Championship - Round 10

Falcons apparently had 3 players in the bin at one point

Kimbo wrote: Hartpury(2t) 23-20 Cov (3t) Last second penalty wins it again. Very poor day again from Cov.

Bit late but cracking game at Lady Bay last night. Had Nottingham pushed a bit harder we could have won. Falcons discipline terrible (down to 12 men at one point, I’m sure even Mr Mark Smith can’t disagree with the lack of discipline shown by the Falcons) and as for Dean Richard’s remarks that the pitch and floodlights were terrible- I was talking to one of the players last night who has played for both clubs and he said the pitch held out well. Falcons fans complaining that against such ‘terrible opposition’ the score should have been so much more but Nottingham were very good last night. Very proud of the lads and the sterling effort they put in. 

Edited by maire23 - 25 Jan 2020 at 17:10

Sort of agree with Brizzer, but I'd have far less sympathy for Leeds - most of the Leeds backs looked under age, just as well they weren't on the beer after the game.  

corporalcarrot wrote: Ampthill 5-2 Doncaster should be a brilliant match going either way and lots of tries

CC - Please can you pick my lottery numbers for Tuesday 

Westcoaster wrote: What I can't fathom is the Reds' back five selection in the scrum. All are flankers not specialists, so we have no genuine locks and no specialist number 8 being picked; Why ? And we have at least two proper locks sitting at home. Is Alex Thompson out injured - not been seen since about October ?  I guess a flanker is easier to lift in the line out, but against Pirates on the 18thwhen chasing the seven points which could have won us the game, albeit against the run of play, it was unforgivable to see our attacking maul shoved straight into touch when 15 yards out from Pirates line in the scoreboard corner. Two years ago, the Captain was Pierce Philips who went on to the Premiership. He lent both ballast and presence in a dominant pack.

Brilliant post mate. The policy of selecting a back five who work as an enlarged back row has real advantages in winning turnover ball at the tackle/breakdown but the downside really shows in the set scrum particularly on the loose head side. The first half hour of the away match at Ealing or the recent home game against Pirates really showed that the policy leaves Jersey really vulnerable when the opposition pick powerful scrummaging locks and target the weakness. Charlie Beckett is a cracking scrummaging lock but size and kgs really matters in the set scrum particularly when the scrum half doesn't recognise the need to get the ball out and away quickly.

There'll hopefully be a Q&A session in Jersey in the coming weeks so supporters can ask Harvey about selection. But the perception that small/light/athletic back 5 players are being picked ahead of large hulking specialist locks isn't that clear-cut. The 5 players in that position are all within 8kg/1 stone of each other. Charlie Beckett has played regularly and is 120kg, the heaviest of the 5. Rory Bartle is the lightest at 112kg and the other regular has been Kyle Hatherell, 114kg. All the above are 6' 4". The two who haven't played much are not significantly heavier - Liam Hallam-Eames and Alex Thompson both 116kg. They're both a couple of inches taller, but don't think that's a significant factor given that lineout jumpers are lifted. Thompson spent time on loan in Nat 1 before Christmas.

Dan Gleebles wrote: Pirates 12-10 up at HT.

Just about to post that!

Well done to the BLUUUES!!!! Well done to Dan Temm as MoM,  Well done to The Followers and all who travelled to support the BLUUUES.  Sorry I was unable to go this year, but next.....................!