2026 Betfred Championship

Team Info

Whitehaven

Previous Game:

Round 4 vs. Keighley

Next Game:

Round 6 vs. Midlands

Out:

Xenden Callander (wing), Jay Weatherill (wing), Joe Lowe (five-eighth), Marc Shackley (front row), Ellis Nixon (bench), Liam Williamson (bench)

In:

Cole Walker-Taylor (fullback), Seth Woodend (centre), Ciaran Walker (five-eighth), Jordan Thomson (front row), Ben Pearce (second row), Aaron Turnbull (bench)

Changes:

Ethan Bickerdike (fullback to centre), David Eccleston (centre to wing), Mitchell Todd (centre to wing), Jake Pearce (front row to bench), Rio McQuistan (second row to bench), Brad Brennan (bench to front row)

Rochdale

Previous Game:

Round 4 vs. Hunslet

Next Game:

Round 6 vs. Sheffield

Out:

Dan Nixon (wing), Joe Hickey (halfback), Ross Whitmore (hooker), Ethan Wood (second row)

In:

Jack Holmes (wing), Jack Houghton (front row), Reiss Butterworth (bench), Isaac Coleman (bench)

Changes:

Jack Hansen (fullback to halfback), Junior Sa'u (centre to wing), TJ Boyd (wing to fullback), Jaden Dayes (front row to bench), Dylan Kelly-Duffy (front row to second row), Kieran Taylor (second row to centre), Lewis Hatton (bench to front row), Luke Waterworth (bench to hooker), Ben Metcalfe (bench to second row)