Stacy Mowforth

Sunday sees the Halifax Panthers make the long trip to Cumbria to Derwent Park to face Workington Town in the rearranged fixture . (Photo credit Halifax Panthers media)   The previous meeting was called off back in February due to the weather and pitch conditions.    This game is a must-win for both teams as Workington town sit on the bottom of the  Betfred  Championship after losing all five games of the opening season to Newcastle Thunder, Widnes Vikings, Featherstone Rovers, Sheffield Eagles and Barrow Raiders.    Halifax Panthers sit in 11th place after five rounds following defeats against Batley Bulldogs, Widnes Vikings, Featherstone Rovers and Leigh Centurions, their only win of the campaign coming against London broncos in Round Two on February 6th.    Halifax have made some improvements over the past four fixtures but cannot seem to break the run of defeats, and although improvements have been made, the points needs to start coming i...

  Match report: Halifax Panthers 16 - Leigh Centurions 26. Despite a valiant effort from the Panthers, Leigh Centurions continue their winning streak with a victory against the Halifax Panthers under the lights, live on Premier Sports. The defeat makes it a forth successive defeat for the West Yorkshire outfit. It was the Panthers that drew first blood 9 minutes in with Zack McComb getting over the white wash from a grubber kick by James Saltonstall. The possession seemed to be all Leigh after that but Halifax managed to keep them at pay until the 25th Minute when back to back penalties put pressure on the defence, a short ball from James Bell sent Mark Ioane over the line, it looked like the Panthers had done enough to keep the big man out but the referee, in prime position awarded the try, a Ben Reynolds conversion gave the visitors the lead, a lead in which they would retain for the rest of the game. The Panthers did themselves no favours as the kick restart went out on the full...

  Saturday 12th March sees the return of women's rugby league, and kicks off a years which builds to a home world cup later in the year. St Helens women begin their challenge cup title defences against the newly promoted Barrow Raiders ladies in the first round, BBC sport will be showing the match live. Barrow, who gained promotion to the women's super league which in impressive second placed championship finish behind fellow promotees Leigh Miners, are one of sixteen teams drawn into four groups of four teams, All aiming to reach the grand final on Saturday 7th May at Elland road, as part of a triple headers including the men's challenge cup. St Helens go into the game as favourites following their dominating 2021 treble winning season. Prost spoke to St Helens, and England international Amy Hardcastle ahead of the first game to get her views on the up coming fixture and season. "I'm really excited to be getting back out on the field with the girls, it feels like ...

  Saturday 18th June 2022 will see two Wigan rugby league heavyweights go head-to-head as England face the combined All Stars at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. Shaun Wane will be looking to pull one back following the teams’ previous meeting that saw the all-stars come away with the 24-26 win under previous coach Tim Sheens.  Rugby league hall of famer and three-time man of steel Ellery Hanley MBE takes the reigns of the all-stars and faces his former teammate Shaun Wane.    Looking back over their time as teammates and friends, the mutual respect is clear. Their knowledge of each other and how they like their teams to play will make for an interesting and competitive game come June.   Wane said  “I’m really looking forward to it, I know how competitive he is, and he knows me really well. I did not like losing last year’s game, I want to win this one. So, it’s going to be the making of two really good teams going at it.” He goes on to say “He wants to do the ...