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| Doncaster in action. Pic credit: Doncaster RL. |
The third tier of UK RL is League One and a rather convoluted elimination system as you will see. Eleven sides took part with the top side (Keighley) automatically promoted. The next five below them go into a playoff scenario to see which team would join them.
Round One: Second placed Swinton got a bye while third placed North Wales were beaten by fourth ranked Doncaster 12-26. Neither side was eliminated at this juncture although North Wales went into a sudden death match next week. In the other fixture - which was an eliminator - fifth placed Rocddale lived to fight another day when it accounted for Oldham 38-24.
Round Two: Swinton defeated Doncaster 32-12 with gave the victor a second bye and the vanquished got another chance next week. The other game was a sudden death affair with out of form North Wales losing 20-36 to Rochdale.
Round Three: This decided who went to the promotion match with Swinton. Doncaster was too good for Rochdale, winning impressively 52-20. Still with me?
Round Four: Finally the grand final! Hot favourite Swinton was given a stern test before prevailing 16-10 to take the second promotion spot. Hard luck Doncaster but I couldn't help but wonder if two byes in three weeks worked against Swinton.
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