Pre-season

stadium wrote: Weather in Cornwall perfect.Sunny, Dry and no wind. Really looking forward to watching the game.

Ealing v Richmond not streamed, but on the radio Live Sports FM

Ht Bedford 14 Ampthill 19  a Blues comeback after a dominant Ampthill start. Game on "come on you Blues "

Watching Pirates vs. Reds...who are in blue. Not sure about the kit!

Very much hoping we don’t have whoever is reffing the blues game in regular season. Has been completely hopeless

Pirates 14 (2T) - Jersey 6 at HT. Pirates playing with more flair, Jersey looking strong in the set piece. From a neutral, both teams look well drilled. I think that the difference in the score is down to the Pirates having much quicker ball at the breakdown to create opportunities. Jersey in blue. Yuck.

Pirates 26 (4t I think) - Jersey 13 (1T) - Pirates still nippier around the pitch, but a Jersey interception stops the Cornishmen from pulling too far away.

Agree GJ, Ampthill good for the win, too many penalties from Bedford in the first 25 minutes meant they took that 19 point lead we gave them the opportunity to. On a positive, we looked good in parts, but rusty, if we gel well as a team then we will be very hard to beat. I thought the live stream was excellent this afternoon, well worth the £10.

gerg_861 wrote: From a neutral, both teams look well drilled. I think that the difference in the score is down to the Pirates having much quicker ball at the breakdown to create opportunities. Jersey in blue. Yuck.

I agree with all of this. Pirates well worth the win today but will need to beef up their forwards before Sarries next week. The Pirates fly half was exceptional and work rate throughout exemplary. Jersey's fringe of ruck/maul defence was really poor today which in part explains the G861 remark about quick ball. The commentator today ascribed the fault to the Pirates scrum half try to the centre not guarding the ruck but surely a Prop or Flanker MUST GUARD the fringe of a breakdown not the centre who was marking his oppo. Jersey forwards did their job in scrum & lineout but they sorely missed a real open side flanker going forward. Jersey selected a back row today with three lads who could all have played No8 - strong defensively but going forward Pirates had the edge imo. I agree with G861 about the Blue Shirt - in St Ouens I wore Red.

Edited by corporalcarrot - 27 Feb 2021 at 19:49

Guinness John wrote: Believe it was Adam Leal. Very experienced but better than the Frenchman that did the Wales v England match.

Edited by The Blues - 27 Feb 2021 at 22:07