Round 10

Bedford 5 - 0 Cambridge

Ealing 5 - 0 Caldy

Scottish 1 - 5 Chinnor

Nottingham 0 - 5 Coventry

Ampthill 0 - 5 Pirates

Doncaster 1 - 4 Hartpury

Bedford 5 - 0 Cambridge

Ealing 5 - 0 Caldy

Scottish 1 - 5 Chinnor

Nottingham 4 - 1 Coventry

Ampthill 1 - 4 Pirates

Doncaster 1 - 5 Hartpury

I've been working 60-70 hour weeks for the last couple of months in the run up to the end of the year. I finally have more than a minute to come up with my predictions. Likely to lead to a dip in form.

Bedford 5 - 0 Cambridge - Bedford struggled in the mud vs. Chinnor, but I think they'll have plenty at home to deal with Cambridge, even with the Blood and Sand coming off of a win. I believe Dean Adamson is back and healthy.

Ealing 5 - 0 Caldy - Provided that Ben Ward doesn't perform some insane rotation, we could expect another cricket score as Ealing seem to be extremely in-form at the moment.

Scottish 2 - 5 Chinnor - depends a great deal on how many dual reg turn out for Scottish. I'll go for a strong away win by Chinnor, with maybe 3 Alun Walker flop over tries.

Nottingham 1 - 4 Coventry - I think Cov will have something to prove in this match, and will grind out a tough win.

Ampthill 1 - 4 Pirates

Doncaster 4 - 1 Hartpury - I suspect this will be a tight match that comes down to whoever takes the points. Donny to edge it at home on the strength of the Cow Pies.

Blues 5-0 Cambridge - Blues to come out firing, disappointed by Cambridges refusal to play on Boxing Day, still it looks a sell out with just 500 tickets remaining.

Ealing 5-0 Caldy - Banker

Scottish 4-1 Chinnor - think this will be tight

Nottingham 1-4 Coventry - could go the other way

Ampthill 0-5 Pirates - only one winner here for me

Doncaster 1-4 Hartpury - could go the other way but Hartpury are doing well this season

Camquin wrote:

I am disappointed that Bedford leant on Northampton to get them to withdraw our loan players.

Not that I like the fact we have loan players.

Have Northampton also withdrawn their 5 players loaned to Bedford ?

My Guesses:

Bedford 5 - 1 Cambridge

Ealing 5 - 0 Caldy

Scottish 4 - 1 Chinnor

Nottingham 2 - 5 Coventry

Ampthill 4 - 1 Pirates

Doncaster 5 - 2 Hartpury

Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!

Bedford Blues starting XV:

15. Louis James, 14. Matt Worley, 13. Michael Le Bourgeois (C), 12. Joel Matavesi, 11. Dean Adamson, 10. Will Maisey, 9. James Lennon; 1. Joey Conway, 2. John Stewart, 3. Oisin Heffernan, 4. Luke Frost, 5. Alex Woolford, 6. Fyn Brown, 7. Joe Howard, 8. Fred Tuilagi

Bedford Blues Replacements:

16. Nathan Langdon, 17, Jamie Jack, 18. Beltus Nonleh, 19. Ed Prowse, 20. Cameron King, 21. Jake Garside, 22. George Makepeace-Cubitt, 23. Lucas Titherington

Unavailable for selection this week:

Tommy Herman, James Fish, Rory Ward, Jac Arthur, Alex Day, Jamie Elliott, Pat Tapley

Edited by The Blues - 20 hours 7 minutes ago at 13:36

Blues is now a 5,000 sell out.

The Blues wrote:

Blues is now a 5,000 sell out.

Brilliant, a fan base most championship clubs dream of.

gerg_861 wrote:

The Blues wrote:

Blues is now a 5,000 sell out.

Congrats. How many tickets do you think could you sell if there was space?

I think they would be able to get into the 6’s at least, I know some people already looking for tickets! If the ground has more of the Doncaster terrace you may be into the 7’s, as those standing could see easier, especially if Northampton were also away. There are a number of floating supporters between the 2 and between Christmas and New Year people want something to do.

Going back a number of years ago, pretty sure we got 5,500 on Boxing Day, when we still had the extra temporary stand when Saints & Quins were in the division.