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    Posted: 3 hours 4 minutes ago at 16:25
Race to avoid the drop'
If Leicester Lions win this weekend, that will I understand confirm DMP's relegation.
So a lot of presumption here, but looking at the fixture lists, Lions have only two away fixtures, whereas Esher have three. So is the Esher v Lions game in a couple of weekends, the "do or die" match?
Both clubs have extremely important matches this weekend, neither can afford to lose, should Lions win at home and Esher lose at Dings, those points on the board could be disappearing.
Fixtures for:-
Lions have
DMP at home
Esher away
Sale home
Dings away
Blackheath home
Bishops Stortford home

Esher have
Dings away
Leicester Lions home
Bishops Stortford away
Moseley home
Plymouth Albion away
Sedgeley Park home


it's gonna be tight I think.



Edited by tigerburnie - 3 hours 1 minutes ago at 16:28
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Isn’t there still the uncertainty that 3 might go down which might draw more teams into it?

If two, it could be pivotal, as I see that this weekend, not only Lions at home to DMP but also Dings at home to Esher, which could be interesting.
Unfortunately the uncertainty of what is happening is typical of the RFU. I remember us beating Exeter in the late nineties on the last day of the season in the Championship and it was not known whether the promotion play offs, that we were potentially involved in, was going to happen, or if indeed there would be relegation, which, if confirmed would have sent Exeter down. 

Ultimately the play offs went ahead, and Exeter stayed up as there was ultimately no relegation due to expansion of the Championship from 12 to 14 teams.




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With the RFU lurking somewhere, they could split Nat 1 into North and South and no one goes down. Depending on the size of Premiership 2, there might be no relegations if more go up due to Worcester, London Irish and Wasps all failing to show up.
So we have no idea do we?
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Good point although I think it would be criminal to regionalise a great league like National 1.  Depends though if the clubs themselves want it. Also it might dilute the quality of the league.

Seeing as the Championship clubs seem not to be interested in the Premiership Cup maybe, as in 1995/96 they might promote 4 and relegate no one.

Bizarre though that we are in March & we have no idea of what is happening. Everyone really needs certainty or it could stilt the whole competition.


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