Greene King IPA Championship - Round 8

by **Ozzy3213** Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:10 pm

Round 7 Round Up

After a couple weeks of B & I Cup action the Championship resumed last weekend. On Friday night Yorkshire Carnegie maintained their 100% start to the campaign with a 35-29 win over Jersey Reds at Headingley. On Saturday London Welsh narrowly beat Doncaster Knights in a low scoring affair at Old Deer Park, Rotherham Titans came back from 13-24 down at half time to beat Cornish Pirates 26-24 at home, and Ealing Trailfinders held off a late Bedford Blues fightback to win by a point at Vallis Way. Sunday saw London Irish go to the RAG and beat London Scottish 62-12, whilst Richmond suffered the 7th straight league defeat, going down 8-20 away to Nottingham.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts

1.	London Irish	7	7	0	0	243	78	+165	32	12	6	0	34
2.	Yorkshire Carnegie	7	7	0	0	225	166	+59	29	22	5	0	33
3.	Ealing Trailfinders	7	4	1	2	165	157	+8	21	20	2	0	20
4.	Doncaster Knights	7	4	0	3	162	132	+30	23	15	2	1	19
5.	Cornish Pirates	7	3	1	3	184	163	+21	20	21	2	3	19
6.	London Welsh	7	3	0	4	149	144	+5	20	16	2	3	17
7.	London Scottish	7	3	0	4	164	226	-62	21	28	3	1	16
8.	Rotherham Titans	7	3	0	4	161	174	-13	16	22	1	2	15
9.	Nottingham Rugby	7	3	0	4	138	167	-29	19	20	1	2	15
10.	Jersey Reds	7	2	0	5	148	161	-13	20	19	2	4	14
11.	Bedford Blues	7	2	0	5	145	154	-9	19	18	2	3	13
12.	Richmond	7	0	0	7	86	244	-166	11	39	0	0	0

Round 8 Fixtures

Doncaster Knights vs. London Scottish

Two teams both off the back of defeats last week who will be desperate to pick up points in what looks to be a very open battle for the 3rd and 4th play off spots. Scottish were in good form having won 4 on the bounce prior to their drubbing by Irish at the weekend, and their best bet is to quickly draw a line under that and stick to the style of play which had been bringing them some success. Doncaster will be disappointed in having lost to London Welsh, but a losing bonus point away at Old Deer Park could prove to be important in the final shake up. Back at home this weekend they will be looking to dominate up front before utilising what is a pacy back three.

Prediction: Donny's forward power to tel in this one and bring them a comfortable win.

Bedford Blues vs. Nottingham

Nottingham struggled to get past a dogged Richmond side last time out, while Bedford picked up a losing bonus point at third placed Ealing. Two points and two places separate the two sides in the table and both will know that a win will put them right back into play off contention despite their lowly positions in what is a very congested table. Both have a number of dual registered players and a lot will rest here on who they have available to them. There is also the Goldington Road slope to factor into the equation when considering which way this one will go.

Prediction: Tough to call but at home have to go for a Bedford win.

Ealing Trailfinders vs. Rotherham Titans

Ealing began the season with one win in their opening four matches, but since losing to London Irish in round four have won three on the bounce and find themselves sat in third place in the table. Rotherham have been consistent only in their inconsistency, and find themselves sat eighth in the table, albeit only a bonus point win behind their opponents in this match. Rotherham's main problem has been tryscoring this season, with only Richmond having scored fewer than them, and given that they are conceding 24.9 points a game, they will need to improve in this area if they are going to win here.

Predcition: Ealing to secure themselves in 3rd place with a bonus point win.

Jersey Reds vs. Cornish Pirates

Jersey have a huge injury list and are in terrible form results wise, but did pick up both a try and losing bonus point in last weeks defeat at Yorkshire Carnegie. Cornish Pirates have had some good results but let a good half time lead slip last weekend to lose to Rotherham. This may come down to who Jersey have fit, as on paper their best XV is superior to the Pirates. That said the Pirates have put in some performances which you might say were above their level, and they will be keen to try to continue the improvements they have made this year.

Prediction: Pirates to put in a big performance and return to the mainland with four points.

Richmond vs. London Welsh

It's difficult to know what to say about this one. Richmond are fighting gamely in all of their matches, but have nothing tangible to show for it. Welsh appear off field to be a club in disarray, but have played some good rugby at times this year. It is a short journey for them over to the RAG, and their biggest worry here is probably complacency.

Prediction: Comprehensive win for London Welsh.

London Irish vs. Yorkshire Carnegie

First plays second at the MadStad. Both sides have a 100% win record in the league so far this year, but Carnegie have lost in the British and Irish Cup. My nerves are jangling for this one, despite London Irish being dominant statistically over Carnegie. What is clear is that Carnegie know their way to the tryline, but are averaging conceding 23.7 points and over 3 tries per game. That's ok when you are scoring the 32.1 points they are averaging per game, but on Saturday they come up against the tightest defence in the division, Irish having conceded on average 11.14 points per game. Both teams know how to attack, they are the first and second highest try scorers in the league, so this is likely to come down to who defends better.

Prediction: Not a cats chance in hell that I'm sticking a prediction down for this game. Roll on the weekend!!!

by Welly Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:21 pm

Not sure what I want Tigers to do this weekend I want to see Worth and Yawayawa play on Friday but both are starting at Notts and might be better if they are kept at Nottingham.

by **Ozzy3213** Tue Nov 01, 2016 4:14 pm

It will be interesting to see what happens with the DR lads at all the Championship clubs this week with their parent clubs being in Anglo Welsh Cup action. It may have a fairly substantial bearing on some of the Championship results.

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:38 am

Worth (Tigers/Nottingham)
Cilliers (Tigers/Nottingham)
Edgson (Wasps/Bedford)
van Vuuren (Bath/London Scottish)

All named by their parent clubs for their Anglo Welsh fixtures this week, so unavailable to the Championship sides. That has to hurt Nottingham and I'm now even more minded that Bedford will win that game.

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:28 am

Cornish Pirates:
15 Toby May, 14 Kyle Moyle, 13 Tom Hendrickson, 12 Alex Dancer
11 Alex O’Meara, 10 Will Cargill, 9 Alex Day

1 Paul Andrew, 2 Tom Channon, 3 Jack Andrew, 4 Chris Morgan (capt)
5, Josh Caulfield, 6 Dan Lee, 7 Alex Cheesman, 8 Tom Duncan.

Replacements:
16 Rob Elloway, 17 Tyler Gendall, 18 Jake Parker, 19 Sam Simmonds
20 Mike Pope, 21 Bar Bartlett, 22 Nicolas De Battista.

http://www.cornish-pirates.com/16-17_match_previews/jersey_away.html

by Welly Fri Nov 04, 2016 10:41 am

Ozzy3213 wrote:Worth (Tigers/Nottingham)
Cilliers (Tigers/Nottingham)
Edgson (Wasps/Bedford)
van Vuuren (Bath/London Scottish)

All named by their parent clubs for their Anglo Welsh fixtures this week, so unavailable to the Championship sides. That has to hurt Nottingham and I'm now even more minded that Bedford will win that game.

TBF Cilliers has only ever played in the 2 British and Irish cup games so Notts haven't really planned to have him in.

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:36 am

Jersey Reds squad v Cornish Pirates (H) - Greene King IPA Championship, Saturday November 5th, St Peter; k-o 3pm

Backs (15-9)

Ross Adair
Jordan Davies
Regan King
George Eastwell
George Watkins
Brendan Cope
Sami Fisilau

Forwards (1-8)

Marc Thomas
Jack Macfarlane
Simon Kerrod
Dave McKern
James Voss
James Freeman (capt)
Gary Graham
Nick Haining

Replacements

Joe Buckle, Sean McCarthy, Jake Armstrong, Uili Kolo'ofa'i, Max Argyle; Kieran Hardy, Lewis Robling.

http://www.jerseyreds.je/news/2016-17/reds-prepare-to-tackle-old-foes-pirates.aspx

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:37 am

Ealing Trailfinders v Rotherham Titans, Vallis Way, Saturday 5 November, 3pm
1 Nacho Lancuba
2 Rhys Lawrence
3 Lewis Thiede
4 Carwyn Jones
5 Adam Preocanin
6 Willie Ryan
7 Arthur Ellis
8 Mark Bright (captain)
9 Luke Carter
10 Aaron Penberthy
11 Curtis Wilson
12 Joe Munro
13 Aled Jenkins
14 James Cordy-Redden
15 Luke Daniels
Reserves
16 Matt Cornish
17 James Gibbons
18 Alex Penny
19 Harry Casson
20 Chris York
21 Alex Walker
22 Ben Ward

http://ealingtrailfinders1stxv.com/news/preo-back-for-titans-visit

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:47 am

Nottingham Team to face Bedford Blues:

15) Jack Spittle
14) David Williams
13) Oli Evans
12) Vili Hakalo
11) James Stephenson
10) Darryl Veenendaal
9) Murray McConnell

1) Kieran Davies
2) Jimmy Stevens
3) Ben Hooper
4) Ben Morris (C)
5) Tom Holmes
6) Rob Langley
7) Jordan Coghlan
8) Shane Buckley

Replacements:
16) TJ Harris
17) Harry Morley
18) Tom Heard
19) Toby Freeman
20) Matt Everard
21) Josh Poullet
22) Will Sutton

http://www.nottinghamrugby.co.uk/buckley-returns-to-face-the-blues/

by Welly Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:52 am

Wonder if Yawayawa is injured or maybe he is with the Tigers team and might be snuck in last minute.

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:55 am

London Scottish team to face Doncaster Knights at Castle Park on Saturday 5th November at 14:30:

15 Peter Lydon 14 Craig Holland 13 Robbie Fergusson 12 Patrick Kelly 11 Jason Harries 10 Harry Sheppard 9 Jamie Stevenson 1 Grant Shells 2 David Cherry 3 Ewan McQuillin 4 Rory Bartle (c) 5 Neale Patrick 6 Ally Miller 7 Joe Atkinson 8 Ifereimi Boladau

Replacements:
16 Cameron Fenton 17 Jonny Harris 18 Dan Koroi 19 Dom McGeekie 20 Matt Marley 21 Ed Hoadley 22 Tom Galbraith

http://londonscottish.com/news/4730.php#.WBx4PHecbVo

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:55 am

Welly wrote: Wonder if Yawayawa is injured or maybe he is with the Tigers team and might be snuck in last minute.

That would be most unlike Tigers to change their announced team before kick of Welly! Whistle

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:02 pm

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:04 pm

Yorkshire Carnegie

15. Stevie McColl
14. Jonah Holmes
13. Andy Forsyth
12. Pete Lucock
11. Seb Stegmann
10. Joe Ford
9. Alex Davies
1. Charlie Beech
2. Mike Mayhew
3. Mike Cusack
4. Jack Whetton
5. Dan Sanderson
6. Ryan Burrows (c)
7. Andy Saull
8. Ollie Stedman
16. Phil Nilsen
17. Lewis Boyce
18. Rob O'Donnell
19. Richard Beck
20. Chris Walker
21. Max Green
22. Max Wright

http://www.yorkshirecarnegie.com/news/29529.php

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:08 pm

London Welsh: 15. Chris Elder, 14. Kristian Phillips, 13. James Lewis, 12. Seb Jewell, 11. Miles Mantella, 10. Glyn Hughes, 9. Rob Lewis, 1. Darryl Marfo, 2. Nathan Morris, 3. Ben Cooper, 4. Ben West, 5. Josh Thomas Brown, 6. Barney Maddison, 7. Ryan Hodson (C), 8. Ben Pienaar.

Replacements: 16. Adam Kwasnicki, 17. Nathan Trevett, 18. Lovejoy Chawatama, 19. Aaron Carpenter, 20. Ryan Glynn, 21. Joe Carlisle, 22. Heath Stevens.

http://www.london-welsh.co.uk/index.php?mod=news_view&id=3033

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:10 pm

Knights XV; 15. Sean Scanlon, 14. Paul Jarvis, 13. Lloyd Hayes, 12. Mat Clark, 11. Tyson Lewis, 10. Declan Cusack, 9. Michael Heaney, 1. Richard List, 2. Harry Allen, 3. WillGriff John, 4. Matt Challinor, 5. David Nolan, 6. Jarad Williams, 7. Beau Robinson, 8. Alex Shaw.

Replacements: 16. Robin Hislop, 17. Ben Hunter, 18. Colin Quigley, 19. Latu Makaafi, 20. Joe Sproston, 21, Dougie Flockhart, 22. Ben White

http://www.drfc.co.uk/news/article/knights-side-charged-with-scottish-bouceback-named

by **Ozzy3213** Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:45 pm

RESULTS

Doncaster Knights 29 London Scottish 23
Bedford Blues 34 Nottingham 36
Ealing Trailfinders 50 Rotherham Titans 24
Jersey Reds 27 Cornish Pirates 24
London Irish 41 Yorkshire Carnegie 17
Richmond 5 London Welsh 33

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts

1.	London Irish	8	8	0	0	284	95	+189	37	14	7	0	39
2.	Yorkshire Carnegie	8	7	0	1	242	207	+35	31	27	5	0	33
3.	Ealing Trailfinders	8	5	1	2	215	181	+34	29	24	3	0	25
4.	Doncaster Knights	8	5	0	3	191	155	+36	27	18	3	1	24
5.	London Welsh	8	4	0	4	182	149	+33	25	17	3	3	22
6.	Nottingham Rugby	8	4	0	4	174	201	-27	25	25	2	2	20
7.	Cornish Pirates	8	3	1	4	208	190	+18	23	24	2	4	20
8.	Jersey Reds	8	3	0	5	175	185	-10	23	22	2	4	18
9.	London Scottish	8	3	0	5	187	255	-68	24	32	3	2	17
10.	Rotherham Titans	8	3	0	5	185	224	-39	20	30	2	2	16
11.	Bedford Blues	8	2	0	6	179	190	-11	24	24	3	4	15
12.	Richmond	8	0	0	7	91	277	-194	12	44	0	0	0

by Hazel Sapling Fri Nov 18, 2016 1:01 pm

LI are going to go straight back up to replace Bristol. There are about 14 teams in England that seem a cut above at any onetime and LI/YC are the 13/14.

LS seem to be okay which is good for Scottish rugby. Next year with a more settled summer and recruitment, hopefully they can push for a top 4 spot. Is there a team of the mid-way point available anywhere? Be interesting to see who the star players have been for the first half of the season in December

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