Round 1 team news
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Topic: Round 1 team news
Posted By: The Blues
Subject: Round 1 team news
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2022 at 14:08
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Blues have Newman and Little again from Ealing and Kloska and Tull from Bristol and Garside from Saints. 15. Matt Worley, 14. Seán French, 13. James Little, 12. Michael Le Bourgeois, 11. Dean Adamson, 10. Will Maisey, 9. Alex Day (C); 1. Joey Conway, 2. Jacob Fields, 3. Corrie Barrett, 4. Jordan Onojaife, 5. Alex Woolford, 6. Ollie Newman, 7. Charles Rylands, 8. Jac Arthur 16. Jack Hughes, 17. Monty Royston, 18. George Kloska, 19. Robin Williams, 20. Aaron Tull, 21. Jake Garside, 22. Louis Grimoldby, 23. Pat Tapley |
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Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2022 at 14:15
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Kloska a big unit . . . is he a BB or on loan? ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2022 at 14:16
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Ignore last!!!!! ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2022 at 13:43
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https://cornish-pirates.com/rugby/rfu-statement/" rel="nofollow - RFU Statement :Cornish Pirates (cornish-pirates.com)
Looks like games going ahead. ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2022 at 13:46
| Yes, games are on. https://bit.ly/3RpJaZX" rel="nofollow - Reds release + team news |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2022 at 15:36
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Ealing Trailfinders team to face Doncaster Knights: Looks a very good side. Curious if David Johnston is injured. I can see him being pushed to the bench by Holmes, but surprised he isnt on the bench. Glad to see Uzokwe back after a ding against Richmond. 15. Jonah Holmes 14. Jack Metcalf 13. Max Bodilly 12. Reuben Bird-Tulloch 11. Luke Daniels 10. Craig Willis 9. Craig Hampson 1. Kyle Whyte 2. Jan-Henning Campher 3. Lewis Thiede 4. Bobby De Wee 5. Barney Maddison (C) 6. Rob Farrar 7. Simon Uzokwe 8. Rayn Smid Replacements: 16. Shaun Malton 17. Will Davis 18. George Davis 19. David O’Connor 20. Will Montgomery 21. Jack Grant 22. Steven Shingler 23. Carlo Tizzano |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2022 at 15:41
I suspect that there will be many Ealing loans dotted about. I understand that they started to recruit on the basis of being in the prem, so signed more than the usual number of players. Thus they will use loans to ensure that they get game time.
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The Blues wrote:Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2022 at 18:29
Pleased to see so many Ealing players who remember being beat home and away last season, playing again ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2022 at 20:51
Fuel for the fire CPK
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Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2022 at 21:03
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See you there tomorrow perhaps
As hot favourites Ealing must be feeling confident ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: No 7
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 12:13
Losing any game can be a huge motivating factor on the return fixture. Having lost to Doncaster home and away I would hope Ealing have all the focus they require. The players you refer to will remember and hopefully dig deep and respond. We will see.  ------------- Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 15:26
| Ealing 5 (1T) - Donny 0 20 ' - Willis crashes over after a half dozen phases near the line. Very ill-tempered affair with a few knocks against each side |
Posted By: KnightsBoy
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 15:38
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Ealing 5 (1T) - Donny 7 (1T) 30 '
Knights are back in it
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Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 15:39
| Ealing 5 (1T) - Donny 7 (1T) 31' - Ealing had a penalty reversed for foul language, and Donny immediately broke theough. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 15:53
| Ealing 8 (1T) - Donny 7 (1T) HT - Donny Yellow carded as time expired. Very chippy, broken up game with no flow and a huge number of whistles. |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 15:55
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Amps 7-26 Jersey Half time ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: Isithalftimeyet
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 16:08
| Caldy 10 v 14 Hartpury HT |
Posted By: Isithalftimeyet
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 16:10
| LS 5 v 21 Nottingham 43 mins |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 16:18
| Ealing 15 (2T) - Donny 7 (1T) HT - 50' Jonah Holmes broke about 8 tackles across 50 meters to get to the 5 meter line, then Willis hit Smid with a crossfield kick to score. Beautiful |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 16:48
| Reds 21-36 ahead in closing stages. 3-5 on tries |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 16:49
| Ealing 22 (3T) - Donny 10 (1T) 78' - |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 16:51
| Ealing 29 (BP) - Donny 10 (1T) FT - Ealing won the penalty at a scrum then went theough a few phase and drove through the middle for the BP. |
Posted By: Kimbo
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 17:04
Ah well. We didn't stay top for long then  ------------- Our Club |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 17:06
FT
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Posted By: Isithalftimeyet
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 17:11
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Caldy 22 v 33 Hartpury latest |
Posted By: Isithalftimeyet
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 17:12
| LS 10 v 31 Nottingham FT |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2022 at 19:28
------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: Runitback
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 09:32
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I think all Clubs will be relatively happy with their opening day, other than Scottish, I dont know if they had their Quins lads or not, but a great start for Nottingham. Caldy will be happy with their start, and it seems Ealing have improved again as have Jersey. It will be a fantastic Season. ------------- Run with it |
Posted By: islander
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 11:26
| CC is right, it took the Reds a while to settle at Champ level in 2012: 6 straight losses, the only pt being for 4 tries in a big defeat at Rotherham. But back-to-back home games brought 2 x W against Scottish & Albion, after which we were competitive & eventually secured our status with a game to play. With some exceptions, that’s been the general pattern since - eg Ealing struggled in 13/14 & ended up going back down. |
Posted By: Stalwart
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 11:31
| I remember Pirates first season in the Champ (It wasn't called that back then I think). We lost quite a few games and didn't get out first win until we went to Coventry (at the old ground) and slogged out a win in torrential rain. We then kicked on and managed to get enough wins to stay up. Surviving the first season at this level is tough. |
Posted By: castleparknight
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 12:05
After a very close and tight first half, the YC against Donny cost us dearly as Ealing came out in the second half and capitalised - Donny then went on to give the powerful running backs of Ealing as much possession as possible by kicking (poorly) as much possession away as possible. Ealing managed this possession well and deserved to take the W. I hope we learn from those mistakes or it could be a poor season for the knights. My honest view of Ealing is they are very much beatable, deny them the opportunity to dictate the play and the chinks in their armour will peel. A good strong team but not a team that is unbeatable. Good luck all, looking forwards to another long drive to Hartpury next weekend. ------------- Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny! |
Posted By: Big Eddie
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 12:20
Could and probably should have been two points and with a bit better discipline and a smarter kicking game Caldy could have done better. A marker and clear areas to address for Caldy but some positives as well. Hartpury and Caldy both played some decent rugby but also mistakes by both sides and by the officials ------------- ''The future isn't what it used to be'' |
Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 18:56
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https://www.championshiprugby.co.uk/news/article/championship-round-one-review" rel="nofollow - Championship Round One Review (championshiprugby.co.uk)
------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |
Posted By: gerg_861
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 23:25
I think that any team can have a bad day, injuries, or weird selection, so I'm sure that a game or two will be dropped. However, looking at Ealing, I feel like the team is stronger or equal pretty much across the board compared to the squad last year. In particular, Jonah Holmes looks just as good as billed, Metcalf has impressed in pre-season and in the real world, and Tizzano has been very powerful. Really, it was the wings last year though where Ealing seemed to lack something last year, and I see that as having been sorted now.
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Posted By: corporalcarrot
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 13:15
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https://www.youtube.com/user/JRFCTVofficial" rel="nofollow - Jersey Reds TV - YouTube
Jersey Tries at Ampts ------------- Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD. |