Championship - Round 10

Home		Away	Result	Comments
Jersey	vs	Yorkshire Carnegie	5 - 0	Home win banker
London Scottish	vs	Ealing	1 - 5	Ealing to take it but LS make them work for it
Nottingham	vs	Newcastle	0 - 5	Can only see Falcons win this
Ampthill	vs	Doncaster	2 - 5	One eyed optimism
Hartpury	vs	Coventry	1 - 4	Cov to win but Pury make it tough
Cornish Pirates	vs	Bedford	5 - 1	Pirates on a roll but Bedford buoyed by their run of wins

Jersey 5-0 Yorkshire Carnegie - Leeds put up a better than expected fight against Newcastle, but I still think that they are a ways off winning a game.
L Scottish 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders - Ealing selection (after some late changes) was actually excellent last week, and if they play a similar team, then they will win comfortably. Will be nice to see the unaging Mark Bright in action though.
Nottingham 4-1 Newcastle Falcons - Friday night at Lady Bay can be quite the trap game, and I think Newcastle stumble into it.
Ampthill 4-1 Doncaster - Ampthill are better than they looked last weekend, and should defend their home patch. Line out was much improved from earlier in the season.
Hartpury 1-4 Coventry - I think Cov just pip a low scoring match.
Cornish Pirates 4-1 Bedford - Happy to see Bedford gathering momentum, but I don't think they've ramped up enough to sink the Pirates in Penzance.

Jersey 5-0 Yorkshire Carnegie
L Scottish 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders
Nottingham 0-5 Newcastle Falcons
Ampthill 5-1 Doncaster Knights
Hartpury 4 v 1 Coventry
Cornish Pirates 5-0 Bedford

Heads up for Coventry fans not making the trip - the game is live on Sky.

Jersey 5 v Yorkshire Carnegie 0 - no sign of a Carnegie resurgence yet, home banker

Ealing Trailfinders team to play London Scottish on Friday 24th January at the Richmond Athletic Ground in Round 10 of the Greene King IPA Championship:I really like this selection, with a combination of speed and power on the wings that can open up the middle of the field. A great front three as well, and Willis/Burns is my favorite 9/10 partnership. You could argue for McKern or Casson on form, but there isn't much in it. All in all, a strong squad. Also, had confirmation that Paul Grant is still battling an injury, which has kept him out all season so far.

15 Tommy Bell 14 Elijah Niko 13 Lewis Jones 12 Pat Howard 11 Reon Joseph 10 Craig Willis 9 Jordan Burns 1 Jordan Els 2 Alun Walker 3 Elliot Millar Mills 4 Sam Dickinson 5 James Cannon 6 Kieran Murphy 7 Jordy Reid 8 Rayn Smid © 

Replacements: 

16 Matt Cornish 17 Jake Ellwood 18 George Davis 19 Ben West 20 Adam Korczyk 21 Nathan Fowles 22 Steven Shingler 23 Shane Buckley

Jersey 5 Yorkshire Carnegie 0 ... Anything less than this is a failure for the Reds. a big home win is a must.

London Scottish 0 Ealing Trailfinders 5 ... It will take a while, but I see ET breaking LS down for a scoreboard comfortable win...maybe not so comfortable on the pitch.

Nottingham 0 Newcastle Falcons 5 ... Falcons will be back to full strength for this one. Nottingham will give it a go, but 'should' be outclassed.

Hartpury University 4 Coventry 1 ... Game of attrition this one. Hartpury really difficult to beat at home and Cov not always at their best on the road. Low scoring, the odd penalty in it.

Ampthill 5 Doncaster Knights 2 ... This could be a classic. Donny will feel as though they have to/should win this and the Village will be thinking that this is one on their hit list. Lots of chucking the ball around, loads of points.

Cornish Pirates 5 Bedford Blues 0 ... Pirates are in the form of their lives (well, recent lives at least) at the moment and I think that they will prove too much for the Blues, who are on a bit of form themselves, so it should be a really good game to watch. I still think that the Pirates will out muscle them though.

Jersey 5 Yorkshire Carnegie 0
London Scottish 0 Ealing Trailfinders 5
Nottingham 0 Newcastle Falcons 5
Hartpury 1 Coventry 4
Ampthill 4 Doncaster Knights 1
Cornish Pirates 4 Bedford Blues 0

COVENTRY RUGBY TEAM TO PLAY HARTPURY
Greene King IPA Championship Round 10
Gillman’s Ground
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
Kick off 2:00pm

15 Dan Lewis; 14 Rob Knox, 13 Andy Forsyth, 12 Rory Jennings, 11 Max Trimble; 10 Will Maisey, 9 Pete White; 1 James Gibbons, 2 Scott Tolmie, 3 Gareth Denman, 4 James Voss, 5 Nile Dacres, 6 Adam Peters, 7 Ben Nutley, 8 Ryan Burrows (capt)

16 Joe Buckle, 17 Luc Jeannot, 18 Phil Boulton, 19 George Oram, 20 Senitiki Nayalo, 21 Luke Wallace, 22 Tom Kessell, 23 Tony Fenner

Quite a few changes with last week’s bench players who fought back to get a victory against London Scottish rewarded. George Oram back in the squad after a head injury in week 2

Edited by OldNick - 24 Jan 2020 at 13:14

Jersey 5-0 Yorkshire Carnegie
London Scottish 0-5 Ealing