19-20 Championship week 3 predictions

Bedford 2 Ealing 5
Hartpury College 0 Nottingham 4
Jersey 5 Doncaster 1
London Scottish 5 Ampthill 1
Cornish Pirates 1 Newcastle 4
Yorkshire Carnegie 0 Coventry 5

Again a week without a recognised fly half. Hooley has finished his WC and Leeming, I guess still laid up after concussion 5 weeks ago, the fans know nothing. Robling doing a stand in (no pun) job but we need him at inside centre. Backs shifted around again. I expect a 0 - 5 against a strong Ealing side. Hope I don’t get wet.
Hartpury 1 Notts 5, don’t expect Hartpury to click until later (when DRs get back) in the season, as last year.
Scottish 5 Amps 1, Scottish looking good this season, with our ex fly half Harry Sheppard 😩
Jersey 4 Donny 1, home advantage I think, otherwise haven’t a clue.
Pirates 4 Falcons 1, hoping like many to let this match spice up the league this season, definitely possible.
Yorkies 1 Cov 5, very business like Cov should be comfortable.

Bedford 1-5 Ealing Should be a cracking match but Ealing power to be just enough
Hartpury 4-1 Nottingham Could easily go either way but at home with a few Barbarians to help I just go for Hartpury 
Jersey 3-3 Donny Although 5-2 either way more likely. Hopefully Jersey can lock out a few scrums on their own ball and still score a few without Van Dam
London Scottish  4-0 Ampthill Home advantage to be key factor 
Cornish Pirates 0-5 Falcons banker 5 pointer away win which should guarantee a Pirates smash & grab  
Yorkshire Carnegie 1-4 Coventry Yorkies will surely get a few points on the way. 

Bedford 1 v Ealing 5 ... Trailfinders got back on track at home to Jersey last week and I think that they will be too powerful for Bedford up front and will starve them of the ball. However, if Bedford get their hands on it then watch out for a shock.
Hartpury College 0 v Nottingham 5 ... Getting to be a tougher trip these days, but I think that Nottingham will have too much over the 80 for Hartpury
Jersey 5 v Doncaster 2 ... A great game in Doncaster a few weeks ago in the cup which the Knights edged. I think that The Reds will return the favour. Always close these games and this will be no exception.
London Scottish 5 v Ampthill 0 ... LS looking good so far this season and I think that they will be too strong for the newbies, but I fancy that they won't have it all their own way.
Cornish Pirates 4 v Newcastle 1 ... Wow! what a mouth watering prospect this game is. Pirates gave a strong Ealing side a thumping at home 2 weeks ago and I think that they will give the Falcons a serious battle up front. Could be a classic this one.
Yorkshire Carnegie 0 v Coventry 5 ... YC getting closer to scoring their first league point, but they won't do it this week. Another big away win in store i'm afraid.

Bedford 4 v Ealing 0
Hartpury College 0 v Nottingham 4 
Jersey 4 v Doncaster 0 
London Scottish 4 v Ampthill 1 
Cornish Pirates 4 v Newcastle 0  
Yorkshire Carnegie 0 v Coventry 5 

Bedford 0 v Ealing 5 Underpowered Blues struggle to score with Ealing in full control
Hartpury College 0 v Nottingham 5 Visitors’ pack to dominate against disjointed Pury 12 - 30
Jersey 5 v Doncaster 0 Islanders power through at home, Donny disappoint
London Scottish 1 v Ampthill 4. Amps get dogged pack up to speed and shock winless Scottish
Cornish Pirates 5 v Newcastle 1 Pirates will ramp it up a notch for this one
Yorkshire Carnegie 0 v Coventry 5 Hard to see Carnegie take anything from this

gerg_861 wrote: Stalwart wrote: "<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">Cornish Pirates 4 v Newcastle 1 - Newcastle to muddy their pristine shorts and struggle "</span> <span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"> </span> <span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">No mud on the newly laid pitch at The Mennaye! A lot of improvements made to the ground over the summer - even Mr Smith won't think it's ramshackle.</span> I thought that the mud at the Mennaye was a feature like the slope at Goldington Road.

Sounds good, Stalwart. I'll see you there.

Bedford 1 v Ealing 5 - Bedford should be stronger but still Ealing too strong
Hartpury College 0 v Nottingham 5 - Notts too strong
Jersey 5 v Doncaster 1 - Reds tough at home
London Scottish 5 v Ampthill 1 - First win for LS but Amps will give them a good game
Cornish Pirates 1 v Newcastle 5 - Should be an excellent game . . Newcastle too strong on a lovely new pitch.
Yorkshire Carnegie 0 v Coventry 5 - Cov by over 50.

Looking forward to it, Stalwart. Really enjoyed my last trip down there.