Simply because we feel we have a better chance of winning the game at BL, where we can only play on Sunday.

It's getting ridiculous now, not fair on fans who have to organise things around this game, maybe swap work shifts, organise baby sitters or whatever. Both clubs need to come to an agreement sharpish, ideally by the close of play today.

What so you have more chance of beating us at bramall land as opposed to Don Valley ?. why ?. its a pitch and your team will be the same wherever they play. Excuses i am affraid, Any proper coach would want the longest rest possible going into the Biggest game of the season, it really is that simple. Do you have any Injuries at the moment, just out of curiousity ?. As put earlier the RFL state it must be played before saturday and you can accomodate this by playing at the Don valley so why then try for sunday when they already state before saturday ?.

Obvouisly not aimed at you ESO, more at the club organisors ( if there are any ).

RFL going against what they say as usual.

I hear ya mate, as it goes I agree with the club that we do have more of a chance at BL then DV due to it being more of a "home" for us (played many more games there than DV this season) and we are usually able to drum up a pretty good atmosphere, something which is near on impossible at Don Valley. It may only be a psychological advantage, it may only be worth a couple of points, it may not be an advantage at all, but that's the way I see it.

Only injury at the moment is Alex Rowe who is out for the season anyway, Menzie Yere is suspended so will miss the game whenever it's played.

I agree with you there. People have to make arrangements. I have arrangements to make. If the two clubs just cannot agree then the RFL needs to grow a pair and tell the clubs when it is to be played.

Thanks!

They were not 'streets ahead' when we beat them both away earlier in the season.

i'd be worrying about playing Fax if i were you, and not wheather fev or leight are as you say 'streets ahead'.

Anything can happen on the day, we took you to the cleaners at BL earlier in the season so technically we must be better than Leigh and Featherstone. Doesn't work like that.

One thing I will say for Halifax is that you usually turn up in the big games. Beating Leigh and Featherstone away, winning the GF last season, running Leigh close in the NRC final this season. I am under no illusions that it will be a very tough game against Fax, one Fax will probably enter as favourites regardless of the final league standings. I also think it's a winnable game though, something I'd be more skeptical of if we were playing Leigh or Featherstone.

I dont blame you for that last summary, The one thing we missed all year is consistancy, Its the business end of the season now and if they go into it mentally prepared and the rub of the grass comes off for us then we could easily go all the way, The same can be said for Sheffield who have had some good results this year.

See you all on Sunday at 3 pm, then.

I Can't see anywhere where that has been confirmed yet. Any linky pal ?.

Well one of them can't (i.e. me)

Confirmed by the Eagles on Facebook and Twitter

Sunday 3pm. Confirmed.

Nope. Just got a text.

You read it here first.

Latest Halifax RLFC tweet . . . .

Still awaiting confirmation for the Play Off game with Sheffield. Been told by Red Hall to not expect an answer until tmw morning. #FAX

Oooops, probably should not have sent this then.

Good Afternoon,

I would like to express my anger once again at the RFL for allowing the match to take place on Sunday the 18th of September with only a 3 day turn around to the most important game of the season whilst the other team is allowed a whole week.

Once again you are seem to be a laughing stock and the reason that people are turning their back on the Championship Leagues, Perhaps this is your agenda because everything you can do wrong you seem to be doing. Even the Journalists are turning on you for the contempt that you seem to be showing the “ Lower Leagues “.

You originally said that this game must be played before the Saturday but now allowing it on the Sunday giving both Leigh and Featherstone a Massive advantage, why the moving of goalposts ?. yet again, i do sometimes wonder if the RFL employ someone to do that job for them, and then i realise it’s just Wood , right and rimmer

Are you currently helping with funding for Sheffield eagles by any chance ?. All this season the fixtures have been a total farce all because Sheffield cannot get a place to play. The fixtures should be everyone plays everyone in the first half of the season and the same again in the second so that teams can peak and trough as they do in RL.

Just whilst i am at it, Your pathetic Expansion dream is not working at all is it.

SL – Crusaders – Gone, Harlequins only above wakefield due to Administration breach.

CC – Toulouse – Bottom of the tables for the last 3 years and now going home at the expense of Heartlands teams – Thanks for nothing with this.

C1 – Gateshead, London Skolars, South Wales scorpions – all 3 bottom of the table with a massive points difference.

Quite simply it is not working, everyone can see this except yourselves who are happy to watch heartland clubs disappear into the history books whilst throwing time and money into the expansion dream. Perhaps you should have been dreaming a backup plan for when the inevitable happened and whilst you’re at it, how about a structure to the championships before the end of the current season.

Try and get something right next year for championship clubs or there is simply going to be nothing left but your mundane 14 beloved teams and 5 drives and kick.

Yours angrily

Faxhali - you have a lot of negative words in there. Your e-mail will get filtered to the junk mail box.

Shame championship clubs can't filter alltheir emails from the rfl as junk!

That's it now Hali they will probably make us play next Wednesday with a full days recovery before the next match if we were to win.

A Sunday afternoon play-off game?



Brilliant!

Not confirmed yet!!!

Surely the extra day / days rest is the bonus for finishing further up the league

I thought the bonus was a home game.

Can you tell me of a precedent where a date of a game is determined by a league position.