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castleparknight
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5. Coventry - And Cov because I haven't. (I would recommend you do go visit - great stand, great pub just up the road - I will be there on the 18th hopefully watching the Knights get their first away win of the season).
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Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!
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Runitback
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Don't under estimate Nottingham, especially with their partnership to Leicester.
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Run with it
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gerg_861
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Okay - stealing a few minutes away from work...
1. Ealing - A few big losses (Murphy, Thompson, Millar-Mills) leave me wondering about the pack. Much depends on just how good their South African recruitment really was. Looked strong against Gloucester. 2. Doncaster - Good recruitment, though Bomber gone. Hope to get up to Castle Park. 3. Pirates - Will S4c or Cross Rail get done first? Doesn't matter, going to the Mennaye is tough, and home form will power Pirates to a top 3 finish. 4. Jersey - Jersey or Cov is a toss up for me. I'll go with Jersey because I visited there. 5. Coventry - And Cov because I haven't. 6. Bedford - I think that the big home crowds will lift them this year, and a fair number of nice signings - especially of returning players. 7. Ampthill - A few key contributors off, but they will be on the upper end of the part-timers. 8. Hartpury - Gloucester A will get enough loanees to survive. Tuvs helps too. 9. Richmond - They treated last year like an extended pre-season. No team with Mark Bright will be last. 10. London Scottish - Who knows? 11. Nottingham - seem to be part time and mostly made up of uni-kids. |
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Donnyknightfan
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Time to get that (usually wrong) crystal ball out again!.
1. Ealing 2. Doncaster 3. Jersey 4. Bedford 5. Cornish Pirates 6. Coventry 7. Ampthill 8. Hartpury 9. Nottingham 10. London Scottish 11. Richmond Ealing to take the title but it won’t be an easy ride and I can see Donny staying close until the last 4/5 games. Expect Jersey and Bedford to massively improve from last season having both made some good signings in the summer. Watch out for the Bedford backs in particular, they’ll run in loads of tries. Pirates and Cov will complete the top six. I think the bottom 3 could be quite a way behind the rest. I’ve gone for Richmond to finish last but it could be anyone from 9-11. LS are an unknown quantity with missing last season so it could take them a few games to get going. Edited by Donnyknightfan - 07 Sep 2021 at 23:43 |
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Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire
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Stalwart
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All very unpredictable, apart from Ealing being nailed on favourites. For the rest of us, Ealing will face a cup-final when they come to our clubs - but I think they'll be too strong over the season. My guess is Donny will finish second.
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dunc999
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Hard to predict bar the tier 1 and 2 IMO
Ealing Quite a big gap Donny CP Cov Then who knows. I think Ampthill may struggle to replace Grimoldby's points and territory kicking so may not quite as competitive as before, but they do have a great coaching team. As for Blues if they can cut out the penalties and improve the scrum, should do well. I go with Bluesman's view on McCarthy though - he was part of the problem last year! Lets go Jersey Blues Hartpury Ampthill Richmond Notts Scottish |
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castleparknight
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An interesting read gerg - it is not a million miles off what most on here are predicting / guessing.
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Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!
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gerg_861
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Havent had time to write my own yer, but here are Rugby World's thoughts.
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isleonian
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1. Knights
2. Trailfinders 3. Pirates 4. Reds
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Bedfordian
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[I would agree Bedfordian. Ampthill certainly appear to put the hex on Bedford and have won all but two of our recent encounters (league and friendly). Tommy Turner is a very shrewd coach and Ampthill keep under the radar but acquit themselves very well indeed]
Think its just a simple case of a forward dominated team against a running team and the old adage of "you can't score without the ball". Bedford's high risk game plan plus what seems an annual problem of conceding a lot more penalties than anyone else means getting it back is an issue!
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Member728
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not sure what game you were watching LS are unknown at the moment, including to their supporters It was a feisty local derby and yes Richmond had a bit more"steel" about them. They will win more matches than last year but LS just deserved to win 1st half and my prediction is we will not finish bottom Edited by Member728 - 06 Sep 2021 at 11:23 |
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Greg
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I would agree Bedfordfordian. Ampthill certainly appear to put the hex on Bedford and have won all but two of our recent encounters (league and friendly). Tommy Turner is a very shrewd coach and Ampthill keep under the radar but acquit themselves very well indeed.
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Bedfordian
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Perhaps they raise their game just vs Bedford, but always look pretty strong to me!
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Cherub
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You have placed Ampthill 4th! Blimey, I hope you are right........... |
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Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
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The Blues
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This season won't suit the Blues as much, basically being more of a winter season but I am going to be optimistic here and say the rain will stay away allowing for running rugby to allow fast paced games. 2. Pirates 3. Knights 4. Blues 5. Coventry 6. Jersey 7. Ampthill 8. Hartpury 9. Richmond 10. Nottingham 11. London Scottish
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oneagainstthehead
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Now that WOULD be a treat!
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Speak softly, but carry a big stick.
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Pappashanga
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Two wins on the trot. Mond may be this season’s surprise package.
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The Blues
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Bluesman is being extremely negative about the scrum here. Last year we had issues, because we had a lot of injuries to props and were bringing in 18 or 19 year olds and expecting some to play the whole 80 mins. It won’t be the best, but it may not be the worst or could well be, but they need an opportunity before being written off immediately. Hopefully it will be good enough to hold it long enough for the ball to be played most of the time. This year we have pretty much a brand new front 5, so they should evolve as a unit. One season Jersey came to us first game of the season and their scrum was unusually a shambles but over the season it became one of the best.
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Bluesman11
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He can only work what he’s got, he’s not a miracle worker. Not convinced coaches make a great deal of difference to scrummaging ability. Alex Rae was at Jersey when they had the best scrum in the league and at us when we had the worst. It’s also his first stab at coaching and he was at the club last year so I’m assuming if there was something fundamentally wrong with our scrum as captain he would’ve raised it last year…
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Runitback
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Ealing - 1st by a long way
Doncaster Cornish Pirates then 4 th spot ( hedging my bets!!!) Jersey/Coventry/Bedford
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Run with it
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