Haven match reports
Haven pack show their scrap mettle
Published 30 June 2008
Whitehaven 24 Dewsbury 16: It wasn’t pretty but against a big Dewsbury outfit scrapping for their First Division lives, it was never likely to be.
Rudd on song but Haven fall to Fax
Published 23 June 2008
Halifax 38 Whitehaven 14: Whitehaven's recent revival suffered a setback in West Yorkshire yesterday as title-chasing Halifax cruised to a comfortable victory.
Tane stars as Haven ease to victory over Fev
Published 9 June 2008
Haven 32 Featherstone Rovers 18: Rip-roaring Whitehaven ran Rovers off their feet in the first 40 minutes to show that taking the scalp of Salford was no fluke.
Teenage ace McNally steals the show for awesome Haven
Published 30 May 2008
Whitehaven 26, Salford 22: Never underestimate Haven at the Recreation Ground. Rarely in their recent history has the adage been more apt than last night, when they showed guts beyond the call of duty and emerged with the glory.
Bulldogs romp home as Haven out-muscled
Published 19 May 2008
Batley Bulldogs 36 Whitehaven 20: Haven suffered a second-half nightmare as Batley completed a rare league double over the Cumbrians at Mount Pleasant yesterday.
Haven are ton over!
Published 18 May 2008
Wigan 106 Whitehaven 8: It was a night to forget for Haven as they crashed out of the Challenge Cup on the receiving end of a club record hammering from the ton-up Warriors.
Ref in firing line as Leigh fall to Haven
Published 6 May 2008
Whitehaven 28 Leigh 16: Haven overturned a 16-8 half-time deficit in a pulsating clash featuring a handful of controversial refereeing decisions.
Reds pack aces trumped our forwards - Stokes
Published 25 April 2008
Salford City Reds 36 Whitehaven 10: Whitehaven coach Ged Stokes criticised his forward pack for ‘letting the side down’ following their disappointing defeat at Salford last night.
Lacklustre French offer Haven little resistance
Published 21 April 2008
Carnegie Challenge Cup: Whitehaven 46 Lezignan 6: Haven overcame weak French resistance with ease last night to progress to the Carnegie Challenge Cup fifth round.
Ged’s men destroy the Welsh Crusaders
Published 14 April 2008
Whitehaven 44 Celtic Crusaders 16: Haven's see-sawing season hit a fantastic high last night as new coach Ged Stokes saw his team destroy the fancied full-timers from Wales.
Coach quits as Ged’s men slam Crusaders
Published 12 April 2008
PETER Smith has quit as an assistant coach at Whitehaven citing differences with new boss Ged Stokes.
Snow go Haven dumped from cup
Published 9 April 2008
Oldham 16 Whitehaven 6: Whitehaven's hopes of reaching a second successive Northern Rail Cup final disappeared in the Boundary Park snow yesterday.
Haven are on the up
Published 1 April 2008
Widnes Vikings 32 Whitehaven 28: If Haven last week produced one of their worst performances for years against Batley, in the cauldron of Stobart Stadium, and in the face of 3,500 hostile Vikings’ fans, they produced one of their strongest.
Bulldogs put the bite on dismal Haven
Published 25 March 2008
Whitehaven 6 Batley 19: A snowstorm hit yesterday’s game but the Recre was no winter wonderland for Haven who slumped to one of their worst home defeats for years.
Disappointing Haven lose league opener
Published 25 March 2008
Featherstone Rovers 28 Whitehaven 6: HAVEN made a poor start to their National League One campaign with a six-try defeat against newly-promoted Featherstone at the Chris Moyles Stadium.
Haven send out a Fax message
Published 17 March 2008
Whitehaven 38 Halifax 16: THIS match may have been meaningless on paper, as both sides had already qualified for the Northern Rail Cup knockout stage, but Haven had to win to lay down a marker for the NL1 season, which starts on Friday, and they duly obliged in style.
Pair too hot for Miners
Published 14 March 2008
Leigh Miners R 14 Haven 40: RICHARD Fletcher turned back the clock to last season as he set Haven on the way to victory with two of their seven tries.
Duffy forgotten as Carl knocks up 20-point haul
Published 3 March 2008
Northern Rail Cup: Keighley 16 Whitehaven 32: THE post-John Duffy era started with a bang, his replacement as Haven’s key playmaker Carl Rudd collecting a 20-point haul at Cougar Park yesterday.
Haven battle back to beat spirited Town
Published 25 February 2008
HAVEN went from zeroes to heroes as they overturned a 10-0 half-time deficit to post their second derby win in 15 days over Town.Match FactsHaven: Broadbent, Calvert, R Jackson, Eilbeck, Adebisi, Rudd, Duffy, McDonald, Sice, Edmondson, Miller, Fletcher, McAvoy. Subs: Mattinson, Joe, Hill, M JacksonTries: Joe, M Jackson, Broadbent, SiceGoals: Rudd 4Town: McCully, Wilson, Campbell, Routledge, Mossop, Forber, Keaveny, Benjafield, S Lunt. D Burgess, Beaumont, Miller, R Lunt. Subs: Gorman, Tunstall, Robinson, Lavulavu. Tries: McCully, BeaumontGoal: Forber 1Referee: P CarrAttendance: 1,685Haven Star Man: Marc JacksonTown Star Man: Carl Forber
Struggling Haven can’t stop magic man Holroyd
Published 25 February 2008
WHITEHAVEN returned to the Cumbrian coast empty-handed yesterday after finishing on the wrong end of an eight-try caning in West Yorkshire.HAVEN certainly started strongly enough, dominating the early possession and winning a penalty which Carl Rudd, operating at loose forward to accomodate Finch, uncharacteristically put wide of the posts.
