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KnightsBoy ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Location: Doncaster Status: Offline Points: 2783 |
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Could this be pinned please
Knights have started early this year, announcing the retention of Alex Dolly scrum half Ollie Fox scrum half Connor Edwards centre Russell Bennett fly half Also the signing of a new forwards coach Darren Fearn
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fatbear ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2013 Location: Thame Status: Offline Points: 2782 |
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Chinnor have announced that Grant Hughes has signed on for another season
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islander ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Location: jersey Status: Offline Points: 7463 |
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Only if ‘retentions’ is typed correctly…
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KnightsBoy ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Location: Doncaster Status: Offline Points: 2783 |
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Nat1 ![]() First XV regular ![]() Joined: 31 Dec 2023 Location: Not given Status: Offline Points: 68 |
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He's a good threat in the back line and I'm sure Nick Easter will be getting several others signed up for next season ASAP too. The D/R George Worboys from Bath, Alan Walker, Max Clementson and Morgan Passman have been the key players this season, and all experienced at playing at Prem or Champ level. With the squad they already have, they'd beat Cambridge, Caldy and Scottish tomorrow. I see them causing more than a few upsets next season.
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Bluesman11 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Online Points: 1102 |
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They finished below Cambridge last season, who have so far only won 2 matches in the Championship. I’m sure they’ll win a few games but I think every year the gap between the Champ and Nat 1 is underestimated.
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Nat1 ![]() First XV regular ![]() Joined: 31 Dec 2023 Location: Not given Status: Offline Points: 68 |
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There is a gap indeed, as you'd expect with fully and semi prob clubs in one league.
However, unlike Chinnor, neither Cambridge nor Caldy before them were regularly putting 40 - 80 points on their Nat 1 counterparts before getting promoted. A good barometer to go by, especially as the standard in Nat 1 has improved year on year of late. On Cambridge, they narrowly achieved promotion ahead of Rams last year based on having drawn a game more, and I agree they have failed to kick on, whereas Caldy seem to blow hot and cold. With relegation returning to the Champ next season, I'd expect Chinnor to be the club surviving out of the 'three C's'. Time will tell.
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islander ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Location: jersey Status: Offline Points: 7463 |
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Are you sure N1? Isn’t there an indication the 25/26 Champ will have 14 clubs? In which case they might arrive at 14 by not bringing back relegation & simply adding top 2 from Nat 1 in a year’s time?
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Nat1 ![]() First XV regular ![]() Joined: 31 Dec 2023 Location: Not given Status: Offline Points: 68 |
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You're quite right islander, think I was getting ahead of myself!
I suppose it'll depend on whether the 25-26' Champ season is made up of 12, 14 or 16 clubs, which like you say is still TBC. Perhaps after the next meeting in June we'll have an answer to that question.
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maire23 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Apr 2019 Location: Nottingham Status: Offline Points: 345 |
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Just returning to the topic- over this last week or so Nottingham have announced the retention of
Marcus Ramage (centre) David Williams (wing) Nathan Tweedy (back row) Kai Owen (loosehead prop) Sam Green (Lock/back row)
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Raider999 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 18 Jan 2013 Location: Crawley Status: Offline Points: 4450 |
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Increasing to 14 will probably be achieved by reviving 2 of Wasps/Worcester/London Irish |
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RAID ON
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Kimbo ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 31 May 2007 Location: 'incleh Status: Offline Points: 6367 |
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And... we're back off topic.
Nice try Maire.
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KnightsBoy ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Oct 2010 Location: Doncaster Status: Offline Points: 2783 |
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Mal Holden and Harry Davey both staying at the knights for next season
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Tom Doughty signs for Bristol from Donny
So it would appear that as a development league the championship does produce players for the prem Also noticed in the same BBC report Steele Barker from the pirates and Sam Edwards who has enjoyed some time at Cambridge have also gone to Bristol
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EvPiece ![]() Academy player ![]() Joined: 24 Apr 2024 Location: Coventry Status: Offline Points: 13 |
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Paddy Ryan leaving Coventry to go to Major League Rugby. Cov have been very quiet on resigning players which is a big switch from last year
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Kimbo ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 31 May 2007 Location: 'incleh Status: Offline Points: 6367 |
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Paddy's leaving was announced in March (and in the '23/'24 thread on here). I imagine the lack of inbound news - seemingly most Champ sides the same - is indicative of the general nervousness caused by the game's governing body's abject inability to be a governing body.
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cheshire exile ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Status: Offline Points: 2477 |
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All Pirates players are on one-year contracts.
Local boy Steele Barker off to Bristol in more proof that the Championship does not develop players.
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EvPiece ![]() Academy player ![]() Joined: 24 Apr 2024 Location: Coventry Status: Offline Points: 13 |
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Sorry Kimbo, new to the forum and hadn’t realised it was on another thread. Your probably right, the usual uncertainties
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Redted ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1083 |
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Local boy? Local to Yorkshire perhaps. But good like to Steele, great lad.
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cheshire exile ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 05 Feb 2009 Status: Offline Points: 2477 |
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Definition of local? He’s played for 3 Cornish clubs I believe.
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