The Rugby Football League is delighted to announce that the 2018 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup semi-finals will be played as a double header at Macron Stadium, Bolton on Sunday August 5. For the first time in Challenge Cup history the semi-finals will be played at one venue on the same day with every minute of the fast paced action broadcast live on the BBC. Macron Stadium, which has a capacity of just under 30,000 is no stranger to Rugby League with three World Club Challenge games and three international Test matches being played there between 1998-2007. Rugby Football League interim Chief Executive, […]
Dewsbury Rams head coach Neil Kelly was delighted with the win over local rivals Batley Bulldogs at the Summer Bash in Blackpool. He now wants his side to take the positives from the win into the Rams next game which is at home to Featherstone Rovers on the 10th June. He said on the victory over Batley: “I’ll take any win after the run without a win we have had, we realise it wasn’t a champagne performance. However that seems to be the nature of this team, they making winning hard. “The sooner it wakes up and realises that when […]
Dewsbury Rams 20 Batley Bulldogs 18 Dewsbury Rams defeated local rivals Batley Bulldogs on Sunday at the Summer Bash. The Rams went into the fixture having not won since February. However, a draw against Halifax the week before meant spirits were high going into the game. After a really tight first 14 minutes, it was Aaron Brown who opened the scoring for Dewsbury. A sweeping move from left to right ended with Dom Speakman passing the ball to Brown, who dived over the line. Paul Sykes converted the try to put the Rams 6-0 up. The Rams showed some strong […]
This weekend it’s once again time for all the championship clubs to meet up in Blackpool for the 2018 Summer Bash. The Rams will as ever play local rivals Batley Bulldogs in what will once again be a hotly contested game on the west coast of England. The two sides have met three times since the event was created, and the Rams have the upper hand, winning two out of the three games, losing the other one. This is a look back at those three games. 2015 The Rams then coached by Glenn Morrison were looking forward to playing the […]
RFL NEWS- Challenge Cup Semi-Final Announcement
The Rugby Football League is delighted to announce that the 2018 Ladbrokes Challenge Cup semi-finals will be played as a double header at Macron Stadium, Bolton on Sunday August 5. For the first time in Challenge Cup history the semi-finals will be played at one venue on the same day with every minute of the fast paced action broadcast live on the BBC. Macron Stadium, which has a capacity of just under 30,000 is no stranger to Rugby League with three World Club Challenge games and three international Test matches being played there between 1998-2007. Rugby Football League interim Chief Executive, […]