Wakefield Trinity finally lose and relegation threatened side land huge upset

Trinity weren’t the only high flyers to lose though as second-place Sheffield Eagles dropped to third after losing for a second week in a row, this time to relegation-threatened Barrow Raiders. It marked the second week in a row that the Eagles have lost as heavy favorites with Swinton Lions upsetting the odds as 15/2 winners last week, whilst Barrow’s 8-6 win came as 4/1 underdogs today.

Playoff hopefuls Featherstone Rovers were also victims of an upset with promoted side Doncaster RFLC beating them 24-12 as 7/1 outsiders themselves. Former Castleford Tigers man Buretta Faraimo scored a brace whilst ex-Trinity player Reece Lyne got on the scoresheet too.

Bradford Bulls were one of the few favorites who won and they were able to make ground on both Sheffield and Wakefield with their 36-28 victory over in-form York Knights lifting them within two points of Toulouse in second.

Widnes maintained the pressure on the Vikings with a win on the road against Halifax Panthers who now sit solely on 10 points and in the relegation zone after the aforementioned win for Barrow and one for Whitehaven who beat Swinton Lions.