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Championship Fixtures Rnd 8 - Event Date: 07 Jan 2020 - 14 Jan 2020 |
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Welshie7 
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 Calendar Event: Championship Fixtures Rnd 8Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 17:33 |
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Friday 10th January London Scottish Vs Bedford Blues Nottingham Vs Ealing Trailfinders Newcastle Falcons Vs Doncaster Knights Saturday 11th January Hartpury RFC Vs Jersey Reds Ampthill Vs Coventry Sunday 12th January Cornish Pirates Vs Yorkshire Carnegie Edited by Welshie7 - 07 Jan 2020 at 17:34 |
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Welshie7
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Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 17:35 |
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London Scottish 5 - 2 Bedford Blues
Nottingham 2 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders Newcastle Falcons 5 - 0 Doncaster Knights
Hartpury RFC 1 - 5 Jersey Reds Ampthill 1 - 4 Coventry
Cornish Pirates 5 - 1 Yorkshire Carnegie |
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Stalwart
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Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 18:17 |
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London Scottish 4 - 1 Bedford Blues
Nottingham 1 - 4 Ealing Trailfinders Newcastle Falcons 5 - 0 Doncaster Knights
Hartpury RFC 1 - 4 Jersey Reds Ampthill 1 - 4 Coventry
Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Yorkshire Carnegie |
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Runitback
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Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 20:33 |
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London Scottish 4 - 1 Bedford Blues - Could be tight, Blues desperate for points
Nottingham 1 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders - Quality should out Newcastle Falcons 5 - 0 Doncaster Knights - Only one winner
Hartpury RFC 4 - 1 Jersey Reds - Pury confident at home Ampthill 1 - 5 Coventry - Too much quality in Cov side.
Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Yorkshire Carnegie - Despite the return of P Davies I cant see him working his magic just yet unless he has secretly added 10 Antipodeans? There's an idea!!!!!!!!!! |
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B Cap
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Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 21:28 |
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London Scottish 5 - 0 Bedford Blues
Bedford in turmoil and can’t see Scots doing them any favours Nottingham 0 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders Ealing will be clinging on to promotion dreams. Must win Newcastle Falcons 5 - 0 Doncaster Knights No chance for Donny Hartpury RFC 5 - 1 Jersey Reds i fancy Pury backs to be the difference here Ampthill 4 - 1 Coventry Amps have learnt a lot in this league. Expect a muddy track and up the jumper stufff Cornish Pirates 5 - 1 Yorkshire Davies factor will raise Tykes game but to no avail |
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Geoff DC
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Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 22:06 |
That's raising Leeds game by an unbelievable amount to get a massive 1 point away from home (their 2nd of the season)
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Posted: 07 Jan 2020 at 23:11 |
One thing they haven’t learned is how to make the well draining chalk of Cooper’s Hill into mud. |
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Posted: 08 Jan 2020 at 08:59 |
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Championship Match Officials London Scottish vs Bedford Blues Nottingham vs Ealing Trailfinders Newcastle Falcons vs Doncaster Knights Hartpury University vs Jersey Ampthill vs Coventry Cornish Pirates vs Yorkshire Carnegie Thanks to Hartpury agreeing to a 1.30pm kick0ff there and back the same day from St Ouens. Hoping for a good contest which could go either way.
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Donnyfan
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Posted: 08 Jan 2020 at 19:29 |
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Predictions:
London Scottish 4 v 1 Bedford - I think Bedford will be better after a break but I think Scottish should win at home. Nottingham 5 v 2 Ealing - a good game this one but Ealing have struggled at Lady Bay in the last 2 seasons with, in my opinion, better sides than they have now. Notts to sneak it. Newcastle 4 v 1 Doncaster - Donny are in better shape than they've been for a while so I think they'll give Falcons a good game. in truth I'm being very optimistic in giving Donny 1 point but I just hope we do ourselves proud and compete for the full 80. Hartpury 4 v 1 Jersey - very tough one to call. Hartpury have been good at home this year and Jersey haven't hit top gear yet. Ampthill 1 v 4 Coventry - I think Coventry should eke out a narrow win here but it won't be easy. Ampthill are an improving outfit. Cornish Pirates 5 v 0 Leeds - so will we see a Phil Davies effect this weekend?. I doubt it to be honest. Carnegie may be harder to beat but I think Pirates will win with a bit to spare, maybe by 20-25 points. |
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Capt Sparrow
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Posted: 08 Jan 2020 at 19:41 |
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When we played Hartpury at home and only won 6-0 I thought they had a good defense.Looking at the league table I can see why. Only Newcastle and Pirates have a better defensive record than Hartpury.
Just an FYI for when you make your predictions.
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 09:17 |
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London Scottish 4 - 1 Bedford Blues - will be interested to see if Peter Lydon gets an immediate run out against his original English club. Scottish to pip this one at the RAG.
Nottingham 2 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders - Ealing have never won at Lady Bay, but I think that the coaching staff will have them hyped up for this one, so they won't come out of the blocks as stale as they have sometimes in the past. Could be predicting more in hope than expectation. Newcastle Falcons 5 - 0 Doncaster Knights - Newcastle have been devastating at home. Hartpury RFC 1 - 5 Jersey Reds - Reds backs to break through the stout Hartpury line. Ampthill 4 - 1 Coventry - Battle of the new boys with Ampthill defending their home pitch. They've looked very well-drilled, and they seize every opportunity with both hands. Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Leeds Yorkshire Carnegie Tykes - Maybe Leeds would get a point with George Ford, but not with Joe. |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 09:54 |
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London Scottish 1 Bedford Blues 4 Nottingham 4 Ealing
Trailfinders 1 Newcastle Falcons 5 Doncaster
Knights 0 Hartpury University 0 Jersey 4 Ampthill 1 Coventry 4 Cornish Pirates 5 Yorkshire
Carnegie 0 |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 10:55 |
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London Scottish 4 Bedford Blues 1 ... Hopefully the break will have given Bedford time to get some injured players fit again. The break couldn't have come at a worse time for LS following their fine win in Jersey. Tight home win I think. Could be a good one to watch.
Nottingham 0 Ealing Trailfinders 5 ... ET too big and powerful for Nottingham. Newcastle Falcons 5 Doncaster Knights 0 ... Nothing to lose here for Donny, so they will give it a really good go, but can't see anything other than a regulation bp win for the Falcons. Hartpury University 1 Jersey 4 ... I was really impressed with how Hartpury defended in Jersey and this could be a tight game to the last. However, Jersey's bench to have the bigger impact and a tight away win. Ampthill 1 Coventry 4 ... Could be a much tighter game than you would think and if Ampthill's defence can keep things tight, then they may have a shout to win it at the end. Cornish Pirates 5 Yorkshire Carnegie 0 ... 50+ not out for Pirates. Great to be back to competitive rugby again. Good luck everyone. |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:10 |
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Ealing Trailfinders team to play Nottingham on Friday 10th January at Lady Bay in the Greene King IPA Championship: I'm pleased to see Elijah Niko return to the wing, I think his physicality creates real mismatches. A strong starting second row as well. I'm not thrilled to see Johnson in the squad as I'm sure he'll allow a few more soft tries. Shingler and Hampson were very effective against Newcastle between the 22s, but struggled to finish. Hopefully they'll be more effective this week. Would be great to see someone like Paul Grant get on the field this year... 15 Tommy Bell 14 Elijah Niko 13 David Johnston 12 Pat Howard 11 Reon Joseph 10 Steven Shingler 9 Craig Hampson 1 Jordan Els 2 Alun Walker 3 Elliot Millar Mills 4 Dave McKern 5 Harry Casson 6 Kieran Murphy 7 Jordy Reid 8 Rayn Smid (c) Replacements: 16 Matt Cornish 17 Jake Ellwood 18 Craig Trenier 19 Sam Dickinson 20 Ben West 21 Jordan Burns 22 Lewis Jones 23 Shane Buckley |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 13:37 |
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Delighted to see Dave McKern continuing to command a starting slot. Great lineout player, cracking bloke....for an Aussie
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gerg_861
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 14:02 |
Durutalo's replacement is an Aussie too. With him, McKern, and Jordy Reid, Ealing will need its own branch of Walkabout soon!
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 14:10 |
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London Scottish 4 - 0 Bedford Blues
Nottingham 2 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders Newcastle Falcons 5 - 0 Doncaster Knights
Hartpury RFC 2 - 5 Jersey Reds Ampthill 1 - 4 Coventry
Cornish Pirates 5 - 2 Yorkshire Carnegie |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 14:57 |
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Scottish 4-0 Blues - At home Scottish by 10-12 points Nottingham 4-1 Ealing Trailfinders - A close match that could go either way Falcons 5-0 Knights Banker which must give Donny a good chance of a surprise win Hartpury 2-2 Jersey - Although 4-1 either way probably more likely. The first six rows of Jersey Royals planted in my small patch of St Ouens this morning for anyone with an interest in such things. Ampthill 5-2 Coventry - surely game of the week between two well matched teams. Cornish Pirates 1-4 Leeds It could happen. |
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Rob C
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Posted: 09 Jan 2020 at 15:13 |
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'Ampthill 5-2 Coventry - surely game of the week between two well matched teams'.
I'm sure Cov supporters are expecting a very tough challenge but with results of 17 - 47 and 64 - 26 so far this season the teams haven't appeared that well-matched?
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Posted: 10 Jan 2020 at 11:06 |
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Nottingham will need to have addressed the failings in the scrummage if we are to compete with anyone for the rest of the season. Coventry pushed us off our own ball so many times it was embarrassing.
Really hope we have used the three week break wisely. If that is sorted we are a good challenge for anyone. |
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