Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:43 am  

Semi final of the Northern Rail Cup, this Friday, 7:30pm at Don Valley Stadium.

Biggest game of the season so far IMO, really looking forward to it. First time we've ever got to the semis and just one step away from a massive drinking ses...err day out in Blackpool.

We were poor earlier in the season when they gave us a towelling, as they were when we gave them a similar beating in the playoffs last season. When we meet it's rare that both teams play to their potential, if they do on Friday it'll be an absolute cracker.

I'd imagine Fax will be marginal favourites by virtue of their two point advantage over us in the league standings and victory over us earlier in the season, but Featherstone showed last week that there are definitely vulnerabilities there, hopefully we can exploit them in a similar fashion to what the Rovers did.

Eagles 28-24 Fax

MoM: Knowles
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Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:19 am  

I believe our name is on the Cup

Eagles 36 Halifax 32

MOM Hendo

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Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:28 am  

Our name is on the Challenge Cup. But we still lost to Catalans.

Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:01 pm  

I think your halves are better than theirs. If your forrads at least hold a stalemate, and you keep penky quiet, you will win.

Last weeks game:- Set after set in the 1st half, the fev forrads repeatedly ran at Penky making him make tackle after tackle. He was knackered in the second half - and still he kept having to make tackles - thus nullifying his threat.
I won't charge the rotund one for this advice!!

Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:13 pm  

Rotherham Fev Fan wrote:

I think your halves are better than theirs. If your forrads at least hold a stalemate, and you keep penky quiet, you will win.

Didn't look that way at Bramall Lane.

Thought Penky and Ben Black in particular tore us to shreds.

Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:18 pm  

Ben Black???

Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:23 pm  

Sorry pal. I'm not concentrating today.

Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:29 pm  

However, I do think Batley got way way the better deal on stand offs.
Ben Black did indeed look dangerous on Sunday - all afternoon and against Fev he almost beat us on his own!

Handforth - I've never been a fan. Far too inconsistent. Far too easily does he go missing. Batley fans however, have an entirely different opinion of him.

I still think the final will be a re-run of the last years GF

Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:38 pm  

We certainly need to play better than last time.

Is your board down ........ again ?

Re: Official Match Thread - Halifax at Home (NRC SF) : Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:40 pm  

aye.