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Welshie7
World Cup Winner Joined: 14 Jul 2013 Location: Oxford Status: Offline Points: 538 |
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Hi Darth,
Great result for your boys on the road today. Who was "missing"? Are these injuries, Christmas excesses or some unknown reason for non-selection?
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Darth Raider
World Cup Winner Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Location: Sussex Status: Offline Points: 1775 |
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Hi Welshie......thanks for the question, but i am afraid i don't have an answer. i am not an 'insider' and like many Raiders fans, do not understand and am regularly confused by selection from one week to the next.
All things are possible......some i know are injured. Covid ? Possible. All Quins boys missing yet again.......disappointing and imo dysfunctional. Some others may have left.....one definitely. So....great respect and accolades from me to the lads wearing the shirt today. very good win and perhaps our first at the Haberden ? It seems that you yourself have some good contact/s within the club......so may be aware of other 'complications' at the mo. enjoy the rest of the season.....looking forward to it myself
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honestinjun
World Cup Winner Joined: 05 Aug 2014 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 374 |
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Hi Darth, our highest end of season position in this league is 11th in the 18/19 season with 66 points, but it felt better than that as Reds finished 7th on 69 point that season, no chickens being counted by the returning geese at Barn Elms this season, but a good consistent run since November, despite a largely young and new squad. Today’s win was well earned…the was played in driving wind and rain, fortunately in the second half we played down into Hellfire Corner and patience in the last 10 mins saw us score right at the death, so often that has happened to us so this was a very sweet victory indeed.
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Raider999
World Cup Winner Joined: 18 Jan 2013 Location: Crawley Status: Offline Points: 4434 |
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All visiting teams should play down the slope in the second half - if only to deprive Redruth of doing so. |
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Darth Raider
World Cup Winner Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Location: Sussex Status: Offline Points: 1775 |
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thanks Injun.....all good to hear.....of course my lot beat them 0-5 so you still have much to aspire to
66pts though...that is a lot....surprised i don't remember that......it will be tough to beat in this leagie...this year....amazingly hard. don't forget you should have won at our place too can't remember the name of your skippet....Seabourne ??? looked a good level 3 player to me and an inspirational leader hope you win all your games until 5/3 at Goose poo park |
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honestinjun
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I think if we win a few that we have been drawing then we should be around that number at the end of the season…the geese are flying back with extra bombs to fertilise the pitch for your visit
Skipper is Ryan Seabright, lovely lad, very unassuming but just gets on with it…fun fact..his phd was about paint drying!
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Camquin
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Raider, to do that they need to win the toss. |
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Darth Raider
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Injun.........3 points
1. If you just replicate your form in the first half of the season, rather than continuing the current upward trend, you will still end up with 78pts.......which is pretty good eh ? 2. I had noticed a lad named Kirby playing at full back.......but only recently noted that it is Rob Kirby. Last time i looked he was playing fly half in the championship for the Mond. I now see he was supposed to have retired at the age of 30 ? That is an excellent addition 3. You need to keep an eye on your skipper then.....if he has a genuine interest in watching paint dry...he may well be sneaking off to the appropriately named Dry Leas to watch Hawks play (sorry Nick....could n't resist) hee hee
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Halliford
World Cup Winner Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4157 |
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Not surprised to see Rob Kirby playing for Barnes as his father has been involved with them for many years! Great goal-kicker, he will add some points for Barnes.
Esher nearly threw it away on Saturday against Dings. Yellow card in last 5 minutes, clock red and penalty awarded - Dings kicked to the corner and hammered hard, another 2 penalties on the line then Dings got over and were adjudged held up - game over. Esher never really coped with the weather. We have lost Luke Peters for the season and don't have another barn door centre, the choice is of ball-players who had little opportunity on Saturday. We will need to ensure we take sunshine with us on our away trips and ensure an early Spring if we want to keep on winning!
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Darth Raider
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Phew......a nerve jangling finish then Halliford. Dings are a handful are n't they ? The league seems even tougher than usual this year. There are a bunch of games between now and 5/3 in which members of the top 7 will be playing each other......a pivotal time period.
It looks to me that there is an fair chance that whoever comes out on top this year, may do so despite losing 7 or 8 games. can't wait myself.....great stuff
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The Hawks
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Ha ha Darth, keep taking the tablets!!!😂😂 Yes the next few games for us is going to be quite interesting? Redruth (h), Clifton (a), Westcliff (h), Redruth (a) & Esher (a) I feel we need to win at least 4 or all of them if we want to be in the payoff or champions?? Like you say Darth interesting times ahead and anyone can beat anyone on the day! Nick.
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'Go The Hawks!'
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Raider999
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Camquin, I appreciate that - however I believe a lot of teams choose to play downhill first when they should have faith in their defence to still be in the game at halftime. Do Redruth ever win the toss and kick down first - I doubt it. |
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Darth Raider
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hi Nick...well said....i do actually take 10 tablets a day.....diabetes and other issues....but it is the copious amounts of weapons grade alcohol that are my recurrent problem
I don't agree with you though....i suspect that three wins out of those games will be good enough to get you well in contention.....and 3 is what i think you will get.....above that ? V well done. as with Kirby at Barnes...getting Will Crow is a great acquisition and potentially, a season changer for me. If your back row stay fit i think you will (very disappointingly of course) be well in contention my lot are in a bit of turmoil.....our coach has just been appointed the England u-20's defensive coach....that is his third job. he is now away (i believe) for 8 weeks. not good imo. hey ho. the lads seem to be punching on though and all of our supposed Quins boys have disappeared for good while now. our next few fixtures are better than yours,....though there are almost no easy games this year.....so if we stick together we too might yet stay in the promotion mix. best of luck.....well not really |
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honestinjun
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We would be happy if we did replicate that first half of the season performance…lots of twists and turns ahead no doubt to cause us all plenty of angst!
To your 2nd point, I have known Rob Kirby since he was a very young boy, he was always down on Saturdays and looked after my son (who was much younger again) when I was playing, I always felt one day he would come and play for us and so it has transpired..he is a delightful young man, oh yes, he can kick the ball well too 😎😎😎
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Scrumtime
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You also picked up a very good row from Oes in Len Ashcroftm-Leigh, Hunstjun
Worth a slot in any side |
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Darth Raider
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A quick bit of news just for the Raiders fans........Liam Perkins.......who was red carded on Saturday, has got off completely.......not sure but I think that they have accepted it was a mistake. Good news regardless
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Raider999
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Darth - yes excellent news |
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Even Older Hooker
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A Ref making a mistake ????????????????????????????? How unusual
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Another one against the head
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sweatysock
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Worthing had to work hard for victory today - it was very even for most of game and Worthing only pulled away late. Canterbury fought hard and deserved something out of the game
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Darth Raider
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Hi Sweaty.......i was not at the game today....but my mates kept me updated throughout. Another tense encounter at the Rugby Park then ?
Keep in mind though.....by way of context, that the City Side are recently relegated from Nat1, defend very well and despite their lowly league position, the 33pts we scored against them today were the most that they have conceded all season. So a very useful 5pts in our campaign A great performance by Clifton at Barn Elms.....i thought that they would edge it but to hear that they have scored 8 tries against in form Barnes was amazing. Unfortunately, we don;t seem to have an Clifton contributor on here but hopefully, we will get the usual open and honest accounting from Injun. Esher did the job pretty well as expected at Barum and still have their games in hand. I do start to wonder if the current top two have a bit more than the rest of us and may start to stretch away in the weeks ahead ? Apoint worth noting is that arguably....the two games in hand are both against my lot.....which could be interesting for both sides. Very well done to Hinckley.....coming out the better this time in another high scoring encounter.....they are a good team to watch In fact, both Midlands sides have made excellent additions to our league this year and however our leagues are reconfigured next year...I hope we cross paths again. I also hope that they are continuing to enjoy their experiences down south.....i suspect Lions must do, as they have elected to stay. Guernsey got back into winning ways....after a few defeats and several postponements. They must have defended well to deny Dings their usual TBP.....i thought Dings would nick it...wrongo Good efforts from all of the bottom 3 today as they fight tigerishly to close the gap.....but there is so much quality in this league that it continues to be an uphill struggle for them. in fact....a good win win for BSE at Rochford.....clearly not an easy place to go to and pick up points.
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