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Rugby League
Video: Halifax 38 Rochdale 6 - see all the Fax tries from the Northern Rail Cup clash video
Halifax kept up their 100 per cent start to their Northern Rail Cup campaign with a 38-6 win over Rochdale at the Shay on Sunday.
6 commentsPaterson: Facing Fev would be a huge test
HALIFAX utility back Lee Paterson has said he is ready to play in Sunday’s Northern Rail Cup showdown with Championship big guns Featherstone – but believes it would be a “big ask” to return to action against Daryl Powell’s back-to-back Grand Finalists.
18 commentsTomorrow is injury D-Day for Morrison
HALIFAX coach Karl Harrison expects to find out tomorrow whether key forward Iain Morrison will be available for Sunday’s Northern Rail Cup blockbuster against Featherstone.
3 commentsHarrison: Plenty to improve on
HALIFAX boss Karl Harrison watched his side all-but qualify for the last eight of the Northern Rail Cup with a 38-6 home win over Rochdale yesterday and then insisted they need a significant improvement ahead of next weekend’s showdown with Co-operative Championship winners Featherstone.
8 commentsFax can put a foot in last eight
THE equation looks simple enough: If Halifax beat Rochdale Hornets tomorrow, and it doesn’t really matter whether they beat them by six or 60, they will have one and a half feet in the quarter finals of the Northern Rail Cup.
15 commentsRob, Joe look likely to get Hornets chance
HALIFAX coach Karl Harrison looks likely to hand starts to winger Rob Worrincy and forward Joe Chandler in tomorrow’s Northern Rail Cup meeting with Rochdale at the Shay (3.0).
4 comments
Bowman keen to take his opportunity
HALIFAX’S teenage stand off Anthony Bowman has admitted a close-season ultimatum from new boss Karl Harrison has been a major factor in his flying start to 2012.
9 commentsVideo: Dewsbury Rams 6 Halifax 36 – See all the Fax tries video
Halifax made a winning start to their season with a 36-6 Northern Rail Cup success at Dewsbury on Sunday.
11 commentsAshall has top flight potential
ROCHDALE coach John Stankevitch believes his former protege Craig Ashall can be a Co-operative Championship sensation with Halifax - and then go on to play Super League.
4 commentsWidnes cannot afford to let things slide
WIDNES were given the rudest of Super League awakenings at Huddersfield last weekend, the Giants running riot on their way to a 60-point success.
6 comments
Worrincy in the frame for ‘Dale
COACH Karl Harrison expects to have winger Rob Worrincy available for selection ahead of this weekend’s Northern Rail Cup showdown with Rochdale at the Shay.
10 comments
Harrison’s reign is off to a flyer
HALIFAX coach Karl Harrison promised there was plenty more to come from his new-look side after they romped home 36-6 in a quagmire at Dewsbury yesterday afternoon.
7 commentsImpressive Fax crush Dewsbury
HALIFAX made an impressive start to competitive life under new coach Karl Harrison, crushing Dewsbury 36-6 at Rams Stadium in their Northern Rail Cup opener.
25 commentsPlenty on the line in NRC opener
THE success or otherwise of Karl Harrison’s new-look Halifax regime will not be decided at Dewsbury’s Rams Stadium tomorrow.
27 commentsPaul to help Bowman realise his ‘potential’
HALIFAX vice-captain Paul Handforth has pledged to give young stand off Anthony Bowman free-rein in attack in tomorrow’s Northern Rail Cup opener at Dewsbury (3.0).
5 commentsSend out a message, urges Karl
HALIFAX boss Karl Harrison has urged his side to “send a message” to their Northern Rail Cup rivals with a dominant performance in tomorrow’s season opener at Dewsbury.
2 commentsGannon: New rules could suit Halifax
PROP Jim Gannon believes the game’s new 10-interchange rule could play into Halifax’s hands ahead of Sunday’s Northern Rail Cup opener at Dewsbury.
10 commentsNanyn ruled out for the season
HALIFAX centre signing Mick Nanyn has said he is “devastated” after almost certainly being ruled out for the entire 2012 season with a knee injury.
13 commentsDeals should be under microscope
THERE has been plenty of public discussion about the merits or otherwise of the sponsorship deal Super League have struck with the transport firm Stobart.
6 commentsOne game gone and already there’s plenty to talk about
Super League returned at the weekend and was welcomed back by the coldest few days of the year.
Paterson’s return turns up heat on Fax centres
COMEBACK threequarter Lee Paterson is eyeing the club’s right centre berth as he nears a return from a knee reconstruction.
18 commentsField could win it for Rams: Boss
DEWSBURY boss Warren Jowitt has described the Rams’ Stadium playing surface as a “big advantage” for his side ahead of Sunday’s Northern Rail Cup opener against Halifax.
16 commentsRyan out to cement Fax’s number one spot
EX-BARLA skipper Ryan Fieldhouse is out to take his Halifax full back chance with “both hands” ahead of next weekend’s Northern Rail Cup opener at Dewsbury.
10 commentsLee targets a Northern Rail return
LONG-term casualty Lee Paterson could be back in action by the time Halifax kick off their Northern Rail Cup programme at Dewsbury on Sunday week.
34 commentsRyan winning full back race
HALIFAX coach Karl Harrison has confirmed that former BARLA captain Ryan Fieldhouse is in pole position to start at full back in the Northern Rail Cup opener at Dewsbury on February 12.
26 commentsNow Fax boss Harrison must wait on Nanyn scan results
HALIFAX centre Mick Nanyn will have a scan to determine the extent of his knee injury on Friday.
20 commentsPast times a positive for James and Fax
ON-loan Halifax prop Matt James says his previous stint with the club - and particularly the continued presence of captain and hooker Sean Penkywicz - will help him get the best out of his current month-long stay at the Shay.
13 commentsKarl’s relief as Fax unscathed
HALIFAX coach Karl Harrison admitted he was relieved to have escaped without suffering further injuries after his side wrapped up their pre-season programme with a 12-try thrashing of a young Huddersfield side at the Shay yesterday.
13 commentsFax outclass young Giants
HALIFAX rounded off their pre-season preparations with a morale boosting 58-6 victory over a young Huddersfield Giants side at the Shay.
13 commentsHarrison bolsters his pack with James loan
HALIFAX boss Karl Harrison has eased the club’s injury crisis with the long-rumoured loan signing of Wakefield prop Matt James.
42 commentsBreaking news: Fax sign James on loan
HALIFAX have completed the long-rumoured deal to bring the Wakefield prop Matt James to the Shay on loan.
10 comments
Tyrer off to a flyer, but Fax form a concern
IN-form Halifax centre Steve Tyrer has said he is “chuffed” with his six-tries-in-three-games start to life at his new club ahead of Sunday’s Infirmary Cup date with Super League neighbours Huddersfield.
20 commentsReittie: Karl will put Fax right
HALIFAX winger Wayne Reittie has pledged the club will be successful under the tutelage of new boss Karl Harrison.
16 commentsDivorty must wait another two months to make Fax debut
* HALIFAX forward Ross Divorty will be sidelined for another two months with a fractured vertebrae.
6 commentsFax count cost of pre-season loss at Leigh
HALIFAX boss Karl Harrison is wrestling with a clutch of injury problems ahead of Sunday’s final pre-season fixture against Super League neighbours Huddersfield.
10 comments- Man dies after falling from high-rise flats in Halifax
- Jewels boss ambushed in living room - Knifemen in masks hold Halifax family hostage
- Beer drinkers alarm over rising tide of pub closures across Calderdale
- New appeal over death of teenager who fell from flats in Mixenden.
- Pervert set to be sentenced
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Weather for Halifax
Thursday 23 February 2012
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