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 :: Summer Training Camp with Dewsbury Rams

 Thursday 9th August 2007

Dewsbury Rams will be running a Summer Training Camp this August for school children who would like to improve their rugby skills during the summer holidays.

There will be two different training programmes, one suitable for 8-12 year olds and one suitable for 12-16 year olds, each spread over 2 days.

The 8-12’s sessions will be on Tuesday 14th and Tuesday 21st of August.
The 12-16’s sessions will be on Thursday 16th and Thursday 23rd of August.

The Summer Training Camp is FREE and anyone wishing to attend should complete this form and return it to: Kane Epati, Dewsbury Rams RLFC, Tetley’s Stadium, Owl Lane, Dewsbury, WF12 7RH.
 
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 :: Dewsbury Rams 36 - 38 Halifax

 Monday 6th August 2007

It's strange to find myself looking back at this afternoon's game with such disappointment. A few hours ago I'd have been perfectly happy with a point against Halifax. Tonight I'm disappointed, because we could, and probably should have had all three. more
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 :: Rams Academy 14 - 12 Halifax Academy

 Friday 3rd August 2007

1. Ian Preece. 2. Gary North. 3. Ryan Glynn. 4. John Oakes. 5. Adam Rudys. 6. Danny Ratcliffe. 7. Andrew Tillotson. 8. Jake Wilson. 9. Luke Haigh. 10. Keegan Hirst. 11. Andy Spink. 12. Chris Grice. 13. Taran Wildey. Subs: 14. Tom Colleran. 15. Chris Green. 16. Joe Waters. 17. Kyle Sampson

Try: Ian Preece
Goals: Danny Ratcliffe (5)

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 :: Dewsbury Rams 10 - 36 Castleford Tigers

 Monday 30th July 2007

First things first. Best wishes to Sid Domic and his family. It was a bold move to bring him to The Tetley’s stadium, a move that deserved a better ending. The last I heard was that he’d broken a couple of ribs and will play no further part in our season.

And to get all the bad news out of the way up front, Mr. Dawber was our referee yesterday – let’s just say that, on his first half performance, we’ve had better. On the other hand we’ve also had worse, and he didn’t affect the final result a great deal. Cas were every bit as good as their league position suggested they would be. more
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 :: Jason Southwell Calls Time On His Rugby Career

 Thursday 25th July 2007

Jason Southwell has made the decision to retire from rugby league after passing his exam to enter the police force.

Jason struggled with injury for the first half of this season but worked hard in his recovery, playing a number of Academy matches in order to regain his fitness, and he had come back into the first team with a vengeance.  He has done a great job for us during his time here and he will be sorely missed.

The Club understands that Jason has got to think about himself and his future, and his chosen career path is with the police force rather than in the rugby league world.

We would like to thank him for his time spent at Dewsbury Rams and we wish him all the best for his future career.

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 :: Rams Academy 8 - 22 Leigh Academy

 Wednesday 25th July 2007

The Rams Senior Academy were beaten last night by Leigh Centurions in a tough, physical match at Tetley's Stadium.

1. Tom Colleran. 2. James Craven. 3. John Oakes. 4. Ryan Glynn. 5. Adam Rudys. 6. Danny Ratcliffe. 7. Andrew Tillotson. 8. Jake Wilson. 9. Luke Haigh. 10. Liam Crawley. 11. Rob Kelly. 12. Ben Hardacre. 13. Taran Wildey. Subs: 14. Ian Preece. 15. Danny Wray. 16. Jason Southwell. 17. Keegan Hirst

Try: James Craven
Goals: Danny Ratcliffe (2)

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 :: Francis Maloney Leaving The Club

 Tuesday 24th July 2007

Francis Maloney has been released from Dewsbury Rams this week and is headed for our neighbours Batley Bulldogs.

There has been no fallout between Francis and the Club but with our current crop of players there will be more opportunity for him next season at Batley than with ourselves.

Francis will be starting a new job with Kirklees in September so he is also giving up his work as a Community Development Manager with us.

We wish Francis all the best in his new career and for the future.

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 :: Rams Sign Local Youngster Jake Wilson

 Friday 20th July 2007

Dewsbury Rams have continued with their policy of recruiting local young talent with the signing of Jake Wilson for the rest of this season and the whole of next season. The 18 year old has been playing in the Senior Academy this season where he has impressed enough to earn a first team contract. 

Playing last season for Thornhill Trojans Under 18's. he took a clean sweep of awards at the end of season presentation winning Player of the Year and Player's Player of the year.

Rams' coach Andy Kelly claims Jake is one of the most promising young talents he has seen in a long time and he is confident that he has a big future in the game.

Chairman Mark Sawyer has reassured fans that the policy of building a team consisting of mainly local players is of great importance for the long term interest of the club.

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 :: Rochdale Hornets 12 - 36 Dewsbury Rams

 Friday 20th July 2007

Some interesting decisions on the team sheet this week. Chris Hall at full back, Sid Domic making his debut at centre, Pat Walker at stand off and Josh Weeden back at loose forward after his injury.

Given the importance of this game to both sides, it was important we got off to a good start, and we did. After being awarded an easy penalty after only 4 minutes, Rams elected to run the ball, and found space on the left for Dominic Maloney to charge over. Liam Finn added the conversion, 6 – 0 to The Rams. more
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 :: Dewsbury Rams Summer Fun Festival 2007

 Friday 13th July 2007





More than 300 school children attended the 2007 Summer Fun Festival on Wednesday.

In the morning, infant school children attended from Ravensthorpe, Knowles Hill, Thornhill Lees, Shaw Cross, Earlsheaton, Saville Town and Pentland, where they took part in rugby training and were also given a tour of the Tetley's Stadium.

In the afternoon, a rugby festival took place involving junior school pupils from years 5 and 6 at Reavensthorpe, Bywell, St Joseph's, St Paulinus, Chickenley and Hopton.
West Yorkshire Fire Service gave a chip pan fire safety display, while there was also a visit from the West Yorkshire Mounted Police.

Helpers from the Dewsbury Rams Study Centre also provided activities and entertainment for the children.
more photos and videos
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 :: Rams Secure Sid Domic Signing

 Thursday 12th July 2007

Dewsbury Rams have today secured the signing of 32 year old Australian centre Sid Domic for the remainder of the 2007 season, fighting off competition from a number of other clubs, including his former club Hull FC.

Domic’s hard running and vast experience will give the Rams a massive boost for the remaining matches and will reinforce the push for a position in the play-offs.

The club would particularly like to thank the SquadBuilder and it’s members, who have made this signing possible. Hopefully more spectators will be encouraged to join as they continue to see what SquadBuilder is achieving.

Sid is a well respected player within the sport. His professional career has seen him take to the field for Brisbane Broncos, London Broncos, Penrith Panthers, Warrington Wolves, Wakefield Widcats and most recently Hull FC, making 37 Super League appearances for them in the last two seasons.

 
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 :: Dewsbury Rams Academy 26 - 18 Widnes Vikings Academy

 Monday 9th July 2007

The Rams Senior Academy brought the Vikings' unbeaten run of 8 games to an end yesterday with an emphatic 28-16 victory at the Tetley's Stadium.  Josh Weeden had a superb game in his first match back from injury, as did man-of-the-match Danny Ratcliffe.

1. Tom Colleran. 2. Morgan Starkey. 3. Ryan Glynn. 4. John Oakes. 5. Adam Rudys. 6. Danny Ratcliffe. 7. Joss Ratcliffe. 8. Jake Wilson. 9. Andrew Tillotson 10. Liam Crawley. 11. Chris Green. 12. Allister McMaster. 13. Josh Weeden. Subs: 14.  Ben Hardacre. 15. Danny Wray. 16. Jason Southwell. 17. Joe Waters

Tries: Glynn, Hardacre, Starkey, D Ratcliffe
Goals: D Ratcliffe (5)

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 :: Dewsbury Moor win the inaugural 'autosave.co.uk' Trophy

 Friday 6th July 2007

The 'autosave.co.uk Trophy' is a new competition introduced into the 2007 Community Development Programme. It's a 9-a-side tournament for under 9's and is competed between Dewsbury's four amateur clubs:- Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury Celtic, Thornhill Trojans and Shaw Cross Sharks. more
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 :: Dewsbury Rams 10 - 50 Widnes Vikings

 Friday 6th July 2007

Two things struck me about last night’s game. Firstly, Widnes are a class side and thoroughly deserved the win, though possibly not by such a wide margin. Second, the fans and the players weren’t as subdued after the game as I’d expected. I got the sense that the side was angry with several aspects of their game, and rightly so. But thoughts were already centred on the trip to Rochdale. Someone described it as ‘our grand final’ and I wouldn’t argue with that. Only I reckon that means we’ve five ‘grand finals’ to get something from this season. Going to be an end of season to match that of last year. more
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 :: Batley Bulldogs 22 - 20 Dewsbury Rams

 Friday 29th June 2007

What a game!

Wrong result of course, at least it was from my point of view, but this one had everything that is good about Rugby League. National League I’m talking about now. Proper Rugby played by local rivals giving their all.

It would be all too easy to look at the scores and say that we lost this one in the last ten minutes or so. Only I’m not sure that we did. Actually I think we probably lost this one in the first ten minutes. Or to be more precise, Batley won it in the first ten minutes.
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 :: Dewsbury Rams 27 - 18 Leigh Centurions

 Monday 18th June 2007


What a difference a week can make. Seven days ago I made the journey back from Cas in a gloomy silence. Today there was a smile on my face and a song in my heart – something about AK and his barmy army if I remember it right.

Injury kept out Kevin Crouthers and Chris Hall, though Ian Preece did play, despite the injury to his foot picked up at Cas, and Pat Walker played from the start at loose forward. more

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 :: Castleford Tigers 56 - 8 Dewsbury Rams

 Monday 11th June 2007

 



 

So now we know what it takes to make a serious bid for Super League, sobering thought ain’t it? ‘Classy Cas’ they called them back when I was a lad, so not much has changed there. It was always going to be hard; our only chance to get anything out of this game was to hold them in the early exchanges and take it from there, only 3 minutes wasn’t really long enough.

That’s the time it took for the Tigers to get on the scoreboard. A grubber kick to the posts gave McGoldrick the first try, Dixon’s conversion making the score 0-6. From the restart, a barnstorming run from winger Wainwright almost led to a second try, and The Rams knew it was going to be a long, hot afternoon. Though they had their spells on attack, they never really threatened the Tigers line in the first half. Full report
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 :: Rams Academy 20 - 22 Hunslet Academy

 Monday 4th June 2007

 



 

Dewsbury Rams Senior Academy narrowly lost their clash with Hunslet Hawks yesterday in the last minute of the match.

1. James Craven. 2. Morgan Starkey. 3. Ryan Glynn. 4. John Oakes. 5. Adam Rudys. 6. Danny Ratcliffe. 7. Joss Ratcliffe. 8. Jason Southwell. 9. Andrew Tillotson. 10. Joe Helme. 11. Rob Kelly. 12. Liam Crawley. 13. Patrick Walker. 14. Daniel Wray. 15. Jake Wilson. 16. Chris Green. 17. Chris Grice.

Tries: John Oakes, Danny Ratcliffe, Andrew Tillotson, Chris Grice

Goals: P Walker (2)

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 :: Dewsbury Rams in Fairfax Cup Debut

 Friday 1st June 2007

 



 

DEWSBURY Rams will make their first appearance at the York International Nines Festival in the 2007 Fairfax Cup competition.

The Rams, currently running fifth in National League One, will be bidding to take the title away from defending champions York City Knights, and will present a powerful challenge to the leading French Nines teams who will be
competing for the Cup.

Entering the Festival represents a leap into the unknown for the Rams, who are untried in the shortened form of the game. more
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 :: Dewsbury Rams 22-32 Whitehaven

 Friday 1st June 2007

 



 

 Match report here
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 :: Dewsbury Rams night out at the Black Bull

 Wednesday 23rd May 2007



 

Dewsbury Rams' night at the Black Bull on Monday 21st May was an entertaining and enjoyable evening.

Irish band 'Red Clare' were performing throughout the night and everyone seemed to be enjoying the music.

The pool tournament lasted nearly all night and was won by the Rams' own Daniel Hawkins & Francis Maloney (though Francis didn't contribute all that much to the win having only 1 shot in the semis and final!), he just enjoyed the free beer we won!

The highlights of the night were Viv & Angie beating Rob Kelly & Luke Haigh at pool, Francis Maloney singing 'The Fields of Athenry', and Harry Child's solo performance at the end of the night was a belter!

A few photos from the night here

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 :: Senior Academy: Sheffield Eagles 22 - 28 Dewsbury Rams

 Saturday 19th May 2007

James Ratcliffe's senior academy side continued their 100% start to the season with victory over Sheffield Eagles this afternoon. Try scorers for the Rams were Tom Colleran, John Oakes, Danny Ratcliffe, Joss Ratcliffe and Jason Southwell. Patrick Walker kicked four goals.

The win keeps the Rams joint top of the table along with Widnes Vikings.

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 :: Sheffield Eagles 12 - 26 Dewsbury Rams

 Saturday 19th May 2007

The Rams got their National League One campaign back on track with a well deserved victory over Sheffield Eagles at the Don Valley Stadium last night. Try scorers for the visitors were Keegan Hurst, Bryn Powell, Austin Buchanan and Andy Bostock. Francis Maloney kicked 5 goals. Full report to follow.

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 :: Dewsbury Rams team up with the Black Bull pub

 Tuesday 15th May 2007



Dewsbury Rams have teamed up with the Black Bull in Dewsbury town centre in an effort to promote the club in the town.

On Monday 21st May we will be holding an event at the Black Bull to launch the partnership and also to promote our upcoming televised fixture against Whitehaven on Thursday 31st May.

The current Rams squad will be there along with a number of legendary players from previous years. There’ll also be a live Irish Band performing, a free pool tournament and family tickets for Rams v Whitehaven up for grabs.

The evening will kick off around 7.45pm and it should be an enjoyable night so get yourselves down there!

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 :: Rams Academy go five wins from five with last minute victory

 Monday 8th May 2007


The Rams Academy made it 5 wins from 5 games last night with a last minute drop goal from Patrick Walker to clinch a 16-17 victory over York City Knights at Huntington Stadium.

1. Tom Colleran. 2. Adam Rudys. 3. Chris Grice. 4. John Oakes. 5. Ryan Farrar. 6. Danny Ratcliffe. 7. Andrew Tillotson. 8. David Bates. 9.Andrew Tillotson. 10. Jason Southwell. 11. Liam Crawley. 12. Taran Wildey. 13. Patrick Walker. Subs: 14. Ben Hardacre. 15. Rob Kelly. 16. Chris Green. 17. Michael Butterfield

Tries: Butterfield, Rudys, D Ratcliffe
Goals: D Ratcliffe (1), P Walker (1)
Drop Goal: P Walker (1)

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 :: Dewsbury Rams 24 - 36 Rochdale Hornets

 Monday 8th May 2007

Rochdale Hornets claimed their first victory of National League One in 2007 with a merciless performance over a desperate Dewsbury side, suffering with a long list of injuries to key players.
Full match report here
 

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 :: Flying winger latest addition to Rams squad

 Friday 4th May 2007

Following several weeks of negotiations the Rams have managed to fight off fierce competition to secure the signing of winger Austin Buchanan from Super League side Wakefield Wildcats.

Thanks to the club's SquadBuilder fund, the Directors, and considerable support from Wakefield Wildcats, we have managed to raise a substantial sum to enable Austin to make the short journey from Wakefield to Dewsbury.

Rams Chairman Mark Sawyer said: "The negotiations have kept a low profile in recent weeks due to the amount of competition from other clubs.  This is a terrific signing for us and the fact that we have managed to attract a player of Austin's calibre shows that the hard work turning the club around over the last few years has paid off.  We are extremely grateful to the SquadBuilder fund and all it's members, without them this would not have been possible."

Austin is a pacy winger with great try scoring ability and is more than a handful for any defence.  He is expected to make his debut for the Rams this Sunday against Rochdale Hornets.
 

 :: Academy win at Rochdale to top the league

 Friday 4th May 2007

The Rams Senior Academy came away from Rochdale last night with their 4th win of the season, maintaining their unbeaten status and taking them to the top of the league table.

1. Tom Colleran. 2. Morgan Starkey. 3. Chris Grice. 4. John Oakes. 5. Ryan Farrar. 6. Danny Ratcliffe. 7. Andrew Tillotson. 8. Jason Southwell. 9. Joe Waters 10. David Bates. 11. Liam Crawley. 12. Ben Hardacre. 13. Patrick Walker. Subs: 14. Peter Robinson. 15. Joss Ratcliffe. 16. Danny Wray. 17. Allister McMaster

Tries: Waters, Bates, Crawley (2), D Ratcliffe, Oakes
Goals: D Ratcliffe (2)
 

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 :: Rams Bolster Their Pack

 Thursday 3rd May 2007

Dewsbury Rams are pleased to announce a new addition to their squad in the form of 23 year old prop forward Joe Helme from York City Knights.

Joe is expected to make his debut for the Rams on Sunday against Rochdale Hornets.
 

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 :: Dewsbury Rams 26 - 33 Doncaster Lakers

 Monday 30th April 2007

'A game of two halves' is an overused phrase in the sporting field, and yet this was the classic example. It started badly for the Rams, a crossfield kick standing up perfectly for centre Sherriffe to pluck out of the air and fall over the line. Four minutes gone and the Rams were already behind, though Lakers lead lasted only five minutes. Chris Hall's break was driven on by Keegan Hirst before Josh went over from acting half back. Francis Maloney's conversion edging the Rams in front at 6 - 4. more

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 :: Rams Academy Continue Winning Start To Season

 Friday 27th April 2007

The Dewsbury Rams Senior Academy team continued their winning start to the season with a well deserved 26-12 victory over Doncaster Lakers.

1. James Craven 2. Morgan Starkey 3. Chris Grice 4. John Oakes 5. Ryan Farrar 6. Danny Ratcliffe 7. Andrew Tillotson 8. Jason Southwell 9. Joe Waters 10. David Bates 11. Peter Robinson 12. Ben Hardacre 13. Taran Wildey. Subs: 14. Daniel Wray 15. Daniel Susnick 16. Tom Colleran 17. Joss Ratcliffe

Tries: Ryan Farrar, Danny Ratcliffe, Peter Robinson, Ben Hardacre
Goals: Danny Ratcliffe (5)

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 :: Rams Well Equipped To Tackle Division One - Thanks To Centurion Rugby

 Wednesday 25th April 2007

Centurion Rugby are delighted to announce that they once again, have renewed their sponsorship agreement with Dewsbury Rams RLFC for 2007.

They have provided the Rams with an extensive array of match day equipment and training apparatus which is being put to good use by the players and the coaching staff and the benefits can be seen by a positive start to the season for the Rams. more

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 :: Dewsbury Rams 30 - 46 Leigh Centurions

 Sunday 22nd April 2007

Another thrilling game of rugby was produced by the Rams and Centurions at the Tetley's Stadium this afternoon. But this time it was the visitors who progressed to the next round despite tries from Kevin Crouthers, Bryn Powell, Ian Preece, Rob Kelly and Pat Walker. more

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 :: Whitehaven 28 - 12 Dewsbury Rams

 Sunday 15th April 2007

Despite a battling performance, and tries from Ian Preece and Josh Weeden, 12-man Dewsbury left Cumbria empty handed. Dean Lawford kicked two conversions. more

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 :: Whitehaven S.A 30 - 34 Dewsbury Rams

 Sunday 15th April 2007

James Ratcliffe's senior academy team made it two wins from their opening two games with an impressive victory over Whitehaven on Sunday. The side have now won both of their opening league matches.

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 :: Halifax 24 - 27 Dewsbury Rams

 Monday 9th April 2007

Dean Lawford led the Rams to a superb first victory of the NL1 campaign at the Shay this afternoon. The lively scrum-half dropped a goal and had a hand in all five tries to send his side into the top half of the table at the end of Round 2. more

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 :: Dewsbury Rams 16 - 24 Batley Bulldogs

 Friday 6th April 2007

The Rams' first National League One match in 4 years ended in a narrow defeat at home to local rivals Batley Bulldogs. Try scorers for Andy Kelly's men were Kane Epati (2) and Ian Preece. Francis Maloney kicked two goals more

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 :: Fresh Support from Subway Dewsbury

 Wednesday 4th April 2007

We welcome another new sponsor to the Tetley's Stadium for the 2007 season in the form of Dewsbury's own SUBWAY store. more

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 :: Swinton Lions S.A. 14 - 24 Dewsbury Rams S.A.

 Monday 2nd April 2007

The Rams' senior academy side kicked off their league campaign with a hard fought, and ultimately well deserved victory, over Swinton Lions at Darwen Football Club this evening.

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 :: Dewsbury Rams 28 - 46 Sheffield Eagles

 Sunday 1st April 2007

The Rams crashed out of the Challenge Cup this afternoon at the hands of Sheffield Eagles. Try scorers for the Rams were Kevin Crouthers, Alex Bretherton, Josh Weeden, Danny Maun, Lee Close and Ian Preece. Francis Maloney kicked two goals. Read the thoughts of forum regular 'Ossy' here.

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 :: Dewsbury Rams 83 - 6 Hunslet Hawks

 Sunday 1st April 2007

The Rams rounded up their Northern Rail Cup group fixtures with an emphatic 14-try victory over Hunslet Hawks at the Tetley's Stadium this afternoon. match report

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DEWSBURY RAMS MASCOT GETS A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

Dewsbury Rams' furry friendly mascot Roger Ram has been suffering over the past couple of seasons from the wear and tear that has come from over 10 years' service at Dewsbury.  Fortunately, Roger has been given a new lease of life this year by Eric F Box (Funeral Directors) Ltd of Bradford Road, Dewsbury.

Edward and Andrew Box have agreed to sponsor Roger Ram for the next three years, which has enabled the Rams to invest in a brand new costume that made it’s debut a few weeks ago at the Rams home fixture against Batley Bulldogs. more

RAMS ACADEMY RECEIVES BOOST FROM S & K WINDOWS

The Dewsbury Rams Senior Academy has received another boost this season with the announcement that the partnership with Dewsbury-based company S & K Windows will continue throughout the 2007 season. more

OLDHAM ROUGHYEDS 8 - 32 DEWSBURY RAMS

The Rams made sure of top spot in Northern Rail Cup group three with a comfortable victory over Oldham Roughyeds.

DEWSBURY RAMS S.A. 24 - 6 FEATHERSTONE ROVERS S.A.

The Dewsbury Rams senior academy side warmed up for their league campaign with victory over Featherstone Rovers at the Tetley's Stadium this evening.

RAMS 36 - CENTURIONS 34

The Rams recorded a superb victory over NL1 title contenders Leigh Centurions in the third round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup at the Tetley's Stadium this afternoon. Try scorers for the Rams were Francis Maloney, Alex Bretherton, Dean Lawford, Andy Bostock, Josh Weeden and Kevin Crouthers. Francis Maloney kicked six goals. Read the thoughts of forum regular 'Ossy'
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OLD FASHIONED VALUES EARN RAMS A GRITTY DERBY WIN

Dewsbury 24 - 6 Batley

A few short weeks ago Dewsbury travelled to Mount Pleasant and destroyed Batley with a devastating display of power rugby, but the Rams' form in this Northern Rail Cup has been up and down.