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fevnut's Quiz Questions 2025/#19

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  THE QUESTION Who were the first ever winners of the listed competitions? N.B. Please do not write the answers in by using 'reply' on facebook or 'quote' on Fev Fans page of TotalRL.com. We have been told by some readers that doing so spoils their enjoyment of working them out for themselves. We will provide you all with the answers next week! 

fevnut's musings 2025/#28: London Broncos, Batley and League Structure Changes

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  This year we have had matches where Fev have played really well and matches where we have been very poor. And last Sunday we got both in the same match! It was, apparently, the late great Jimmy Greaves who first said that “football is a game of two halves”. Well, what we watched last Sunday wasn’t football, but the sentiment was totally apt. 12-4 down at halftime and being decidedly outplayed by this rejuvenated London Broncos team. We have often wished that we could sneak in invisible to the Rovers dressing room at halftime, In retrospect, we would very much like to have heard just what Paul Cooke told the team at halftime. Whatever it was, it worked! During the second half they played as well, if not better, than in any other match this year! Difficult to put that down to any particular players, but we will name six who clearly made big contributions to the win. Caleb Aekins was rock solid at the back and contributed two excellent tries. Particularly delightful was th...

T'Other Side: Batley Bulldogs

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Head Coach: John Kear After Mark Moxon was sacked in late June, Batley brought back John Kear who had been their head coach from 2011-2016. He has been head coach at many clubs: Bramley, Paris Saint Germain, Sheffield Eagles, Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Bradford Bulls and Widnes Vikings. His most famous achievement was winning the Challenge Cup with Sheffield Eagles in 1998 (beating Wigan 17-8 in the final). He also took Hull FC to Challenge Cup victory in 2005.   In 2006 he took over as head coach at Wakefield in July 2006 when they looked doomed to relegation but steered them to a miraculous escape when , in the final match of the season, they beat Castleford to secure their Super League status and consign Castleford to relegation. At representative level he has been the head coach for France, England and Wales.   He played on the wing for Castleford from 1978 to 1988 making 133 appearances and scoring 37 tries.   Captai...

This week's referee: Batley Bulldogs v Fev (Championship Round 20)

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         Fifth time we have had this referee in 2025. Above average for penalties, average for yellow cards and no red cards so far in 2025.

fevnut's Quiz Questions 2025/#18: The Answers

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    THE QUESTION Who are the last 5 Fev club captains? This does  not  include players who were stand in captains when the club captain was not available for a match. THE ANSWER Not included is Paul Sykes who was co-captain with Tim Spears in 2015 How did you do?

Fev Squad 2025: Complete Stats

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Milestones achieved last weekend:  Ben Reynolds: 75 Career Tries

Fev Fixtures, Results, Teams and Trophies

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