Referee: C Kendall

Score predictions

Batley12 Halifax 28

Batley struggled with Dewsbury pre season who then got hammered by Rochdale
Batley got hammered by new boys Toulouse.

I can not see Batley been a force this season. If we can win this and Sheffield next week its 4 points we did not pick up last year.

UP THE FAX

Admirable optimism.Despite our second half performance on Sunday i still see this season as a struggle.Fear the Batley backlash here.
Batley 26 Halifax 8

1st hull kr
2nd London
3rd fev
4th fax

I can not see It any other way

Batley on home ground tough to beat. Forward battle and good kicking game needed. To be fair our forwards looked good against Featherstone. Maybe ask Salford for a hooker and a (is Welham available). Going for a score of Batley 26 Fax 18.

Ben Kaye has a 50/50 chance of making Sunday,surprisingly.

Heart wants a Fax win.
Head can't decide.
Batley are tough especially on their own patch and will want to bounce back after the weekend.
Fax can build on the second half display against Fev but without a specialist full back and possibly a 9 and maybe Heaton out might be a bit too much disruption.
Batley just to edge it by 8.

One of this match up is likely to be 0-2 suits me down to the ground.
Should fev win.... and I take nowt for granted, it puts us 4 clear of one of our main rivals which is already meaningful...
Batley v fax I can't separate. I wait for developments on this fixture with far more anticipation that owt that's happening in SL....
Cracking league now is this.... I just wish we could get a few more to watch it. Sunday was a cracking game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDVBXOGtJGA Toulouse v Batley highlights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDVBXOGtJGA Toulouse v Batley highlights.

Batley will be a different side at home - Toulouse made them look slow and well off the pace - will be close

I agree Harry, Tolouse at home are a very good side, it will not matter to Batley what happened last week , they are a different team at the Mount, I was impressed with Fax last Sunday but feel The Dogs will have to much bite for Fax, a score of Batley 26 v Fax 16.Charlie knows.

I think it is much lower than that. 30/70 is my view. Spoke to him today and he is in a lot of grief with it.

I'm going Batley 12 - Fax 22

butler or woodburn-hall cover centre.

Will the usual close one up there -and blummin freezing looking at forecast!
Our kick/chase game will have to be good to have any chance.
Fax to sneak it by 2.

Think it will be tough as always but hopefully we showed last week that we can do enough to win these sort of games, we just need to keep our heads and make sensible decisions. Fax by 8!!!