Le coup d’envoi du Championship est donné ce week-end, et la compétition n’a encore jamais été aussi relevée. Louis Jouffret est resté à Batley, un outsider, Gadwin Springer a rejoint Toronto, Jordan Dezaria et Ilias Bergal Toulouse, Kevin Larroyer a quitté Leigh pour Halifax, un autre outsider, et les principaux candidats à l’accession sont Toulouse, Widnes et Toronto. Mais Featherstone est de ceux qui peuvent éventuellement brouiller les cartes.
BARROW RAIDERS
Entrées: Stargroth Amean, Wartovo Puara, Willie Minoga (PNG Hunters), Gareth Hock (Featherstone Rovers), Dean Cross (Rochdale Hornets), Theerapol Ritson (Newcastle Thunder).
Sorties: Joe Bullock (Wigan Warriors), Dean Parata (Toulouse), Ryan Fieldhouse et Andy Litherland (Workington Town).
BATLEY BULLDOGS
Entrées: Toby Everett (Dewsbury Rams), Jack Downs (Hull FC), Joseph Taira (Rochdale Hornets), Tyler Dickinson (Huddersfield Giants), Johnny Campbell (sans club), Izaac Farrell (Huddersfield Giants – prêt), Sam Wood (Huddersfield Giants – prêt), Paul Brearley (Rochdale Mayfield).
Sorties: Alex Rowe (Newcastle Thunder), Jasmes Davey, Jason Crookes et Joel Farrell (Sheffield Eagles).
BRADFORD BULLS
Entrées: Callum Bustin, Jake Webster et James Green (Castleford Tigers), Jon Magrin (Sheffield Tigers), Jordan Lilley (Leeds Rhinos), David Foggin-Johnston (Hunslet), Mikey Wood (Huddersfield Giants), Matty Wildie (Featherstone Rovers), Jy Hitchcox (Castleford Tigers), Connor Farrell (Featherstone Rovers), Rhys Evans (Leigh Centurions), Trae O’Sullivan (Keighley Cougars).
Sorties: Jordan Andrade (Dewsbury Rams), Lee Smith (retraite), Vila Halafihi (Hunslet), Reiss Butterworth (Huddersfield Giants), Harvey Burnett, Alex Brown et Daniel King (Dewsbury Rams), James Davies.
DEWSBURY RAMS
Entrées: Tom Garratt (Siddal), Jacob Thomas (Normanby Hounds), Harvey Burnett (Bradford Bulls), Lewis Heckford (Wigan Warriors), Harvey Hallas (Keighley Cougars), Alex Brown (Bradford Bulls), Simon Brown (Sheffield Eagles), Danny King (Bradford Bulls), Matt Nicholson (Hunslet), Jack Wray (Castleford Tigers), Liam Johnson (Huddersfield Giants), Jordan Andrade (Bradford Bulls), Charlie Martin (Doncaster), Cameron Leeming et Andy Gabriel (Keighley Cougars), Liam Mackay (Hunslet).
Sorties: Jack Teanby (York City Knights), Aaron Brown, Josh Guzdek et James Glover (Sheffield Eagles), Toby Everett (Batley Bulldogs), Gareth Moore (retraite).
FEATHERSTONE ROVERS
Entrées: Ase Boas, Thompson Teteh et Watson Boas (PNG Hunters), Dakota Whylie, Kiedan Hartley, Brett Delaney and Spencer Hartley (Leeds Rhinos), Jack Bussey (Toronto Wolfpack), Cameron King (Parramatta Eels), Connor Carey (Eastern Suburbs Tigers).
Sorties: Tom Holmes (Huddersfield Giants), Keal Carlile (Newcastle Thunder), Richard Moore (Hunslet), Connor Farrell (Bradford Bulls), Gareth Hook (Barrow Raiders), Anthony Thackeray (Sheffield Eagles), Misi Taulapapa (Newcastle Thunder), Matty Wildie (Bradford Bulls), Martyn Ridyard et Sam Brooks (Leigh Centurions), Luke Briscoe (Leeds Rhinos).
HALIFAX
Entrées: Kevin Larroyer (Leigh Centurions), Ben Kavanagh (Hull KR), Shaun Robinson (Featherstone Rovers), Ben White (Berkeley Eagles), Quentin Laula-Togaga’e (Castleford Tigers), Reece Chapman-Smith (Leeds Rhinos), Liam Cooper (St Helens).
Sorties: Ben Heaton (Hunslet), Adam Tangata (Widnes Vikings).
LEIGH CENTURIONS
Entrées: Martyn Ridyard (Featherstone Rovers), Tom Spencer (London Broncos), Iain Thornley (Catalans), Andy Bracek (Swinton Lions), Stefan Marsh (Widnes Vikings), Declan O’Donnell (Wigan Warriors), Toby Adamson (Rochdale Hornets), Andrew Thornley (Swinton Lions), Jonny Pownall (Toronto Wolfpack), Sam Brooks (Featherstone Rovers), Luke Adamson (Rochdale Hornets), Jack Higginson (Wigan Warriors), Ben Sims (St Helens RFC), Joe Cator (Hull KR), Josh Woods (Wigan Warriors), Oliver Russell (Huddersfield Giants), Gregg McNally (Bradford Bulls), Brad Holroyd (Leigh East).
Sorties: Peter Mata’utia (Castleford Tigers), Matty Dawson-Jones (Hull FC), Ben Crooks (Hull KR), Ben Reynolds (Wakefield Trinity), Ilias Bergal (Toulouse), Jordan Dezaria (Toulouse), Jack Blagbrough (York City Knights), Kevin Larroyer (Halifax), Rhys Evans (Bradford Bulls).
ROCHDALE HORNETS
Entrées: Nathan Reidy (Wigan Warriors), Callum Wood (Orrell St James), Daniel Abram (Whitehaven), Liam Carberry (sans club), Scott Moore (sans club), Ellis Gillam (Whitehaven), Shaun Ainscough (Batley Bulldogs), Danny Price et Ryan Milligan (North Wales Crusaders), Jack Cottington (Warrington Wolves), Paddy Flynn (Thatto Heath Crusaders), Michael Weldon (Sheffield Eagles), Stuart Howarth (Whitehaven), Ben Morris (St Helens).
Sorties: Joseph Taira (Batley Bulldogs), Billy Brickhill (Swinton Lions), Rob Massam (North Wales Crusaders), Deon Cross (Barrow Raiders), Toby Adamson et Luke Adamson (Leigh Centurions), Lewis Hatton et Mike Ratu (Swinton Lions).
SHEFFIELD EAGLES
Entrées: James Davey et Jason Crookes (Batley Bulldogs), Sonny Esslemont et Louis Sheriff (Hemel Stags), Joel Farrell (Batley Bulldogs), Aaron Brown, Josh Guzdek et James Glover (Dewsbury Rams), Pat Walker (Batley Bulldogs), Rory Dixon (York City Knights), Lewis Taylor (Hemel Stags), Brad Knowles et Anthony Thackeray (Featherstone Rovers).
Sorties: Kieran Moran (Keighley Cougars), Iliess Macani (London Skolars), Nabil Djalout (Carcassonne), Matty Fozard (London Broncos), Maxime Garcia (Albi), Jon Magrin (Bradford Bulls), Mike Weldon (Rochdale Hornets), Simon Brown (Dewsbury Rams), Oscar Thomas (Swinton Lions), Mark Offerdahl (Goondiwindi Board comme coach), Menzie Yere.
SWINTON LIONS
Entrées: Oscar Thomas (Sheffield Eagles), Ashley Warne (Bury Broncos), Matty Ashton (Rochdale Mayfield), Gavin Bennion (Salford Red Devils), Mike Ratu (Rochdale), Harry Aaronson et Jose Kenga (Keighley Cougars), Rob Fairclough (St Helens), Lewis Hatton et Billy Brickhill (Rochdale Hornets), Joe Digby et Frankie Halton (Leigh Miners Rangers), Daley Williams (Hunslet).
Sorties : Josh Barlow, Tommy G allagher.
TORONTO WOLFPACK
Entrées: Ricky Leutele (Cronulla Sharks), Joe Mellor et Tom Olbison (Widnes Vikings), Bodene Thompson (Warrington Wolves), Gadwin Springer (Castleford Tigers), Jon Wilkin (St Helens).
Sorties: Ryan Burroughs, Sam Hopkins, James Laithwaite et Quinn Ngawati (contrats non renouvelés), Jack Bussey (Featherstone Rovers), Jonny Pownall (Leigh Centurions), Cory Paterson et Richard Whiting (retraites).
TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE
Entrées: James Bell (New Zealand Warriors), Ilias Bergal, Jordan Dezaria et Peterika Vaivai (Leigh Centurions), Joe Bretherton (Wigan Warriors), Ben Evans (London Broncos), Dean Parata (Barrow Raiders), Brendan Santi (Townsville Blackhawks).
Sorties: Charles Bouzinac (Lézignan), Bastien Canet (Carcassonne), Mourad Kriouache (Limoux), Sam Rapira et Sébastien Planas (retraites), Eddy Pettybourne (CQ Capras).
WIDNES VIKINGS
Entrées: Anthy Gelling (New Zealand Warriors), Liam Hood et Jack Owens (Leigh Centurions), Adam Tangata (Halifax).
Sorties: Patrick Ah Van (VARL), Gil Dudson (Salford Red Devils), Alex Gerrard (Mackay Cutters), Rhys Hanbury (contrat non renouvelé), Weller Haurakia (Hull KR), Aaron Heremaia et Chris Houston (retraites), Stefan Marsh (Leigh Centurions), Joe Mellor et Tom Olbison (Toronto Wolfpack), Charly Runciman (contrat non renouvelé), Danny Walker (Warrington Wolves), Lloyd White (Mackay Cutters), Matt Whitley (Catalans).
YORK CITY KNIGHTS
Entrées: Jason Bass (Coventry Bears), Jack Blagbrough (Leigh Centurions), Kriss Brining (Salford Red Devils), Kevin Brown (St Helens), Josh Jordan-Roberts (Leeds Rhinos), Matty Marsh (Hull KR), Ross Osborne (Hull FC), Dave Petersen (sans club), Liam Salter, Hull Kingston Rovers), Marcus Stock (Hemel Stags), Jack Teanby (Dewsbury Rams), Perry Whiteley (Keighley Cougars).
Sorties: Joe Batchelor (St Helens), Brad Delaney (contrat non renouvelé), Rory Dixon (retraite), Andy Ellis (retraite), Dan Hwaksworth (Hunslet), Adam Robinson (Hunslet), Chris Siddons, Adam Swift et Liam Jackson (contrats non renouvelés).