REGIONAL 1 SOUTH CENTRAL

An interesting day, a much closer game than expected between Wimbledon and Wootton basset. Brighton vs Bracknell was a close old affair in poor conditions.

Edited by The Inside man - 08 Jan 2023 at 12:07

Week 16

Bournemouth v Bracknell 1-4

Good God,  the new "waist or below" tackle rule by the braindead clowns at the  RFU is a serious misguided weak knee jerk reaction  that will harm our game. Its a rule  that will see games played with god knows how many  yellow cards due to innocuous tackles that are inches above the waist and it will  introduce more knee to head collisions causing even more injuries and

Edited by HAVANT TONY - 21 Jan 2023 at 11:32

WEvans wrote: HAVANT TONY wrote: Good God,  the new "waist or below" tackle rule by the braindead clowns at the  RFU is a serious misguided weak knee jerk reaction  that will harm our game. Its a rule  that will see games played with god knows how many  yellow cards due to innocuous tackles that are inches above the waist and it will  introduce more knee to head collisions causing even more injuries and God forbid anyone trying to hold someone up at a maul ! In my opinion EVERY club and supporter should protest to the RFU about this because if we don't  they will think we all accept it and it's the first step to a slippery slope of the game turning into to a joke version of adult tag rugby https://www.change.org/p/2023-24-tackling-height-in-the-amateur-rugby-union-game Should those supporters who are former players suffering life-changing effects from years of repetitive head contact get someone else to protest on their behalf?

Maidenhead tweeted earlier this week that their game at Wimbledon has been moved to London Irish, 4pm kick-off. Nothing on Wimbledon's website or Twitter, though.

HAVANT TONY wrote: Good God,  the new "waist or below" tackle rule by the braindead clowns at the  RFU is a serious misguided weak knee jerk reaction  that will harm our game. Its a rule  that will see games played with god knows how many  yellow cards due to innocuous tackles that are inches above the waist and it will  introduce more knee to head collisions causing even more injuries and God forbid anyone trying to hold someone up at a maul ! In my opinion EVERY club and supporter should protest to the RFU about this because if we don't  they will think we all accept it and it's the first step to a slippery slope of the game turning into to a joke version of adult tag rugby https://www.change.org/p/2023-24-tackling-height-in-the-amateur-rugby-union-game Just short of 49000 signatures in 2 days

HAVANT TONY wrote: WEvans wrote: HAVANT TONY wrote: Good God,  the new "waist or below" tackle rule by the braindead clowns at the  RFU is a serious misguided weak knee jerk reaction  that will harm our game. Its a rule  that will see games played with god knows how many  yellow cards due to innocuous tackles that are inches above the waist and it will  introduce more knee to head collisions causing even more injuries and God forbid anyone trying to hold someone up at a maul ! In my opinion EVERY club and supporter should protest to the RFU about this because if we don't  they will think we all accept it and it's the first step to a slippery slope of the game turning into to a joke version of adult tag rugby https://www.change.org/p/2023-24-tackling-height-in-the-amateur-rugby-union-game Should those supporters who are former players suffering life-changing effects from years of repetitive head contact get someone else to protest on their behalf?  YES

So Tony - how's your side looking for Saturday?
I am pretty sure it will be game on in SW20.

HAVANT TONY wrote: @boatyjames wrote: So Tony - how's your side looking for Saturday? I am pretty sure it will be game on in SW20.   If we can replicate saturday's  performance  against Quins then your lot are in for a tough time I reckon. We were superb, after a sluggish start I may add. We've been rocked by injuries to our pack for a while now but every one who has come in has stepped up and put in a decent shift just like Saturday with Pete Austin's first start of the season getting 4 tries in the process Always a tough game to be had in posh SW20 so I'm hoping we go one better than last seasons very close fixture and come away with a W I hear you've been splashing the cash and recruited a few newbies recently ...true or rumour? Unfortunately  I won't be there to witness it as my Mrs has committed a cardinal sin and booked up a family weekend  away in the rugby season so this is only the second game missed this season the other being Brighton away due to a wedding!!.tried everything to get out of it of course but she aint having none of it !!! I will be glued to Luke's  twitter feed with fingers,legs and nuts crossed for luck ..UP THE HILL HAVANT

"I hear you've been splashing the cash..." that's exactly what "people" were saying about Havant at the start of the season! _ I can assure you our playing/coaching budget is no higher this year than last Tony - just appears to be better allocated. But we shall see - still plenty of time for the wheels to fall off the bus!