Championship Round 20

Dropout we have Ealing away last game 

Interesting day; maybe not so much in Jersey, I'm afraid it was a pretty one-sided contest, although some nice rugby was played & Nottingham never gave up. FT was 48-12

Edited by islander - 13 Mar 2022 at 06:58

islander wrote: Interesting day; maybe not so much in Jersey, I'm afraid it was a pretty one-sided contest, although some nice rugby was played & Nottingham never gave up. FT was 48-12 So Donny retain their lead, with 72 points, 2 ahead of ET, with Pirates 3rd on 64pts. Who needs what? - Donny have 2 weekends off and will then want to take 5pts at Nottingham and hope neither of below scenarios occur - Ealing have 1 w/e off & need 8pts from Pirates (H) & 'Mond (H) - Pirates need 13pts from Hartpury (H), Ealing (A) & Ampthill (H) A 3-way tie is still an outside possibility, which would mean Donny lifting the silverware on games won...

I'll get in first & predict a 3 way tie. Some brilliant rugby contests being played out at the tail end of this season imo. 

gerg_861 wrote: I battled my way up the M1, arriving about twenty minutes into the match between Ealing and Ampthill. I thoroughly enjoyed the game, and the A's played hard throughout. The wind was very strong in the first half, and outside of a couple of scores, Ealing spent a lot of time pinned in their own end. The Ealing professionalism showed in the second half as I thought that they were much more clinical, forcing fewer passes, and eventually tiring Ampthill out. There was a really nice atmosphere at Dillingham Park today, and I was surprised that the attendance was only 795 - it seemed that there were more people there. I would beg Ampthill though to invest in at least getting a clock of some sort. For me at least, it takes away from the match to not know how much time is left on the clock - I've looked online, and they can be had for less than a grand.

I too was at the match and I think your assessment of the game is very fair. Ealing’s professionalism proved too much as the game wore on and I was particularly impressed by the Ealing Number 7 whose strong running always tested the Ampthill defence.

Not so sure a new clock is top of the Ampthill wish list though 😜😜

It’s time to tell a lovely little tale that occurred this week. Stay with me. It is rugby related.

We only moved into our new house recently. Last Friday morning I was talking with one of our new neighbours. I do not know their surname. Whilst I was with them their son arrived. He has just retired from playing. He played for Leeds and mostly Gloucester. When I said I was going to the Ampthill v Ealing game on Saturday he said he was an old mate of the current Ealing number nine.

I arrived at the game early and got talking to a gentleman and his wife who supported Ealing. They had just driven down from Leeds to watch their son play. Their son was the Ealing number nine.

What were the chances of that? And should I be buying a lottery ticket?

Cherub wrote: It’s time to tell a lovely little tale that occurred this week. Stay with me. It is rugby related. We only moved into our new house recently. Last Friday morning I was talking with one of our new neighbours. I do not know their surname. Whilst I was with them their son arrived. He has just retired from playing. He played for Leeds and mostly Gloucester. When I said I was going to the Ampthill v Ealing game on Saturday he said he was an old mate of the current Ealing number nine. I arrived at the game early and got talking to a gentleman and his wife who supported Ealing. They had just driven down from Leeds to watch their son play. Their son was the Ealing number nine. What were the chances of that? And should I be buying a lottery ticket?

Very popular and successful player during his time at Headingley. We were sorry to see him go.

castleparknight wrote: He is a quality player, and has been a real bonus to Ealing these last couple of years and prior to that at Carnegie - unfortunately we could never afford to pay the money that he was due to lure him to the knights

Edited by KnightsBoy - 14 Mar 2022 at 08:41

castleparknight wrote: Aye - but we couldn't tempt him to be on the staff payroll