Top three, bottom three?

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   Who's going to finish top, who's going to finish bottom. The coming season is going to be of interest, will Worcester finish top or will it be Ealing, will Bedford , Doncaster or Coventry spring a suprise?Will Cambridge Go down or is a new dawn on the horizon? Will Richmond struggle or caldy, can chinnor back up last season?
Looking forward to this season and putting my neck out
Ealing 
Bedford 
Worcester 

Richmond 
Cambridge 
Caldy.

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Ollie B Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Mini and Juniors Joined: 06 Jun 2025 Location: Wirral Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ollie B Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Top three, bottom three? Posted: 11 Jul 2025 at 20:58
	Who's going to finish top, who's going to finish bottom. The coming season is going to be of interest, will Worcester finish top or will it be Ealing, will Bedford , Doncaster or Coventry spring a suprise? Will Cambridge Go down or is a new dawn on the horizon? Will Richmond struggle or caldy, can chinnor back up last season? Looking forward to this season and putting my neck out Ealing Bedford Worcester Richmond Cambridge Caldy.

The Blues Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Status: Offline Points: 5227	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Blues Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jul 2025 at 23:02
	Ealing and Worcester are the teams to beat. The next batch of 5 will be fighting for the next 4 play off spots I think will be Blues, Knights, Coventry, Pirates and Hartpury. I think probably Knights and Blues having the best chance to be the next best. But for a couple of close/silly losses for Blues, we could have taken Ealing to the end, but you always forget the few close wins too. I think overall our forwards have been upgraded from last season. Backs, it's good to have back up for Maisey and I think they should be the usual standard, although there are a few more new faces than normal. Bottom 3 it is hard to look past Caldy, Cambridge and Richmond. They will spring some surprises but won't be consistent. I am going to throw Ampthill though into that bottom 3 mix, with the DR rules, Scottish could be dragged into it too.

FHLH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Cambridge Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 5651	Post Options Post Reply Quote FHLH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Jul 2025 at 23:29
	It's clear to me that Cambridge are recruiting within their limited budget. There may be some loan players and our new 3 year deal with Cambridge University may yield some players. Top 3 Ealing Bedford Worcester or Doncaster Bottom 3 Cambridge Caley Ampthill or Scottish
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Donnyknightfan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 28 Feb 2021 Location: Doncaster Status: Offline Points: 694	Post Options Post Reply Quote Donnyknightfan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 hours 7 minutes ago at 09:22
	From a Donny perspective, I am pretty confident that we will finish in the top 3. We’ve kept the core of last season’s team and and have bought in some good additions. The top end of the league looks as strong as it ever has, particularly with Worcester being back as well. I’d have Ealing favourites for top spot with Blues, Donny and Worcester all battling to finish 2nd.
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Bluesman11 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 13 May 2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1185	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bluesman11 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 hours 53 minutes ago at 09:36
	My prediction, in order: Top 3 (all capable of title) Ealing Doncaster Worcester Playoffs Bedford Coventry Pirates Upper Mid Table Hartpury Nottingham Lower mid table London Scottish Chinnor Ampthill Relegation/relegation playoffs Cambridge Richmond Caldy Edited by Bluesman11 - 14 hours 53 minutes ago at 09:36
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Stalwart* Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List British and Irish Lion Joined: 05 Dec 2024 Location: Penzance Status: Offline Points: 150	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stalwart* Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 hours 36 minutes ago at 10:53
	I fancy Donny for top 3. They finished very strongly last season and have recruited well Time for Cov to step up, I think they'll be close. I suppose it has to be Ealing and Wuss top two. I'll plump for Donny in 3rd. Can't tell about Scottish and their Quins link, so I'll go for Cambridge, Richmond, Caldy bottom 3. Edited by Stalwart* - 13 hours 35 minutes ago at 10:54
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JZSmith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 27 Aug 2024 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 312	Post Options Post Reply Quote JZSmith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 hours 38 minutes ago at 11:51
	I'd pretty much agree with Bluesman11 although I'd switch Richmond and Ampthill. I do know who I want to finish bottom. Not that I wish to see the Defaulters in the NL.

dawson9 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Academy player Joined: 14 May 2025 Location: Essex Status: Offline Points: 14	Post Options Post Reply Quote dawson9 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 hours 20 minutes ago at 14:09
	Im hoping scottish continue their good form from the end of last season to finish above the bottom 3. Actually quite excited to see us without the quins link qne hopefully picking a consistent team. always felt we are better when we consistently played our own guys rather than the 'pick the quins players name out of the hat' selection from earlier in the sesson. Top 3 will be decided on how quickly Worcester gel imo. With the squad they have on paper they should be finishing top easily, but may take them a while to get going. Cambridge bottom for me

gerg_861 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 11 Jun 2017 Location: Ealing Status: Offline Points: 3030	Post Options Post Reply Quote gerg_861 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 6 hours 24 minutes ago at 18:05
	Top 3 Ealing - kept much more of the team together than usual. A couple of strong signings such as Caulfield and Hatherell. Hoping some academy kids step up too. Worcester- lots of big names, but quite long in the tooth. I think that they could fire out of the block and fade as we saw from Ealing in the past when they employed a similar recruitment strategy. Donny- Finished last year very strong. I think that they might have won a playoff last year if there had been one. Bottom 3 Caldy - the Ravers are a great community team, but they don't seem to be able to win away from home. Cambridge - massive turnover, they may surprise, but I doubt it. Looked woeful against Ealing last year. Ampthill- I have heard rumour that the money, such as ot was, has run out. Suspect they will be battered.

Camquin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List World Cup Winner Joined: 01 Jun 2007 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 12085	Post Options Post Reply Quote Camquin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 4 hours 34 minutes ago at 19:55
	Cambridge will do what they can, but budget is always the limiting factor. We will have a new gym, which may help. If we finish 12th I will be overjoyed. But I would take 13th and winning the pay-off. If we are relegated, then we might start winning again.
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