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Originally posted by carlos fandango carlos fandango wrote:

Am I being a bit daft here?

Are we saying that at L5, even if you finish 4th from bottom you might get relegated a level because of where you are whereas the team that comes 3rd bottom isn't for the same reason?


Pretty sure that it is a straight 2 down from each L5 league and a 1 up from each L6 league - the L6 leagues will then be redrawn to minimise travel. Same with L4 dropping to L5.

PS sorry I totally failed on the prediction league thing - useless!
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I always tell the kids at my school that there's no such thing as a stupid question.

Guess I got that one wrong!  Embarrassed
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Originally posted by WESTCOMBE RANGER WESTCOMBE RANGER wrote:

That would seem to make sense too but do you mean Guernsey ?

No, Jersey RFC (not Jersey Reds). Did you know they put Athletic in L7?


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No I didn't but would have thought they should be higher than that considering the level the Reds play at. 
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Originally posted by WESTCOMBE RANGER WESTCOMBE RANGER wrote:

No I didn't but would have thought they should be higher than that considering the level the Reds play at. 

I guess they were stuck with that old "No 2nd XVs above Level 7" decree. Which is why they have done a London Welsh/London Irish and split off their amateur arm as a legally separate club.
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WP gain their furst Losing Bonus Point of the season,,,, been a long time coming… sorry don’t mean to be flippant. Apparently Shelford were very good. Tho WP had 2 x good chances being over the line but missing out.

Fantastic result for Medway, not many teams will win at Tring this season,,, is this what you call New Coach Bounce,,,
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Originally posted by @boatyjames @boatyjames wrote:

Originally posted by carlos fandango carlos fandango wrote:

Am I being a bit daft here?

Are we saying that at L5, even if you finish 4th from bottom you might get relegated a level because of where you are whereas the team that comes 3rd bottom isn't for the same reason?


Pretty sure that it is a straight 2 down from each L5 league and a 1 up from each L6 league - the L6 leagues will then be redrawn to minimise travel. Same with L4 dropping to L5.

PS sorry I totally failed on the prediction league thing - useless!

If only 1 down from champ then there is a trickle effect.
Instead of 6 down from L4, it will only be 5.
L5 will still push 6 up.
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As far as I'm aware, the plan has always been one down from the Championship and one up from Nat1.  Then three down from Nat 1, replaced by the winners of the three leagues at Nat2.  Not sure where you're seeing a reduction...?
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Friday 3 Feb

It’s Rugby under the lights in Bedford.
Bedford Blues in Championship Cup. (Can’t get enthusiastic over the Cup). 
Bedford Ath v Shelford in a league match. It’s Ath tomorrow for me.
The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused.
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Bedford Ath 29
Shelford 15

A good away support for a Friday Night. For Aths first competitive league match under floodlights at Putnoe Woods.

Leaves both clubs with 4 matches to the end of the league season.
The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused.
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Was it a good game ? 
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Originally posted by WESTCOMBE RANGER WESTCOMBE RANGER wrote:

Was it a good game ? 

It wasn’t pretty.
Ath came into the game having not beaten a team higher than them in the league. 

Both teams were scrapping, literally at times. Removing a lot of flow, as both teams were frequently penalised.
The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused.
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A very exciting match between Tunbridge Wells and Tring yesterday. Great comeback from TW from 20+ points down
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Morning all,

The league is very close at top and bottom now, with some big games coming up at both ends of the table.

That got me wondering if 22 matches are enough at this level? A few teams will be finished by early March. This must have quite some affect on club revenues and keeping players involved in the club.

Would it have been better to have 13 team leagues with 24 games and every team getting a bye week?  Should we have stayed with what we had and 26 games in 14 team leagues?

Be interested to know what people think. 
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Isn't that the reason why we have the cup competitions?
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Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

Isn't that the reason why we have the cup competitions?

If a club opted in earlier in the season and it only guarantees 1 home match back for the 2 lost during the league reshuffle. If a clubs lucky, they'll get 2 and a nice run but I did think it was poor that they cut the league sizes at Level 5.
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Originally posted by Robb Robb wrote:

Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

Isn't that the reason why we have the cup competitions?

If a club opted in earlier in the season and it only guarantees 1 home match back for the 2 lost during the league reshuffle. If a clubs lucky, they'll get 2 and a nice run but I did think it was poor that they cut the league sizes at Level 5.


Highest finishing clubs in each pool get 2 home a birdie tells me...
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Originally posted by Lord_Kitchener Lord_Kitchener wrote:

Originally posted by Robb Robb wrote:

Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

Isn't that the reason why we have the cup competitions?

If a club opted in earlier in the season and it only guarantees 1 home match back for the 2 lost during the league reshuffle. If a clubs lucky, they'll get 2 and a nice run but I did think it was poor that they cut the league sizes at Level 5.


Highest finishing clubs in each pool get 2 home a birdie tells me...

That would make sense. But it almost gives incentives for clubs to sandbag at the end of the season. When they know they can't get promotion, instead of trying to finish as high as they can, they'll try to aim to hover around the top of the Plate or Bowl so they get the incentive (if that's true)
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I'm trying to write a piece about the cup for the programme for our final.home game of the season, but I don't think I can explain it clearly and succinctly.
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Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

I'm trying to write a piece about the cup for the programme for our final.home game of the season, but I don't think I can explain it clearly and succinctly.

All clubs who choose to enter play in a pool of 4 against the teams that finished in a roughly equivalent position in South East/Central/South West (and same in the north). (2 South Pools and 2 North Pools) They play each other once with 1 guaranteed home game in the pool stage. Pool winners play-off in the semi-final against fellow South pool winners and then play the North champions at some big venue (Twickers for the Teams in the Top 2, unknow for the others)

I think thats as clear as we can put it based on what we know so far. Oh, but the clubs will get a free 50% off Papa John's code that earns money for the club if people order Papa John's pizza using that!


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