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    Posted: 25 Nov 2021 at 15:54
Not strictly Championship but interesting to see the centres are all ex Blues players who clocked up 267 appearances and 485 points for us.

Gloucester - Twelvetrees & Atkinson

Wasps - Le Bourgeois & Bassett
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Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Not strictly Championship but interesting to see the centres are all ex Blues players who clocked up 267 appearances and 485 points for us.

Gloucester - Twelvetrees & Atkinson

Wasps - Le Bourgeois & Bassett


and yet the RFU see the Championship as being of no value!
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Originally posted by Stalwart Stalwart wrote:

Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Not strictly Championship but interesting to see the centres are all ex Blues players who clocked up 267 appearances and 485 points for us.

Gloucester - Twelvetrees & Atkinson

Wasps - Le Bourgeois & Bassett



and yet the RFU see the Championship as being of no value!



Especially poignant given the Glos centres are England internationals.
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Playing in front of an ex Championship FB  Moyle
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Originally posted by Bombay Duck Bombay Duck wrote:

Playing in front of an ex Championship FB  Moyle

and Moyle was a product of Penzance and Newlyn RFC Mini/Junior section (as were Jack Nowell, both Cowan-Dickie brothers and Tom Hendrickson). Moyle was not snaffled by Exeter but was completely developed at The Pirates. Dan Frost is another player who came to The Pirates from Taunton (having been rejected by, I think, Northampton academy, then turned into a hooker from being a back rower. In other words, these players would never have emerged if it wasn't for the Championship. This is probably true of many others from other Championship clubs.
 
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Billy Twelvetrees played for Leicester Lions before joining Bedford, so we claim bragging rights there lol.
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Originally posted by Stalwart Stalwart wrote:

Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Not strictly Championship but interesting to see the centres are all ex Blues players who clocked up 267 appearances and 485 points for us.

Gloucester - Twelvetrees & Atkinson

Wasps - Le Bourgeois & Bassett


and yet the RFU see the Championship as being of no value!


Don't forget the club's further down the pyramid, where these and thousands of others over the years were first introduced to the game. Without their efforts, where would the top two flights of English rugby get the majority of their players?
At least Championship clubs get some funding!
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Originally posted by tigerburnie tigerburnie wrote:

Billy Twelvetrees played for Leicester Lions before joining Bedford, so we claim bragging rights there lol.


Think he might have been a Haywards Heath junior - so you may have lost those bragging rights.
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Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Not strictly Championship but interesting to see the centres are all ex Blues players who clocked up 267 appearances and 485 points for us.

Gloucester - Twelvetrees & Atkinson

Wasps - Le Bourgeois & Bassett


Le Bourgeois - a deep seated name in the heart of Bedfordshire that one The Blues. Think that we will claim that one, along with the Jersey Juggernaut Matt Banahan...nice try though.
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Originally posted by Brizzer Brizzer wrote:

Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Not strictly Championship but interesting to see the centres are all ex Blues players who clocked up 267 appearances and 485 points for us.

Gloucester - Twelvetrees & Atkinson

Wasps - Le Bourgeois & Bassett


Le Bourgeois - a deep seated name in the heart of Bedfordshire that one The Blues. Think that we will claim that one, along with the Jersey Juggernaut Matt Banahan...nice try though.

Not exactly a claim but a statement that all 4 final destination after leaving us was the Premiership and they all face each other. Can’t imagine that has happened before.
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