Round XIV

Championship Match Officials

Coventry vs Ealing Trailfinders
Referee: George Selwood
Assistant referees: Simon Adams, Shane Lewis
Assessor: Sam Collins

Hartpury University vs Ampthill
Referee: Dean Richards
Assistant referees: William Burton, Richard Waller
Assessor: Lloyd Jackson & Peter Huckle

Bedford Blues vs Doncaster Knights
Referee: Simon Harding
Assistant referees: Lionel Spooner, Gregg Dawson
Assessor: Peter Farrell &Robin Goodliffe

Jersey vs Newcastle Falcons
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant referees: Joe James, Steve Lee
Assessor: Stephen Leyshon

Cornish Pirates vs Nottingham
Referee: Sara Cox
Assistant referees: Clare Daniels, Nick Marshall
Assessor: David Morgan

Yorkshire Carnegie vs London Scottish
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant referees: Nikki O'Donnell, Simon Park
Assessor: Peter Farrell

cheshire exile wrote: Good to see Sara Cox back at the Mennaye, one of the better Championship refs in our experience.

Edited by Shush - 26 Feb 2020 at 10:29

Shush wrote: cheshire exile wrote: Good to see Sara Cox back at the Mennaye, one of the better Championship refs in our experience. Maybe for Pirates but I don't believe she's good enough for level 2 rugby, could be worse I suppose as we could've had Dean Richards, now he is poor.

Don't most supporters judge the ref by whether they favour their team or the opposition rather than whether he/she referees to the laws correctly?  Or is that just Cov fans...?

Coventry 1-4 Ealing Trailfinders. Very close to call but Ealing to nick it.
Hartpury 1-4 Ampthill. Again very close, but Ampthill to nick it.
Bedford 5-2 Doncaster. Perhaps the game of the day with Bedford continuing to improve.
Jersey 0-5 Newcastle Falcons. Jersey appear out of salts. Newcastle do not.
Cornish Pirates 4-1 Nottingham. CP too good on their own patch.
Yorkshire Carnegie 0-5 London Scottish. But I don't think it will be by 50 points.

knightandday wrote: corporalcarrot wrote: [QUOTE=Dalesman] She was excellent a couple of weeks back at Doncaster. A lot of the Donny fans disagreed with you on the day mate and howled abuse at her when she declined to yellow card the Jersey player for a tackle in the air having previously carded a Donny player for the same offence. On balance I thought she had a pretty good match at Donny but I wouldn't put her down as the best I've seen this season and for what its worth of the six managing championship matches this weekend I rate three of them higher.

Coventry 0 - 5 Ealing          Cov will chase hard but no cigar
Hartpury 1 - 4 Ampthill      Tight match could go either way
Bedford 5- 0 Doncaster              Blues at home
Jersey 0 - 5 Newcastle             Falcons too strong and with Harvey        leaving Jersey to drift to the end of season
C. Pirates 5 - 0 Notts          Plenty of points but Pirates too strong
YC 0 - Scottish 5          Scottish to win it in last 20 mins

Coventry 1 - 4 Ealing Trailfinders - hoping for a home win, but think Ealing’s consistency to win out

Coventry 0 - 5 Ealing ... Coventry are good at home, but they won't get any advantage from the surface. Ealing's quality to show.

Hartpury 4 - 1 Ampthill ... This will be a really tight game, but I think that the Hartpury defence at home is solid, so a narrow home victory for me.

Bedford 5 - 2 Doncaster ... Game of the week for me. Both teams have hit some form and Donny will take some stopping. However, there is a new resilience surrounding Bedford. Could go either way, but I will go for a high scoring, tight, home win.

Jersey 4 - 1 Newcastle ... Not the form that I wanted Jersey to be in coming into this game, however, the pressure will certainly be off and the wind will be howling. What better stage to show your PL credentials for those Reds players who dream of a step up to the next level.
A Pembo drop goal special from his own half to win it.

Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Nottingham ... Another good game, but Pirates are just too damned good at home. Tough day for the visitors in testing conditions.

Leeds 0 - 5 London Scottish ... Easy peasy lemon squeezy.