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WILD BOAR 1 
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 Topic: Longest journeys 25/26Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 14:17 |
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With Syston's promotion to N2W next season, their possible journey to Camborne is 308 miles.
Can anyone come up with the longest journeys in N2N & N2E? Edited by WILD BOAR 1 - 07 Apr 2025 at 16:26 |
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FHLH
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 14:48 |
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I'm not sure if Blaydon were in National 1 with Redruth - but that's about 500 miles! No Regional bonus there. I seem to remember Aspatria did well in a Cup about 20 years ago, but 305 for a regional league match sounds outrageous
 but I'm sure the RFU computer has got it rightEdited by FHLH - 07 Apr 2025 at 14:52 |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 15:04 |
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Are Syston confirmed as going to West?
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 15:34 |
i'm almost certain that no-one's confirmed as going anywhere at this stage...
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 16:09 |
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Gone and lamented Mounts Bay RFC had one season in Nat1, which included home-and-away against Tynedale.
Syston to Camborne is a trot, but Redruth and Loughborough University have both been part of Nat2W for several seasons.
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WILD BOAR 1
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 16:17 |
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I've just looked at Tynedale to Lymm (N2N) 160 miles and Canterbury to Oxford Harlequins 130.
The point I'm trying to make is since the last regionalisation!!, N2W has really become N2W&M and their total mileage is probably twice that of the other two, which surely cannot be right.
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tigerburnie
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 16:58 |
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Didn't one club basically refuse to go into West as they said they could not afford the travel costs recently.
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 17:29 |
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Quite possibly tigerburnie, the whole thing is a real mess and needs sorting, I doubt it will happen though.
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 18:39 |
Tynedale to Chester is another 20 miles on
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So what’s the view on Chester and Macclesfield being in Nat2W?
The issue seems to be that, outside the M25, the number of clubs in the east of England at level 4 is very limited until you get to Yorkshire. IIRC correctly Redruth had to travel to North Walsham and Bury St Edmunds until the west-to-east issue was sorted (to a degree). Edited by cheshire exile - 07 Apr 2025 at 21:14 |
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 21:55 |
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If you want to play a decent level of rugby, you need to be prepared to travel.
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 22:28 |
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You can appeal and argue the toss till you're blue in the face but you most definitely cannot refuse to go where the RFU sends you UNLESS you withdraw from the league and start again at the bottom of the pyramid
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There is a gap from Birmingham to Chester, apart from Luctonians, which makes the level transfer much worse. The alternative is to have no level transfers, and if there are too many Northern teams relegated from National 1, to relegate one more team from Nat2N - and potentially fewer from Nat2E or Nat2W. Which is unfair in a different way, which is why the level transfer system, or as it is now described, the redrawing of boundaries, came about. But you simply cannot get round the fact that the country is a funny shape, and clubs are not distributed evenly.
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Posted: 07 Apr 2025 at 23:09 |
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It looks to me like Leicester Lions or Esher are definitely going to South East whoever is relegated, so Syston will be going to Cornwall twice but not to Blaby!
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 02:14 |
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Will we know until the fat lady sings? If Havant gets two good results and stay up, with Macclesfield and Harrogate down, Chester would go back North. And who knows how the remaining clubs fall. |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 08:11 |
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Havant are safe, aren't they? Two down from each of the three leagues (with the 13th placed team with the best record being retrieved due to the expansion of the Champ)
Havant 45 Colchester 33 Worthing 33
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 08:23 |
Unless you're Worcester Warriors.....
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WILD BOAR 1
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 09:12 |
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Havant and Macc are safe, Harrogate still have work to do. Edited by WILD BOAR 1 - 08 Apr 2025 at 09:13 |
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 09:50 |
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If Lions do drop and go east they will be the first club(and possibly now the only one) to have a full set, they have played in north, south and west so far, they must be up there as the most travelled club.
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Posted: 08 Apr 2025 at 09:52 |
Potentially four Leicestershire clubs at Nat2 if the Lions were to be relegated.
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