Three and In - Friendlies Announced

Hornets will prepare for the exciting 2014 Championship season with three pre-season friendlies.

First-up in just 47 days time will be Keighley Cougars at Lawkholme Lane on 12th January. Hornets will then host St Helens on 2nd February, with supporter-owned Hunslet Hawks at Spotland a week later on 9th February.

The Eagles Have Landed - 2014 on the Launch Pad

Hornets start our 2014 Championship campaign at the Owlerton greyhound/speedway/Rugby League stadium - the new/old home of Sheffield Eagles.

In a mouthwatering clash of 2013 Grand Final winners, it's a little bit of history repeating. 

Those of us of a certain vintage will recall a dim and distant trip to Owlerton back in September 1984, where Hornets were served up as sacrificial lambs as opponents for Sheffield's first ever ever game in the pro ranks. Sheffield fielded a one-armed winger and Hornets' marquee Australian Import Derek Schafer broke his leg in a bizarre game that Hornets duly lost by 29-10.

More on that closer to the time. Meantime, get the fixtures stuck on the fridge and prepare for a season back in the... er ... medium-time playing real clubs with real fans at real grounds. Excited? Too right...

Hornets 2014 Kingstone Press Championship fixtures are:

Round 1

16/02/2014      Sheffield Eagles v Rochdale Hornets 2.00pm

Round 2

23/02/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Dewsbury Rams 3.00pm

Round 3

02/03/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Keighley Cougars 3.00pm

Round 4

09/03/2014      Featherstone Rovers v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm

Tetley’s Challenge Cup

Round 3 – weekend of March 15-16

Round 5                   

23/03/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Batley Bulldogs 3.00pm

Round 6

30/03/2014      Leigh Centurions v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm

Tetley’s Challenge Cup

Round 4 – weekend of April 6

Round 7

13/04/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Whitehaven  3.00pm

Round 8

18/04/2014      North Wales Crusaders v Rochdale Hornets 2.30pm

Tetley’s Challenge Cup

Round 5 – Weekend of April 27

Round 9

04/05/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Swinton Lions 3.00pm

Round 10

11/05/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Workington Town 3.00pm

Round 11

18/05/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Halifax 3.00pm

Round 12

25/05/2014      Doncaster v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm

Round 13

01/06/2014      Barrow Raiders v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm

Round 14

08/06/2014      Batley Bulldogs v Rochdale Hornets 2.00pm

Round 15

15/06/2014      Swinton Lions v Rochdale Hornets TBC 

Round 16

22/06/2014      Halifax v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm

Round 17

29/06/2014      Keighley Cougars v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm

Round 18

06/07/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Featherstone Rovers 3.00pm

Round 19

13/07/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Barrow Raiders 3.00pm

Round 20

20/07/2014      Workington Town v Rochdale Hornets  3.00pm

Round 21

27/07/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Leigh Centurions 3.00pm

Round 22

03/08/2014      Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders 3.00pm

Round 23

10/08/2014      Dewsbury Rams v Rochdale Hornets 3.00pm

Round 24

17/08/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Doncaster 3.00pm

Round 25

31/08/2014      Whitehaven v Rochdale Hornets  3.00pm 

Round 26

07/09/2014      Rochdale Hornets v Sheffield Eagles 3.00pm

Championship play-offs 

Start: weekend of September 13-14

Grand Final: weekend of October 4-5

Tetleys Challenge Cup

Quarter-finals – Weekend of June 8

Semi-finals – Weekend of August 10

Final – Saturday August 23