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    Posted: 18 May 2022 at 09:20
Originally posted by gerg_861 gerg_861 wrote:

Just out of curiosity, how was the 247 stream on Saturday? Did anyone here avail themselves of it?
It was pretty good. The commentators, however, seemed more interested in chatting about hairstyles etc than concentrating on the game. They weren't on top of replacements etc.
Pirates acquitted themselves well, with a pack of average age of 22 yrs they stuck in and battled to the end. The two tries just before half time (basically two missed tackles) left them too far behind, but we love the never-say-die attitude of the team and quite a few have already committed for next season.
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Just out of curiosity, how was the 247 stream on Saturday? Did anyone here avail themselves of it?
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Ealing 36 - Pirates 26 FT. Very entertaining.
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Ealing 36 -  Pirates 28 - Pirates score from a beautiful set play, bamboozling the Ealing defense. 74'
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Perhaps moaning about previous rounds of the cup by people whose teams are out of the cup would be better in a different thread, rather than in one tracking a semi final which is of direct interest to three clubs minute by minute.
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Sir just missed maybe the most egregious side entey I've seen this season, with the Pirates player basically going around the ruck to smash our scrum half. I believe the line judge spotted it.
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Ealing 36 - Pirates 21 - Ealing won a scrum penalty off of a Pirates feedin, then Charlie Walker scored in the corner after a few more short range penalties.61'.
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I don’t understand why league position determines who gets home draws. Why not just do a draw? That’s like Liverpool/Man City being guaranteed home draws for the entirety of the FA cup. Just heavily weights the cup, which is unrelated to the league, in favour of the teams who already have proven they have more resources. What a farce.
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Ealing 29 - Pirates 21 - Ealing commit 3 infringements to put Pirates in their 22, Pirates power over. Ealing look asleep. Lovely conversion again.
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Originally posted by Geoff DC Geoff DC wrote:

Doesn't look like many at Ealing - 150 or less maybe

I'd say 300, certainly not impressive. Ealing 29 - Pirates 14. Ealing get the penalty and Pirates hit back with a try after gettting the ball deep in Ealing territory courtesy of a  forward pass. Nice conversion. 47'
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Bluesman.
A source tells me it is because Cornish Pirates progressed from the first round as a losing team, whereas Coventry progressed as a winning team.
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Originally posted by Bluesman11 Bluesman11 wrote:

I don’t understand. Why if pirates win are they away at cov, even though they finished above them in the table? Why did Ealing get a bye and home games every round in the competition? Coventry would draw a big crowd for the final and could actually do with the additional revenue, why play the game in front of 500 people at a club who don’t rely on match day revenue? I don’t understand the logic at all in determining who gets to play at home in the knockouts, other then the rule of Ealing are guaranteed home ties.
Someone said it was due to Pirates progressing as 'losers' and Cov winning their 'group' stage, but don't quote me on it.
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Doesn't look like many at Ealing - 150 or less maybe
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@Bluesman11 - you've completely missed the fact that this is a competition that the RFU have organised.
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I don’t understand. Why if pirates win are they away at cov, even though they finished above them in the table? Why did Ealing get a bye and home games every round in the competition? Coventry would draw a big crowd for the final and could actually do with the additional revenue, why play the game in front of 500 people at a club who don’t rely on match day revenue? I don’t understand the logic at all in determining who gets to play at home in the knockouts, other then the rule of Ealing are guaranteed home ties.

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Ealing 26- Pirates 7 - Burns squirts through from about 20m to dot down. HT
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Ealing 19 - Pirates 7 Beautiful break from a scrum to go 50m. Johnson dots down in the corner. Ealing have piped in cheering on the tannoy, an abomination. 38'.
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Ealing 12 - Pirates 7 27' - Pirates carded and Ealing maul over from the penalty
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Ealing 5 - Pirates 7 - Ealing yellow carded for killing  a break by laying on the wrong side of the ruck. Pirates strike immediately. 21'.

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Ealing 5 - Pirates 0 11'. Rolling maul after lots of back and forth.
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