1st Feb 2025

Sarries 22 Ealing 43

Sarries 29 (BP) - Ealing 50 (BP) - FT

Edited by gerg_861 - 01 Feb 2025 at 17:11

Absolute nonsense. The referee (and his assistants) would have made their decisions based on what was happening in front of them at the time. As far as I'm aware there is no TMO capability at the Paton Field Stadium (in part due to the fact their is no compliance with MSC on The Wirral). Caldy were beaten and beaten well by a superior team, let's not sulk and blame the officials, it's embarrassing. Enjoy the enhanced takings on the gate and move on (to National 1). 

quite right rothman 2  caldy are a great community club and deserve to be were they are  there,s no place for comments like that on this forum  and especially from those that dont give their names or club  and just seem to spout off sh-t  

The referee officiated well and was one of the best Caldy have had at Paton Field.Discussion after the game re two tries where a knock on was missed and a potentially illegal move for Sales final score. The referee acknowledged that the team may have missed something and I understand that he graciously agreed to review the footage later. My point was not sour grapes it was just to demonstrate the close nature of the game. Caldy played ever so well against a strong full time Premiership club 

Edited by Big Eddie - 01 Feb 2025 at 20:24

To be honest I expected Sale to win and I was not one bit disappointed in any way that Caldy lost I was just hugely pleased that a Caldy match day squad that included 6 young players that have only played a few 1st xv games and stepped up from the 2nd xv could stay in the arm wrestle for 80 minutes. It was a good day at Paton Field 

greenpower wrote: quite right rothman 2  caldy are a great community club and deserve to be were they are  there,s no place for comments like that on this forum  and especially from those that dont give their names or club  and just seem to spout off sh-t

islander wrote: Bedford gave one of the better accounts of themselves in this round today at Bath, got close at one stage but ended 43-26 FT. Not official, but I think that means the group winners are Falcons, Cov, Ealing, Bath and Exeter, with the 3 best runners-up (so qualifying for QFs) being Quins, Brizz and Sale...

Blues, put in a good attacking performance, scoring some decent tries. Lineout probably cost them the game though, as it must have been about 33% success at best.