Rearranged matches 19th March
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Topic: Rearranged matches 19th March
Posted By: Old Gold
Subject: Rearranged matches 19th March
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 12:17
Cornish Pirates 5 - 1
Hartpury
Coventry 0 - 5
Jersey Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford Can’t believe I missed the tenants off! 
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 12:53
Cornish Pirates 4 - 1 Hartpury Pirates should have this one in the bank but Hartpury to make them work Coventry 1 - 5 Jersey Cov may well be feeling boosted after their close win away and flip this prediction around in which case it will likely be 5 - 2 Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford - cannot see anything else
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Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:02
Pirates 5-0 Hartpury Coventry 0-5 Jersey
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Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:30
C Pirates 5 - 0 Hartpury Coventry 0 - 5 Jersey L Scottish 1 - Bedford 5
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:33
Pirates 5-0 Pury - Home team go nap and keep it interestingScottish 5-2 Blues Exiles due a full house and their pack to dominate Coventry 2-3 Jersey Should be an absolute slug fest with two excellent packs battering each other I predict a high scoring draw but Jersey get try bonus
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Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:56
corporalcarrot wrote:
Coventry 2-3 Jersey Should be an absolute slug fest with two excellent packs battering each other I predict a high scoring draw but Jersey get try bonus |
If Cov can find any props in the meantime of course.
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 14:15
Kimbo wrote:
corporalcarrot wrote:
Coventry 2-3 Jersey Should be an absolute slug fest with two excellent packs battering each other I predict a high scoring draw but Jersey get try bonus |
If Cov can find any props in the meantime of course. | Think positive mate I watched the stream last Friday and Cov forwards were top notch with Burrows the real deal but Jersey will front up and try to match them. Huge pity this one isn't streamed it should be a classic.
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Posted By: OldNick
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 14:32
We can think as positive as we like, but losing one prop early in the first half where he didn't appear to have a clue whether his head was attached, and another with his arm being supported as if it was broken doesn't give us two fit props back this weekend. Add to that Cov's most experienced prop out until the end of the season, (at least) and acting waterboy last week, and my guess is another DR / Academy boy (or possibly 2), we've never seen before will be on the bench.
The second row is about as stretched, but at least the back row looks decent, particularly if Senitiki Nayalo is given back by the army. Unlikely though, as he looked one of their best players a fortnight back.
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:16
OldNick wrote:
We can think as positive as we like, but losing one prop early in the first half where he didn't appear to have a clue whether his head was attached, and another with his arm being supported as if it was broken doesn't give us two fit props back this weekend.Add to that Cov's most experienced prop out until the end of the season, (at least) and acting waterboy last week, and my guess is another DR / Academy boy (or possibly 2), we've never seen before will be on the bench.
The second row is about as stretched, but at least the back row looks decent, particularly if Senitiki Nayalo is given back by the army. Unlikely though, as he looked one of their best players a fortnight back. | Sounds like you are teasing and talking your teams chances down ON. Ignoring the uncontested scrums which go with put in Cov absolutely battered Blues up front last Friday and I have no doubt they will be trying just as hard on Saturday in front of their own supporters. Should be a great contest between two well matched teams who play a similar style of rugby.
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Posted By: Stalwart
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:38
C Pirates 5 - 0 Hartpury Coventry 1 - 5 Jersey L Scottish 1 - Bedford 5
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Posted By: Cherub
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2022 at 21:24
Cornish Pirates 5-0 Hartpury. The Pirates will be buoyed by this evening’s announcement and Hartpury just don’t have the same incentive. Coventry 1-4 Jersey. Coventry are a different proposition at home but it seems their injury issues continue. Jersey are a professional outfit who will want to finish the season strongly. London Scottish 0-5 Bedford. I think Bedford are due a comfortable win.
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2022 at 13:31
Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Hartpury Coventry 0 - 5 Jersey Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2022 at 16:26
Cornish Pirates 5 - 1 Hartpury - Hopefully stability from the sunset agreement lets the Pirates focus on the pitch. Coventry 0 - 5 Jersey - Coventry apparently have no front row. Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford - Scottish might not be Nat1 standard.
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Posted By: Welshie7
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2022 at 23:02
Cornish Pirates 5 - 1 Hartpury Coventry 0 - 5 Jersey Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2022 at 11:09
Jersey 1st XV squad v Coventry (A) – RFU Championship match 20/20, Butts Park Arena, Saturday March 19th 2022, k-o 4pm Backs (15-9) Brendan Owen; Harry Simmons, Dan Barnes, Jordan Holgate, Will Brown; Sam Leeming, James Elliott. Forwards (1-8) James Flynn, Eoghan Clarke, Steve Longwell, Sean O’Connor, Macauley Cook, Max Argyle, Lewis Wynne (capt), Tim Grey. Replacements (16-23) TJ Harris, Roy Godfrey, Adam Nicol, Alex Humfrey, Wes White, James Mitchell, Tom Pittman, Scott Van Breda.
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Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2022 at 11:38
Full Reds' preview, including details of online streaming option (quite popular with some posters I believe)
https://www.jerseyreds.je/news_article/reds-look-to-mark-anniversary-of-promotion-in-style/" rel="nofollow - https://www.jerseyreds.je/news_article/reds-look-to-mark-anniversary-of-promotion-in-style/
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Posted By: OldNick
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2022 at 12:43
Coventry squad listed to play Jersey Reds, 16:00 Saturday BPA
15: Louis Brown 14: Rob Knox 13: Andy Forsyth 12: Will Owen 11: Tom Stanton 10: Evan Mitchell 09: Josh Barton
01: Toby Grinder 02: Suva Ma'asi 03: Jake Bridges 04: James Tyas 05: Adam Peter's 06: Senitiki Nayalo 07: Josh Bainbridge 08: Ryan Burrows
16: Will Haly (debut) 17: Luc Jeannot 18: Matt Woodward (debut) 19: Fred Betteridge 20: Tom Ball 21: Dan Babos 22: Louis James 23: James Martin
Two debutantes for Coventry in the front row on the bench, and a number of other changes brought about by injury illness and DR recalls.
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Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2022 at 13:01
C Pirates 5 - 0 Hartpury Coventry 4 - 1 Jersey L Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford
I was away last week and unable to log in - so I did send my predictions directly to Robin, who has also very kindly reset my password . . . Robin can corroborate, and if deemed appropriate my scores might be considered :-))) . . they were:
Ampthill 0 - 5 Ealing Bedford 2 - 5 Coventry Doncaster 4 - 1 Cornish Pirates Jersey 5 - 0 Nottingham Richmond 4 - 1 Hartpury
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Posted By: Cherub
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2022 at 15:38
Runitback wrote:
<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">C Pirates 5 - 0 Hartpury</span><div style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">Coventry 4 - 1 Jersey L Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford <div style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"> <div style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">I was away last week and unable to log in - so I did send my predictions directly to Robin, who has also very kindly reset my password . . . Robin can corroborate, and if deemed appropriate my scores might be considered :-))) . . they were:<div style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"> <div style=": rgb251, 251, 253;"><p ="msonormal"="" style="caret-color: rgb0, 0, 0; text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Ampthill 0 - 5 Ealing</span><p ="msonormal"="" style="caret-color: rgb0, 0, 0; text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Bedford   2 - 5 Coventry</span><p ="msonormal"="" style="caret-color: rgb0, 0, 0; text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Doncaster  4 - 1 Cornish Pirates</span><p ="msonormal"="" style="caret-color: rgb0, 0, 0; text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Jersey 5 - 0 Nottingham</span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><p ="msonormal"="" style="caret-color: rgb0, 0, 0; text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";">Richmond 4 - 1 Hartpury</span>
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Posted By: All the Way
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2022 at 16:10
C Pirates 5 - 0 Hartpury Coventry 1 - 5 Jersey L Scottish 0 - 5 Bedford
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Posted By: Westcoaster
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2022 at 19:05
Another game with no Guy Thompson.......any news Islander ??
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Posted By: Donnyknightfan
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:05
Just about getting my predictions in on time: Cornish Pirates 5 v 1 Hartpury - Pirates should be able to keep up the pressure at the top London Scottish 0 v 5 Bedford - Can only see one outcome here, maybe Scottish could sneak 4 tries Coventry 0 v 5 Jersey - Jersey too strong I think
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:50
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:59
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:04
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:07
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:15
Posted By: OldNick
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:26
By which I think he means... 7:0 7:12 14:12 14:17 21:17 HT.
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:33
Pirates 12 Hartpury 19 ht
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:35
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:46
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:54
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 15:56
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:07
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Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:10
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:10
Cov 0 - 7 Jersey after 10'
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:14
All square 7 -7
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:15
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:18
Cov 14 - 7 Jersey
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:18
Pirates 31 -19 2mins to go
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:20
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:25
Cov 14 - 12 Jersey
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:27
Pirates 31 - 24 Hartpury FT
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:36
Cov 19 - 19 Jersey 33'
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:43
19 -- 26 BP Jersey
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 16:48
Make that 19-33 HT
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:10
26-33
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:17
26-40
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:21
26 - 47
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:29
Now 33 - 54
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:32
33 - 59 do these side have defence coaches.
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:34
Sounds like they are throwing it around a bit.
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Posted By: kempstonblue
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:44
I don’t know what is more amazing Bedford getting 62 pts or Italy doing the Welsh in Cardiff!
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:48
Italy doing the Welsh, although great score by Bedford
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:48
38-59
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 17:51
Cov 38 - 66 FT
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Posted By: The Blues
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 20:12
kempstonblue wrote:
I don’t know what is more amazing Bedford getting 62 pts or Italy doing the Welsh in Cardiff! |
Definitely Wales.
Blues are an away team this year! 320 points away and 216 at home.
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Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 22:56
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 22:58
OldNick wrote:
By which I think he means...7:0 7:12 14:12 14:17 21:17 HT. |
 Boring & pedantic ON.
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Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2022 at 23:08
Camquin wrote:
33 - 59 do these side have defence coaches.
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Does sound like one of those games - quite often happens at end of season. Reds were 19-12 down at one point, but seemed (I wasn’t there) to dominate last hour.
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 08:43
https://www.championshiprugby.co.uk/fixtures-and-results?competition=173&division=33636&season=2021-2022#table" rel="nofollow - The Championship table 2021-2022 (championshiprugby.co.uk)
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Posted By: Stalwart
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 10:46
So in reality it all hinges on Ealing v Pirates next week. What a shame it's not being televised.
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 11:18
Stalwart wrote:
So in reality it all hinges on Ealing v Pirates next week. What a shame it's not being televised.
| Fully agree unless its a low scoring draw the winner of that one are strong favorites and I'm pretty sure those really nice lads at Ealing will stream the game so we can all see it.
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 14:38
Low scoring draw will do nicely thanks
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Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 20:00
A higher-scoring draw of, say, 24-24, with Ealing scoring 3 tries but Pirates 4, would leave the top 3 together on 72 points, with Donny ahead on games won… & therefore the title within their grasp…
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2022 at 21:08
True enough but any which way exciting times
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 14:49
islander wrote:
A higher-scoring draw of, say, 24-24, with Ealing scoring 3 tries but Pirates 4, would leave the top 3 together on 72 points, with Donny ahead on games won… & therefore the title within their grasp… | If Pirates do win and end up top of the league is it too late for them to elect to use a temporary stadium somewhere like Plymouth or even Exeter until S4C happens? Probably as daft an idea as Jersey electing to play in Rennes or even Paris if they ever end up top. I should have saved this until April 1st.
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Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 16:51
Champ 22/23 season to start 10th September.
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2022 at 19:35
CC too late as they did not apply for the audit - no matter how ridiculous that idea is, 5 months before season end do we audit spend money not knowing the league outcome
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 08:22
castleparknight wrote:
CC too late as they did not apply for the audit - no matter how ridiculous that idea is, 5 months before season end do we audit spend money not knowing the league outcome | Surely an audit would be superfluous if they elected a ground which already qualifies like Sandy Park or Home Park Plymouth. IMO its in rugby's interest to promote Pirates, Ealing or Donny. If they dont do it this year do they try again next season?
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Posted By: cheshire exile
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 08:54
Frankly we are nowhere near ready for the Premiership even if we could secure a ground. Off field resources are miles away from what would be needed.
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Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 09:42
CC, you seem to be confused, the RFU has no interest in Rugby only in the Premiership.
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 09:57
corporalcarrot wrote:
castleparknight wrote:
CC too late as they did not apply for the audit - no matter how ridiculous that idea is, 5 months before season end do we audit spend money not knowing the league outcome | Surely an audit would be superfluous if they elected a ground which already qualifies like Sandy Park or Home Park Plymouth. IMO its in rugby's interest to promote Pirates, Ealing or Donny. If they dont do it this year do they try again next season? |
CC the audit goes beyond just the ground so there has to be evidence provided on the other criteria too
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Posted By: Cherub
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2022 at 16:18
I wish the very best of everything to Ealing, Doncaster, Pirates, and Jersey, the current big four of the Championship. And I hope that whoever wins this year’s league will overcome any issues and get to play in the Premiership next season.
But what about the other eight clubs, assuming London Scottish remain and Caldy get promoted? What are their aspirations?
My brother is a Bedford supporter and says they have no ambition to play in the Premiership. I find this hard to believe. I have been in a packed Goldington Road on several occasions and the atmosphere created was magnificent and worthy of a Premiership game. A full house of 5000 to 6000 is surely good enough. And with some planning this could probably be increased. I don’t know. And with all the develop going on around Bedford, why not plan for a relocation? I understand the 10,001 ruling but perhaps renting the MK Dons stadium is a good short term measure?
Coventry’s situation is similar.
But what about the rest? And as an example, let me use my team, Ampthill. Over the past decade or so they have clawed their way up the leagues and thoroughly deserve their place in the second tier of the English system. But their current facilities are a very long way from allowing the club to progress any further. A very long way. So what is the point of them being in the Championship? Well that’s simple. They have aspirations to get better and ultimately reach the top. Two years ago they announced plans to relocate, but COVID hit and then the RFU drastically cut their funding. Two body blows in one whammy, but they took it on the chin and kept on playing, surprising many people on the way. And now they are biding their time. Still full of ambition but realising it will take some time. They might fail, but going on the results of the first two seasons, they are not out of their rugby depth.
There is nothing anyone could do about COVID. It is just a pity that the influencers at the RFU are such pears. I am sure none of them actually know where Ampthill is!
So what are the aspirations for the likes of Richmond, Hartpury, Nottingham, London Scottish, and Caldy?
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