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Half time in the Championship play-offs
By Andrew Reynolds
The Half Time whistle has gone in the Championship semi-finals, and Bristol and Bedford find themselves with it all to do.
Bristol made the trip to Cornwall and everything was going to plan; midway through the first half they found themselves in control 17-3 ahead. But then the wheels, and some would say the axels as well, fell off, with Pirates running out convincing winners 45-24. So they take a 21 point lead up the M4 to the memorial ground next Sunday.
The Half Time whistle has gone in the Championship semi-finals, and Bristol and Bedford find themselves with it all to do.Bristol made the trip to Cornwall and everything was going to plan; midway through the first half they found themselves in control 17-3 ahead. But then the wheels, and some would say the axels as well, fell off, with Pirates running out convincing winners 45-24. So they take a 21 point lead up the M4 to the memorial ground next Sunday.
Championship play-offs reach the knock out phases
By Andrew Reynolds
So the playoff group stages in the Championship have drawn to a close and ironically the top four of the regular season will play each other in the Semi –finals, Bristol v Cornish Pirates and Bedford v London Welsh.
At the bottom we say farewell, for a season at least, to Esher, with London Scottish managing to survive. Esher can perhaps look at the effect the World Cup had on them with a very poor start to the season, their recent results suggest they are somewhat unlucky.
So the playoff group stages in the Championship have drawn to a close and ironically the top four of the regular season will play each other in the Semi –finals, Bristol v Cornish Pirates and Bedford v London Welsh.At the bottom we say farewell, for a season at least, to Esher, with London Scottish managing to survive. Esher can perhaps look at the effect the World Cup had on them with a very poor start to the season, their recent results suggest they are somewhat unlucky.
James Pritchard's Blog #5
By James Pritchard
Two games into the playoffs and its 2 wins from 2. As captain I don’t think I could of asked for a better start to our playoff campaign, although we did make very hard work of our win against the Pirates on Friday night.
A first half that was blighted with too many unforced errors and some soft and non-exsistent tackling had us behind 6 – 26. All credit to the Pirates they came to play on Friday and took every opportunity that we gave them and punished us accordingly. At the halftime break we knew what we had to do, it was simple, keep the ball and cut down on the silly offloads and go through the phases and the points will come.
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| James in action for Canada |
A first half that was blighted with too many unforced errors and some soft and non-exsistent tackling had us behind 6 – 26. All credit to the Pirates they came to play on Friday and took every opportunity that we gave them and punished us accordingly. At the halftime break we knew what we had to do, it was simple, keep the ball and cut down on the silly offloads and go through the phases and the points will come.
James Pritchard's Blog #4
By James Pritchard
Well I don’t think I could have asked for a better start to out playoff campaign than the 5 points we walked away with away at Rotherham on Saturday. Rotherham has never been a happy hunting ground for Bedford and things didn’t look good for 75 minutes as they hounded our try line and kept putting us under all sorts of pressure.
But credit to the boys, we held out their attacks and showed some of our class in the dying minutes as we took our opportunities and converted them to secure ourselves a great start and a 5 point win. And the news got better as we learned that the Pirates and Leeds drew there game and had to be happy with 2 points each.
But credit to the boys, we held out their attacks and showed some of our class in the dying minutes as we took our opportunities and converted them to secure ourselves a great start and a 5 point win. And the news got better as we learned that the Pirates and Leeds drew there game and had to be happy with 2 points each.
James Pritchard's Blog #3
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| James Pritchard in action |
For myself, I would have to say Rugby League was the winner of the weekend, well the NRL over Super Rugby to be exact. While I had high hopes for the Aussie teams this year, especially the Waratahs, they just haven’t been living up to my expectations. But hopefully this weekend’s round of games will stop me switching over to the other code on Saturday morning.
James Pritchard's Blog #2
Hello once again and welcome back for another week of my inner thoughts on rugby in the Championship and with a Bedford side, that after a good 5 point win on the weekend against a determined Nottingham side, are gearing up for the playoffs. We’ve been given a week off this week from training to let the body’s heal after a gruelling campaign and to get us all ready for the next 4 weeks which are a step up in intensity from what we are used too.
And it doesn’t get any tougher for us than our first game away up in Rotherham. A side that has been a thorn in our sides for the last few seasons up there and I don’t see next weekend being any different. But this being our 3rd year in the playoffs, the boys know what to expect and we’ll be ready come kickoff. The other big game in our group is Pirates at home to Leeds. This will be an interesting game to watch as both teams are looking pretty sharp at the moment, but with home ground advantage, I think the Pirates may just scrape this one.
James Pritchard's Blog
By James Pritchard
First of all I would like to say a big hello to all the Scrum Five readers out there and hope that you enjoy reading my weekly blog from now on in. In the coming weeks I will be sharing my views of the upcoming Championship Playoffs as well as the 6 Nations and Super Rugby season which is kicking off this weekend.
Firstly lets have a look at how things are going in the English Championship. With one game to play this weekend things are starting to get tasty with teams starting to time their run into the playoffs and gather momentum. With a good win away to Moseley on the weekend and a maximum of 5 points gained, my Bedford side has now moved on up to second in the table by points difference, but with the pirates beating favourites Bristol at the weekend that much sort after second spot will come down to who can bring home the goods this weekend.
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| Darren Fox scores for Bedford against Moseley |
Firstly lets have a look at how things are going in the English Championship. With one game to play this weekend things are starting to get tasty with teams starting to time their run into the playoffs and gather momentum. With a good win away to Moseley on the weekend and a maximum of 5 points gained, my Bedford side has now moved on up to second in the table by points difference, but with the pirates beating favourites Bristol at the weekend that much sort after second spot will come down to who can bring home the goods this weekend.