Round 7

The Blues wrote: Looks like Jake Garside has been relegated for Archie McParland, which is a shame as he was really developing last year at scrum half and Blues fans loved him.

WEvans wrote: Bluesman11 wrote: .... I gather the abandonment was due to the lack of ambulance after the Pirates player was taking to hospital. I’m not sure what the requirements are for this, I would’ve thought clubs should be expected to be more prepared for this eventuality. Difficult to see how a club could prepare for this situation. Should they have two ambulances on standby in case the first is required? Hardly practical is it?

WEvans wrote: Bluesman11 wrote: .... I gather the abandonment was due to the lack of ambulance after the Pirates player was taking to hospital. I’m not sure what the requirements are for this, I would’ve thought clubs should be expected to be more prepared for this eventuality. Difficult to see how a club could prepare for this situation. Should they have two ambulances on standby in case the first is required? Hardly practical is it?

And a 3rd, just in case the first 2 are used?

Hardly practical.

As for Pirates being compensated for a second travel -suggest they take that up with the NHS

Nottingham 19 should be banned by a long time with this premeditated shoulder to the head captured by a fan.

On a lighter, more positive note, Ampthill's decision to provide free tickets purchased in advance for last Saturday's game against Caldy resulted in a crowd of nearly 1,300, and all tickets for the up and coming fixture with Bedford this Saturday have now been sold. I would absolutely love to be there. I think the ground capacity is 3,000 but I think the are allowing in less than that for health and safety purposes.

Cherub wrote: On a lighter, more positive note, Ampthill's decision to provide free tickets purchased in advance for last Saturday's game against Caldy resulted in a crowd of nearly 1,300, and all tickets for the up and coming fixture with Bedford this Saturday have now been sold. I would absolutely love to be there. I think the ground capacity is 3,000 but I think the are allowing in less than that for health and safety purposes.

Edited by Paul10 - 18 Dec 2023 at 13:41

looking at video of the 19 hitting the other player  should be red  if you go on some of the decisions  at the recent world cup 

Paul10 wrote: [QUOTE=Cherub]On a lighter, more positive note, Ampthill's decision to provide free tickets purchased in advance for last Saturday's game against Caldy resulted in a crowd of nearly 1,300, and all tickets for the up and coming fixture with Bedford this Saturday have now been sold. I would absolutely love to be there. I think the ground capacity is 3,000 but I think the are allowing in less than that for health and safety purposes.

Greg wrote: "It looks like Saints have converted Garside into a winger, so not sure we’ll see him at scrum half this season and he’ll likely be our wing cover. Saints have a host of injuries in the back 3 atm, so he may well get some prem games." Garside is a nifty scrum half, capable of creating real mayhem, but is way to small to feature as a winger. Yes, I know, Shane Williams etc can cut the mustard at the highest level but I thought that young Garside looked lost when he played on the wing for Bedford a few weeks ago.

He did look a bit lost, but still managed to score.  Jake may be small but he is powerfully built and of course has that amazing burst of speed.  I think scrum half game is good, he can kick and passes the ball well.  I was expecting him to alternate with the classy Alex Day.  However Archie McParland is shaping up well and there is also ‘Jiffy’ Lennon as back up, so competition is high.

SK 88 wrote: WEvans wrote: Bluesman11 wrote: .... I gather the abandonment was due to the lack of ambulance after the Pirates player was taking to hospital. I’m not sure what the requirements are for this, I would’ve thought clubs should be expected to be more prepared for this eventuality. Difficult to see how a club could prepare for this situation. Should they have two ambulances on standby in case the first is required? Hardly practical is it? Two ambulances is one of the many derided Minimum Standards for the Premiership, precisely because of situations like this.  A Cup semi final was delayed for 15 minutes at Leicester in 1992 because the medics &  ambulance was taking a fan to hospital following a heart attack & they had to wait for them to return. I don't think adequate medical cover is particularly impractical for a sport where you are paying the players & accepting money from the spectators.