2nd Week
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Topic: 2nd Week
Posted By: The Blues
Subject: 2nd Week
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 00:31
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Bit early but as I was looking who was playing whom next week We will find out a lot more about Chinnor against Ampthill, which is always a tricky place to play. Ealing have a tough test at Pirates. Whereas at the other end Caldy v Cambridge is a big one. Friday Pirates v Ealing Trailfinders Saturday Doncaster Knights v Nottingham Hartpury v Scottish Ampthill v Chinnor Caldy v Cambridge Coventry v Blues |
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Posted By: *Stalwart
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 10:45
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Friday Pirates 1 Ealing Trailfinders 5 Saturday Doncaster Knights 5 Nottingham 1 Hartpury 4 Scottish 1 Ampthill 4 Chinnor 1 Caldy 4 Cambridge 1 Coventry 4 Blues 1 ------------- *Stalwart |
Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 10:59
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Friday Pirates 1-5 Ealing Trailfinders Saturday Doncaster Knights 5-0 Nottingham Hartpury5-0 Scottish Ampthill 1-5 Chinnor Caldy 5-1 Cambridge Coventry 5-1 Blues
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Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 12:48
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Friday Pirates 1-5 Ealing Trailfinders Saturday Doncaster Knights 5-0 Nottingham Hartpury 5-1 Scottish Ampthill 1-5 Chinnor Caldy 5-0 Cambridge Coventry 5-1 Blues
------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 15:57
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Friday
Pirates 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders Saturday Doncaster Knights 5-0 Nottingham Hartpury 1-5 Scottish Ampthill 1-5 Chinnor Caldy 5-1 Cambridge Coventry 5-2 Blues With apologies to the teams I have just jinxed.
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2024 at 19:37
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Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 07:15
I'm sure it happened recently where a team as got to home games at the start
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The Blues wrote:Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 07:46
It has but the matrix they use needs changing, there is no reason for it and I have never understood why you play the first game and last game of the season against the same team!
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Posted By: renbiv
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 11:32
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Friday Pirates 2-5 Ealing Trailfinders Saturday Doncaster Knights 5-1 Nottingham Hartpury 5-0 Scottish Ampthill 4-2 Chinnor Caldy 5-1 Cambridge Coventry 5-1 Blues |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 12:25
True enough. Time it was mixed up a bit. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 13:08
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If every club had strict alternation of home and away games, the teams who were t home on the first week could never play one another. As in any week, the two teams both need to be at home, or both need to be away. As a result, every club has to have two home games and two away games at some point in the season. One club starts with two home games and one has to start with two away games. Similarly, one club has to end the season with two home games, and one ends with two away games. ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 18:05
I realise that, but the season really doesn't have to start and end like that. Biggest disappointment for Cov is the fact that there are no home games (three away) between 12/10 and 23/11. That's poor - and avoidable. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 19:11
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My guesses Pirates 1 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders Doncaster Knights 5 - 0 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 1 Scottish Ampthill 4 - 1 Chinnor Caldy 4 - 1 Cambridge Coventry 5 - 2 Blues ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 20:47
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Kimbo, at least you have games those weeks. Some of us don't. It is an artefact of there being two different competitions. But you are right, you do not need to start and finish against the same team. Indeed, the second half of the season could be in any order. In fact, you do not need to play every before playing a side twice, so if there was a good reason to have the derby matches close together, you could. ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: cheshire exile
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 21:13
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 21:45
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Chinnor and Cambridge are not in the Championship Cup. ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2024 at 22:05
Totally agree with you on the utter iniquity around the Prem Cup, but I will say that not all of the away games in that six week period are cup games. We play Caldy away in the league. Edited to add: ironically, you DO have a home game during the six week perio when Cov don't
 ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: Jezmar
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024 at 12:49
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Pirates 1 v 5 Ealing Trailfinders Doncaster Knights 5 v 0 Nottingham Hartpury 4 v 0 Scottish Ampthill 1 v 5 Chinnor Caldy 4 v 1 Cambridge Coventry 5 v 1 Blues
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Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024 at 13:12
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Chinnor have just two home games from the start of the season until December 7th. Ealing Trailfinders have 6 !! |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024 at 15:41
That's right. The RFU are notorious for their favoritism towards Ealing....or is is it that they are famous for their incompetence? One or the other.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2024 at 16:05
Definitely correct on both counts sir
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Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:57
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Friday Cornish Pirates 1 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders Saturday Doncaster Knights 5 - 0 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 2 London Scottish Ampthill 5 - 1 Chinnor Caldy 5 - 0 Cambridge Coventry 5 - 1 Bedford Blues
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Posted By: Old Gold
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024 at 11:03
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Pirates 2 - 5 Ealing Doncaster 5 - 0 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 0 Scottish Ampthill 2 - 5 Chinnor Caldy 5 - 0 Cambridge Coventry 5 - 2 Bedford
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024 at 15:31
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Posted By: greenpower
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024 at 17:50
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pirates 1 5 ealing doncaster 5 0 nottingham hartpury 5 0 scottish ampthill 5 1 chinnor caldy 5 1 cambridge coventry 5 1 bedford
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Posted By: Geoff DC
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024 at 18:51
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Pirates side for Ealing 15. Will Trewin 14 Robin Wedlake 13 Matt McNab 12 Joe Elderkin 11 Arthur Relton 10 Bruce Houston 9 Cameron Jones 1 Billy Young 2 Morgan Nelson 3 James French 4 Josh King 5 Eoin O’Connor 6 Alex Everett (captain) 7 Will Gibson 8 Hugh Bokenham Replacements: 16 Sol Moody 17 Billy Keast 18 Jay Tyack 19 Charlie Rice 20 Harry Hocking 21 Dan Hisc-cks 22 Iwan Jenkins 23 Charlie McCaig. |
Posted By: All the Way
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024 at 19:02
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Pirates 1 - 5 Ealing
Doncaster 5 - 0 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 0 Scottish Ampthill 1 - 5 Chinnor Caldy 5 - 0 Cambridge Coventry 5 - 1 Bedford
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Posted By: Nat1
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 09:26
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Pirates 1 - 5 Ealing Doncaster 5 - 0 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 0 Scottish Ampthill 5 - 2 Chinnor Caldy 5 - 1 Cambridge Coventry 5 - 2 Bedford
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 15:00
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Bedford Blues starting XV: 15. Louis James, 14. Matt Worley, 13. Michael Le Bourgeois, 12. Joel Matavesi, 11. Alfie Garside, 10. Will Maisey, 9. Alex Day (C); 1. Joey Conway, 2. James Fish, 3. Oisin Heffernan, 4. George Smith, 5. Luke Frost, 6. Fyn Brown, 7. Jac Arthur, 8. Fred Tuilagi Bedford Blues Replacements: 16. Nathan Langdon, 17. Jamie Jack, 18. Bryan O’Connor, 19. Shay Kerry, 20. Archie Benson, 21. James Lennon, 22. Toby Cousins, 23. Lucas Titherington Unavailable for selection this week: Rory Ward, Alex Woolford, Joe Howard, Cameron King, Dean Adamson, Jamie Elliott, Pat Tapley |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 16:01
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I do like the recent team announcements from Bedford, openly stating how many loans they have in the matchday squad. I think other teams including my own team Donny, should do this. 5 in this week's squad for the blues Donny playing 2 Was it a fan led idea?
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Posted By: Jezmar
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 16:46
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Confusion reigns this evening in Oxfordshire. Are Chinnor away to Saracens in the Prem cup tomorrow or are they playing Ampthill in the Championship?
My understand was that a gentleman's agreement not to include anymore than 6 DRs in match day squads was reached between clubs, which seems to have gone straight out of the window down at Ampthill with their inclusion of 9 Saracens DRs in the starting line up and another 2 on the bench. Are things really that bad down at Ampthill already, so early in the season that the inclusion of all of these DRs is on an "absolutely necessary" basis. |
Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 16:55
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I can't help thinking that Ampthill are slightly hamstrung by the Welsh SRC (Championship equivalent) being better organised than it's predecessors. This has removed a pool of players which Ampthill have done well out of in the past.
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Posted By: SoulStew
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 17:39
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Why does that mean you field 11 Dual Reg players? Is their DoR that bad he can’t sign players?
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Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 19:01
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Cornish Pirates 1 - 5 Ealing Doncaster 5 - 0 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 1 London Scottish Ampthill 5 - 1 Chinnor Caldy 4 - 1 Cambridge Coventry 5 - 0 Bedford ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 19:17
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Pirates 1 - 4 Ealing - attritional in the mud and rain Doncaster 5 - 1 Nottingham - think Nottingham will run 4 tries in Hartpury 5 - 0 Scottish - can't see Scottish getting anything here and Hartpury were running Ealing close for a while Ampthill 5 - 1 Chinnor - Try bonus for Chinnor Caldy 4 - 1 Cambridge - Caldy didn't look great last week, but should still win Coventry 5 - 2 Bedford - really wanted to say the other way but I think we are lacking a couple of players for the win. My edit was fixing spelling!
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 19:20
You are correct, I forgot to green them. Blues have done it for quite a while really.
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Posted By: Geoff DC
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 20:17
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Half time at the Mennaye: Pirates 10 Ealing 10 |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 20:42
| Pirates 17 Ealing 17 |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 20:57
| Pirates 17 Ealing 24 |
Posted By: Geoff DC
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 21:06
| Pirates 24 Ealing 24 |
Posted By: Geoff DC
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 21:17
| FT Pirates 24 Ealing 29 |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 21:20
What a finish. Pirates box kicked, and I think it would have been full-time if it had went off. Ealing then went through about five phases before the ball got spun wide to Rob Farrar, who ran the slowest final 20meters I have ever seen, and crashed over for the game winner.
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Posted By: Nat1
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2024 at 21:41
| Well done Ealing. Sign of a champion team managing to grind out the win and getting the 5 points even at the death. Toughest away day for them and will be glad to get it out the way early season. Long journey home, or will they stay over in Penzance tonight? |