Championship - Round 11

here are the fixtures for next weekend:

Predictions:

Yorkshire Carnegie 1 v 5 Nottingham YC to sneak a BP
Doncaster Knights 4 v 1 London Scottish - Donny starting to find form?
Bedford 4 v 1 Jersey - could depend on the weather
Coventry 1 v 4 Cornish Pirates - Pirates to grind it out
Ealing Trailfinders 5 v 0 Hartpury College - Will be close for 50 then bench makes impact both ways
Newcastle Falcons 5 v 0 Ampthill - Stuttering but still picking up winning BPs at home

Edited by B Cap - 27 Jan 2020 at 16:12

castleparknight wrote: B Cap wrote: Doncaster 1  v 4 London Scottish Donny have some good players, but pack are a bit portly and knocking on a bit. Expects Scots to take it. By knocking on a bit you mean Mr Quigley (39) and possibly Mr Challinor (34) By portly you mean Mr Quigley big Joe is just that ‘BIG’ The catch is he (Mr Quigley) can still out scrummage most in this league and fancies another season at it next year.....

Championship Match Officials

Yorkshire Carnegie vs Nottingham
Referee: Andrew Jackson
Assistant referees: Gregg Dawson, Simon Park
Assessor: Andrew Vertigan

Doncaster Knights vs London Scottish
Referee: Jack Makepeace
Assistant referees: Simon Adams, Ian Bibey
Assessor: Nigel Yates

Bedford Blues vs Jersey
Referee: Hamish Smales
Assistant referees: Simon McConnell, John Meredith
Assessor: Christopher White

Coventry vs Cornish Pirates
Referee: Neil Chivers
Assistant referees: Darryl Chapman, Nigel Carrick
Assessor: Ian Tempest

Ealing Trailfinders vs Hartpury University
Referee: Michael Hudson
Assistant referees: Lionel Spooner, William Burton
Assessor: JP Doyle & Peter Huckle

Newcastle Falcons vs Ampthill
Referee: George Selwood
Assistant referees: Wayne Falla, Jamie Derrick Leahy
Assessor: Peter Farrell

Yorkshire Carnegie 1 v 5 Nottingham ... I quite fancy YC to get a TBP in this one following the way that they played in Jersey. The defence is poor, but with the ball they do have teeth, especially from the maul. Outside of that, Nottingham fill yer boots

Doncaster Knights 4 v 1 London Scottish ... no idea on this one. Probably the two most inconsistent sides in the league. It really could be anything, but I will go for a hard fought, tight home win.

Bedford 2 v 5 Jersey ... Bedford on the up. Jersey keep butchering gilt edged scoring chances. However, I think that this could be another classic. Bedford will move the ball and that will leave space for the quick back 3 of the Reds. A thriller with everything except Michael Jackson!!

Coventry 1 v 4 Cornish Pirates ... Cov are good at home and will keep this tight, but there is a tenacity about Pirates this season. I fancy them to stay 2nd with a good away win.

Ealing Trailfinders 4 v 0 Hartpury College ... Hartpury do not concede too much, but they don't get over the white wash too much either. A game of attrition which Ealing will win comfortably, but may need the boot to secure the points.

Newcastle Falcons 5 v 1 Ampthill ... Ampthill will give this a right old go (why wouldn't they?), but I think that attacking flair will be at the expense of leaving big gaps that the Falcons will exploit. Lots of tries, most going to the hosts (9 tries to 4)

corporalcarrot wrote: Any guidance on a rugby friendly pub near Bedford Station which will have the Ireland v Scotland match on TV would be appreciated.

A reliable source tells me perhaps The Grafton Hotel  about  300 yards on the  corner turning right out of the station.  Failing that it looks like the high street pubs, particularly The Brew House at the  Goldington Road end, but that's not exactly near the  station ,Maybe someone else might know of more Look forward to seeing the Jersey Boys 👍🍺