Rotherham Metro dodged the possibility of needing to contest the end-of-season qualification tournament with a dramatic 13-12 victory over Castleford in the final game of the men’s Division 3 campaign at East Manchester today.
Castleford replaced Rotherham in seventh place and will now have the option of joining bottom team Cheltenham Spartans in qualification against the top sides in Division 4 – City of Birmingham and Bridgefield. That competition will determine which pair go forward to Division 3 in 2024/25.
One more place in next season's Division 3 is reserved for this season's sixth-placed team.
Who will that be? We can’t know that at the moment due to the fact that games at Haberdashers did not take place today as a result of the pool being closed for safety reasons caused by an air handling problem.
It's a conundrum for League officials to resolve.
Rotherham led in the early stages against Castleford. By the third period the advantage was 7-4, then 11-7, quickly reduced to 11-9 through goals by Luke Franks and Alex Hall. The final quarter saw Rotherham improve their advantage to 13-10 – goals by Neil Swainson and Dan Hunt – before Franks replied again with 2.46 to go. Alex Hall’s final goal for Castleford arrived 16 seconds from the end.
Sedgefield’s successful Division 3 season ended with a 16-10 victory over Manchester Hawks. John Pratt’s five goals took his seven-match tally to a remarkable 42.
Castleford replaced Rotherham in seventh place and will now have the option of joining bottom team Cheltenham Spartans in qualification against the top sides in Division 4 – City of Birmingham and Bridgefield. That competition will determine which pair go forward to Division 3 in 2024/25.
One more place in next season's Division 3 is reserved for this season's sixth-placed team.
Who will that be? We can’t know that at the moment due to the fact that games at Haberdashers did not take place today as a result of the pool being closed for safety reasons caused by an air handling problem.
It's a conundrum for League officials to resolve.
Rotherham led in the early stages against Castleford. By the third period the advantage was 7-4, then 11-7, quickly reduced to 11-9 through goals by Luke Franks and Alex Hall. The final quarter saw Rotherham improve their advantage to 13-10 – goals by Neil Swainson and Dan Hunt – before Franks replied again with 2.46 to go. Alex Hall’s final goal for Castleford arrived 16 seconds from the end.
Sedgefield’s successful Division 3 season ended with a 16-10 victory over Manchester Hawks. John Pratt’s five goals took his seven-match tally to a remarkable 42.
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