Round 11
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Topic: Round 11
Posted By: Old Gold
Subject: Round 11
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2024 at 13:20
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Bedford 5 - 2 Scottish Cambridge 1 - 4 Caldy Coventry 5 - 1 Pirates Ealing 5 - 1 Doncaster Hartpury 4 - 1 Ampthill ------------- One Club |
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Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2024 at 15:30
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Bedford 5 - 1 Scottish
Cambridge 2 - 5 Caldy Coventry 5 - 1 Pirates Ealing 5 - 1 Doncaster Hartpury 5- 0 Ampthill
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Posted By: greenpower
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2024 at 20:39
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bedford 5 0 scottish cambridge 4 1 caldy coventry 5 0 pirates ealing 5 0 doncaster hartpury 4 1 ampthill
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Posted By: *Stalwart
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2024 at 21:04
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Bedford 4 - 0 Scottish Cambridge 1 - 4 Caldy Coventry 4 - 1 Pirates Ealing 5 - 1 Doncaster Hartpury 4 - 1 Ampthill ------------- *Stalwart |
Posted By: Cherub
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2024 at 15:32
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Bedford 5-0 London Scottish. A good Friday night crowd should see the Blues home. Cambridge 5-2 Caldy. Cambridge are getting better and Caldy had a surprisingly heavy loss at home last week. Coventry 2-5 Cornish Pirates. Coventry blow hot and cold and the Pirates seem fairly consistent to me. Ealing 5-1 Doncaster. Doncaster had a good home win last week but they have been struggling lately. Hartpury 2-5 Ampthill. There have been some cracking, high-scoring games between these two sides, and I only go for the As because I support them. ------------- Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2024 at 15:46
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My guesses: Bedford 5 - 2 Scottish Cambridge 1 - 5 Caldy Coventry 5 - 1 Pirates Ealing 5 - 2 Doncaster Hartpury 4 - 1 Ampthill ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2024 at 15:49
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Bedford 5 - 2 Scottish Cambridge 4 - 1 Caldy Coventry 5 - 1 Pirates Ealing 5 - 2 Doncaster Hartpury 1 - 4 Ampthil |
Posted By: All the Way
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:01
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Bedford 5 - 1 Scottish Cambridge 1 - 4 Caldy Coventry 5 - 0 Pirates Ealing 5 - 1 Doncaster Hartpury 4 - 1 Ampthill |
Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:38
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Bedford 5 - 2 London Scottish. Cambridge 1 - 5 Caldy. Coventry 5 - 1 Cornish Pirates. Ealing 2 - 5 Doncaster. Hartpury 4 - 1 Ampthill. ------------- 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: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:53
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:55
| Ealing's backs this week are, frankly, amazing for this level. They are the first pick at every position in my opinion. The forwards are strong, but I'd prefer Kyle Whyte starting. I feel quite good about this line up. I'm buzzing for this match. |
Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 14:36
| The fact Lloyd Williams is warming the bench is testament to how strong a side this is. |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 14:39
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Coventry Rugby: Wilson; Hutler, Wand, Rigg, Martin; Pellegrini, Chudley; Nairau, Poole, Nicol; Tyas, Nkwocha; Ball, Kvesic, Nayalo. Replacements: Biggs, Chilvers, Salt, Anstey, Ryan, Lane, Titherington, B Nayalo back from Army duties, and Chudley moving from the bench. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 15:03
Lloyd Williams is the better scrum half in my opinion. He seems to have a quicker service and lifts the tempo. Both are top scrum halves. ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Paul10 wrote:Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 15:57
Tough team to beat, if the Knights win this one it will be well earned ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 20:01
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Predictions: Bedford v London Scottish - Late Cambridge 4 - 1 Caldy Coventry 5 - 1 Cornish Pirates Ealing 5 - 0 Doncaster  Hartpury 5 - 1 Ampthill ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 20:32
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HT Blues (3 tries) 17-17 (2 tries) Scottish Blues go down the slope 2nd half. Blues have been quite sloppy, giving an intercept and not finishing a few opportunities but I expect them to sort it out and run in the tries in the 2nd half.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 20:52
| ATT 3307 |
Posted By: maire23
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 21:11
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To anyone interested, it’s somewhat of a rout in the friendly at the Bay between the Army and Nottingham. Nottingham are winning 47-10 with 62 mins gone.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2024 at 21:36
| Blues (5) 32-25 (1) Scottish |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2024 at 10:47
Just watched Bristol v Bath and Rich Lane ex Bedford winger was outstanding in a local Derby in front of 26,000 crowd and a 101 points scored. ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2024 at 11:08
Pity the championship doesn't help to produce one or two more players for the prem, Bull 💩 Bill might take notice
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Posted By: cheshire exile
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2024 at 11:32
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Very surprised at the lack of posts after yesterday’s matches, in particular a crowd of 4,000 at Coventry watching an incredibly tight game won by a largely crowdfunded young Pirates side. In contrast the first televised Premiership match saw a winless Falcons lose their 12th league game in succession.
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2024 at 23:42
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I had meant to post after Cambridge's win, but after a celebratory
beer at the club, I only got home just before the wife served dinner. Caldy
won the toss and took the wind. But Cambridge won the ball, and put
together a sequence of phases before scoring in the corner. But,
despite more pressure, a Cambridge infringement let Caldy kick to the
corner and set up the catch and drive, which they converted to take a
slight lead. Cambridge put together a flowing move to score a second try, only to be matched by Caldy - so the visitors went in 12-14 up. In
the second half, Cambridge looked after the ball much better, scoring
three unanswered tries. An early one by the backs, followed by two catch
and drive tries by the forwards, The
Cambridge pack was more on the referee's wavelength, I am not going to
say whether the ref was correct - that is a mug's game. Those in black
obviously would not agree. But especially
in the second half, we seemed to make fewer errors, won more penalities,
and therefore put more pressure on our opponents. And that makes rugby a
simple game. Thanks to all the Caldy faithful who came down, it is always good to talk to real rugby supporters. Caldy are a great club, who have shown you can build a competitive side organically from within. ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: Rob C
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2024 at 10:34
There seems to be a strange apathy over things of late. You could have heard a pin drop for a lot of the Cov game and there have been very few comments on any platforms since. The news that Cov are to play the England under 20 side in May has been met by one comment on our forum.
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2024 at 17:27
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It's not just a Cov forum thing. Have you checked the Bedford one? Not a single response to any posts this year so far. In general, rugby forums are dying - but that's down to those who don't respond any more. I don't think the Cov forum will be running much longer tbh, given the current lack of traffic. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: RobC
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:08
| I appreciate the work that's gone into keeping the Cov forum going but I think it can be a bit hostile at times which might put some people off posting. However, even Twitter and Facebook have been very quiet since the match. |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2024 at 19:36
Cambridge forum is via Facebook and is not an in-depth analysis or opinion gathering - tends to be a bit sweet and cuddly rather than kipper round the chops  ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2024 at 20:12
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Who has been hostile Rob? And in what way? Let me understand. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2024 at 22:54
Is that U20 fixture to make up for the Jersey match? I was disappointed that Ealing didnt line up anything. Last year we got a couple of A team games during weekdays that were good fun.
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Posted By: RobC
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2024 at 07:22
No offence meant Kimbo, it's mainly used by people who are protective of the club and not always conducive to posts that contain any criticism. That's just how I see it and so, whilst reading posts on the forum, I prefer to comment on other platforms...
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2024 at 09:13
That's slightly surprising, Rob. In all the years I've run it, I seriously don't recall, personally, rebuking anyone who has criticised the club. I have banned just the one poster (not a Cov supporter) several years ago, for serial borderline stuff that could have got both him and the site in trouble. But that's it. Anyway, as I've gone on record on there before in intending to wind it up (or at least pass it on) due to lack of engagement, perhaps it's time to do so - if your comment reflects the general feeling? How about you having a go at it? ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: Rob C
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2024 at 10:28
Read my posts back Kimbo, I'm not saying you or any moderator has rebuked anyone? Some other posters can be quite defensive where the club is concerned - perhaps with reason at times, other times not. You are doing a great job and sorry if you think anything was aimed at you. Why would my comment reflect the general feeling? It's purely my view and no I don't want to do it thanks - I'll stick to doing the other things I do for the Supporters' Club.
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Posted By: WEvans
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2024 at 11:39
I would say the Coventry forum is amongst the mildest/sanest around. You only have to go to the SportNetwork sites to see some real echo chambers where comments that disagree with those of the regular few posters are made totally unwelcome.
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2024 at 15:24
Well, those are pretty much my feelings too. I've always done my best to foster reasonable discourse (sometimes having to bite my tongue, so to speak, quite hard) while trying to maintain the lightest touch. Which is why I was somewhat surprised by Rob's assessment of the activity/perceptions of some thereon. Of course there is 'always one' (mentioning no names) on every forum, but I always considered ours quite even-handed. I'd have thrown my hand in much earlier if I'd perceived it being otherwise. ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2024 at 08:49
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One of Donny's trys against Ealing |