Week 17

Ealing 17 (3T) - Bedford 30 (BP) - Bedford putting Ealing to the sword. Just better in every phase. 57'

Edited by gerg_861 - 13 hours 17 minutes ago at 16:18

Decent fight back from the Cov side when an absolute drubbing looked on the cards.

Nearly evened up at the death when only a pass adjudged forward denied a further Cov try.

Two points is two more than I expected.

Our City,
Our Club

10 mins to go at Ealing with a longish injury stop at the moment.

Ealing 24 (BP) - Bedford 30 (BP) - 72' Grandstand finish I hope.

Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT

Donny TBP

5 - 0

Ealing 24 Bedford 30 ft

Ealing tbp and Blues tbp

2-5

Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 FT

Pury tbp

5 - 2

Pirates 27 Caldy 24 ft

Pirates tbp

5 - 2

Amptill 38 LS 19 ft

A's TBP

5-0

Edited by KnightsBoy - 12 hours 47 minutes ago at 16:48

Blues win and fully deserved with that 2nd half.

Having swapped sides at half time to watch us run in the tries, even though Ealing had the wind with them, the sun was awkward. It looked like the Ealing player dropped the ball from 100m away. If only we hadn’t have lost a couple and we’d be pushing Ealing at the top.

Blues weren’t their expansive best but got the job done. It seems more of those profits from Trailfinders are required to beat semi-pro teams. Wink

One of the Ealing tries in the 2nd half was directly in front of me and amazingly the touch judge. The winger dropped the ball whilst trying to ground it one handed from about knee height. Still gave it though. Not sure what Ealings game plan was? A better scrum, much more powerful in the rucks and mauls, yet hardly ever did it? Peculiar

knightandday wrote:

Very amusing. Lots of Donny fans with torches on.

38-14

That was amusing, but the Announcer using the same gag 4 or 5 times during the afternoon about floodlights bored me a bit I have to say. It’s my personal opinion, but it just felt a bit unnecessary.

Overall, I thought it was a scrappy, bitty game, not helped by quite a stiff breeze. There was a lot of loose play by both sides. Despite the score, Chinnor were very competitive and if they had taken one of the number of opportunities they created in the first 20 minutes and got in front then it could have been a different game. As it was, Donny were clinical when they had to be and took the 5 points.

Edit: I knew I should have gone with my gut instinct and backed Bedford to turn over Ealing!. That was a great result for Blues.

Edited by Donnyknightfan - 7 hours 34 minutes ago at 22:01

Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire