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castleparknight ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Location: Doncaster Status: Offline Points: 3007 |
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23/12/2023 Ampthill vs Bedford Caldy vs Doncaster Cornish Pirates vs Hartpury London Scottish vs Cambridge 26/12/2023 Coventry vs Nottingham |
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Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!
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castleparknight ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Location: Doncaster Status: Offline Points: 3007 |
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My Guesses: Ampthill 1 vs 5 Bedford Caldy 1 vs 5 Doncaster Cornish Pirates 4 vs 1 Hartpury London Scottish 5 vs Cambridge 0 Coventry 5 vs 1 Nottingham And a Merry Christmas to all |
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Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!
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Paul10 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 24 Mar 2023 Location: Milton Keynes Status: Offline Points: 693 |
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Ampthill 2 vs 4 Bedford Caldy 5 vs 2 Doncaster Cornish Pirates 4 vs 1 Hartpury London Scottish 5 vs 0 Cambridge Coventry 5 vs 2 Nottingham |
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BigChief ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() London Scottish Joined: 12 May 2009 Location: Surrey Status: Offline Points: 704 |
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Ampthill 1 - 5 Bedford
Caldy 1 - 5 Doncaster Cornish Pirates 5 - 1 Hartpury London Scottish 5 - 1 Cambridge Coventry 2 - 5 Nottingham
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For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two.
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greenpower ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 25 Oct 2012 Location: north yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 3329 |
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apmthill 0 5 bedford
caldy 1 5 doncaster pirates 5 0 hartpury scottish 5 0 cambridge coventry 5 1 nottingham
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Old Gold ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 1211 |
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Ampthill 1 - 5 Bedford Caldy 1 - 5 Doncaster Cornish Pirates 5 - 2 Hartpury Coventry 5 - 2 NottinghamLondon Scottish 5 - 0 Cambridge May your seasonal sprouts rest gently in your digestive system. Edited by Old Gold - 20 Dec 2023 at 09:17 |
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Kimbo ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 31 May 2007 Location: 'incleh Status: Offline Points: 6377 |
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Your devil's testes won't get anywhere near my innards!
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Cherub ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 13 Jan 2020 Location: Addingham Status: Offline Points: 607 |
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Ampthill 2-5 Bedford
Caldy 2-5 Doncaster Pirates 5-2 Hartpury L Scottish 5-1 Cambridge Coventry 5-2 Nottingham |
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Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
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gerg_861 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Jun 2017 Location: Ealing Status: Offline Points: 2615 |
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Ampthill 4 vs 1 Bedford - Home win in the battle of Bedfordshire. Very glad that schedulers actually got this right for once. Caldy 1 vs 5 Doncaster - Also, I'll be damned if the schedulers didn't set up a northern match upcorrectly as well. Someone at the RFU must have been sick on scheduling day. Cornish Pirates 1 vs 4 Hartpury - Pirates didn't look very good vs. Ealing last weekend (and Ealing looked dreadful as well for most of the match). London Scottish 5 vs Cambridge 0 - Quins B to beat Cambridge Handily. Coventry 5 vs 2 Nottingham - I'm guessing a close, high scoring match. |
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FHLH ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Cambridge Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 5331 |
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.... and this encapsulates all that is wrong with the game
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"My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts."
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All the Way ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 562 |
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Ampthill 1-5 Bedford
Caldy 1-5 Doncaster Pirates 5-2 Hartpury L Scottish 5-1 Cambridge Coventry 5-2 Nottingham
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Exiled_Scots ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() London Scottish Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2589 |
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London Scottish 5 vs Cambridge 0 - Quins B to beat Cambridge Handily.
[/QUOTE] I noticed that you failed to refer to mentioning the Quins B derogatory term when LS beat Ealing a few weeks back.
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Exiled_Scots ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() London Scottish Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2589 |
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.... and this encapsulates all that is wrong with the game Amazing what a team with great team spirit can achieve at minimal cost. Merry Christmas all.
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Watch Out - The Scottish Phoenix Club is on the Up!!
Seven down one to go |
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Bluesman11 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 13 May 2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1102 |
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Just looking at the Ampthill team, I didn’t realise how many Sarries players they have this season. I think it’s 7 in the starting lineup. Has this been the case all season?
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Camquin ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 11262 |
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Yes, hopefully they will get their first win on Saturday.
Edited by Camquin - 22 Dec 2023 at 13:22 |
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Sweeney Delenda Est
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BigChief ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() London Scottish Joined: 12 May 2009 Location: Surrey Status: Offline Points: 704 |
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'Scottish Bashing' aside (boring and repetitive)...
I was chatting to a senior committee member of the Pirates Staff that came to the RAG earlier in the season. Smashing old fellow. He discussed how he "wished he had his own players" as opposed to DRs/Loans etc, he never knew his starting XV (I recall him saying 14 in the squad that night ? - I have no clue where these players came from or how many were truly there - most from Chiefs one would imagine). The point being that plenty of clubs at this level have some type of arrangements in place - however some supporters try to deny and or disguise it (unless of course you are fortunate enough to have the wealth of the trailfinders brand behind you as an example). |
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FHLH ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Cambridge Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 5331 |
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You're right. It has become fashionable to knock London Scottish even though they are playing within the regulations. I'm thinking of the good old days when only club members played for a club. Happy Christmas 🎄🎄
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"My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts."
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Exiled_Scots ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() London Scottish Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2589 |
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Yes, hopefully they will get their first win on Saturday. LS have already won this season and great team spirit & minimal cost of putting sides out in the Championship are not exclusive to sides such as Caldy and Cambridge.
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Watch Out - The Scottish Phoenix Club is on the Up!!
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Exiled_Scots ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() London Scottish Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2589 |
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The days of teams playing in the Championship being membership playing sides only are long gone.
Every team in the Championship pay their players through various hybrid payment methods to turn out their sides each match day. Let’s not try and kid ourselves otherwise.
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Watch Out - The Scottish Phoenix Club is on the Up!!
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gerg_861 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Jun 2017 Location: Ealing Status: Offline Points: 2615 |
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I don't have anything against Scottish in particular, but I do thoroughly dislike sides that turn out with scads of dual registered players on a rotating basis. I decried Hartpury when they did it a few years ago to knock Richmond down and were essentially Gloucester A, and I will continue to state my distaste for Scottish fielding sides that are more Harlequins 2nd team. That is regardless of who they play. I'm not saying that they are doing anything that is against regulations, but I do believe that the regulations need to change. So long as we continue to see teams with less of their 'own' players than dual-reg or loanees turning out, the Bill Sweeney's of the world will have a stick to beat the Championship clubs with.
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