Round 12 - we start the reverse fixtures
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Topic: Round 12 - we start the reverse fixtures
Posted By: The Blues
Subject: Round 12 - we start the reverse fixtures
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2025 at 22:06
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Friday Bedford Blues v Coventry
Nottingham v Doncaster Knights Saturday Cambridge v Caldy London Scottish v Hartpury Chinnor v Ampthill Ealing Trailfinders v Pirates |
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Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2025 at 23:41
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Friday
Bedford Blues 1-5 Coventry
Nottingham 1-4 Doncaster Knights Saturday Cambridge 4-1 Caldy London Scottish 0-5 Hartpury Chinnor 4-1 Ampthill Ealing Trailfinders 5-0 Pirates |
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2025 at 23:45
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I am sure it is a portent of the end of the world if this board predicts a Cambridge win. It is a crunch match and I look forward to meeting Big Eddie again. ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: Jezmar
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025 at 07:16
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Friday Bedford Blues 5-1 Coventry
Nottingham 4-1 Doncaster Knights Saturday Cambridge 1-5 Caldy London Scottish 0-5 Hartpury Chinnor 4-0 Ampthill Ealing Trailfinders 5-0 Pirates |
Posted By: GednyBlues15
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:45
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Bedford Blues 5-2 Coventry Nottingham 1-4 Doncaster Cambridge 4-1 Caldy Scottish 0-5 Hartpury Chinnor 4-1 Ampthill Ealing 5-1 Pirates
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Posted By: Stalwart*
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:52
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Bedford Blues 4-1 Coventry Nottingham 4-1 Doncaster Cambridge 4-1 Caldy Scottish 1-4 Hartpury Chinnor 4-1 Ampthill Ealing 5-0 Pirates ------------- Pirate |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:31
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Bedford Blues 0-5 Coventry Nottingham 1-4 Doncaster Knight Cambridge 0-4 Caldy (as instructed) London Scottish 1-5 Hartpury Chinnor 4-0 Ampthill Ealing Trailfinders 5-0 Pirates ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Big Eddie
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025 at 16:29
I am looking forward to it Camquin ------------- ''The future isn't what it used to be'' |
Camquin wrote:Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025 at 22:44
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Friday Bedford Blues 5-2 Coventry - Blues have been poor against Coventry in recent years, but I think will edge a high scoring match.
Nottingham 2-5 Doncaster Knights - another high scoring game, which could go the other way Saturday Cambridge 2-5 Caldy - Caldy had a good win last week, Cambridge still struggling but could also see this going the other way London Scottish 5-2 Hartpury - going for a shock Scottish win, although wouldn’t be surprised if Hartpury won Chinnor 2-5 Ampthill - although they’ll be without the Sarries hooker if they have 10 players they may edge it Ealing Trailfinders 5-0 Pirates - can’t see pirates getting an upset |
Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 12:55
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Bedford 2-5 Coventry Nottingham 5-1 Doncaster Cambridge 4-1 Caldy Scottish 4-0 Hartpury Chinnor 4-1 Ampthill Ealing 5-0 Pirates |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 15:16
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Ealing vs. Pirates to be streamed on YouTube for free. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ouY_pjV-HSg" rel="nofollow - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ouY_pjV-HSg
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Posted By: Nat1
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 17:47
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Bedford Blues 5-2 Coventry Nottingham 1-4 Doncaster Cambridge 4-1 Caldy Scottish 1-5 Hartpury Chinnor 4-1 Ampthill Ealing 5-1 Pirates
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Posted By: Trailfinder
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 20:21
I presume this is because the PWR game against Bristol immediately precedes the Pirates game. I’ve seen quite a few of the women’s games are streamed, shame the same coverage cannot be provided more regularly for the Champ.
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Posted By: Stalwart*
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025 at 21:18
Agreed, but clubs can do this if they wish. Pirates stream every home game (except Prem Cup which is not allowed). ------------- Pirate |
Posted By: Trailfinder
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 10:39
Yep agreed and Pirates do a great job at this. If you look at the PWR YouTube channel though the highlights coverage is a high standard and many of the games are streamed (plus TNT have a regular/weekly? Live game as well) all on the same channel. Alas no such Champ channel exists (maybe under Prem 2 though?). Whilst many of the stadiums are majority empty (and The Champ can hardly quibble on this point), the viewing ‘experience’ is decent and I think justifies to a certain extent the need to enhance facilities in the Champ to increase the appeal. In many ways the atmosphere is just as important as the play on the pitch. Believe me Ealing are not immune to this criticism, I have seen great games in a flat atmosphere which is a real shame. |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025 at 23:18
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At least we get a few mins highlights here every week https://x.com/Champrugby/status/1880887923353981379 Off this channel https://x.com/Champrugby?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow - Championship Rugby (@Champrugby) / X
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2025 at 06:50
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My Guesses: Bedford Blues 5-2 Coventry This could be a reverse score quite easily but Bedford at home are very strong Nottingham 1-4 Doncaster Probably more wishful thinking on my behalf Cambridge 1-4 Caldy Hard to call but Caldy happy after a win Scottish 4-1 Hartpury Don't know so going home win Chinnor 4-1 Ampthill Chinnor have bedded in nicely but Ampthill could just as easy take the points Ealing 5-0 Pirates Much as I would like Pirates to do the number Ealing are strong ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2025 at 14:48
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Surprised there is no Tuilagi for Blues and potentially Worley in the 23. 15. Louis James, 14. Alfie Garside, 13. Michael Le Bourgeois, 12. Joel Matavesi, 11. Dean Adamson, 10. Will Maisey, 9. Alex Day (C); 1. Jamie Jack, 2. Tommy Herman, 3. Oisin Heffernan, 4. Luke Frost, 5. Alex Woolford, 6. Fyn Brown, 7. Joe Howard, 8. Cameron King 16. James Fish, 17. Joey Conway, 18. Austin Hay, 19. George Smith, 20. Rory Ward, 21. Jac Arthur, 22. James Lennon, 23. Lucas Titherington Shay Kerry, Jamie Elliott, Pat Tapley https://bedfordrugby.co.uk/tickets" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: Old Gold
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2025 at 15:28
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Bedford Blues 5 - 2 Coventry Nottingham 4 - 1 Doncaster Cambridge 4 - 1 Caldy Scottish 5 - 2 Hartpury Chinnor 4 - 1 Ampthill Ealing 5 - 0 Pirates
------------- #AClubForLife💛❤️🖤 |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2025 at 16:09
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Bedford 4-1 Coventry Nottingham 5-1 Doncaster Cambridge 4-1 Caldy Scottish 1-4 Hartpury Chinnor 5-1 Ampthill Ealing 5-1 Pirates |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 12:24
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Ealing Trailfinders to face Cornish Pirates: I'm not going to lie, I'm not the biggest fan of this side. I'd like to see some halfback pairing consistency, for example whey not let Craig and Craig have another run out together? I also would rather see Corndog at 16 than Cam, and Biyi Alo starting over George Davis. Also, I wonder what has happened to Tom Collins? Finally, concerned not to see Rayn Smid in the side at all, as he brings a lot of leadership.
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Posted By: All the Way
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 13:00
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Bedford Blues 2-5 Coventry Nottingham 1-4 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 4-0 Caldy London Scottish 1-5 Hartpury Chinnor 4-1 Ampthill Ealing Trailfinders 5-0 Pirates
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Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 13:18
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Here is the Ampthill side to play Chinnor tomorrow. I make it 11 changes from the side that started last week against Bedford, and just two Saracens in the matchday squad ( Sylvester and Merritt ) https://x.com/AmpthillRufc/status/1882760007244005833/photo/1" rel="nofollow - https://x.com/AmpthillRufc/status/1882760007244005833/photo/1 Here is the Chinnor side. Four changes from last week, with Worboys and Slevin both returning https://x.com/ChinnorRFCThame/status/1882757858909172021/photo/1" rel="nofollow - https://x.com/ChinnorRFCThame/status/1882757858909172021/photo/1
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Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 14:16
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Bedford Blues 2 - 5 Coventry
Nottingham 1 - 4 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 5 - 1 Caldy London Scottish 5 - 2 Hartpury Chinnor 5 - 1 Ampthill Ealing 5 - 0 Cornish Pirates ------------- For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two. |
Posted By: Stalwart*
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 14:17
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Pirates are really struggling at the moment with 15 players unavailable. A lot of injuries along with loanees from Ealing and Chiefs not available for selection. Away at Ealing is as tough as it gets, so I'm afraid it looks like a damage limitation exercise. ------------- Pirate |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 14:42
Where do the 11 new players come from? Surely it's dispiriting for a player to sit on the touchlines until there's a shortage of DR players or is this the lot of the modern player? Did the DR packed team suffer against Bedford because they didn't know each other and their team mates? It seems strange to an old fogey such as I who played in the 70s  ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 14:58
Sorry, my mistake, just the 10 changes for Ampthill. It looks like the 10 changes are made up of 5 players who were subs last week, 3 of the non playing traveling reserves, one new Saracen and an Ampthill player not involved last week. The Ampthill subs are made up of 5 of the non playing traveling reserves, two subs from last week, and one player dropped from the starting XV |
Posted By: greenpower
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 15:04
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bedford 5 1 coventry nottingham 5 1 doncaster cambridge 5 1 caldy scottish 1 4 hartpury chinnor 4 1 ampthill ealing 5 0 pirates
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 18:42
I saw a lot of the other players at half time. They were walking all looking very unimpressed that they had to go watch a game which they’d probably have preferred to be playing or had the Saturday off instead of watching young Sarries!
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Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 19:18
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Bedford 5 - 2 Coventry - Bedford to reverse the recent trend of this fixture - should be a cracking game. Nottingham 4 - 1 Doncaster - Donny will probably win this now I’ve backed against them but Nottingham have been the better team this season and were comfortably the better team in the reverse fixture. Cambridge 1 - 4 Caldy - This is a huge fixture but Caldy are in the better form and will nick it. London Scottish 2 - 5 Hartpury - will be a good game but Hartpury to just do enough. Chinnor 5 - 0 Ampthill - Chinnor have proven to be a real handful at home. Ealing 5 - 0 Cornish Pirates - Can’t see much in this for Pirates - could be a long old day at the office if Ealing get going. ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 20:34
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HT Blues (1 try) 8-7 (1 try) Coventry Blues go down the slope 2nd half. A good try and bad tacking for Coventry within 40 seconds but Blues starved Coventry of the ball. Coventry’s defence is up quick and offside but being allowed to be so their back are on ours before they even get the ball. Whether Coventry will tire in the 2nd half having been very aggressive in defence, Blues will be hoping.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 20:35
| HT Nottingham 19-15 Knights |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 20:59
| Been a red card for Cov, 2nd yellow I believe |
Posted By: Kernowd
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 21:14
| Now Notts 31-18 Donny |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 21:27
| Blues (5) 27-23 (1) Coventry |
Posted By: Kernowd
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 21:28
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Full time: Notts 43-18 Donny
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 21:29
That's a battering for us
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025 at 21:34
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The Coventry red was for 2 yellows for the hooker. Killing the ball in a ruck 5m out and bringing down the maul.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 01:35
| That was an impressive victory for Nottingham! |
Posted By: Big Eddie
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 07:45
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On the way to Cambridge a 6.30 start is so much easier in the Spring ------------- ''The future isn't what it used to be'' |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 08:40
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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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 09:19
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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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 09:54
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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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:20
| Ealing 21(3T) - Pirates 7 (1t) - 20' Ealing has shown a lot of power so far. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:43
| Ealing 49 (BP) - Pirates 14 (2T) - HT- Ealing ball speed has been phenomenal. |
Posted By: oneagainstthehead
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:44
Carnage at Vallis Way approaching HT Ealing 49(7T) - 12(2T) Pirates ------------- Speak softly, but carry a big stick. |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:49
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FT Cambridge 27 Caldy 41 (1-5) ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 16:38
| Ealing 70 (BP) - Pirates 24 (BP) - Ealing subbed everyone early on in the half. Much sloppier. Getting cooler. 71' |
Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 16:43
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FT - London Scottish 39 Hartpury 14. ------------- For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 16:49
| Ealing 84 - Pirates 29 - FT |
Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 17:09
Wowzers… Didn’t quite expect that margin. ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
Posted By: Baggins
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 17:24
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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 ------------- Propping up the board |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 17:30
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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Posted By: MarkyMark
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 17:42
| Perhaps as Ampthill more of their own players than a load of strangers they might do better |
Posted By: Baggins
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 17:58
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. ------------- Propping up the board |
Posted By: seagoon
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 18:27
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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  ------------- Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana |
Posted By: MarkyMark
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 18:47
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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 |
Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2025 at 21:27
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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 https://fatbearssportingdiaries.blogspot.com/2025/01/chinnor-19-32-ampthill-att-1255-202425.html" rel="nofollow - https://fatbearssportingdiaries.blogspot.com/2025/01/chinnor-19-32-ampthill-att-1255-202425.html
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