2019 Featherstone Rovers season

Championship Rank

5th

Play-off result

Lost in Final

Challenge Cup

5th round

RFL 1895 Cup

2nd round

Team information

Chairman

Head Coach

Stadium

2023 →

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

W Win D Draw L Loss

Pre-season results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
5 January	Yorkshire Cup: 1	Dewsbury Rams	A	Crown Flatt	L	14–20	Hallett, McDaniel, Walters	Tansey	1,504	RLP

RFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto Wolfpack	27	26	0	1	1010	356	+654	52	Play-off semi-final
2	Toulouse Olympique	27	20	0	7	877	446	+431	40	Play-off qualifying final
3	York City Knights	27	19	1	7	612	529	+83	39	Play-off qualifying final
4	Leigh Centurions	27	18	0	9	792	558	+234	36	Play-off elimination final
5	Featherstone Rovers	27	17	0	10	837	471	+366	34	Play-off elimination final
6	Bradford Bulls	27	16	1	10	717	522	+195	33
7	Sheffield Eagles	27	15	0	12	748	694	+54	30
8	Halifax	27	10	1	16	602	685	−83	21
9	Swinton Lions	27	10	1	16	619	803	−184	21
10	Batley Bulldogs	27	8	1	18	462	756	−294	17
11	Widnes Vikings	27	14	0	13	646	586	+60	16^[a]
12	Dewsbury Rams	27	6	2	19	513	721	−208	14
13	Barrow Raiders	27	5	1	21	479	861	−382	11	Relegated to League 1
14	Rochdale Hornets	27	1	0	26	342	1268	−926	2	Relegated to League 1

Source:
Notes:

Widnes deducted 12 points for going into administration.^[1]

Championship results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Championship results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
3 February	1	Bradford Bulls	A	Odsal Stadium	L	16–17	W. Boas, Briscoe, King	W. Boas (2)	6,025	RLP
10 February	2	Batley Bulldogs	H	Post Office Road	W	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	L	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	W	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	L	22–44	Newman (2), King, C. Smith	Turner (3)	5,782	RLP BBC
10 March	6	Sheffield Eagles	H	Post Office Road	W	32–14	Turner (2), Bussey, Davies, Golding, Lockwwod	Turner (4)	1,891	RLP, BBC
17 March	7	Swinton Lions	A	Heywood Road	W	24–12	Bussey (2), Golding, Ormondroyd	Reynolds (4)	923	RLP, BBC
24 March	8	Widnes Vikings	H	Post Office Road	L	22–32	Briscoe, Golding, King, Reynolds	Reynolds (3)	1,943	RLP
6 April	9	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Argeles	L	2–8		Reynolds	2,251	RLP, BBC
19 April	10	York City Knights	H	Post Office Road	W	42–12	Hardcastle (2), Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm, Davies, Walters	Chisholm (7)	2,216	RLP, BBC
22 April	11	Toronto Wolfpack	H	Post Office Road	L	14–23	Carey, Makatoa	Chisholm (3)	2,101	RLP, BBC
28 April	12	Barrow Raiders	A	Craven Park	W	26–12	Chisholm (2), Day, King, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (3)	1,277	RLP, BBC
5 May	13	Rochdale Hornets	A	Spotland Stadium	W	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	W	42–10	Carey (2), Briscoe, Chisholm, Day, Hardcastle, Holmes, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (5)	7,912	RLP
26 May	15	Bradford Bulls	H	Post Office Road	W	42–4	Chisholm (3), Briscoe, Carey, Davies, King, Walters	Chisholm (5)	2,903	RLP
9 June	16	Sheffield Eagles	A	Olympic Legacy Stadium	W	38–18	King (2), Ferguson, Hardcastle, Harrison, Holmes	Chisholm (7)	1,321	RLP
16 June	17	Widnes Vikings	H	Post Office Road	W	22–4	Sutcliffe (2), Carey, Holmes	Chisholm (3)	2,380	RLP
23 June	18	Barrow Raiders	H	Post Office Road	L	16–38	Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm	Chisholm (2)	1,400	RLP
30 June	19	Halifax R.L.F.C.	A	The Shay	W	24–18	Briscoe, Day, Hardcastle, King	Chisholm (4)	1,888	RLP
7 July	20	Leigh Centurions	H	Post Office Road	W	24–20	Briscoe, Chisholm, Day, Walters	Chisholm (3), Reynolds	3,104	RLP
13 July	21	Toronto Wolfpack	A	Lamport Stadium	L	18–22	Jones, Ormondroyd, Walters	Dagger (3)	7,819	RLP
21 July	22	Rochdale Hornets	H	Post Office Road	W	50–6	Day (2), Briscoe, Golding, Harrison, Jones, King, Makatoa, Walters	Chisholm (7)	2,011	RLP
4 August	23	Dewsbury Rams	A	Crown Flatt	W	25–24	Albert, Carey, Golding, McLelland, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (2 + 1 FG)	1,229	RLP
11 August	24	Swinton Lions	H	Post Office Road	W	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	L	18–22	McLelland, Render, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (3)	3,115	RLP
1 September	26	Batley Bulldogs	A	Mount Pleasant	W	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	L	24–26	King (2), Chisholm, Sutcliffe	Chisholm (4)	2,334	RLP

play-offs

Play-off results
Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
15 September	Qualifying Play-off	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	34–18	Sutcliffe (2), Chisholm, Harrison, McLelland, Walters	Chisholm (5)	2,600	RLP
21 September	Elimination semi-final	York City Knights	A	Bootham Crescent	W	30–4	Day, Harrison, Johnson, Makatoa, Render	Chisholm (5)	3,222	RLP
29 September	Preliminary final	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest-Argeles	W	36–12	Davies, Chisholm, Golding, Harrison, Johnson, Render	Chisholm (4)		RLP
8 October	Final	Toronto Wolfpack	A	Lamport Stadium	L	6–24	Sutcliffe	Chisholm	9,974	RLP

team bracket


Qualifying play-off			Qualifying semi-final			Preliminary final		Play-off final



			1	Toronto Wolfpack	40			Toronto Wolfpack	24

				Toulouse Olympique	24			Featherstone Rovers	6

2	Toulouse Olympique	44				Toulouse Olympique	12

3	York City Knights	6	Elimination semi-final			Featherstone Rovers	36



			York City Knights		4

4	Leigh Centurions	18	Featherstone Rovers		30

5	Featherstone Rovers	34

Source:Rugby League Project

Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss

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

1895 Cup

W Win L Loss

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

Players

Featherstone Rovers 2019 Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Ashton Golding 2 Jack Johnson 3 Josh Hardcastle 4 Alex Sutcliffe 5 Conor Carey 6 Callum McLelland 7 Dane Chisholm 8 John Davies 9 Connor Jones 9 Cameron King 10 Makahesi Makatoa 11 Brad Day 12 Josh Walters		13 James Lockwood 14 Luke Cooper 15 James Harrison 16 Jack Ormondroyd 16 Jack Render 17 Albert Wellington 17 Jack Bussey – Sam Hawkins – Spencer Darley – James Beckett – Owen Trout – Daniel Waite-Pullan – Brandon French		– Kiedan Hartley – Ase Boas – Watson Boas – Luke Briscoe – Jack Broadbent – Will Dagger – Dale Ferguson – Macauley Hallett – Tom Holmes – Corey Johnson – James McDaniel – Dan Maskill – Harry Newman		– Morgan Punchard – Ben Reynolds – Jorge Richardson – Brad Singleton – Cameron Smith – Daniel Smith – Jordan Tansey – Thompson Teteh – Calum Turner – Scott Wheeldon		Head coach Ryan Carr Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: Source(s): Rugby League Project

References

"Widnes Vikings: RFL accepts new takeover deal but still imposes 12-point penalty". BBC Sport. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.