Cambridge v Birmingham Moseley - postponed

[Phil]

Congratulations to Jamie Constantine who makes his 1st XV debut.

[Phil]

Seats still available on the MSA coach, get in touch if you'd like to go. 11.30am departure.

[Phil]

Match Preview

[Phil]

[grooveavenue]

Jeffrey Archer!

[kingsheathlad]

Is this a first start for Jamie Constantine.

[Communications Team]

Mar 10, 2023 14:26:57 GMT kingsheathlad said:

Is this a first start for Jamie Constantine.

First appearance

[beermonster]

Good luck to the guys tomorrow especially the new prop making his debut I think our back row is the key if they play to they're potential.

[Phil]

After a pitch inspection this morning, today’s match v Cambridge has been postponed. We’ll let you know the new date as soon as we have it.

[grooveavenue]

Is it because the p.a. announcer is supporting Gaz and not working or because Jeffrey Archer is not turning up?!

[kingsheathlad]

The game could be last Saturday in April as they don't usually have league games at Easter.

[markd]

But with Mose involved in the relegation battle and Cambridge in the promotion hunt, that would arguably give both sides an advantage knowing what they had to do. My expectation would be April 8.

At least travelling supporters were spared watching England with a 3 hour journey to follow!

Come on Mose!

[kingsheathlad]

We still dont know if its three or two going down.

[southernmose]

Mar 12, 2023 18:34:39 GMT kingsheathlad said:

We still dont know if its three or two going down.

reading between the lines on Rolling Maul I think it's 3 unless/until it isn't - so safer to assume 3 until told otherwise.

[dag]

As far as I am concerned Moseley have no intentions of being relegated.

Come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose

[Phil]

The match has been rescheduled for Saturday 29th April.

[andyj]

Mar 13, 2023 9:00:22 GMT southernmose said:

Mar 12, 2023 18:34:39 GMT kingsheathlad said:

We still dont know if its three or two going down.

reading between the lines on Rolling Maul I think it's 3 unless/until it isn't - so safer to assume 3 until told otherwise.

Doesn't it depend on whether there is any relegation from the Championship? If there isn't any then only 2 go down.

[southernmose]

Mar 13, 2023 15:45:53 GMT andyj said:

Mar 13, 2023 9:00:22 GMT southernmose said:

reading between the lines on Rolling Maul I think it's 3 unless/until it isn't - so safer to assume 3 until told otherwise.

Doesn't it depend on whether there is any relegation from the Championship? If there isn't any then only 2 go down.

that's what I mean - it's not going to be any more than 3, but until they sort out Championship relegation, assume it's 3.

[kingsheathlad]

Hopefully by the time of the Cambridge game we will be mid table.
Come on the Mose.

[southernmose]

Exactly, you can assume 3 are going down and play to escape that, but better to aim for 7th!

[nomad]

No relegation from Prem.
No promotion from Champ.
1 up from Nat1.
2 down from Nat1
3 spaces in Nat1
1 up from all 3 Nat2 leagues

[kingsheathlad]

I worked out that 7 games this season we ended up scoring 3 tries hence missing out on 7 points if we got four tries, however when looking at table it would have moved us up only one place but then we would have gained some distance from the bottom 3.

[Phil]

As far as I'm aware, this is the most recent comment from the NCA (February 2023):

Following the RFU Council meeting on Monday – and the decision not to authorise potential promotion for Ealing Trailfinders from the Championship to the Gallagher Premiership – this is an opportunity to establish where National League Rugby stand.

The winners of National One WILL be promoted to the Championship. This is non-negotiable.
As a consequence of Monday’s decision, the number of clubs to be relegated from National One will be three although there remains a very small possibility that in the event of no relegation from the Championship, that number will be reduced to two.
We are aware the situation could change depending on discussions around the futures of Wasps/Worcester Warriors and we will provide an update in due course.