Week 18
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Topic: Week 18
Posted By: The Blues
Subject: Week 18
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2025 at 16:51
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Friday Chinnor v Nottingham Saturday Hartpury v Ampthill Bedford Blues v London Scottish Caldy v Doncaster Knights Cambridge v Ealing Trailfinders Coventry v Cornish Pirates
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Posted By: Stalwart*
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2025 at 18:02
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Friday Chinnor 4 v Nottingham 1 Saturday Hartpury 4 v Ampthill 1 Bedford Blues 5 v London Scottish 0 Caldy 1 v Doncaster Knights 4 Cambridge 0 v Ealing Trailfinders 5 Coventry 5 v Cornish Pirates 1 ------------- Pirate |
Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2025 at 18:09
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Friday Chinnor 5-1 Nottingham Saturday Hartpury 5-1 Ampthill Bedford Blues 5-0 London Scottish Caldy 0-5 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders Coventry 5-2 Cornish Pirates |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2025 at 22:14
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Chinnor 2-5 Nottingham - could go the other way but Nottingham are a dangerous team in good weather Hartpury 5-1 Ampthill - Hartpury will have enough for Ampthill as they keep the pressure on for 2nd Bedford Blues 5-1 London Scottish - Blues in theory have completed the hardest games, but traditionally have slipped up against the lower teams. I don’t see this happening here, but Scottish to get 4 tries Caldy 0-5 Doncaster Knights - Knights to continue their recent good form Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders - Ealing to get back to winning ways with a demolition of Cambridge Coventry 2-5 Cornish Pirates - could go either way but I fancy Pirates to edge this one |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 00:49
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Chinnor 5-1 Nottingham Hartpury 5-1 Ampthill Bedford Blues 5-1 London Scottish Caldy 0-5 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders Coventry 5-1 Cornish Pirates
------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Jezmar
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 07:44
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Friday Chinnor 5 v 1 Nottingham Saturday Hartpury 5 v 0 Ampthill Bedford Blues 5 v 0 London Scottish Caldy 0 v 5 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 0 v 5 Ealing Trailfinders Coventry 1 v 5 Cornish Pirates
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Posted By: All the Way
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 08:08
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Chinnor 5-1 Nottingham Hartpury 5-2 Ampthill Bedford Blues 5-0 London Scottish Caldy 1-5 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders Coventry 5-2 Cornish Pirates |
Posted By: Old Gold
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 10:20
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Chinnor 5 - 2 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 2 Ampthill Bedford Blues 5 - 0 London Scottish Caldy 1 - 5 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 0 - 5 Ealing Trailfinders Coventry 5 - 2 Cornish Pirates ------------- #AClubForLife💛❤️🖤 |
Posted By: GednyBlues15
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 18:38
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Chinnor 5-1 Nottingham Hartpury 5-1 Ampthill Blues 5-0 Scottish Caldy 1-5 Donny Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Coventry 5-2 Pirates
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Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 18:42
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Chinnor 2-5 Nottingham Hartpury 5-1 Ampthill Blues 5-1 Scottish Caldy 4-2 Donny Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Coventry 5-1 Pirates
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 20:06
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Chinnor 4-1Nottingham Hartpury 5-0 Ampthill Blues 5-1 Scottish Caldy 1-4 Donny Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Coventry 5-1 Pirates
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Posted By: Nat1
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2025 at 20:10
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Chinnor 4-1 Nottingham Hartpury 5-1 Ampthill Blues 5-0 Scottish Caldy 1-5 Donny Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Coventry 5-1 Pirates
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2025 at 20:41
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My guesses: Chinnor 2-5 Nottingham Hartpury 5-1 Ampthill Bedford Blues 5-1 London Scottish Caldy 0-5 Doncaster Knights Cambridge 0-5 Ealing Trailfinders Coventry 5-1 Cornish Pirates Best of luck ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: greenpower
Date Posted: 01 May 2025 at 16:46
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chinnor 4 1 nottingham hartpury 5 1 ampthill bedford 5 0 scottish caldy 1 5 doncaster cambridge 0 5 ealing coventry 5 1 pirates |
Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 10:01
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Chinnor 2 - 5 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 1 Ampthill Bedford 5 - 1 London Scottish Caldy 1 - 5 Doncaster Cambridge 0 - 5 Ealing Coventry 5 - 1 Cornish Pirates ------------- For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two. |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 13:05
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Doncaster Knights team starting XV | 15, Telusa Veainu. 14, Aidan Cross. 13, Zach Kerr 12, Connor Edwards. 11, Jordan Olowofela. 10, Russell Bennett. 9, Alex Dolly. 1, Conor Davidson. 2, George Roberts. 3, Logovi’i Mulipola. 4, Ben Murphy (C). 5, Adam Hopkinson. 6, Archie Smeaton. 7, Rhys Tait. 8, Morgan Strong. Replacements | 16, Fred Davies 17, Andrew Turner. 18, Lewis Thiede. 19, Ethan Hulme. 20, Jasper McGuire. 21, Ollie Fox. 22, Morgan Bunting. 23, Obi Ene. 4 props on the bench. 3 players away playing representative rugby, Army, Navy and Barbarians.
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 18:53
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Ealing Trailfinders to face Cambridge: okay squad, should get the job done. Good to see cutmore at 4.
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Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 19:34
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Chinnor 4 - 1 Nottingham Hartpury 5 - 1 Ampthill Bedford 5 - 1 London Scottish Caldy 0 - 5 Doncaster Cambridge 0 - 5 Ealing Coventry 5 - 1 Cornish Pirates ------------- Donny Knights - best team in Yorkshire |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 20:39
| Ch 6 Nott 12 HT |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 20:52
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Bedford Blues starting XV: 15. Louis James, 14. Alfie Garside, 13. Lucas Titherington, 12. Michael Le Bourgeois, 11. Dean Adamson, 10. Will Maisey, 9. Alex Day (C); 1. Jamie Jack, 2. James Fish, 3. Beltus Nonleh, 4. Luke Frost, 5. Rory Ward, 6. Fyn Brown, 7. Joe Howard, 8. Fred Tuilagi Bedford Blues Replacements: 16. Tommy Herman, 17. Joey Conway, 18. Oisin Heffernan, 19. Shay Kerry, 20. Archie Benson, 21. James Lennon, 22. Matt Worley, 23. Joel Matavesi Unavailable for selection this week: Jac Arthur, Cameron King, Jamie Elliott, Pat Tapley |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 20:58
Scottish although it looks like Sheppard starts at 10
16. Calum Scott, 17. George Cave, 18. Ashley Challenger, 19. Alex Wardell, 20. Ioan Rhys Davies, 21. Jonny Law, 22. Harry Sheppard, 23. Tom Wilstead |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 21:06
| Chinnor 34 Notts 17 |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 21:13
| Chinnor 41 Notts 17 |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 21:17
| Chinnor 41 Notts 22 ft |
Posted By: Nat1
Date Posted: 02 May 2025 at 22:26
| Well done Chinnor, you are having a great first season after your promotion from Nat 1 👏 |
Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 10:15
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A fantastic second half performance from Chinnor took them to victory over Nottingham last night, helped by three tries when Nottingham were down to 14 players. Attached is a full report for anyone interested https://fatbearssportingdiaries.blogspot.com/2025/05/chinnor-41-22-nottingham-att-1600-est.html" rel="nofollow - https://fatbearssportingdiaries.blogspot.com/2025/05/chinnor-41-22-nottingham-att-1600-est.html
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Posted By: maire99
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 10:37
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We had a mare last night. Just seemed to fall apart in the second half to be honest. But after 15 years of supporting Nottingham I’m used to it…! I think all our injury issues and having to rely heavily on loan players is making our team a bit disjointed too- in some positions we don’t have any fit players of our own and there were a couple on the bench well out of position, who I might add did great. That said I wasn’t impressed with some of the disparaging remarks from some Chinnor fans in front of me. I know that in the nature of sport there is always going to be some slating of the other team- and I’m not objecting to that at all- but there’s slating and there’s slating and that’s what I’m objecting to. And as a lone female I didn’t appreciate the dirty looks from grown men because I was cheering for my team either, first time I’ve been there and probably going to be the last to be honest. |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 13:01
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KnightsBoy wrote:Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 15:07
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7 mins Blues 14-0 Scottish Blues down slope 1st half
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 15:32
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30 mins Blues (BP) 28-10 Scottish |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 15:46
| Caldy 10 Donny 12 ht |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 15:48
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HT Blues 35-10 (2 tries) Scottish Scottish struggling with the pace of the Blues attack and have scored 2 rolling mauls
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 15:49
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Cambridge 0-56 Ealing Hartpury 28-7 Ampthill Coventry 7-14 Pirates
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:09
| Blues Dean Adamson gets the all time Blues record with his 146th try I believe. |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:10
| Caldy 10 Donny 19 |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:17
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Blues 47-24 Both BP
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:18
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Caldy 10 Donny 26 tbp |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:22
| Caldy 15 Donny 26 tbp |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:30
| Blues 54-31 Scottish, 13 to go |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:36
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Caldy 15 Donny 33 tbp
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:41
| 76 mins Blues 61-31 Scottish |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:41
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Caldy 15 Donny 33 ft 5pts win for donny
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:45
| According to a blues tweet X today 30111 at the game today 🤔 that's massive. |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:48
| FT Blues 61-38 Scottish |
Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:48
Haha! 3011
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 16:53
Deffo said 30111, typo all day. 3011 is still a great crowd, Donny dream of achieving that again on regular basis
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 17:14
| Blues blew a couple of tries and Scottish had a couple fortunate ones, but were value for the bonus point. Blues keep marching on and with 4 games against those in the bottom 5 they should be looking to take 2nd place. |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 17:33
Deserved it, played some good stuff, consistency aswell
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Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 17:38
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As you might have seen, Cam 19 Ealing 89 (feel like a Exeter supporter after playing Gloucester) ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 17:41
It happens mate, you guys are in the championship on merit, money is massive in rugby, those who can spend big |
Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 17:50
  ------------- "My father told me big men fall just as quick as little ones, if you put a sword through their hearts." |
Posted By: Noiseyblue
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 19:08
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Being behind the posts in the first half I can verify that Blues also had a very fortunate try as Will Maisey was at least a foot short for his try! |
Posted By: cheshire exile
Date Posted: 03 May 2025 at 21:57
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Pirates do the double again at Coventry; didn’t expect that to be honest but a great result for us. Lots of compliments from away supporters about the welcome at Coventry. Altogether good news.
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 05:53
I did. Did you see how many forwards Cov were missing? ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: kempstonblue
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 07:51
IF we can stay 2nd, be a good season. A real shame that I went online, the only printed paper fawning over a football club promoted from tier 7 to 6. Our local radio 📻 just as bad. I hope with the RFU master plan they will improve relationships with local media. I just see this new dawn as another damp squid. ------------- The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused. |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 08:21
Every team in the Championship is there on merit. It took Ealing over a 150 years to get there. Initially they came into this league and went straight back down. We still do not have a ground that qualifies to go any further and as far as I can tell there is no plan and as some *@%$ stated on here "WHY" ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: Big Eddie
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 09:25
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Caldy 15 Donny 33 A tighter game than the final scoreline suggested with Caldy fielding 5 backs 21 or under and a few others who had stepped up from the Caldy second xv. Donny had the edge just. However, but for a somewhat controversial late 14 point swing Caldy could have fairly picked up a losing bonus point. A Caldy breakaway with the line at their mercy was hauled back by a strange interpretation by the assistant referee who in my view wrongly and belatedly signalled for a knock on earlier in the play by the Ravers. Galvanized by the let off Donny scored in the corner to bring up their 5th score but I heard that Donny's own players were somewhat sheepish about the award of the try and acknowledged it hadn't been grounded. However such are the vicissitudes present in any game it didn't detract from a highly enjoyable and close fought game by two entertaining sides. Hats off to the young players Charlie Hyde, Jacob Mitchell and Dylan Carroll who really stepped up against a top team in Donny. Caldy made a few too many errors to have won the game but there is no doubt in my mind the Ravers are getting closer to reaching the necessary standard without yet quite translating their improvement into league points. Although not a point about Championship rugby I am going to also congratulate Caldy's 2nd xv for winning the Halbro League's Primo Drinks Cup with a 27-24 win against Sedgley Park who were heavily reinforced with seven 1st team players including the giant Tom Ailes and Nat 1's top try scorer winger Rhys Henderson. Shorn of some of their best players who were playing against Donny the Caldy 2nd team were real underdogs against a very strong Sedgley xv but somehow against the odds the Caldy youngsters racked up their 125th consecutive win......just extraordinary !! Hats off to the inspirational coaching team of Andrew Soutar and Christian Jones who have guided and led this home grown squad to this extraordinary achievement.
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Posted By: Cov kid 42
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 11:22
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No Complaints re Cov v Cornish Pirates result. BUT, Cov missing at least 7 first teams including some significant figures up front, Nairau, Nkwocha, Kvesic, Hinkley & Nayalo on Army duty. ------------- John Butler |
Posted By: Nat1
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 12:14
It sounds like Caldy weren't far off getting a bonus point or two. It's always impressive when 2nd team players step up against full time professionals. Was this due to injuries to first team players? The record you highlight reminds me of Chinnor Wildboys (3rd XV) who went on a similarly long run of wins, incredible. They then moved up through the Counties Leagues to start facing 1 XVs, which brought them to the right level of opposition. Have Caldy 2nd XV considered that option (if available) to provide the next challenge? Perhaps even the Regional Leagues (L6, 5) although I'm not sure 2nd XVs are permitted in these?
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 13:38
It must feel like a lost decade for Ealing fans, as you have been top 2, 10 times in the last 10 years, of which you have now won it 3 times.
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Posted By: Big Eddie
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 14:48
Nat 1 just answering your questions There were a couple of regular 1st xv players missing for personal reasons, and another two in Connor Wilkinson and Nathan Rushton were playing for the Barbarians. Obviously with four or five out from the regular 1st xv squad the impact trickled down to the 2nd xv. The lads who stepped up from the 2nd xv to face Doncaster all did themselves proud and similarly the young lads that stepped up from the 3rd xv into the 2ndxv for the cup match against Sedgley Park also really performed. Caldy have dominated the North West Halbro Premier League for the last 5 or 6 years and there has been real consideration and attempts by the club for the squad to go into the RFU leagues but there has been opposition (principally from the Lancashire Clubs) and a requirement to limit their position to level 7 which would be of very little benefit. The 2nd xvs from Chester, Sedgley Park, Fylde and Preston Grasshoppers tend to provide stiff opposition with some of the other sides like Blackburn and Rossendale pushing hard but often fading away in the later stages. The killer for the lads is the number of late cry offs by other clubs when it comes to 2nd xv league fixtures against Caldy with at least eight this season. Most if not all of Caldy's 2nd xv would be starting 1st xv players in other local clubs playing at level 5 or level 6 where they would pick up a match fee (there is no match fee for Caldy 2nd xv players) and in the last few seasons I can think of at least a dozen or so Caldy players who have made that switch. However, most of the current Caldy 2nd xv squad have realistic aspirations to play Championship rugby and this season the Caldy 1st xv squad has used at least 50 players. There is only one senior squad of players who all train and are coached together with Tuesday and Thursday sessions comprising of 50 to 60 such players. Ambitious young players at Caldy know that if they work hard and show the right attitude and ability they will get their shot. Despite the pressures of Championship rugby Caldy is generally a meritocratic, transparent and enjoyable environment for aspiring young players. There is no greater pleasure than to see : - a young player progress through the age groups at Caldy and eventually make his debut in the Championship as Dylan Carroll did on Saturday against Doncaster or - another young local player coming to Caldy, progressing through the 2nd xv to become a regular Championship level player as Matt Kilcourse, Will Robinson, Freddie Stevenson and numerous others have done so during the last couple of seasons or - a more mature local player arrive at Caldy and significantly improve his rugby through great coaching and an inclusive and enjoyable atmosphere ------------- ''The future isn't what it used to be'' |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 04 May 2025 at 15:37
Personally being a long term fan I have had no feelings of being ' lost '. The last decade and the one before that I have followed Ealing all over the Country and really enjoyed the gradual climb from London 1. Bedford have been in the Champioship a lot longer and wonder how 'lost' you feel ?. I believe the Blues have been there since 94/ 95. I must admit I enjoyed National 1 rugby a lot more than the Champioship but Ealing had some long term battles with old established clubs.
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