Pre-season Friendlies

The comeback has begun. 31-14.

Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Great stuff by Ampthill . . a very very strong Sarries team out tonight!

Run with it

I am following the game on Twitter and it is now 12-7 to Saracens but Ampthill have just hit the post with a penalty.

Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Once again a live stream option for anyone interested

The Bombay Bad Boy has a 50 p supplement so is generally now reserved for big games or for the top table at pre match lunches

''The future isn't what it used to be''

Caldy's last two pre season games at 1st xv level have been against Premiership side Sale Sharks and National 1 side Sale FC. The aggregate score in these two matches against the Sale combo was 57-57.

Last week Premiership Sharks blitzed Caldy 5-40 and this week Caldy were the victors 47-12 against Sale FC. The Wirral side will be satisfied with their last two outings .

When the Sharks came to Paton Field Caldy were undercooked and their 3,000+ supporters had to watch as Sale Sharks racked up 3 converted tries in the first 15 minutes. Caldy's cause wasn't helped by the absence of 3 of their most powerful forwards and the jet lag of their skipper JJ Dickinson but gradually they adapted to the pace of the game and sent their fans away happy with a try by mercurial full back Rhys Hayes in the final minutes.

Yesterday's match against Sale FC was a mirror image of the previous encounter. Playing an all court game Caldy powered to a 47 point lead before Sale FC pulled back a couple of consolation tries.

2nd row Sam Dickinson started the scoring, the evergreen speedster Nick Royle recorded a hat trick, centre 'Irish' Mike Cartmill picked up a couple of scores and Ethan Cane weighed in with another.

There are a couple of weeks for the Wirral side to work on their game, sand down the seating area and stock up on Pot Noodles before the visit of Hartpury

Edited by Big Eddie - 28 Aug 2022 at 09:21

''The future isn't what it used to be''

islander wrote:

FT Reds 29 Irish 31

Visitors led 1-4 on tries at one stage (5-24) but were pegged back to 17-24 at the break and then in closing stage Reds pounded at the line with a series of scrums. There were 2 yellow cards in this period, numerous penalties and one PT, but claims for a 2nd penalty try fell on deaf ears with Ryan Hutler then scoring out wide and the tricky last-kick conversion going just wide. Decent contest tho' with 10 tries evenly split...

Plaudits go to the team management of both sides on a gorgeous day they shuffled the squad so that everyone got a run-out but we never saw the best 15 of either squad on the pitch, Irish were stronger in the first half but never cut loose and Jersey particularly in the forwards dominated the second half down the slope. The result in theory matters but not to me I enjoyed the game and hope Irish celebrate a rare win at St Peter and have a great weekend. Come back next year lads its a great gig and you are always welcome. Jersey have some cracking new lads in a small squad and should win more matches than they lose this season if pre-season is a guide.

Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD.

Pirates v Exeter on Friday next is sold out!

FT Reds 29 Irish 31

Visitors led 1-4 on tries at one stage (5-24) but were pegged back to 17-24 at the break and then in closing stage Reds pounded at the line with a series of scrums. There were 2 yellow cards in this period, numerous penalties and one PT, but claims for a 2nd penalty try fell on deaf ears with Ryan Hutler then scoring out wide and the tricky last-kick conversion going just wide. Decent contest tho' with 10 tries evenly split...

Ht Cov 7- 14 Bath