Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Thu Jul 20, 2023 7:25 pm  

Tony Fax wrote:

Crikey, we nearly had a Michael Olswick situation (not sure I've got his name right!) by selecting Crooks in Saturday's squad, having to withdraw him 'cos the RFL say he's cup-tied. Nice of them to tell us, otherwise we could have been disqualified just like before when a cup tie was postponed and had to be surrendered to Batley. I was just yards away from the Shay when I found out it was cancelled!

Don't speak too soon. Last time we won in London they took the two points off us! Lol!

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:01 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Strage one as Fleming played against us for Fev in the 1st round as well.

Adam O Brien played for Huddersfield against Salford as well in an earlier round so surely he's cup tied? Hope the club are reading this as we might get disqualified even if we win!

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:34 pm  

Tony Fax wrote:

Adam O Brien played for Huddersfield against Salford as well in an earlier round so surely he's cup tied? Hope the club are reading this as we might get disqualified even if we win!

On a technicality AOB was the challenge cup rather than 1895 as his team was not eligable for that comp where as Fleming and Crooks were both certainly classed as 1895 cup games which makes the RFL ruling baffling.

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:18 pm  

I blame Grix , typical.

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:58 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

On a technicality AOB was the challenge cup rather than 1895 as his team was not eligable for that comp where as Fleming and Crooks were both certainly classed as 1895 cup games which makes the RFL ruling baffling.

Thought with the 1895 being a spin off from the CC the same rules might apply. AOB has had a chance to get to Wembley with 2 different clubs.

Good point about Fleming. Very good point. He was definitely on the bench for fev when we played them. Better not pick him just in case!

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:20 am  

There's nowt like the RFaiL to put a spoke in your pre semi final preparations!

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:21 am  

The club have mentioned on FB that it only applies to those who played in the 5th round of the challenge cup which was classed as the QF's of the 1895 cup. We beat Fev in the 3rd round so that explains Fleming being available. Keighley got to the 5th round losing to Batley, hence why Crooks can't play. The odd one is AO'B - he played in the 6th round, but this is the first round the SL teams came in. I am guessing the ruling is that he has not played for a team that qualifies for the 1895 cup - but who knows?

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Sat Jul 22, 2023 11:47 am  

According to Facebook after his MOM performance last week Tom Inman has been left out of the team. On the plus side that must mean that JWH is fit to play.

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Sat Jul 22, 2023 12:09 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

According to Facebook after his MOM performance last week Tom Inman has been left out of the team. On the plus side that must mean that JWH is fit to play.

If that's correct it's ridiculous. We'll see.

Re: 1895 cup semi final London vs Halifax : Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:48 pm  

Decent first half, defensively very good but no real threat in attack. What a s**t hole of a ground