Round 5 Predictions, Officials, Team News, Scores

Doncaster 0 - 5 Newcastle

Doncaster 0 - 5 Newcastle - 

Donny 4-0 Newcastle -Donny will let them buy the pie & beer but otherwise will give them nowt. 

 

Blues 2-2 Coventry - Two good clubs and a big crowd a close match  

 

Jersey 5-0 Hartpury - Banker bonus point home win - no pressure lads!

 

Pirates 5 - 0 Leeds - Another Banker bonus home win..

 

Ampthill 4-1 Ealing - Amps to pull off the performance of the round

 

Nottingham 3-3 Scottish - Tie of the round both teams going for it although 5-2 either way more likely

Doncaster 0 - 5 Newcastle

Edited by B Cap - 05 Dec 2019 at 12:34

Doncaster 1-5 Newcastle 

Doncaster 1-5 Newcastle - I would be happy with a point 

Nine changes for Coventry trip to Bedford...
Most significant for me, Andy Bulumakaus, back from a broken jaw suffered against Bedford in the reverse cup fixture at the start of the season.

COVENTRY RUGBY TEAM TO PLAY BEDFORD BLUES
Championship Cup Round 5
Goldington Road
Saturday, December 7th, 2019
Kick off 3:00pm

15 Henry Purdy;
14 Andy Bulumakau,
13 Heath Stevens,
12 Will Owen,
11 Max Trimble;
10 Rory Jennings,
9 Pete White;

1 Toby Trinder,
2 Jimmy Stevens,
3 Phil Boulton (capt),
4 James Voss,
5 Nile Dacres,
6 Ben Nutley,
7 Jack Ram,
8 Ben Adams

16 Joe Buckle, fr2
17 James Gibbons, fr
18 Gareth Denman, fr
19 Alex Woolford,
20 Ryan Burrows,
21 Tom Kessell,
22 Dan Lewis,
23 David Halaifonua

Doncaster 0 Newcastle 5
Blues 1 Coventry 4
Jersey 5 Hartpury 0
Pirates 5 Leeds 0
Ampthill 0 Ealing 5
Nottingham 4 Scottish 1

Ealing Trailfinders team to play Ampthill on Saturday 7th December in Round Five of the Championship Cup at Dillingham Park: Interesting mix here. The backs are largely unchanged, although good to see Peter Lydon at least named to the bench. Surprised to see the entire back row and most of the other forwards rotated, but probably a good idea to get some rest in, especially for poor Rayn Smid. I think this is his second game not starting in several years. I think there is enough continuity not to be too disrupted, and this will make sure that we don't accidentally end up short of players due to missing out people from being cup tied.

15 Tommy Bell 14 Elijah Niko 13 David Johnston 12 Harry Sloan 11 Reon Joseph 10 Craig Willis 9 Nathan Fowles 1 Jordan Els 2 Alun Walker 3 Elliot Millar Mills 4 Sam Dickinson (c) 5 James Cannon 6 Shane Buckley 7 Oli Robinson 8 Kieran Murphy 

Replacements:

16 Matt Cornish 17 Jake Ellwood 18 George Davis 19 Harry Casson 20 Ben West 21 Jordan Burns 22 Peter Lydon 23 Rayn Smid

Should be a decent close game at St Peter tomorrow. The easy option of picking a pack to put the game out of sight rejected in favour of loads of changes and a strong bench. I hope they play downhill second half as I watch from the 5 metre line at that end. Great to see Pembo & Van Dam back in time for the key match next week against the barcodes.