2019 Featherstone Rovers season

2019 Featherstone Rovers season
Championship Rank5th
Play-off resultLost in Final
Challenge Cup5th round
RFL 1895 Cup2nd round
Team information
ChairmanMark Campbell
Head CoachRyan Carr
StadiumPost Office Road
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In the 2019 rugby league season, Featherstone Rovers competed in the RFL Championship, the Challenge Cup and the 1895 Cup. Featherstone finished fifth in the league to qualify for the play-offs where they lost 24–6 to Toronto Wolfpack in the Grand Final.

Results

Pre-season friendlies

W Win D Draw L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Pre-season results
5 January Yorkshire Cup: 1 Dewsbury Rams A Crown Flatt L 14–20 Hallett, McDaniel, Walters Tansey 1,504 RLP

RFL Championship

Main article: 2019 RFL Championship

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Toronto Wolfpack 27 26 0 1 1010 356 +654 52 Play-off semi-final
2 Toulouse Olympique 27 20 0 7 877 446 +431 40 Play-off qualifying final
3 York City Knights 27 19 1 7 612 529 +83 39
4 Leigh Centurions 27 18 0 9 792 558 +234 36 Play-off elimination final
5 Featherstone Rovers 27 17 0 10 837 471 +366 34
6 Bradford Bulls 27 16 1 10 717 522 +195 33
7 Sheffield Eagles 27 15 0 12 748 694 +54 30
8 Halifax 27 10 1 16 602 685 −83 21
9 Swinton Lions 27 10 1 16 619 803 −184 21
10 Batley Bulldogs 27 8 1 18 462 756 −294 17
11 Widnes Vikings 27 14 0 13 646 586 +60 16[a]
12 Dewsbury Rams 27 6 2 19 513 721 −208 14
13 Barrow Raiders 27 5 1 21 479 861 −382 11 Relegated to League 1
14 Rochdale Hornets 27 1 0 26 342 1268 −926 2
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Widnes deducted 12 points for going into administration.[1]

Championship results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Championship results
3 February 1 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 16–17 W. Boas, Briscoe, King W. Boas (2) 6,025 RLP
10 February 2 Batley Bulldogs H Post Office Road W 42–14 A. Boas, W. Boas, Carey, Day, King, Singleton, C. Smith, Teteh W. Boas (5) 2,145 RLP, BBC
17 February 3 Leigh Centurions A Leigh Sports Village L 20–29 W. Boas, Briscoe, Newman, D. Smith W. Boas (2) 3,443 RLP BBC
24 February 4 Halifax R.L.F.C. H Post Office Road W 46–16 Briscoe (2), Newman (2), Cooper, King, Lockwwod, Render Turner (5), A. Boas (2) 2,534 RLP, BBC
3 March 5 Widnes Vikings A Halton Stadium L 22–44 Newman (2), King, C. Smith Turner (3) 5,782 RLP BBC
10 March 6 Sheffield Eagles H Post Office Road W 32–14 Turner (2), Bussey, Davies, Golding, Lockwwod Turner (4) 1,891 RLP, BBC
17 March 7 Swinton Lions A Heywood Road W 24–12 Bussey (2), Golding, Ormondroyd Reynolds (4) 923 RLP, BBC
24 March 8 Widnes Vikings H Post Office Road L 22–32 Briscoe, Golding, King, Reynolds Reynolds (3) 1,943 RLP
6 April 9 Toulouse Olympique A Stade Ernest-Argeles L 2–8 Reynolds 2,251 RLP, BBC
19 April 10 York City Knights H Post Office Road W 42–12 Hardcastle (2), Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm, Davies, Walters Chisholm (7) 2,216 RLP, BBC
22 April 11 Toronto Wolfpack H Post Office Road L 14–23 Carey, Makatoa Chisholm (3) 2,101 RLP, BBC
28 April 12 Barrow Raiders A Craven Park W 26–12 Chisholm (2), Day, King, Sutcliffe Chisholm (3) 1,277 RLP, BBC
5 May 13 Rochdale Hornets A Spotland Stadium W 56–10 Carey (2), Cooper (2), Chisholm, Golding, Hardcastle, Harrison, King, Makatoa Chisholm (8) 714 RLP
18 May 14 York City Knights N Bloomfield Road W 42–10 Carey (2), Briscoe, Chisholm, Day, Hardcastle, Holmes, Sutcliffe Chisholm (5) 7,912 RLP
26 May 15 Bradford Bulls H Post Office Road W 42–4 Chisholm (3), Briscoe, Carey, Davies, King, Walters Chisholm (5) 2,903 RLP
9 June 16 Sheffield Eagles A Olympic Legacy Stadium W 38–18 King (2), Ferguson, Hardcastle, Harrison, Holmes Chisholm (7) 1,321 RLP
16 June 17 Widnes Vikings H Post Office Road W 22–4 Sutcliffe (2), Carey, Holmes Chisholm (3) 2,380 RLP
23 June 18 Barrow Raiders H Post Office Road L 16–38 Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm Chisholm (2) 1,400 RLP
30 June 19 Halifax R.L.F.C. A The Shay W 24–18 Briscoe, Day, Hardcastle, King Chisholm (4) 1,888 RLP
7 July 20 Leigh Centurions H Post Office Road W 24–20 Briscoe, Chisholm, Day, Walters Chisholm (3), Reynolds 3,104 RLP
13 July 21 Toronto Wolfpack A Lamport Stadium L 18–22 Jones, Ormondroyd, Walters Dagger (3) 7,819 RLP
21 July 22 Rochdale Hornets H Post Office Road W 50–6 Day (2), Briscoe, Golding, Harrison, Jones, King, Makatoa, Walters Chisholm (7) 2,011 RLP
4 August 23 Dewsbury Rams A Crown Flatt W 25–24 Albert, Carey, Golding, McLelland, Sutcliffe Chisholm (2 + 1 FG) 1,229 RLP
11 August 24 Swinton Lions H Post Office Road W 66–16 Day (2), King (2), Sutcliffe (2), Albert, Carey, Johnson, McLelland, Render, Walters Chisholm (9) 2,090 RLP
18 August 25 York City Knights A Bootham Crescent L 18–22 McLelland, Render, Sutcliffe Chisholm (3) 3,115 RLP
1 September 26 Batley Bulldogs A Mount Pleasant W 64–0 Chisholm (3), Hardcastle (2), Jones (2), Day, Harrison, King, Lockwood Chisholm (10) 1,602 RLP
7 September 27 Toulouse Olympique H Post Office Road L 24–26 King (2), Chisholm, Sutcliffe Chisholm (4) 2,334 RLP

play-offs

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Play-off results
15 September Qualifying Play-off Leigh Centurions A Leigh Sports Village W 34–18 Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm, Harrison, McLelland, Walters Chisholm (5) 2,600 RLP
21 September Elimination semi-final York City Knights A Bootham Crescent W 30–4 Day, Harrison, Johnson, Makatoa, Render Chisholm (5) 3,222 RLP
29 September Preliminary final Toulouse Olympique A Stade Ernest-Argeles W 36–12 Davies, Chisholm, Golding, Harrison, Johnson, Render Chisholm (4) RLP
8 October Final Toronto Wolfpack A Lamport Stadium L 6–24 Sutcliffe Chisholm 9,974 RLP
team bracket
Qualifying play-offQualifying semi-finalPreliminary finalPlay-off final
1 Toronto Wolfpack40 Toronto Wolfpack24
Toulouse Olympique24 Featherstone Rovers6
2 Toulouse Olympique44 Toulouse Olympique12
3 York City Knights6Elimination semi-final Featherstone Rovers36
York City Knights4
4 Leigh Centurions18 Featherstone Rovers30
5 Featherstone Rovers34
Source:Rugby League Project

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2019 Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Challenge Cup results
30 March 4 Swinton Lions H Post Office Road W 38–14 Teteh (3), Boas, Broadbent, Day, King, Wheeldon King (3) 691 RLP
14 April 5 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 26–27 Broadbent, Hardcastle, Harrison, Render Boas (5) 1,691 RLP

1895 Cup

Main article: 2019 RFL 1895 Cup

W Win L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
1895 Cup results
5 June 2 Widnes Vikings A Halton Stadium L 16–22 Carey, Ormondroyd, Punchard Punchard (2) 1,515 RLP

Players

Featherstone Rovers 2019 Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated:
Source(s): Rugby League Project


References

  1. ^ "Widnes Vikings: RFL accepts new takeover deal but still imposes 12-point penalty". BBC Sport. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.