Championship Round 20

Bedford Blues 4 vs 1 Coventry This could be a right humdinger of a match

Ampthill    0 - 5 Ealing

Bedford     5 - 0 Coventry

Doncaster   4 - 1 Cornish Pirates

Jersey      5 - 0 Nottingham 

Richmond    4 - 1 Hartpury

Ampthill 0-5 Ealing

Cherub wrote: Doncaster 4-1 Pirates. Doncaster are wanting to keep the pressure on Ealing and I think they will grind out a win here.

castleparknight wrote: islander wrote: Cherub wrote: Doncaster 4-1 Pirates. Doncaster are wanting to keep the pressure on Ealing and I think they will grind out a win here. <div id="ypm-extension" ="ypm-extension"=""> Unlike their visitors?!  Touché

Ah, I see I must write a small essay against my predictions from now on. I should have added “Pirates are wanting to keep the pressure on Ealing also but I think they will not grind out a win here.” 😎😎😎

starting XV - Ealing team to run out against Ampthill tomorrow. I am not a fan of Whyte or Northcote-Green. Whyte is mobile, but not a great scrummager, and Northcote-Green has looked in poor shape all year, and always seems to be nursing an injury on the field. Otherwise, this is pretty much the team that Ealing uses week in and week out. Glad to see Uzokwe recovered from his injury and returning to the starters, and really good to see Digby back in the squad - I massively rated him before  a long injury layoff.

1 Kyle Whyte

2 Jan-Henning Campher

3 Lewis Thiede

4 Bobby de Wee

5 Simon Linsell

6 Max Northcote-Green

7 Simon Uzokwe

8 Rayn Smid

9 Craig Hampson

10 Craig Willis

11 Luke Daniels

12 Pat Howard

13 Max Bodilly

14 Angus Kernohan

15 David Johnston

Replacements -

16 Cam Terry

17 Dylan Smith

18 George Davis

19 Barney Maddison

20 Simon Linsell

21 Jordan Burns

22 Steven Shingler

23 Jack Digby

gerg_861 wrote: Doncaster 4-1 Pirates - Doncaster seem to play to the level of their opposition, which I think will be enough to get them the win at home. I can see a Sam Olver penalty at the death being the decider. Again.

dropout22 wrote: Must be serious injury issues at Hooker, as i don't think Cameron Terry will be relied upon if not comfortably clear... His technical skills as a hooker really need development - the lineout throw in particular. 23. Jack Rigby is he a new signing as i have not heard of him before?

Bedford Blues 5 vs Coventry 1 … Should be a good game this, but I fancy the Blues to run in a few tries.
Ampthill 0 vs Ealing Trailfinders 5...This is a must win with BP game for Ealing and I think that they will be just a little too clinical for Ampthill. I do not expect them to have it all their own way mind.
Richmond 4 vs Hartpury 1...Another good game. I expect this to be a real arm wrestle with the home side just nicking it.
Doncaster Knights 4 vs Cornish Pirates 1...Game of the week by a country mile. I have to go with Donny purely on home form, but it could go either way and should be a tight, enthralling game.
Jersey Reds 5 vs Nottingham 1... Tries, tries and more tries in this one. In the reverse fixture there were about 6 tries in the first 20 minutes. I can see the same thing happening again.

Good luck all.

I suppose the slight difference may be that Donny have to win tomorrow - there's almost no chance of them losing and then taking the title on 2 April. Whereas Pirates could lose (they'd want a BP) and get to top-spot by winning their 3 remaining games (albeit one is away to Ealing).