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Kimbo 
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 Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 16:11 |
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Clearly not as strong as last season.
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The Blues
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 16:21 |
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Blues ATT 2514
42-19 55 mins
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gerg_861
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 16:26 |
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Ealing 12 (2T) - Pirates 0 - 58' - back and forth second half. Much more entertaining. Unfortunately, Pirates player very badly injured, EMTs on the pitch.
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castleparknight
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 16:28 |
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Hartpury 33 - 31 Scottish FT game of two halves
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Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!
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oneagainstthehead
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 16:53 |
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Match abandoned after 58 minutes at Vallia Way. Serious injury to Pirates player. Now conscious and talking, off to hospital. No other ambulance cover available.
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The Blues
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 16:57 |
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Blues (5) 49-24 (1) Nottingham
Nottinghams had more of the ball 2nd half and deserved the point. Blues weren’t great 2nd half but the damage was done in the first and also Nottingham played their part.
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Abbotsman
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 17:12 |
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Hartpury deservedly win it with final kick conversion. Scottish Nil points second half. Key point in game for me - midway through second half, Pury still adrift Scottish get kickable penalty went for quick tap & go then lost the ball. Great comeback Pury.
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castleparknight
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 17:15 |
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Ealing vs Pirates game called off following a serious player injury - I hope and wish that he recovers soon
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Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!
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gerg_861
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 18:04 |
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From Ealing Twitter: Ealing Trailfinders can confirm that today’s fixture against Cornish Pirates has been abandoned. This is due to an injury to Cornish Pirates’ Ben Grubb, our thoughts are with him, his family and Cornish Pirates at this time. We hope he makes a speedy recovery. The rearranged fixture will be announced in due course. Edited by gerg_861 - 16 Dec 2023 at 18:04 |
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MarkyMark
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 18:38 |
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Sounds awful, hope he’s ok? What happened?
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The Blues
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 18:41 |
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Wondered if it would stand or not, as usually it is 60 mins, but didn’t quite get there.
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Geoff DC
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 18:44 |
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The red Card should be validated for the rearranged fixture
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MarkyMark
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 19:10 |
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Sorry meant… how did he hurt himself?
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Sedge Tiger
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 19:11 |
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I think the whole rugby community as one will be wishing Ben a very speedy recovery. Without doubt all our thoughts are with him and his family at this time. All the best ST
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Give him one with handles on
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Camquin
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 19:15 |
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What ST said. |
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oneagainstthehead
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 19:46 |
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It was a head contact in the tackle. Couldn’t see which part of tackler made contact with the head.Ball carrier was much taller than the tackler but was falling into the tackle. Ref immediately blew for a penalty but I don’t recall seeing a card - everyone’s attention was elsewhere.
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tigerburnie
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 22:25 |
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This was posted on the Northampton Saints forum, no idea where they got the info from, but sounds good news
Pirates “ Positive news, as Ben Grubb has been discharged from hospital following tests and scans coming back clear. Ben is on his way back to Cornwall and will continue his rehab at the club next week. Ben would also like to pass on his thanks for all the well wishes.”
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Bluesman11
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 23:01 |
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The information on the saints forum came from a statement on the Pirates website. The same statement also said that the Ealing player would’ve been red carded if the game had been restarted. It also mentions that when a game is abandoned due to non weather conditions, the decision will be made by the RFU as to outcome/rearrangement. Suspect it will be rearranged, but given pirates were only 12 points down away at Ealing and would’ve had an extra player for the final 20, suspect the rearrangement works to Ealing’s favour more than Pirates. I gather the abandonment was due to the lack of ambulance after the Pirates player was taking to hospital. I’m not sure what the requirements are for this, I would’ve thought clubs should be expected to be more prepared for this eventuality.
Going on to the Bedford game, I’m not sure there’s any clubs other than Ealing that will be able to live with us this season in dry weather conditions. This is the slickest Bedford team I’ve seen since the season we had Karl Dickson and Billy Twelvetrees pulling the strings from half back. Our pack is also much improved that we shouldn’t be a pushover anymore in wet conditions. Hope the weather is as dry for the Caldy rearrangement for the game that never was. Forecast for Ampthill away next week is not great so that could be a true test for this team’s potential. We have also been pretty lucky with injuries so far this season and I do think if a few key players got injured, we wouldn’t be able to maintain this level. Edited by Bluesman11 - 16 Dec 2023 at 23:09 |
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The Blues
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Posted: 16 Dec 2023 at 23:41 |
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I agree there is no weak link in the Blues squad this season. The young Saints have to be very good players to make the 23 weekend squad. Other seasons we’ve had some squad fillers. Also Le Bourgeois has found his attacking skills again after a quieter season last year.
I did think the Nottingham 15 looks good and we kept the other Nottingham speedsters quiet. I saw a stat that Blues averaged 38.9 points a game! The real test will be the away games in the muddy conditions but 100% away record (1 win at Pirates) isn’t a bad start.
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Posted: 17 Dec 2023 at 08:25 |
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