Widnes Vikings can confirm their fixtures for the 2021 Betfred Championship season.
Simon Finnigan will take charge of the Vikings for the first time in the Betfred Championship with a trip to his former club on Good Friday.
The Vikings will make the trip to take on Toulouse in Round Five, looking to replicate the victory the last time the club made the trip to France.
We will close the season with a short trip to Heywood Road to take on Swinton Lions on Sunday 19th September.
The full fixtures are as follows:
April:
Fri 02 – Newcastle Thunder (A) – 3pm
Sun 18 – Dewsbury Rams (H) – 3pm
Sun 25 – Batley Bulldogs (A) – 3pm
May:
Sun 02 – Swinton Lions (H) – 3pm
Sat 08 – Toulouse Olympique (A) – 6pm
Sun 16 – York City Knights (H) – 3pm
Sun 23 – Whitehaven (H) – 3pm
Sun 30 – Oldham (A) – 3pm
June:
Sun 13 – London Broncos (H) – 3pm
Sun 20 – Sheffield Eagles (H) – 3pm
Sun 27 – Bradford Bulls (A) – 3pm
July:
Sun 04 – Halifax Panthers (A) – 3pm
Sun 11 – Featherstone Rovers (H) – 3pm
Sun 25 – London Broncos (TBC) – 3pm
August:
Sun 01 – Batley Bulldogs (H) – 3pm
Sun 08 – York City Knights (A) – 3pm
Sun 15 – Dewsbury Rams (A) – 3pm
Sun 22 – Halifax Panthers (H) – 3pm
Sun 29 – Whitehaven RLFC (A) – 3pm
September:
Sun 05 – Oldham RLFC (H) – 3pm
Sun 12 – Bradford Bulls (H) – 3pm
Sun 19 – Swinton Lions (A) – 3pm
Fixtures kind to us only playing Fev & Toulouse once
Not kind, Toulouse away ! And not a return at home and away in May – probably no chance of a trip there, and Newcastle restricted fans
Won't all the games have restricted fans or be behind closed doors?
If you look at the run in from start of August, we have a decent enough set of games IMO, if we are in and around the Top 6 a very good chance to consolidate a play-off position all being well.
Also, decent for us that we play Halifax, Bradford and Featherstone from late June onwards with crowds hopefully.
If we’re allowed 4,000 fans in , that would be enough for most matches.
But no one has said wether Toulouse will be able to play their matches at home, will Rugby players be allowed to fly there without going into quarantine by April? If not are Toulouse going to have to come to England and quarantine then play their home games and away games, until it’s safe for them to play in Toulouse?
Find it hard to care until we’re allowed in, to be honest.
Hopefully it’s sooner rather than later.
The first four games are all against teams the majority would expect to finish in the bottom half of the table. Really need to hit the ground running and win all four if we going to be genuine contenders. June and July look tough and we will want some points in the bag, most of the games in May also look winnable on paper.
I never noticed that the London venue is tbc. I looked on their website to see where they play. It shows a map & they normally play just south of Wembley, and north of Richmond. I have friends in Twickenham and was hoping to stay there watch the game. Its about a half hour drive from there . Do they ground share & have to move for the day I wonder ?
Question – why is the London game on 25th July at a venue to be confirmed – it’s not the big bash as it’s stated this will not happen
They're looking to move to AFC Wimbledon's ground but it's not finalised yet. Would imagine it's due to this.
Question – why is the London game on 25th July at a venue to be confirmed – it’s not the big bash as it’s stated this will not happen
The have'nt confirmed where they'll be playing yet, but probably Plough Lane