RFU Championship Round Six Preview

This weekend's RFU Championship action kicks off with a Yorkshire derby between Leeds Carnegie and Doncaster Knights on Friday night, kick-off 8pm at Headingley Carnegie. On Saturday, Moseley entertain Newcastle for the first time in a league rugby since the 1996-97 campaign - the last season (...

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Published inTimes & Citizen
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bedfordshire National World 03.10.2012
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Summary:This weekend's RFU Championship action kicks off with a Yorkshire derby between Leeds Carnegie and Doncaster Knights on Friday night, kick-off 8pm at Headingley Carnegie. On Saturday, Moseley entertain Newcastle for the first time in a league rugby since the 1996-97 campaign - the last season (prior to the current campaign) that Newcastle found themselves in English rugby's second tier. Bristol, meanwhile, suffered a 44-6 hammering on their last visit to Clifton Lane on October 29, 2011. The two previous fixtures in South Yorkshire ended: Rotherham 22 Bristol 21 and [Rotherham] 0 Bristol 15.