Well back from Newcastle and on to London Skolare match. We played well but still room to get better every match we are, this week see ORL play are good friends from London Skolars who we alway have great matches with them and i sure this Sunday will be one too. We may get to see one of last season great player Michael Crabtree who is now a Skolars (good luck to hem at London)

So on the Score Prediction ORL -v- London Skolars we have played now 5 times,

P5, W2, L2, D1, PF 142, PA 158. Last 5 matches,
Thats a ave of 28 - 31 per-match


Last 5 matches,
9-Aug-14: ORL win 31-24 at Pennine Way
15-June-14: Skolars win 52-28 at Iffley Road
2-Mar-14: ORL win 19-12 at Iffley Road
1-Sept-13: Skolars win 30-30 at Iffley Road
26-May-13: Skolars win 40-34 at New River Stadium

So we in for a good match so let's see you all down Iffley road and bring a friends and see if we can get a over the 350 mark.

So can we win ?? yes we can and big to for me it's ORL by 12+



what you think



COYB's

I think Michael Benson is with them as well.

Could be a good time to play them as they have a fair few new recruits who will probably still be bedding in. My prediction is an Oxford win if the Bradford lads are around but the two loans may well be up. Will be interesting to see what squad we declare.

Benson is with them, as is Tommy Connick however he is currently injured.

Anopther important game, as I have every hope that we will finish above London Skolars this year. In the second Iffley Road game last season they arrived with a strong team boosted by dual registration players from London Broncos. Also, as I recall, they targeted Sean Morris with a number of illegal hits, which the referee punished only with occasional penalties. When Morris signed for Broncos I was concerned that we might end up playing against him, so at least that didn't happen. This year Skolars seem to have acquired more players from Hunslet so our own dual reg players should be more of a threat and so I say Oxford by 10.

Given the rest of the comments, this also seems the right place to do "Played for Both Sides".

Currently with Skolars - Mike Benson, Michael Crabtree, David Ellison (also played for Skolars before joining Oxford), Tommy Connick
Never saw an announcement that Connick actually signed - if he's injured that might have got in the way - but he has played a couple of warm-up matches and one League game for them this year.

Others:
Glenn Osborn - signed from Skolars for last season and has now retired.
Tony Benson - coached both sides. Skolars in 2008, Oxford in 2013 and 2014.

ORL and London Skolars have named their 19-man squads. for sunday match,

ORL :- Andrade, Barlow, Brooker, Jones-Bishop, Brook, Blythe, Danns, K. Davies, T. Davies, Gardiner, Hayles, Hoggins, Kitson, S. Morris, J. Morris, Payne, Scott, Thomas, Withington

Skolars :- Anthony, Morgan, Small, Cook, Elliot, Kittrick, Bishay, Williams, Wicks, M. Sykes, Pascal, Lovell, Fairhurst, Benson, Edwards, Reed, Cox, Druce, Ellison

Me was by 12, but now with this squad i going for ORL by 16

COYBs