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    Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 00:31
Bit early but as I was looking who was playing whom next week

Some big games against some of the Top 4 contenders and also at the other end of the table.  Somehow Knights got 2 home games and Chinnor 2 away to start.

We will find out a lot more about Chinnor against Ampthill, which is always a tricky place to play.
Ealing have a tough test at Pirates. Whereas at the other end Caldy v Cambridge is a big one.

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Ampthill 4 Chinnor 1
Caldy 4 Cambridge 1
Coventry 4 Blues 1
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Pirates 1-5 Ealing Trailfinders

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Doncaster Knights 5-0 Nottingham
Hartpury5-0 Scottish
Ampthill 1-5 Chinnor
Caldy 5-1 Cambridge
Coventry 5-1 Blues
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Pirates 1-5 Ealing Trailfinders

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Doncaster Knights 5-0 Nottingham
Hartpury 5-1 Scottish
Ampthill 1-5 Chinnor
Caldy 5-0 Cambridge
Coventry 5-1 Blues
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Doncaster Knights 5-0 Nottingham
Hartpury 1-5 Scottish
Ampthill 1-5 Chinnor
Caldy 5-1 Cambridge
Coventry 5-2 Blues

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Doncaster Knights 5-0 Nottingham
Hartpury 5-1 Scottish
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Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Bit early but as I was looking who was playing whom next week

Some big games against some of the Top 4 contenders and also at the other end of the table.  Somehow Knights got 2 home games and Chinnor 2 away to stary


I'm sure it happened recently where a team as got to home games at the start


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Originally posted by KnightsBoy KnightsBoy wrote:

Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Bit early but as I was looking who was playing whom next week

Some big games against some of the Top 4 contenders and also at the other end of the table.  Somehow Knights got 2 home games and Chinnor 2 away to stary


I'm sure it happened recently where a team as got to home games at the start

It has but the matrix they use needs changing, there is no reason for it and I have never understood why you play the first game and last game of the season against the same team!
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Pirates 2-5 Ealing Trailfinders

Saturday
Doncaster Knights 5-1 Nottingham
Hartpury 5-0 Scottish
Ampthill 4-2 Chinnor
Caldy 5-1 Cambridge
Coventry 5-1 Blues

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kimbo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 12:25
Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Originally posted by KnightsBoy KnightsBoy wrote:

Originally posted by The Blues The Blues wrote:

Bit early but as I was looking who was playing whom next week

Some big games against some of the Top 4 contenders and also at the other end of the table.  Somehow Knights got 2 home games and Chinnor 2 away to stary


I'm sure it happened recently where a team as got to home games at the start

It has but the matrix they use needs changing, there is no reason for it and I have never understood why you play the first game and last game of the season against the same team!
True enough. Time it was mixed up a bit.
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If every club had strict alternation of home and away games, the teams who were t home on the first week could never play one another. As in any week, the two teams both need to be at home, or both need to be away.

As a result, every club has to have two home games and two away games at some point in the season.
One club starts with two home games and one has to start with two away games.

Similarly, one club has to end the season with two home games, and one ends with two away games.
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Originally posted by Camquin Camquin wrote:

If every club had strict alternation of home and away games, the teams who were t home on the first week could never play one another. As in any week, the two teams both need to be at home, or both need to be away.

As a result, every club has to have two home games and two away games at some point in the season.
One club starts with two home games and one has to start with two away games.

Similarly, one club has to end the season with two home games, and one ends with two away games.
I realise that, but the season really doesn't have to start and end like that.
Biggest disappointment for Cov is the fact that there are no home games (three away) between 12/10 and 23/11.
That's poor - and avoidable.
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Pirates 1 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders
Doncaster Knights 5 - 0 Nottingham
Hartpury 5 - 1 Scottish
Ampthill 4 - 1 Chinnor
Caldy 4 - 1 Cambridge
Coventry 5 - 2 Blues 
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Kimbo, at least you have games those weeks. 
Some of us don't.
It is an artefact of there being two different competitions.

But you are right, you do not need to start and finish against the same team.
Indeed, the second half of the season could be in any order.
In fact, you do not need to play every before playing a side twice, so if there was a good reason to have the derby matches close together, you could.

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Originally posted by Camquin Camquin wrote:

Kimbo, at least you have games those weeks. 
Some of us don't.
It is an artefact of there being two different competitions.

But you are right, you do not need to start and finish against the same team.
Indeed, the second half of the season could be in any order.
In fact, you do not need to play every before playing a side twice, so if there was a good reason to have the derby matches close together, you could.


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Chinnor and Cambridge are not in the Championship Cup.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kimbo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 22:05
Originally posted by Camquin Camquin wrote:

Kimbo, at least you have games those weeks. 
Some of us don't.
It is an artefact of there being two different competitions.

But you are right, you do not need to start and finish against the same team.
Indeed, the second half of the season could be in any order.
In fact, you do not need to play every before playing a side twice, so if there was a good reason to have the derby matches close together, you could.

Totally agree with you on the utter iniquity around the Prem Cup, but I will say that not all of the away games in that six week period are cup games.
We play Caldy away in the league.
Edited to add: ironically, you DO have a home game during the six week perio when Cov don't Wink


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Pirates 1 v 5 Ealing Trailfinders
Doncaster Knights 5 v 0 Nottingham
Hartpury 4 v 0 Scottish
Ampthill 1 v 5 Chinnor
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Chinnor have just two home games from the start of the season until December 7th. Ealing Trailfinders have 6 !!
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Originally posted by fatbear fatbear wrote:

Chinnor have just two home games from the start of the season until December 7th. Ealing Trailfinders have 6 !!

That's right. The RFU are notorious for their favoritism towards Ealing....or is is it that they are famous for their incompetence? One or the other.
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