OO +7
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley B&B top of the league , full of confidence. Ossett +7
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill will be close both were good against us , Baildon at Home just -7
Have a great weekend , enjoy your rugby everyone
Halifax v Roundhegians - Hegians +7
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington - Vandals -7
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix - Bramley -7
Old Otliensians v Ripon - Ensians +7
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley - Ossett -7
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill - HLH -7
Halifax v Roundhegians - Roundhegians +7
Halifax vandals v Bridlington - HV +7
Northallerton V Bramley phoenix - Bp +7
Old Otliensians V ripon - OO +7
Ossett V B&B - A wins coming and it will be this week Ossett +7
Baildon V HLH - B +7
Halifax v Roundhegians - old lads vs young lads - Roundhegians +7
Halifax vandals v Bridlington
Vandals if they can keep It in the pack - HV +7
Northallerton V Bramley phoenix - Bp +7
A long weekend last week for the North boys, I think they will bounce back this week - north +7
Old Otliensians V ripon - finally a test for the OO's, ripon +7
Ossett V B&B - if ossett have their centre combo and have sorted out the front row issues I see an ossett win
ossett+7
Baildon V HLH - both looking to bounce back, if HLH have the ball they will win HLH +7
Halifax v Roundhegians - Hegians + 7
Halifax Vandals v Bridlington - Vandals -7
Northallerton v Bramley Phoenix - Bramley +7
Old Otliensians v Ripon - Ensians +7
Ossett v Bradford & Bingley - Bees +7
Baildon v Huddersfield Laund Hill - HLH +7
Halifax v Roundhegians - Hegians +7
Halifax vandals v Bridlington - Brid -7
Northallerton V Bramley phoenix - Phoenix -7
Old Otliensians V Ripon - OO +7
Ossett V B&B - Bees +7
Baildon V HLH - A Draw
Quite a few close calls on paper again this week.
Halifax v Hegians - Hegians +7
Halifax Vandals v Brid - Brid +7
North v BP - North-7 (hopefully)
Old Ot v Ripon - OO-7
Ossett v B&B - B&B-7
Baildon v HLH - Baildon+7
Roundhegians +7
Bridlington -7
Bramley Phoenix +7
Old Otliensians +7
Ossett -7
Baildon +7
What a ding - dong, ying and yang cracker it was at Chaffers Field, Otley; where Old Otliensians squeaked a 45 - 38 win over Ripon. Both sides had strengths to exploit - OOs with their speed to the breakdown and general pace of play for 80 minutes. Not to mention the speed merchant Wing who was a menace but eventually got under control. Ripon had a good set piece but ran out of support options in attack and either got turned over or penalised for holding on.
A thrilling and high scoring game in which both teams gave everything and neither looked like pulling away significantly. Can't see OOs slipping up much for the rest of the season, but it all comes down to having consistently available personnel, so could be a title contender if they can keep this pacey squad together. Ripon need to look at player availability and game plan management if there's a hope of getting up into the top three again.
Vandals were their own worst enemy yesterday. Let in 2 very soft tries within the first ten minutes and then a well worked try just at the end of the first half to leave it 0-21 at half time.
Then after a full hair dryer from the coach Van decided to turn up and got the score back to 17-21 with 90 secs left. In pushing hard to get a win the ball was turned over in midfield and Brid took full advantage getting the ball wide fast and going over the line with the last attack of the game.
Credit to Brid they can switch it on in a second. From a Vandals point of view we're not a million miles away. When we put it all together we will win more than we lose. If we don't we'll lose more than we win. Onwards and upwards! UTV.
Quote from: Locked Out on Today at 03:21 PMWhat a ding - dong, ying and yang cracker it was at Chaffers Field, Otley; where Old Otliensians squeaked a 45 - 38 win over Ripon. Both sides had strengths to exploit - OOs with their speed to the breakdown and general pace of play for 80 minutes. Not to mention the speed merchant Wing who was a menace but eventually got under control. Ripon had a good set piece but ran out of support options in attack and either got turned over or penalised for holding on.
A thrilling and high scoring game in which both teams gave everything and neither looked like pulling away significantly. Can't see OOs slipping up much for the rest of the season, but it all comes down to having consistently available personnel, so could be a title contender if they can keep this pacey squad together. Ripon need to look at player availability and game plan management if there's a hope of getting up into the top three again.
Belter of a game which neither team deserved to lose.
A draw would have been a fair result.