Week 17
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Topic: Week 17
Posted By: The Blues
Subject: Week 17
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2025 at 22:14
The top 4 play each other on the Saturday
SaturdayCornish Pirates v Caldy Doncaster Knights v Chinnor Hartpury v Coventry Ampthill v London Scottish Ealing Trailfinders v Bedford Blues
Sunday Nottingham v Cambridge
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Posted By: fatbear
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2025 at 22:54
Cornish Pirates 5-0 Caldy Doncaster Knights 5-0 Chinnor Hartpury 5-2 Coventry Ampthill 5-1 London Scottish Ealing Trailfinders 5-1 Bedford Blues Nottingham 5-1 Cambridge
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2025 at 23:43
Cornish Pirates 5-0 Caldy - Caldy could get 4 tries Doncaster Knights 5-1 Chinnor - Chinnor to get a losing bonus point, but Knights win with ease Hartpury 5-2 Coventry - a big game for the battle for 2nd and bonus points are critical, I think Hartpury may edge it Ampthill 5-1 London Scottish - so hard to call this, as who knows the squads, but home advantage here Ealing Trailfinders 2-5 Bedford Blues - heart over head! Blues can and have done it before and have the squad to turn over Ealing, but could also lose by 50 points if they don't turn up! Nottingham 5-2 Cambridge - although a good opportunity for Cambridge to spring a surprise!
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Posted By: GednyBlues15
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025 at 00:17
Pirates 5-0 Caldy Donny 5-1 Chinnor Hartpury 2-5 Coventry Ampthill 5-1 Scottish Ealing 2-5 Blues Nottingham 1-5 Cambridge
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2025 at 13:43
My guesses: Pirates 5-0 Caldy Knights 5-1 Chinnor Hartpury 5-1 Coventry Ampthill 5-1 Scottish Ealing 5-1 Blues Nottingham 4-1 Cambridge
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Posted By: Jezmar
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:18
Pirates 5-0 Caldy Knights 1-5 Chinnor Hartpury 5-1 Coventry Ampthill 5-1 Scottish Ealing 5-1 Blues Nottingham 1-5 Cambridge
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Posted By: Cov kid 42
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2025 at 15:52
Cov's horrendous injury list grew larger during the Ampthill defeat. It pains me to say it, but I would be relieved even with a 5 -1 result !! Cov on 99 tries for the season 
------------- John Butler
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Posted By: Stalwart*
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2025 at 16:11
Pirates 5-1 Caldy Knights 5-1 Chinnor Hartpury 4-1 Coventry Ampthill 5-2 Scottish Ealing 5-1 Blues Nottingham 5-1 Cambridge
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Posted By: Paul10
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2025 at 16:47
Pirates 5-0 Caldy Donny 5-1 Chinnor Hartpury 5-1 Coventry Ampthill 5-1 Scottish Ealing 5-1 Blues Nottingham 5-1 Cambridge
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Posted By: Nat1
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:13
Cornish Pirates 5-0 Caldy Doncaster Knights 5-0 Chinnor Hartpury 5-2 Coventry Ampthill 5-1 London Scottish Ealing Trailfinders 5-1 Bedford Blues Nottingham 5-1 Cambridge
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Posted By: Rob C
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:54
Cov kid 42 wrote:
Cov's horrendous injury list grew larger during the Ampthill defeat.It pains me to say it, but I would be relieved even with a 5 -1 result !! Cov on 99 tries for the season  |
The patched together side that played the second half against Ampthill look unlikely to gain a bonus point of any sort. Is our pitch to blame for yet another injury-plagued season...?
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Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:55
Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Caldy Doncaster 5 - 0 Chinnor Hartpury 5 - 1 Coventry Ampthill 5 - 1 London Scottish Ealing 5 - 1 Bedford Nottingham 5 - 1 Cambridge
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2025 at 08:55
Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Caldy Doncaster 5 - 0 Chinnor Hartpury 5 - 1 Coventry Ampthill 1 - 4 London Scottish Ealing 5 - 1 Bedford Nottingham 5 - 1 Cambridge
May edit based on squad announcements
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2025 at 18:33
Ealing vs. Bedford being streamed for free in youtube.
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Posted By: Old Gold
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2025 at 18:52
Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Caldy Doncaster Knights 5 - 0 Chinnor Hartpury 2 - 5 Coventry Ampthill 1 - 4 London Scottish Ealing Trailfinders 5 - 2 Bedford Blues Nottingham 5 - 0 Cambridge
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Posted By: FHLH
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2025 at 19:44
Cornish Pirates 5 - 2 Caldy Doncaster Knights 5 - 1 Chinnor Hartpury 2 - 5 Coventry Ampthill 1 - 5 London Scottish Ealing Trailfinders 5 - 2 Bedford Blues Nottingham 5 - 1 Cambridge
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2025 at 20:52
gerg_861 wrote:
Ealing vs. Bedford being streamed for free in youtube. |
Bought tickets to go earlier. The stands looked pretty full. There should be a lot of Blues fan coming to see Adamson get the all time club try record. Although itâd be better at Goldington Road.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2025 at 21:26
The Blues wrote:
gerg_861 wrote:
Ealing vs. Bedford being streamed for free in youtube. |
Bought tickets to go earlier. The stands looked pretty full. There should be a lot of Blues fan coming to see Adamson get the all time club try record. Although itâd be better at Goldington Road. |
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2025 at 12:12
Ealing Trailfinders to face Bedford Blues: This is Ealing's first choice team pretty much across the board except potentially in the back row, where I would like to see Bobby De Wee. - Lefty Zigiriadis
- Mike Willemse
- Biyi Alo
- David Bridge
- Sean Lonsdale
- Rob Farrar
- Jordy Reid
- Josh Taylor
- Craig Hampson
- Dan Jones
- Tom Collins
- Jordan Holgate
- Reuben Bird-Tulloch
- Angus Kernohan
- Tobi Wilson
- Scott Buckley
- Elliot Chilvers
- Adam Nicol
- Matas Jurevicius
- Siya Ningiza
- Michael Stronge
- Craig Willis
- Francis Moore
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2025 at 13:42
We are a little light in the 2nd row with Frost and we have gone for Garside on the wing for his better defence than Worley. We have more Saints than usual on the bench with the injuries.
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. Joey Conway, 2. Tommy Herman, 3. Oisin Heffernan, 4. Luke Frost, 5. Rory Ward, 6. Fyn Brown, 7. Joe Howard, 8. Fred Tuilagi Bedford Blues Replacements: 16. James Fish, 17. Jamie Jack, 18. Beltus Nonleh, 19. Ed Prowse, 20. Archie Benson, 21. Jake Garside, 22. Matt Worley, 23. Toby Cousins Unavailable for selection this week: Alex Woolford, Jac Arthur, Cameron King, James Lennon, Joel Matavesi, Jamie Elliott, Pat Tapley
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Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2025 at 14:22
Cornish Pirates 5 v 0 Caldy - canât see any other result. Doncaster 5 v 0 Chinnor - Donnyâs winning run to emphatically continue. Hartpury 5 v 1 Coventry - I think the home side win this quite comfortably. Coventryâs injuries are starting to bite. Cov to get 4 tries. Ampthill 5 v 2 London Scottish - This could be absolutely anything, expect it to be entertaining, but absolutely no idea who wins. Wouldnât even rule out a draw. Ealing 5 v 2 Bedford - Iâm going with Ealing but Bedford are well capable of winning this and it wouldnât shock me if they did. I think this is the last game this season where somebody has a fighting chance of turning Ealing over - taking into account Coventryâs injuries. Nottingham 5 v 1 Cambridge - Even with Nottingham having big injury issues, I just donât see Cambridge winning this away from home. A good game for Notts to get back on track.
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2025 at 14:46
Cov have a few backs returning from injury, but still very light in the pack (particularly in regard to the absences of Nairau, Nkwocha, Kvesic, Johnson, and Hinkley).Coventry: Logan Trotter; Jake Henry, Oli Morris, Tommy Mathews, Jimmy Martin; Liam Richman, Josh Barton; Toby Trinder, Jordon Poole, Eliot Salt; Rhys Anstey, Mackenzie Graham; Chester Owen, Tom Ball, Senitiki Nayalo Replacements: Suva Maâasi, Ralph McEachran, Tye Raymont, Dan Green, Jack Bennett, Sam Maunder, Tom HitchHuckleberry, Will Lane
------------- Our City, Our Club
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2025 at 21:09
Here is the Ealing v Blues link
https://www.youtube.com/live/9gR-NvhCKH4" rel="nofollow - LIVE! | Ealing Trailfinders v Bedford Blues
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Posted By: greenpower
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 06:47
pirates 5 0 caldy doncaster 5 0 chinnor hartpury 5 1 coventry ampthill 5 1 scottish ealing 5 1 bedford nottingham 5 0 cambridge
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Posted By: GednyBlues15
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 13:50
Curious choice by Ealing to only have one food stand available today and itâs only pork sausage or hog roast
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 14:26
Bit of a breeze at Ealing going towards the smaller stand and big screen.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:04
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:11
Posted By: Bluesman11
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:12
Has the commentator ever watched a Championship rugby game? âBedford usually known for their route one rugby but theyâve started playing slightly more expansively this seasonâ
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:15
Bluesman11 wrote:
Has the commentator ever watched a Championship rugby game? âBedford usually known for their route one rugby but theyâve started playing slightly more expansively this seasonâ |
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:18
Donny 17 Chinnor 7 ht
Ealing 10 Bedford 6 Hartpury 21 Coventry 0 Pirates 5 Caldy 12 Amptill 7 LS 0
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Posted By: knightandday
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:18
Bluesman11 wrote:
Has the commentator ever watched a Championship rugby game? âBedford usually known for their route one rugby but theyâve started playing slightly more expansively this seasonâ |
Must say I was surprised at how much âup the jumperâ Bedford used the other week at Donny.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:21
Donny 17 Chinnor 7 ht
Ealing 10 Bedford 6 Hartpury 21 Coventry 0 ht Pirates 5 Caldy 12 ht Amptill 12 LS 0
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Posted By: Bluesman11
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:21
knightandday wrote:
Bluesman11 wrote:
Has the commentator ever watched a Championship rugby game? âBedford usually known for their route one rugby but theyâve started playing slightly more expansively this seasonâ |
Must say I was surprised at how much âup the jumperâ Bedford used the other week at Donny. |
Wasnât at the game but we played the majority of the game with 14 men and a back down so suspect that had something to do with it.
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:22
Ealing 10 (2T) Bedford 6 - 22' - Ealing a bit sloppy, bit also playing into a stiff 15 mph or so wind.
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Posted By: knightandday
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:26
Bluesman11 wrote:
knightandday wrote:
Bluesman11 wrote:
Has the commentator ever watched a Championship rugby game? âBedford usually known for their route one rugby but theyâve started playing slightly more expansively this seasonâ |
Must say I was surprised at how much âup the jumperâ Bedford used the other week at Donny. |
Wasnât at the game but we played the majority of the game with 14 men and a back down so suspect that had something to do with it. |
Wasnât criticising. They did what they had to do, but normal for Bedford is run run run. You missed a thoroughly entertaining game.
------------- Winning isn't everything, it just makes the beer taste better
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Posted By: MarkyMark
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:29
At the Bedford game, saw more people in B&Q this morning.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:29
Donny 17 Chinnor 7
Ealing 17 Bedford 6 Hartpury 21 Coventry 0 Pirates 5 Caldy 12 ht Amptill 12 LS 0
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:31
Donny 17 Chinnor 7
Ealing 17 Bedford 6 Hartpury 21 Coventry 0 Pirates 5 Caldy 12 Amptill 19 LS 0
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:34
Donny 24 Chinnor 7
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 28 Coventry 0 Pirates 5 Caldy 12 Amptill 19 LS 0
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:39
Donny 24 Chinnor 7
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 28 Coventry 0 Pirates 12 Caldy 12 Amptill 19 LS 0
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:41
Donny 31 Chinnor 7Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 28 Coventry 0 Pirates 12 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:43
Donny 31 Chinnor 7
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 28 Coventry 7 Pirates 12 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:45
Donny 31 Chinnor 7
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 28 Coventry 7 Pirates 19 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP. HT
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:45
Ealing 17 (3T) Bedford 11 (1T) - HT - Ealing have the wind second half
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:46
Blues have been a bit disappointing 1st half, at least 2nd half we will be forced to hold on to the ball.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:49
Donny 31 Chinnor 7
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 31 Coventry 12 Pirates 19 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP. HT
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:49
Donny 31 Chinnor 7
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 31 Coventry 17 Pirates 19 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP. HT
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:54
Donny 31 Chinnor 7
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 31 Coventry 17 Pirates 24 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP. HT
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:57
Donny 38 Chinnor 7
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 Pirates 24 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP. HT
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:58
Donny 38 Chinnor 7
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 Pirates 24 Caldy 17 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP. HT
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 15:59
Donny 38 Chinnor 14 Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 Pirates 24 Caldy 12 Amptill 26 LS 0. A's TBP
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Posted By: knightandday
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:00
Very amusing. Lots of Donny fans with torches on.
38-14
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:02
Donny 38 Chinnor 14
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 11 Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 Pirates 24 Caldy 12 Amptill 31 LS 0. A's TBP
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:03
Donny 38 Chinnor 14
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 16 Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 Pirates 24 Caldy 12 Amptill 31 LS 0. A's TBP
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:06
Donny 38 Chinnor 14
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 16
Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 Pury tbp
Pirates 24 Caldy 12
Amptill 31 LS 5 A's TBP
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:11
Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 23
Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 Pury tbp
Pirates 24 Caldy 17
Amptill 31 LS 5 A's TBP
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:11
Ealing 17 (3T) - Bedford 23 (3 t) - 50' - all Bedford 2nd half so far. Yc Ealing.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:14
Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 23
Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 FT Pury tbp
Pirates 27 Caldy 17
Amptill 31 LS 5 A's TBP
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:17
Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT
Donny TBP
Ealing 17 Bedford 23
Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 FT Pury tbp
Pirates 27 Caldy 24
Amptill 31 LS 5 A's TBP
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:18
Ealing 17 (3T) - Bedford 30 (BP) - Bedford putting Ealing to the sword. Just better in every phase. 57'
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:19
Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT
Donny TBP 5 - 0
Ealing 17 Bedford 30 Blues tbp
Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 FT Pury tbp 5 - 2
Pirates 27 Caldy 24 ft Pirates tbp 5 - 2
Amptill 31 LS 5 A's TBP
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:30
Decent fight back from the Cov side when an absolute drubbing looked on the cards. Nearly evened up at the death when only a pass adjudged forward denied a further Cov try. Two points is two more than I expected.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:32
Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT
Donny TBP 5 - 0
Ealing 17 Bedford 30 Blues tbp
Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 FT Pury tbp 5 - 2
Pirates 27 Caldy 24 ft Pirates tbp 5 - 2 Amptill 31 LS 12 A's TBP
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:34
10 mins to go at Ealing with a longish injury stop at the moment.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:37
Did they Ealing player drop that?
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:38
Ealing 24 (BP) - Bedford 30 (BP) - 72' Grandstand finish I hope.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:39
Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT
Donny TBP 5 - 0
Ealing 24 Bedford 30 Ealing tbp and Blues tbp
Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 FT Pury tbp 5 - 2
Pirates 27 Caldy 24 ft Pirates tbp 5 - 2 Amptill 31 LS 12 A's TBP
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:43
Donny 38 Chinnor 14. FT
Donny TBP 5 - 0
Ealing 24 Bedford 30 ft Ealing tbp and Blues tbp 2-5 Hartpury 31 Coventry 24 FT Pury tbp 5 - 2
Pirates 27 Caldy 24 ft Pirates tbp 5 - 2 Amptill 38 LS 19 ft A's TBP 5-0
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:47
gerg_861 wrote:
Ealing 24 (BP) - Bedford 30 (BP) - 72' Grandstand finish I hope. | FT - Full marks to Bedford.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 16:49
Blues win and fully deserved with that 2nd half.
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Posted By: Bigbluepip
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 17:03
Watched it on YouTube, fantastic 2nd half from the Blues, Ealing seemed to go off in the 2nd 40 and we took full advantage. We certainly seem to be a 2nd half team this season, credit to the fitness team for conditioning, Ealing looked like they were flagging, we looked much fresher. Less said about the commentators on the live stream the better, but thank you for putting it on, much appreciated.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 17:06
Having swapped sides at half time to watch us run in the tries, even though Ealing had the wind with them, the sun was awkward. It looked like the Ealing player dropped the ball from 100m away. If only we hadnât have lost a couple and weâd be pushing Ealing at the top.
Blues werenât their expansive best but got the job done. It seems more of those profits from Trailfinders are required to beat semi-pro teams. 
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Posted By: GarethBlues
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 18:45
Bigbluepip wrote:
Less said about the commentators on the live stream the better, but thank you for putting it on, much appreciated. |
Yes, what was the âRoute Oneâ nonsense all about ??
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Posted By: MarkyMark
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 19:32
One of the Ealing tries in the 2nd half was directly in front of me and amazingly the touch judge. The winger dropped the ball whilst trying to ground it one handed from about knee height. Still gave it though. Not sure what Ealings game plan was? A better scrum, much more powerful in the rucks and mauls, yet hardly ever did it? Peculiar
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Posted By: kempstonblue
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 20:42
Bigbluepip wrote:
Watched it on YouTube, fantastic 2nd half from the Blues, Ealing seemed to go off in the 2nd 40 and we took full advantage. We certainly seem to be a 2nd half team this season, credit to the fitness team for conditioning, Ealing looked like they were flagging, we looked much fresher. Less said about the commentators on the live stream the better, but thank you for putting it on, much appreciated. |
Blues Fans wanting to know why every away game cannot be shown. Seems understanding of broadcast rights has eluded many Blues supporters.
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Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 19 Apr 2025 at 21:39
knightandday wrote:
Very amusing. Lots of Donny fans with torches on.
38-14 |
That was amusing, but the Announcer using the same gag 4 or 5 times during the afternoon about floodlights bored me a bit I have to say. Itâs my personal opinion, but it just felt a bit unnecessary.
Overall, I thought it was a scrappy, bitty game, not helped by quite a stiff breeze. There was a lot of loose play by both sides. Despite the score, Chinnor were very competitive and if they had taken one of the number of opportunities they created in the first 20 minutes and got in front then it could have been a different game. As it was, Donny were clinical when they had to be and took the 5 points.
Edit: I knew I should have gone with my gut instinct and backed Bedford to turn over Ealing!. That was a great result for Blues.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:12
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:14
Nottingham 0 Cambridge 10
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:18
Nottingham 0 Cambridge 10
Cambridge yc on 16 mins
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:19
Nottingham 7 Cambridge 10 @ 17 mins
Cambridge yc on 16 mins
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:25
Nottingham 12 Cambridge 10 @ 22 mins
Cambridge yc on 16 mins
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:27
Nottingham 12 Cambridge 15 @ 23 mins
Cambridge yc on 16 mins
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:29
Nottingham 12 Cambridge 15 @ 26 mins
Cambridge back to 15
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:30
Nottingham 19 Cambridge 15 @ 28 mins
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:33
Nottingham 26 Cambridge 15 @ 31 mins
Notts tbp
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:38
Nottingham 26 Cambridge 22 @ 34 mins
Notts tbp
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 15:44
Nottingham 26 Cambridge 22 @ ht Notts tbp
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 16:04
Nottingham 40 - 22 Cambridge
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 16:05
Nottingham 40 Cambridge 22 @ 43 mins Notts tbp
Two quick trys to start the 2nd half for notts
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 16:16
And that has been the stoory of Cambridges season.
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 16:27
Nottingham 40 Cambridge 22 @ 64 mins
Notts yc on 64 mins
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 16:31
Nottingham 47 Cambridge 22 @ 67 mins
Notts yc on 64 mins
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Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 16:36
Nottingham 54 Cambridge 22 @ 72 mins
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 17:38
FT Nottingham 61-22 Cambridge
35-0 half
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Posted By: maire99
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 18:32
We so needed that. Massive relief to finally get a good win.
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025 at 21:14
The Ealing winger 14, really didnât fancy going to tackle Fred Tuilagi, managed to fall for the non-existent side step. Also looked a head on head contact but hard to pick up on these things live, although it looked high in the game.
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