Season Finale - Fixtures 1st/2nd April
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Topic: Season Finale - Fixtures 1st/2nd April
Posted By: Old Gold
Subject: Season Finale - Fixtures 1st/2nd April
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2022 at 13:44
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Doncaster Pirates 5 - 0
Ampthill Ealing 5 - 0
Richmond ------------- #AClubForLifešā¤ļøš¤ |
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Posted By: BigChief
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2022 at 15:19
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Doncaster Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Ampthill Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond ------------- For the ordinary purposes of conversation, a superficial knowledge of many things goes further than an intimacy with one or two. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2022 at 16:54
Ditto
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BigChief wrote:Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2022 at 17:05
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Nottingham 1-5 Doncaster Pirates 5-0 Ampthill Ealing 2-5 Richmond - Fancy an underdog win just for the sake of it.
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Posted By: Cherub
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2022 at 17:43
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Nottingham 1-4 Doncaster. Doncaster have a habit of only just beating whoever they play. And the weather on Friday might not be conducive for a try fest. Cornish Pirates 5-0 Ampthill. Ampthill won this fixture last year. Can they do it again? I donāt think so. Me of little faith. Ealing 5-0 Richmond. Richmond have nothing to play for except pride. Ealing have everything to play for. The final round and sharing second spot. Methinks third place could be beckoning. Having said that, is the prediction table continuing with the headline grabbing and eagerly awaited cup games? ------------- Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2022 at 18:27
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Doncaster Pirates 5 - 0 Ampthill Ealing 2 - 5 Richmond I dream a dream š ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: Stalwart
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2022 at 18:31
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Nottingham 1 - 4 Doncaster Cornish Pirates 5 - 0 Ampthill. Pirates to complete the season unbeaten at The Mennaye. Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond |
Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:35
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Doncaster . . but a derby game, Nottingham nothing to lose and will give it everything . . but Donny cannot leave anything in the tank . . . first 20 will be epic. Pirates 5 - 0 Ampthill . . surely Pirates to sign off with a solid win . . new contracts all round :-) Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond . . Surely a big win, but I would not be surprised if Richmond scored 4 tries. Hopefully all great games with far closer scorelines than I have predicted and no injuries. The poor weather might be a factor in the first two games. ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 13:14
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Nottingham (34)2 - 5 (38) Donny Pirates (45) 5 - 2 (39) Ampthill Ealing (48) 5-1 (26) Richmond Three cracking games of full on rugby.
------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 16:49
| Plans to stream ET v 'Mond have been confirmed this afternoon via social media... |
Posted By: Geoff DC
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 19:39
A bit late, but good news for both of the Ealing Fans who can't make the game |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 20:01
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Only one the other is on holiday. ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 20:05
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Doncaster Pirates 5 - 0 Ampthill Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 20:37
bad luck (or bad planning?) that the one who's on holiday is staying somewhere without wifi and therefore isn't able to stream the match direct to their sun lounger...
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 22:58
It's me. I'm on holiday. I blame the RFU for moving the match. So I am chuffed that it will streamed.
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Posted By: oneagainstthehead
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2022 at 23:44
Iām the other one - Iāll be there š ------------- Speak softly, but carry a big stick. |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 09:54
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Surely they should postpone the match until they can both be there! ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: oneagainstthehead
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 11:37
No, thatās ok. Iām sure many of our 1800+ friends who were there last week will find their way back. ------------- Speak softly, but carry a big stick. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 13:19
I gave them the okay to proceed. ;) Seriously though, a really good crowd last weekend, and I was surprised that it was only 1800 officially. Based on my eyeballing of the various stands and knowing their capacity, I would have guessed about 2250 or so. I think it was probably about 75/25 split in terms of Ealing/Pirates fans, so a decent local turn out on a gloriously sunny day.
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Posted By: oneagainstthehead
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 13:31
Not an official count, just my own eye-ball. Somewhere in the middle, methinks. ------------- Speak softly, but carry a big stick. |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 14:20
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According to that epitome of veracity*, there were 1741 at Ealing.
*Edit: somehow missed out 'The Rugby Paper'  ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: Brizzer
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 16:48
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Doncaster ā¦ Donny to bring their A game and then pray for a miracle. Pirates 5 - 0 Ampthill ā¦ Pirates to make their point and then pray for a miracle. Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond ā¦ No miracles to be seen here I'm afraid. Ealing to come out of the blocks and the game to be won in the first quarter. Without being disrespectful to Mond, who are a quality side and one of the top clubs in the country, they could be facing an absolute juggernaut at Ealing. Still, if they were to pull it off it would go down as one of the greatest upsets in Championship rugby....stranger things have happened (but not many). ------------- Tackle Low!!!!! |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:31
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starting XV for Ealing vs. Richmond Good side, not many changes. Wonder if Thiede is hurt, as he has been a top player the last month or so. Whyte has really come on lately as well. 1 Kyle Whyte 2 Jan-Henning Campher 3 George Davis 4 Bobby de Wee 5 James Cannon 6 Max Northcote-Green 7 Simon Uzokwe 8 Rayn Smid 9 Craig Hampson 10 Craig Willis 11 Luke Daniels 12 Pat Howard 13 Max Bodilly 14 Angus Kernohan 15 David Johnston Replacements - 16 Cam Terry 17 Dylan Smith 18 Harry Seward 19 Simon Linsell 20 Jack Digby 21 Jordan Burns 22 Steven Shingler 23 Reuben Bird-Tulloch |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2022 at 13:01
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Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond ā¦ No miracles to be seen here I'm afraid. Ealing to come out of the blocks and the game to be won in the first quarter. Without being disrespectful to Mond, who are a quality side and one of the top clubs in the country, they could be facing an absolute juggernaut at Ealing. Still, if they were to pull it off it would go down as one of the greatest upsets in Championship rugby....stranger things have happened (but not many).
Brizzer nor can I our top points scorer is out we were lacklustre against Coventry and nothing to play for except pride |
Posted By: All the Way
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2022 at 16:45
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Doncaster Pirates 5 - 1 Ampthill Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond |
Posted By: Welshie7
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2022 at 17:12
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Nottingham 0 - 5 Donny Pirates 5 - 0 Ampthill Ealing 5 - 0 Richmond |
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2022 at 21:32
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Doncaster get the bonus point, Ealing need to win. Currently, 5 - 26 with minutes left. Can Richmond cause a huge upset. Confirmation that is FT.
------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 08:24
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Credit to Nottingham- they made us work for it. Now itās over to Richmond ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 10:03
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........and Ealing Trailfinders ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 10:35
------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 11:09
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Whoever wins the league deserves promotion . . . end of! ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 13:26
No 7 - it was over to Richmond to make Ealing work for itā¦. Good luck later on today ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 14:27
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Could ealing vs richmond be a pretty rare occasion when 1 game can have an affect on pretty much every men's league in the country? How many go up from L2 to 1, 3 to 2, etc
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Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 15:22
| 5-0 Ealing after 15 minutes |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 15:37
| 22-5 Ealing |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 15:49
| 29-5 Ealing |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 16:08
| 36-5 Ealing |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 16:32
| 48-5 Ealing |
Posted By: Member728
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 16:40
| Ealing 60-5 |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 16:46
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Congratulations Ealing š ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 16:47
| Some poor discipline there from ET. Something i'd assume they'd try and change before entering the Prem otherwise alot of games could finish with 14 players or less.... |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 17:10
I second that
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Posted By: Cherub
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 17:15
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First off, huge congratulations to Ealing Trailfinders. I hope they now play their rugby games in the Premiership next season as they thoroughly deserve to. They have won the league fair and square and I wish them all the luck in the world. Secondly, well done to Doncaster for pushing Ealing all the way. But most of all, well done to my team, Ampthill, who finish sixth in their very first full season, ending their campaign with a wonderful bonus point draw away to Cornish Pirates. Surely this is something to build on for next season. I also think my equal second standing in the prediction table at the end of last week will see me tumble downwards after this weekās set of results. ------------- Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 17:29
| Watched online, Yeeealing! |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 17:43
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Now for the appeal - hope the RFU see sense. If not I just donāt know what the options are. Well done Ampthill for fighting back to get that bonus point draw. Cup competition next and we have Pirates next weekend - could have hoped for an easier draw than thatā¦. ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: oneagainstthehead
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 19:02
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Ealing cruised to a comfortable victory against a very spirited Richmond who refused to give up playing proper rugby, despite repeated, often devastating, counter-attacks. Fittingly, Ealing were presented with the Championship trophy after the match by an appropriate RFU bigwig. Except they werenāt. All the bigwigs were quite understandably otherwise engaged by that ever so vital Varsity match at Twickenham. So the Middlesex county representative presented the trophy instead - rather generously refered to by some as a ālittle-wigā. Absolutely no disrespect towards the gentleman in question, it wasnāt his fault, but doesnāt that just sum up the entire RFUās attitude towards its primary league?
------------- Speak softly, but carry a big stick. |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 19:48
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I spotted Chris Cutherbertson RFU. He is a littlewig and played rugby for Hammersmith and Fulham. No disrespect to Chris who is a genuine Rugby man. Just another kick in the bol locks for Ealing ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: dropout22
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 20:43
That's very amateur to not even have a member from the NGB there to present the award... |
Posted By: Camquin
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2022 at 21:42
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Presumably Shanners had to be at Twickenham with CURUFC not at Bishop Stortford with Cllub. The joy of having two jobs. To be slightly fair to the RFU, the Championship should have been settled last week, but then they would all have been at the cabbage patch for the Red Roses match. ------------- Sweeney Delenda Est |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 00:40
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Chris Cuthbertson - Chair, Governance Standing Committee
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Posted By: oneagainstthehead
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 00:58
It has subsequently been pointed out to me that I was misinformed as to exactly who was present from the RFU. I am happy to retract a little of the irony from my previous post, but not necessarily the sentiment. ------------- Speak softly, but carry a big stick. |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 13:17
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Well done Ealing! And credit to Donny for taking the title battle to the last dayā¦ & to Pirates for their unbeaten home stretch. Finally kudos to Ampthill the draw specialists, & unlucky not to have won in Jersey for their first āDā. So they were 8th in the table after scoring their late try yesterdayā¦ & then up to 6th seconds later as the result of what sounds like a tricky conversion = fair play. We await news of Ealingās appeal & news of who might be joining us from N1. I went to RP v Caldy yesterday, a fine/exciting match between 2 excellent sides. Caldy in the driving seat now, but not by much & 3 pursuers (Park, Sale & Cambridge) could all catch them. April will probably be rather more exciting for N1 than in the level aboveā¦
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Posted By: dumbape
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 16:39
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Some interesting views on the RFU representation at the Ealing Game yesterday that I think are off the mark. Chris Cuthbertson has been involved in the game for a long time as has been noted, but I think the point needs to made that he is still Secretary of Hammersmith & Fulham Rugby club and has been for 20 odd years. Chris is man steeped in rugby experience. How many RFU board members are there who have that direct current involvement in running a community club. Indeed, how many of them have ever run a rugby club? One day making decisions on a budget of millions, the next trying to balance the books at his club when the coach company wants to increase charges by 10%. I hear Chris is stepping down from his positions at the RFU after 19 years service and having worked with Chris, I can say the loss of his experience at all levels of English rugby is a huge loss, which most definitely needs to be replaced at RFU Board level. HOPEFULLY the 'other' RFU person present, Tom Ilube, the Chairman of the RFU and the RFU's most senior representative (who choose to come to Ealing and not watch the Varsity match), will understand that folks like Chris are the the backbone of the game and the board must hear their voices I think having the Top Chaps from country and county present winners medals to the players and the league trophy to our Captain, Rayn Smidt was perfect. To suggest that there was some kind of snub intended is baffling beyond belief!! ------------- What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes! |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 18:29
The Champ was originally set to finish on 19/3 (when many of the RFU top brass were no doubt in Greengage Paree)
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Posted By: oneagainstthehead
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 19:45
I think Iām the guilty party here, which I have acknowledged in a subsequent post. I was the inadvertent victim of misinformation that I should have checked before posting - but post victory celebrations probably got the better of me. Notwithstanding, I do think the RFU in general are disrespectful of the Championship and its winners - surely promotion is earned on the field, not the office. ------------- Speak softly, but carry a big stick. |
Posted By: kempstonblue
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 20:01
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Whilst we all believe the Championship winners deserve a season in the Premiership (or longer). Am heartened that the scrap for 2nd place on National One is still underway. After visiting Cambridge about 15 years ago when a family member required specialist care at Addenbrookes I took a breather one tough weekend watching the Blood and Sand. I hope in my life that Bedford and Cambridge play at least one season in the same league. I would say on a level playing fieldā¦but Bedford might never achieve that. ------------- The older I get, the more the RFU leave me confused. |
Posted By: jimbojetset
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 20:11
Scrap for 1st Place is still on. Any one of Four could still finish top, including Cambridge.
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Posted By: OLDALIKADOO10
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 20:21
| Chris's successor as Middlesex RFU Council Rep is Andrew Smart Chairman Harrow RFC, Chairman of the Middlesex competitions (Merit Tables etc). Andrew is passionate about the community game and in my opinion a perfect replacement. Also he's a top bloke. He starts 1st August |
Posted By: OLDALIKADOO10
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 20:27
| Tom Ilube zoomed into the last Middlesex management meeting. He sat through the whole session and at the end held up a mind map he made during the session.He was geuinely interested in the community level. |