19-20 Championship - Round 2 predictions

Here are the fixtures for next weekend:
Friday 18th October:
Nottingham v London Scottish - 7.45pm
Newcastle v Hartpury College - 8pm

Saturday 19th October:
Ealing v Jersey - 2pm
Doncaster v Cornish Pirates - 2.30pm
Ampthill v Yorkshire Carnegie - 3pm
Coventry v Bedford - 3pm

Nottingham 1 v London Scottish 5 - Scottish Burning a trail.
Newcastle 5 v Hartpury 0 - One way traffic.
Ealing 4 v Jersey 1 - Ealing had the hairdryer kicked at them on Sunday.
Doncaster 4 v Cornish Pirates 1 - like DKF a prayer rather than intuition
Ampthill 5 v Leeds 0 - Ampthill to win.
Coventry 5 v Bedford 0 - I don't see anything else happening, much as I would like to see a tight scrap on this one, the Blues are bruised but will soon get back on track.

Nottingham v London Scottish 1 - 4 - Scottish looking a very tough draw suddenly.
Newcastle  v Hartpury 5- 0 - Newcastle to have a get-on-track game.
Ealing v Jersey 1 -4  Ealing won't.
Knights  v Cornish Pirates 1 - 5 - I am hoping that last weekend was a matter of Pirates being phenomenal and not Ealing being rubbish.
Ampthill  v Leeds 4 - 1 - Ampthill to get their first Championship win.
Coventry  v Bedford 5 - 1 - I'd take the over on 60 for this game.

Nottingham v London Scottish 1 - 4 - LS might sneek this one
Newcastle  v Hartpury 5- 0 - Could be a big score
Ealing v Jersey 5 -2  - Ealing hurting, Reds will give them a good battle
Knights  v Cornish Pirates 1 - 4  - Hard to call  . . which Pirates team turns up
Ampthill  v Leeds 4 - 1 - Amps first win . . scrappy affair.
Coventry  v Bedford 5 - 0 - Bedford very poor 

Nottingham v London Scottish 1 - 4 ... LS the revelation so far this season and I think that they could pip this one. Really good game in prospect.
Newcastle v Hartpury 4 - 0 ... Newcastle to win with a professional performance (in other words boring).
Ealing v Jersey 1 - 4 ... Probably the game of the week. Ealing will want to kick start their season after a poor display against the Pirates and would probably rather this one wasn't against their old foe Jersey. The Reds will want to build on last week's home win (perhaps keeping 15 on the pitch would be a good start!!). This will be tight, but Jersey's defence against Coventry last week was awesome and that is what will grind out the win (fingers crossed).
Knights v Cornish Pirates 4 - 1 ... Another monster game. Too close to call, but I will have to go with Donny mainly due to the distance that the Pirates will need to travel (of course they are used to it), mainly because I can't find any other reason to split them.
Ampthill v Leeds 5 - 0 ... First Championship league win for the newbies. Is this an early relegation game? Probably not as I think that Ampthill have a little more about them than a relegation fight from the start.
Coventry v Bedford 4 - 1 ... And still they keep on coming. Slow start to the season for Bedford and I have to say that I thought that the Coventry attack was quite tame in Jersey last week. Really really close game and I think the home side by a penalty.

Some good games this week. Have a great weekend all and stay safe.

Nottingham v London Scottish 4 - 1
Newcastle v Hartpury 5- 0
Ealing v Jersey 5- 1
Knights v Cornish Pirates 0-5
Ampthill v Leeds 5 - 1
Coventry v Bedford 5-2

Nottingham4-1 London Scottish - should be a great contest but at home I just favour Notts..
Newcastle  5-0 Hartpury Banker 5 pointer but Hartpury will compete well
Ealing 3-3 Jersey  in my dreams really as Ealing have a brilliant squad so hoping they have an off day - looking forward to seeing an old St Ouens lad turning out for the home team and seeing his brilliant family again
Knights  5-2 Cornish Pirates My match of the weekend - two really good clubs.
Ampthill 2-2 Leeds A low scoring draw although 4-1 either way more likely
Coventry 5-2 Bedford Another match of the weekend candidate but if Cov are likely to be third in the league this season they need to start scoring tries.

Nottingham 1 v London Scottish 5
Newcastle 5 v Hartpury 0
Ealing 5 v Jersey 0
Doncaster 0 v Cornish Pirates 4
Ampthill 5 v Leeds 1 - Ampthill to win.
Coventry 5 v Bedford 1

Kimbo wrote: Who said that Cov are likely to be third CC?

Probably only me Kimbo and I didn't mean to cause offence if you really think Cov will finish higher than Falcons and Ealing who I think are inked in for the top two places. I genuinely think Ealing & Cov are the most likely clubs to challenge a demoted side in the next few seasons together with Pirates in about 2 or 3 years time. I'm usually wrong about this stuff! Guilty as charged on the Ouzo EM although a weakness for eggs benedict is probably the root cause of the extra 3KG - if I stayed away another week I might end up as a tight head prop! Strictly bread & water in Ealing tomorrow. 

Edited by corporalcarrot - 18 Oct 2019 at 19:27