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Originally posted by islander islander wrote:

It’ll be nice for Jersey RFC (nb not the Reds, that entity no longer exists) to be back in level 5 next season, 16 years after last making the T6-T5 jump. No official confirmation yet as to whether we’ll be in R1SC (as many are assuming).

Would it be helpful if I cleared a few things up?:
 

Hub/base for travel: this has been Southampton in recent years, using Blue Islands flights & with easy access to m3/m27. That’s how we travel, with opponents offered the opportunity to do the same (but free to use Heathrow or Gatwick if they prefer). We’ve never used Heathrow as a base (in fact you couldn’t fly direct between JER & LHR for many years until the service was re-established in 2020.)

Thank you. That is very helpful. I only assumed because when I travelled to Jersey with my club all those years ago when the Reds were at this level, we used British Airways so I thought Gatwick was considered the "base" which would have been transferred to Heathrow when they moved the flights. I think it would make sense then for you to be in SC given Marlborough are staying up and I can't imagine they'll try to force you up to Oundle and Northampton in SE or down to Cornwall in SW.

I hope Jersey have a good season next year and I hope we're in the same league.
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I am under the belief that a few clubs have withdrawn from the top tier cup league in last couple weeks - is this true and would they face any punishment for doing it so last minute 
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Originally posted by Thunderman Thunderman wrote:

I am under the belief that a few clubs have withdrawn from the top tier cup league in last couple weeks - is this true and would they face any punishment for doing it so last minute 

If its anything like last year, they just get a points deduction in the cup and get told that they won't progress to the semi-finals. Its toothless.

I recall back in the old Intermediate Cup that if you entered then pulled out then you were banned from entering the next year. It hurts to see this because I thought the cup was a really great concept but the RFU have just butchered the execution so badly. 
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Full time at Old Deer Park.

London Welsh 48 - 15 Hammersmith & Fulham.
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Congratulations to Havant on promotion. 

Well played by Horsham today. What happened?
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Horsham wanted it more and were the better team on the day we were all expecting a massive score from us but we just didn't turn up !
Maybe it was a case of the job was already done and all we had to do was lace our boots up to win but Horsham definitely  had other ideas on that and the talk fom their fans was that win kept them up in the re shuffle because a team in Yorkshire  had lost?!! So fair play to them if that's true
The double decker bus on the way back was absolutely rocking  and the celebrations carried on till the early hours, a few sore heads today I reckonCool
 What a superb season our boys have had to end up top of the pile is absolutely  brilliant so I think I'll  let them off for that blip yesterday!
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Fair play. 

You've had a fantastic season. Think I called it fairly early on! Ha.

Enjoy the summer and all the best for next season. 

Cheers Tony
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Well done Havant, happy hunting in Nat2, will miss the HSB.
Hope Horsham do stay up, got to love a Sussex Derby day 😉
Bournemouth, good club & a great weekender, hope you bounce back up next season. Seen some great rugby this season at L5, well done to all involved.
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A quick glance suggests Horsham (35pts) have best record of all the 11th-placed sides at Regional 1 level, beating Doncaster (32 in NE), Sandbach (30 in NW), Rochford 100 (29 in SE), Halesowen (18 in Mids) and Okehamp[ton (26 in SW) and therefore might be the team earning the reprieve. Fair play to them if Saturday's win did clinch it, as seems to be the case. But nothing official yet...
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Originally posted by islander islander wrote:

A quick glance suggests Horsham (35pts) have best record of all the 11th-placed sides at Regional 1 level, beating Doncaster (32 in NE), Sandbach (30 in NW), Rochford 100 (29 in SE), Halesowen (18 in Mids) and Okehamp[ton (26 in SW) and therefore might be the team earning the reprieve. Fair play to them if Saturday's win did clinch it, as seems to be the case. But nothing official yet...

That's really going to put the cat amongst the pidgeons when it comes to redrawing the leagues then! Shocked
Would that mean Marlborough heading to SW?

Well done to Horsham for pulling it out of the bag if this is so. They seem to be sure they have survived. Match Report: Horsham 21 - 19 Havant : 1st XV - Men (horshamrufc.com)


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I think a lot depends on whether Wimbledon can survive relegation on the same basis.  They're currently level on points with the 13th placed side in N2N - and it's 13th v 12th in N2E this week and 13th v 14th in N2N in the final round.
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Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

I think a lot depends on whether Wimbledon can survive relegation on the same basis.  They're currently level on points with the 13th placed side in N2N - and it's 13th v 12th in N2E this week and 13th v 14th in N2N in the final round.

It's ridiculously tight in the N2 battle:
  • Wimbledon (N2E) - 38 pts, 5 wins, -229 pts/diff. They have a tough, but winnable home game v Worthing (mid-table) but then go to Dorking who are 2nd
  • Hull Ionians (N2N) - 38 pts, 5 wins, -233 pts/diff. They are away to Otley (mid-table) & then home to bottom-placed Huddersfield on last day
I'd say the northern side stand to get more points over last two games, but very open. Weird scheduling that the national league have a gap weekend (on 20/4) just one round b4 the end of the season...
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I think the idea of the gap on the 20th is to try and ensure that teams finish their league season on the same day,
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Correct! Esher are playing Guernsey catching up on a previously-cancelled fixture. That ensures that all N2E teams end on 27th April.
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Originally posted by islander islander wrote:

Originally posted by Mark W-J Mark W-J wrote:

I think a lot depends on whether Wimbledon can survive relegation on the same basis.  They're currently level on points with the 13th placed side in N2N - and it's 13th v 12th in N2E this week and 13th v 14th in N2N in the final round.

It's ridiculously tight in the N2 battle:
  • Wimbledon (N2E) - 38 pts, 5 wins, -229 pts/diff. They have a tough, but winnable home game v Worthing (mid-table) but then go to Dorking who are 2nd
  • Hull Ionians (N2N) - 38 pts, 5 wins, -233 pts/diff. They are away to Otley (mid-table) & then home to bottom-placed Huddersfield on last day
I'd say the northern side stand to get more points over last two games, but very open. Weird scheduling that the national league have a gap weekend (on 20/4) just one round b4 the end of the season...

Wimbledon won and got 5 points, Hull lost but got a try bonus. Still too close to call I think. Its just annoying they have that gap week.
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It gets even more interesting now, because Billingham are in 12th place in N2N, four points clear of Hull Ionians. But they have the same number of points as Wimbledon, and their points difference is nine better. Ionians face the bottom team on the final day, whereas Billingham entertain Rotherham who, after Leeds' shock defeat today, could be promoted. So (bear with me...) if Ionians pick up five points, Billingham need to either better Wimbledon's result v Dorking or ensure that their losing margin is no more than nine points worse than Wimbledon's losing margin.

At least, I think that's right...
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