KEIGHLEY Cougars can today reveal our fixture list in full for the upcoming 2021 Betfred League One season.

The Cougars return to action after a 378 day wait in mid-March, with the First Round of this season’s Betfred Challenge Cup, against the London Broncos in the capital.

However, the bread and butter of the league begins in early May with the Cougars facing arguably the toughest start of all 10 sides in this season’s third tier.

Doncaster RL become the first side to visit Cougar Park for a competitive fixture since February of last year on the opening day of the season.

And things don’t get much easier from there for Rhys Lovegrove and his side as the opening month of the season also provides a tough trip to the Barrow Raiders before consecutive home games against Rochdale Hornets and Hunslet RL.

June begins with another trip to Cumbria to face Workington Town at Derwent Park, a ground where the Cougars haven’t won since 2014.

June also sees the West Wales Raiders, now containing the likes of Gavin Henson and Rangi Chase within their ranks, and London Skolars visit Cougar Park either side of a trip to Coventry Bears.

The first half of the season comes to a close in July with a visit to Queensway to tackle the Crusaders before tough fixtures against Barrow and Hunslet either side of the break for the Betfred Challenge Cup and AB Sundecks 1895 Cup Finals.

August promises to be one for the travellers as Lovegrove’s side will rack up a total of 950 miles in round trips with the short trip across the Pennines to face Rochdale at the start of the month providing rest bite from the end of the month, which sees back-to-back long journeys south on consecutive weekends to face the Skolars and West Wales.

The middle of the month though sees two home games in successive weeks with Workington and Coventry making visits down Lawkholme Lane.

The regular season is then brought to a close in September when the Crusaders visit Cougar Park before we finish how we started, with Doncaster providing the opposition on the final day.

KEIGHLEY COUGARS 2021 FIXTURES:

20/21 March – LONDON BRONCOS (AWAY) – TBC – Betfred Challenge Cup Round One
Sunday 9th May – DONCASTER RL (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 16th May – BARROW RAIDERS (AWAY) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 23rd May – ROCHDALE HORNETS (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 30th May – HUNSLET RL (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 6th June – WORKINGTON TOWN (AWAY) – 2pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 13th June – WEST WALES RAIDERS (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 20th June – COVENTRY BEARS (AWAY) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 27th June – LONDON SKOLARS (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 4th July – NORTH WALES CRUSADERS (AWAY) – 2:30pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 11th July – BARROW RAIDERS (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 25th July – HUNSLET RL (AWAY) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 1st August – ROCHDALE HORNETS (AWAY) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 8th August – WORKINGTON TOWN (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 15th August – COVENTRY BEARS (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Saturday 21st August – LONDON SKOLARS (AWAY) – 3:30pm – Betfred League One
Saturday 28th August – WEST WALES RAIDERS (AWAY) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 5th September – NORTH WALES CRUSADERS (HOME) – 3pm – Betfred League One
Sunday 12th September – DONCASTER RL (AWAY) – 2:30pm – Betfred League One

Fixtures Subject To Change

By Joshua Chapman