Round 8

My Guesses:

Ampthill 1 vs 5 Bedford

Caldy 1 vs 5 Doncaster

Cornish Pirates 4 vs 1 Hartpury

London Scottish 5 vs Cambridge 0

Coventry 5 vs 1 Nottingham

And a Merry Christmas to all

Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!

Ampthill 1 - 5 Bedford

Caldy 1 - 5 Doncaster

Cornish Pirates 5 - 1 Hartpury

London Scottish 5 - 1 Cambridge

Coventry 2 - 5 Nottingham

For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two.

Ampthill 1 - 5 Bedford

Caldy 1 - 5 Doncaster

Cornish Pirates 5 - 2 Hartpury

Coventry 5 - 2 Nottingham

London Scottish 5 - 0 Cambridge

May your seasonal sprouts rest gently in your digestive system.

Edited by Old Gold - 20 Dec 2023 at 09:17

One Club

Ampthill 2-5 Bedford
Caldy 2-5 Doncaster
Pirates 5-2 Hartpury
L Scottish 5-1 Cambridge
Coventry 5-2 Nottingham

Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

gerg_861 wrote:

Quins B to beat Cambridge Handily.

.... and this encapsulates all that is wrong with the game

"My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts."

London Scottish 5 vs Cambridge 0 - Quins B to beat Cambridge Handily.
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I noticed that you failed to refer to mentioning the Quins B derogatory term when LS beat Ealing a few weeks back.

Just looking at the Ampthill team, I didn’t realise how many Sarries players they have this season. I think it’s 7 in the starting lineup. Has this been the case all season?

Championship Prediction League Winner 11/12

'Scottish Bashing' aside (boring and repetitive)...
I was chatting to a senior committee member of the Pirates Staff that came to the RAG earlier in the season. Smashing old fellow.
He discussed how he "wished he had his own players" as opposed to DRs/Loans etc, he never knew his starting XV (I recall him saying 14 in the squad that night ? - I have no clue where these players came from or how many were truly there - most from Chiefs one would imagine).
The point being that plenty of clubs at this level have some type of arrangements in place - however some supporters try to deny and or disguise it (unless of course you are fortunate enough to have the wealth of the trailfinders brand behind you as an example).

For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two.

Camquin wrote:

[Quote]Amazing what a team with great team spirit can achieve at minimal cost.

Yes, hopefully they will get their first win on Saturday.

LS have already won this season and great team spirit & minimal cost of putting sides out in the Championship are not exclusive to sides such as Caldy and Cambridge.

Watch Out - The Scottish Phoenix Club is on the Up!!

Seven down one to go

Exiled_Scots wrote:

The days of teams playing in the Championship being membership playing sides only are long gone.

Every team in the Championship pay their players through various hybrid payment methods to turn out their sides each match day.

Let’s not try and kid ourselves otherwise.

I don't have anything against Scottish in particular, but I do thoroughly dislike sides that turn out with scads of dual registered players on a rotating basis. I decried Hartpury when they did it a few years ago to knock Richmond down and were essentially Gloucester A, and I will continue to state my distaste for Scottish fielding sides that are more Harlequins 2nd team. That is regardless of who they play.

I'm not saying that they are doing anything that is against regulations, but I do believe that the regulations need to change. So long as we continue to see teams with less of their 'own' players than dual-reg or loanees turning out, the Bill Sweeney's of the world will have a stick to beat the Championship clubs with.