Archived by Month: February 2012
28th February 2012
The draw for the second round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup has been completed on board HMS Illustrious with the Royal Navy landing an exciting home tie against Conference Premier side Leigh Miners Rangers. This tie will be played on the Royal Navy’s home ground…
26th February 2012
After dominating the first hour of the game, Skolars withstood a determined Welsh comeback to record a victory in Neath. Joe Mbu made just two changes to the previous week’s 17. Ben Bolger returned to Broncos, with Austen Aggrey coming onto the bench, whilst Chris…
24th February 2012
London Skolars are delighted to announce that we have received confirmation that our annual Friday Night Lights Fixture, to be played on Friday 24th August, will be televised live on Premier Sports. This year’s opponents are Whitehaven and the match is being played, once more,…
23rd February 2012
Students from Oxford and Cambridge universities will battle it out at the 2012 Rugby League Varsity match on Thursday 8th March at 7.30pm which, this year, takes place at Richmond Athletic Ground. Tickets are available for the pre-match dinner at £60, which includes a ticket to the…
21st February 2012
Hemel Stags will line up with Northampton and two other clubs who have yet to be announced in making the step up to semi-professional level in a re-vamped Championship One from next season. The Hertfordshire club’s elevation is part of the RFL’s strategic objective to…
20th February 2012
London Skolars have signed four London Broncos players on dual registration. Lamont Bryan, Ben Bolger and Rob Thomas all played for Skolars on loan last season and between them they have played 55 games for Broncos. They are joined by 20 year old centre Joe…
19th February 2012
With a three week gap since their last pre-season friendly, Skolars came up against a strong Batley side and the infamous Mount Pleasant slope. The side played up the slope it the first half and although they had some good possession early on with Lamont…
16th February 2012
Skolars player and community coach Neil Thorman takes a look back at a frustrating week for the team and looks forward to Skolars season finally getting under way: ” The Northern Rail Cup fixtures have finally arrived. Unfortunately our game against Toulouse was postponed due…
14th February 2012
London Skolars are about to embark on their most testing season to date – and that’s before they even step onto the pitch. On Sunday, Skolars will be travelling to Batley in Yorkshire for a Northern Rail Cup tie. This is just the first match…
10th February 2012
London Skolars game against Toulouse Olympique, has been called off. The game was scheduled for Sunday, but Thursday night’s snowfall put paid to any hopes that the game could go ahead as planned. “Given we’ve had the mildest December and January in memory, it’s ironic…