Week 17

Cov 19-7 Caldy. 33 mins.

24-7 HT at Cov (4t-1t).

Edited by Kimbo - 18 Mar 2023 at 15:53

Cov 29-7 Caldy (5-1 tries)

Cov 29-14 Caldy (5-2 tries, 49 mins).

Cov 43-14 Caldy (7-2 tries, 74 mins)

FT - Lon Scots 31 Pirates 34

A good performance by the Reds yesterday, but it was by no means perfect against a Hartpury side that would not go away.
Having raced into a 16 point lead, scoring 3 tries in the process (the first two were sublime), Jersey seemed to fall asleep for 5 minutes and that let Hartpury score 2 tries of their own to bring it back to a 2 point game. Jersey woke up and got the BP try on the half hour and we thought that this would be the bit where Jersey tear loose, but once again Hartpury we’re having none of it and we turned round 24-22. To be fair Jersey bossed the 2nd half and probably left a few points out there scoring only 2 tries for all of their possession and territorial advantage. One of which was bizarre. A good Jersey break was stopped 5 meters from the visitors line. The Jersey player tried to pass out of the tackle only to find a retreating Hartpury defender who somehow palmed/chested the ball back across the line only for a Jersey player to pounce on it.
Anyway, a decent game played on a stunning spring afternoon. We’ll take that!!

*Stalwart wrote: A pretty good outcome for The Pirates at the RAG. With Exeter recalling their dual reg guys to prepare for the Premiership Cup final and a number of injuries we were down to the bare bones and had a prop on the bench covering the back row. LS had all their Quins guys, so they were pretty strong. Glad to get out of it with the 5 points to be honest - it was very close!

I think that LS will sneak above Richmond, due to all

corporalcarrot wrote: Runitback wrote: I think that LS will sneak above Richmond, due to all Their imports and Richmond having the most horrendous injury list, they are on their bare bones but stick to their principles as a proper rugby club and promote from within .  I think you may be right mate but they are both great Rugby Clubs who are doing what they feel they must to survive financially and the Championship will be poorer without whichever goes down this season.