Level 6

Hammersmith and Fulham beating another top 4 team! 

I've been surprised by Farnham - they knocked us out of the cup two years ago, and they were really impressive.  They were top of 2SW when the merry-go-round stopped, and eight of their team on Saturday were in the line-up at ODP, so not sure why they've struggled to adjust to this level.

HAVANT TONY wrote: Raider999 wrote: HAVANT TONY wrote: Good to see Haywards Heath going well and currently 9th in the table according to the England Rugby website!!!🤦‍♂️ Hardly surprising given the loss of virtually all their first XV squad with the few left said to be 'reluctantly leaving as they didn't want to drop to 2nd XV level'   RAIDER I was pointing out the irony of the RFU website  placing them in ninth postion in the table ! 🤦‍♂️

Sorry I missed the humour - unable to decipher the symbols in my defence.

As for the Heath being 9th in the table, at least there is consistency as OEs still feature in the N1 table - not sure why they are part way up though with 0 points when all the teams below have more??

HAVANT TONY wrote: Good to see Haywards Heath going well and currently 9th in the table according to the England Rugby website!!!🤦‍♂️

Hardly surprising given the loss of virtually all their first XV squad with the few left said to be 'reluctantly leaving as they didn't want to drop to 2nd XV level'

I don't think a 50 plus scoreline was likely Mark as there was clear intent and a lack of panic in your team despite your absentees. Camberley were missing their two battering rams from the backs who caused us a deal of trouble when we did ship 50 plus points! As you pointed out this is a big team but you fronted up to them physically which is a key factor. Just read the latest Medway report which gives little away except they seem to have a complete team and with the lowest points conceded we will do well to replicate the result from our last encounter at Oaklands which ended in a draw. Still, we will see what the team sheet looks like and hope that the M25 proves to be the "extra man" for us! Enjoy your week off and perhaps pop down to Oaklands to check out the game, let me know and I will get you a beer!

Mark was right to be "twitchy" as Camberley dominated till the red card deprived them of their 8. That combined with a limping winger till he was subbed meant that LW could capitilalise on the extra space and lighter scrum. It still remained a tight contest and had Smarty not chosen touch and gone for points then it may have been a different result, but the Camberley lineout is a thing of beauty so I applaud the ambition. Great crowd and certainly a fizz in the air, but did anyone else spot the Camberley Yeti? I think it was supposed to be a squirrel but it was huge, so it couldn't have been Chris Packham inside. It disappeared around the time of the red card so I was hoping to see it join the scrum later in the proceedings, but sadly not.

The large lady may start the first verse next week....its early but Camberley v LW is the headline act. I don't think you can read too much into the Chi defeat, Camberleys defence was too good and their attack through the backs was better than our defence. Smarty is a good 10 and his kicking added to the repertoire. But we lacked our usual physicality, so this area may be a deciding factor. Whatever it is I will be there to bear witness so please bring the choir!

A weekend to fill with no rugby to watch! However some big fixtures to come next week. How do we think it will go? 

Dickon

Edited by HAVANT TONY - 05 Oct 2021 at 11:41

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