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islander 
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Great win for Blues. Twitter updates record the winning try as stemming from a 5m lineout and the scorer coming from under a pile of bodies. Presumably a rolling maul then? Guessing those are more popular at GR these days than was once the case?!
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The Blues
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Always been popular… in moderation and not as the only attacking option. 50% of our tries were from mauls!  Interestingly we didn’t use all our replacements, out tighthead played the full 80mins.
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That is quite unusual these days, it seems very fashionable to start taking front row players off from 50 to 60 minutes, even if they are still dominant.
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Ealing 21(3T) - Pirates 7 (1t) - 20' Ealing has shown a lot of power so far.
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Ealing 49 (BP) - Pirates 14 (2T) - HT- Ealing ball speed has been phenomenal.
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Carnage at Vallis Way approaching HT Ealing 49(7T) - 12(2T) Pirates
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FT Cambridge 27 Caldy 41 (1-5)
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Ealing 70 (BP) - Pirates 24 (BP) - Ealing subbed everyone early on in the half. Much sloppier. Getting cooler. 71'
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FT - London Scottish 39 Hartpury 14.
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Ealing 84 - Pirates 29 - FT
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Wowzers… Didn’t quite expect that margin.
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Baggins
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Chinnor 19 Ampthill 32 FT 0-5
Bit of a turn up Wish I could have been there as Thame is closer to where I live now than Ampthill but I am overseas. Hopefully Ampthill are going to do their coming good in the second half of the season thing for another year
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I understood from Pirates fans that they had a raft of injuries, 3 loan players from Ealing were unavailable, and Exeter recalled some players. That meant that they were starting some players from Redruth and other local lads.
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MarkyMark
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Perhaps as Ampthill more of their own players than a load of strangers they might do better
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Baggins
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It always seems to take them a long time to settle on their best team, but they usually finish strongly enough to be comfortably mid table. |
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Great win for the Ravers, although match was much closer than the scoreline reflects
all achieved without the 3 DR players from Sale who all featured in the victory over Nottingham last week 2nd XV players stepped up to the mark  I'm fairly sure that it will be one very happy coach trip home
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MarkyMark
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[QUOTE=Baggins][QUOTE=MarkyMark]Perhaps as Ampthill more of their own players than a load of strangers they might do better
It always seems to take them a long time to settle on their best team, but they usually finish strongly enough to be comfortably mid table. Against Bedford last week they didn’t know who they were playing with. Perhaps their own players moving forwards |
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Ampthill had a very simple game plan today. Kick, kick and kick again and wait for mistakes. They scored two interception tries in a three minute spell, scored at the end when a kick was allowed to bounce and the winger gathered to score, and a penalty try from a lineout/rolling maul They defended very well and forced Chinnor into numerous errors. They did seem very pumped up for the game, perhaps determined to show the baby Sarries are not needed ? Attached is the full report for anyone interested
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