Rochdale 44 Doncaster Phoenix 31 Dale travelled to the impressive Castle Park Stadium home of National 1st Division side Doncaster Knights for the first league meeting at this level. Dale were still without Steve Collins who was on the bench and Chris Hodgkinson still not available. Callum Hill started at Fly Half with Ben Coulter, Kyle Parry and Harry Hill …
Close Run Thing for Dale
Rochdale 24 Wetherby 21 After a two minutes silence for Armistice Day the two teams lined up for what was seen to be an important game for both sides, Dale without talisman fly half Steve Collins and missing Chris Hodgkinson in the 2nd row the coach called in Callum Hill and Jacob Jackson both products of the Colts and Junior …
Dale end winning run at the seaside
Rochdale 20 Scarborough 33 On a mild sunny afternoon at the impressive Silver Royd Stadium, Rochdale fielded a strong side against Scarborough who beat them narrowly in the same fixture last year, a big crowd had turned out to see the league leaders and a close game was expected. Dale saw the return of Harry Hayes and Emerson Lopez in …
5 Try Dale top the League
Rochdale 39 Old Brodlians 18 After last week’s resounding win over Goole, Dale welcomed league leaders Old Brodlians to Moorgate Avenue on a bright blustery day, a large crowd with many visiting supporters were on hand to see this top of the table clash. Dale reverted to a regular front row and had Ross Hartley and Ben Sunderland at wing …
Dale Try Fest Sinks Goole
Rochdale 50 Goole 0 Dale welcomed debutante Joe Donnelly in the centre with Ben Coulter returning at prop after a long absence from the first team. A poor kick off by the visitors saw the ball not making 10 metres and a scrum to Dale on half way. After winning the ball back, Goole fly half Roberts managed to kick …
Eight Try Blitz sinks Crossleyans
Old Crossleyans 22 Rochdale 54 A magnificent display of attacking rugby engineered by player coach Stevie Collins was far too much for an Old Crossleyans side who looked shell shocked after the first half hour of this match. Rochdale welcomed back line out specialist Chris Hodgkinson and new boy Riley Milson into the pack.The smallish pitch looked heavy compared with …
Rochdale hold on for close victory
Rochdale 27 Morley 25Rochdale welcomed Morley to Moorgate Avenue on a bright sunny day made for good running rugby on a good pitch. The early pressure came from Rochdale in their own half with good defence by Morley. A knock on by Morley led to a scrum to Rochdale. The ball was fed back to Collins whose crossfield kick to …
Close run thing at Moortown
Moortown 38 Rochdale 41 Dale welcomed back joint captain Josh Schofield at full back and Ethan Poole at loose forward on a bright breezy day in Leeds. Two attacking sides both with an opening day win under their belts promised a close match and so it proved with Dale first on the score sheet with less than 5 minutes on …
A top tussle with Malton
Rochdale 43 Malton and Norton 29The first game of the new season was a repeat of last years fixture when Dale lost a close game at Malton this year it was Steve Collins first match as captain. Dale were without Josh Schofield and Harry Hill but welcome Emerson Lopez for his first senior game with Jacob Jackson on the bench. …
Dale Fail to Deliver in Papa John’s Cup
Rochdale 12 Waterloo 23The end of season club cup sponsored by Pizza company Papa John’s saw Dale take on old rivals Waterloo who are now in North West 2 and finished 2nd in that league as Dale did in North East 2 so a fairly even contest was expected. Dale still without talisman fly half Stevie Collins but welcoming back …