2019 Featherstone Rovers season explained

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

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		14–20	Hallett, McDaniel, Walters	Tansey	1,504	RLP

RFL Championship

See main article: 2019 RFL Championship.

Championship results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report	+Championship results	3 February	1	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium		16–17	W. Boas, Briscoe, King	W. Boas (2)	6,025	RLP
10 February	2	Batley Bulldogs	H	Post Office Road		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		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		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		22–44	Newman (2), King, C. Smith	Turner (3)	5,782	RLP BBC
10 March	6	Sheffield Eagles	H	Post Office Road		32–14	Turner (2), Bussey, Davies, Golding, Lockwwod	Turner (4)	1,891	RLP, BBC
17 March	7	Swinton Lions	A	Heywood Road		24–12	Bussey (2), Golding, Ormondroyd	Reynolds (4)	923	RLP, BBC
24 March	8	Widnes Vikings	H	Post Office Road		22–32	Briscoe, Golding, King, Reynolds	Reynolds (3)	1,943	RLP
6 April	9	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Argeles		2–8		Reynolds	2,251	RLP, BBC
19 April	10	York City Knights	H	Post Office Road		42–12	Hardcastle (2), Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm, Davies, Walters	Chisholm (7)	2,216	RLP, BBC
22 April	11	Toronto Wolfpack	H	Post Office Road		14–23	Carey, Makatoa	Chisholm (3)	2,101	RLP, BBC
28 April	12	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park		26–12	Chisholm (2), Day, King, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (3)	1,277	RLP, BBC
5 May	13	Rochdale Hornets	A	Spotland Stadium		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		42–10	Carey (2), Briscoe, Chisholm, Day, Hardcastle, Holmes, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (5)	7,912	RLP
26 May	15	Bradford Bulls	H	Post Office Road		42–4	Chisholm (3), Briscoe, Carey, Davies, King, Walters	Chisholm (5)	2,903	RLP
9 June	16	Sheffield Eagles	A	Olympic Legacy Stadium		38–18	King (2), Ferguson, Hardcastle, Harrison, Holmes	Chisholm (7)	1,321	RLP
16 June	17	Widnes Vikings	H	Post Office Road		22–4	Sutcliffe (2), Carey, Holmes	Chisholm (3)	2,380	RLP
23 June	18	Barrow Raiders	H	Post Office Road		16–38	Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm	Chisholm (2)	1,400	RLP
30 June	19	Halifax R.L.F.C.	A	The Shay		24–18	Briscoe, Day, Hardcastle, King	Chisholm (4)	1,888	RLP
7 July	20	Leigh Centurions	H	Post Office Road		24–20	Briscoe, Chisholm, Day, Walters	Chisholm (3), Reynolds	3,104	RLP
13 July	21	Toronto Wolfpack	A	Lamport Stadium		18–22	Jones, Ormondroyd, Walters	Dagger (3)	7,819	RLP
21 July	22	Rochdale Hornets	H	Post Office Road		50–6	Day (2), Briscoe, Golding, Harrison, Jones, King, Makatoa, Walters	Chisholm (7)	2,011	RLP
4 August	23	Dewsbury Rams	A	Crown Flatt		25–24	Albert, Carey, Golding, McLelland, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (2 + 1 FG)	1,229	RLP
11 August	24	Swinton Lions	H	Post Office Road		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		18–22	McLelland, Render, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (3)	3,115	RLP
1 September	26	Batley Bulldogs	A	Mount Pleasant		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		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		A	Leigh Sports Village		34–18	Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm, Harrison, McLelland, Walters	Chisholm (5)	2,600	RLP
21 September	Elimination semi-final		A	Bootham Crescent		30–4	Day, Harrison, Johnson, Makatoa, Render	Chisholm (5)	3,222	RLP
29 September	Preliminary final		A	Stade Ernest-Argeles		36–12	Davies, Chisholm, Golding, Harrison, Johnson, Render	Chisholm (4)		RLP
8 October	Final		A	Lamport Stadium		6–24	Sutcliffe	Chisholm	9,974	RLP

team bracket

Source:

Challenge Cup

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

1895 Cup

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