Week 18

pen 15 wrote: And what a fine lunch it was, The finest sparkling wines and champers ,full bodied reds and some very nice Single malt to finish.Food prepared by his much younger wife would stack up against any fine eatery in the country.,topped off by the exellent company of members of The Executive Travel Club.Must of lost your invite in the post

No 7 wrote: corporalcarrot wrote: gerg_861 wrote: I thought Ealing played extremely well yesterday, especially considering their injury list being a mile long.  Clubs tend to be overly secretive on player injuries but I for one hope to see Smid & Tizzano back for the run in which is building nicely to hopefully a decider at St Peter in late April sunshine with both teams having fully fit squads to select from. I'll be there anyway but it will surely be streamed so other clubs can follow it. Craig Willis went off injured with a shoulder injury. Shingler the number two fly half is also injured. I would say that Craig is the number one key player in Ealing squad. The third choice is Lancaster and in my opinion would not make most Championship teams. David Johnston  ' utility ' player is also injured and he can play flyhalf and again in my opinion is a better option than Bomber Lancaster. The game at Jersey will be finely balanced between the top two teams but who plays flyhalf for Ealing will be critical. It could have a telling effect on Saturdays game at Bedford Blues.

The game at Bedford is huge. Should Ealing win, then they will be very confident going into the last few games knowing that Jersey have to go to Doncaster and Bedford before the two teams meet. Should Jersey falter, then Bedford could be champions before the showdown in Jersey.
However, should Bedford win, then the door is ajar and I can see Jersey crashing through it despite the tough games to come.
Exciting finish to the season in store at top and bottom. Just a shame that there are no play offs!!

Big Eddie wrote: seagoon wrote: We haven't had The Rugby Paper, today  It must have missed the train up to the NW  Big Eddie's match report might have been a bit understated due to him having consumed more than his fair share of alcohol at the pre-match lunch  The Ravers gave their all (as usual) McQuins had so much pace in the backs 'The Bank' was very pleased when Louis Lynah was replaced off the bench , after around 60 mins I have to wonder whether the RFU will decide on how many (if any) clubs are going to be relegated, before the final round of matches  Seagoon, I think you have confused two distinct personnas. My name is Eddie and the chap who writes the tosh in The Rugby Paper is called John. Couldn't be clearer. I did talk to John's wife who informed me that she went into his office at about 7.30 pm on Saturday evening and saw him slumped over his laptop for all purposes dead to the world. It must have been a frightning sight apparently made worse by the significant number of peanuts coated in a disgusting frothing and bubbling residue which caked most of his unkempt stubble. The good lady told me she thought it unlikely that any sensible report on the game could have been written by the Huckleberryly Pear who for most of the afternoon had been all over the Paton Field Stadium like a mad woman's p**s. Having now read the report in The Rugby Paper I thought the chap must have held it together slighly better than he had any right to.

gerg_861 wrote: Ealing 50 (BP) - Pirates 12 (2T) - FT. Bodilly breaks theough for score at the death. Ealing did a great job of playing to the conditions in a gusty wind. Pirates got on Sir's bad side, and didn't get any breaks.