Salford RLFC picked up their third win since reforming after edging a thrilling contest against Batley Bulldogs on another rollercoaster day in the Championship.<\/p>\n
After last week\u2019s triumph over Swinton, Salford have now made it back-to-back wins after a dramatic late drop goal from Warrington Wolves loanee Leon Hayes clinched a 29-28 triumph over James Ford\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
Incredibly, they are now just two points shy of the play-off places after their latest win \u2013 with expansion side Midlands Hurricanes now the closest contenders to London Broncos at the summit.<\/p>\n
Jason Demetriou\u2019s side made it eight wins from eight in the league on Saturday with a demolition of Sheffield Eagles, but Midlands are just a solitary point behind them, albeit having played two games more, after another big win on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
They triumphed 24-20 at Cumbrian side Workington Town to move onto 15 points in the league, with seven wins in a draw from their first ten matches in 2026. They moved above Doncaster, who didn\u2019t play this weekend.<\/p>\n
Barrow are fourth after making it seven wins from eight with another eye-catching result, this time at Rochdale Hornets, as Paul Carrey\u2019s side emerged 46-12 winners.<\/p>\n
Widnes Vikings also returned to winning ways after edging out Dewsbury Rams in West Yorkshire \u2013 with Jordan Abdull recalled and Allan Coleman\u2019s side winning 20-10.<\/p>\n
Halifax Panthers lost at home to Oldham, with Alan Kilshaw\u2019s side winning 28-12 \u2013 while Hunslet came out on top in a dramatic game against Newcastle Thunder, with the West Yorkshire side winning 34-32.<\/p>\n
Two games kicked off late: Goole Vikings and Whitehaven at 4:30pm, and Keighley versus North Wales at 3:45pm.<\/p>\n
Championship results \u2013 weekend April 11-12<\/p>\n
London Broncos 48-4 Sheffield Eagles (Saturday)
\nDewsbury Rams 10-20 Widnes Vikings
\nGoole Vikings \u2013 Whitehaven (4:30pm KO)
\nHalifax Panthers 12-28 Oldham
\nHunslet 34-32 Newcastle Thunder
\nKeighley Cougars \u2013 North Wales Crusaders (3:45pm KO)
\nRochdale Hornets 12-46 Barrow Raiders
\nSalford RLFC 29-28 Batley Bulldogs
\nWorkington Town 20-24 Midlands Hurricanes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salford RLFC picked up their third win since reforming after edging a thrilling contest against Batley Bulldogs on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-529873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}