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Next game

tosh — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:10:52 +0000

Assuming Oldham beat Midlands it'll be them Barrow or Sheffield next depending on rankings , tbh I'm not sure where we rank but we should be fairly confident at home , they've all got big packs however , something we tend to struggle with

PRESENTATION NIGHT...

PaulieWalnuts — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:58:14 +0000

The annual POTY awards, Player's Player, etc is taking place next Tuesday.

If you had a vote, bearing in mind, on the whole it's been a very good season so far. We got to the 1895 Cup Final, and are still involved in the play-offs.

Who gets your vote?

Paulie xx

Another Aussie

Martin — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:12:00 +0000

Widnes Vikings are delighted to announce the signing of Byron Johnson from Queensland Cup Side South Logan Magpies for the 2027 season, with an option for a further year in 2028.

The 23-year old Fullback/Centre has been in the Brisbane Broncos feeder system for the last two years with the Magpies, and was set to trial for the Broncos NRL team for 2027 before being snapped up by the Vikings.

On signing for the Vikings, Johnson said: “Whilst an opportunity to trial with an NRL team for 2027 was available, after speaking to the Widnes recruitment team I see their vision, I’m so excited to represent a club in England with such a huge potential.

“I’m looking forward to getting over to the UK, and helping Allan and the boys continue to improve and strengthen in 2027

80’s Widnes Programme

Farnworth Viking — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:13:45 +0000

I was looking through my old programmes and came across this one from March 1984, and wondered if anyone (Ste Fox?)knew why it was just 1 page divided into 4. All the other programs that season were normal sized ones)

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Newcastle game

7 Vikingnomad — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:43:34 +0000

See nothing on our site but Newcastle are selling tickets for game @5pm

is it better for the club to buy through our website or does it make no difference ?

Oldham - Playoff

ScouseViking55 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:09:53 +0000

Suprised there hasn’t been a thread in this have people give up after last week 🤣

I can’t see us getting a win today so it’ll be an home game in elimination playoff the week after is that right?

im going Oldham 24 - 14 Widnes

Dan Nixon signed

Viking96 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:04:09 +0000

Dan Nixon signed from Rochdale, could be a good signing considering his age aswell

Chris Atkin

AppletonVillageViking — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:42:42 +0000

Chris Atkin is running the show in this game tonight. Not sure if he has a club yet but maybe bring him home to Widnes - could certainly do a job for us next year on this form.

Connell

Widiot — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:15:40 +0000

Off to Bradford, hope we can get some sort of fee.

Team for the playoffs

Dan1 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:04:37 +0000

I would bring Sergent in on the wing, you need a winger who has pace and can score, and Sergent can do/has both.

Sambou at centre, again offers more pace out wide that we need combined with power and full fime fitness.

Hall at loose forward, agressive, hard as nails and makes few mistakes.

Keep Langtree in the starting 2nd row, powerful and in great form.

Fozzard hopefully fit as bench hooker

Lawton, give him more game time, last 20 mins of the 1st half running out wide.

I was impressed with Banditt, bigger than I thought, gives 4 props for rotation with Murray, Chapelhow and McWhirter.

For next season as well as a running half we need someone with a long kicking game. We had Patton and Abdul with the boot, but not the running game. For me Gilmore, Patton and Richardson are similar players and should all be paired with a running stand off.