Round 3 Fixtures (04.11.23 & 11.11.23)

Nope - as Stuart says the game was not in doubt, Doncaster were going to win. The Ref didn’t spoil the game, he just caught Nottingham out in their attempts to be fast up on defence. The conditions led to an upfront competition and we were a lot stronger so made the gains there. Sir was ok on the day all considered 

Don't think the end result was in any doubt. Set piece for Nottingham in the first half held up pretty well given the shortage of props. 

Thanks for the update Big Eddie. I hope a pot of Bombay Badboy was provided to get him back into fighting shape.

First serious LS attack and the LS loose head crashes into the referee who goes down like Bambi's mother, falling on to the ground Caldy's side of the ruck just as their forwards were furiously counter rucking......the match official took a bit of a shoeing being on the wrong side and all that .....took 30 seconds or so for the battered official to be able to blow his whistle and escape further punishment.

Mike Hudson too dazed and wobbly to continue even after a 15 minute break for running repairs

The incident brought a sleepy London Scottish who were 14 points down, out of their slumber and they scored two good tries within two minutes of the eventual restart.

A competitive game with Caldy the tactically smarter playing the conditions better than an industrious and skilful London Scottish side who in reality played too much rugby. Some thunderous hits by Caldy both in attack and defence and in the end the strength of their pack and the nous of their half backs were too much for a game London Scottish side.

I spoke to Mike Hudson after the game, even at that point he wasn't fully recovered having banged his head hard into the pitch..........The irony was he had just previously pinged the Scottish loose head at  a scrum.......there is no doubt that the LS prop had more than adequately shown his displeasure 

To be fair Mike Hudson was having a good game before he was pummelled senseless.....

Nottingham scored two very good chip through tries early doors catching Donny out. After which it was Donny who started to dominate possession and territory for the next 60 minutes. Our set piece was a lot stronger and in the conditions that was what was going to count. I think there will be a number of teams in the league who will struggle to contain the Nottingham backs where the packs are more evenly matched. 

With a rest week next week, and no Jersey match the week after, playing next week avoids a 3 week break for Blues.