Nat1 next season
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Topic: Nat1 next season
Posted By: FlyingRuck
Subject: Nat1 next season
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2025 at 10:33
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We all know what a cracking league Nat1 is so what are people's expectations for next season? Winner? Relegated? Surprise package etc... ------------- See you further on up the road |
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2025 at 10:43
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Rams to do well but come up just short end up fourth. Rosslyn Park to look good but finish second and lose the play-offs. No idea who will win, though. And relegation is just as confusing. ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: tigerburnie
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2025 at 12:01
| It would seem a few sides have had some quite large changes in personnel, Leicester Lions had nine players and coaching staff leave, mostly retiring and it looks like a fair number of young players recruited, mostly from the BUCS competition, so not really able to make many predictions yet. |
Posted By: Rothman2
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2025 at 12:18
| No pressure but Roth have assembled a terrific squad. |
Posted By: Rothman2
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2025 at 13:09
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The major problem for whoever finishes second is the time delay between the respective dates the Championship and Nat 1 finish the regular season. The final games in Nat 1 are on April 25th whereas the Championship is 9th May which means it will at least 3 weeks between the end of the Nat 1 regular season and the play off. Also, could someone enlighten me as to whether the play off is over 2 legs or 1, in which case it would presumably be on the home ground of the Championship team?
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Posted By: Rabbie Burns
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2025 at 14:09
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Plus what rules are they going to play, but that depends on the ref as half the time the laws just get in the way 😂😂 ------------- So many Christians not enough Lions |
Posted By: workerbee
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2025 at 17:29
| And remember the team finishing 2nd Will have to satisfy Champ Criteria to get promoted , not sure how that impacts the play off if they do not? |
Posted By: JZSmith
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2025 at 11:34
It will probably depend on whether there are any other failed clubs who walked away from their debts who re-start and the RFU want in the Chump at the expense of decent clubs.
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workerbee wrote:Posted By: tigerburnie
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2025 at 14:56
| The rules laid out by the RFU stated that if Wasps or London Irish wanted into level two it had to be this season, if they try to join next season it would have to be into Nat 1 in level three, according to their rules that is.................................a pig just flew past my window..........................wow |