Chinnor 7-41 Birmingham Moseley

[Phil]

Battling Mose aim to land a blow to the Chinn!

Whilst we await team news, if you're not travelling to Chinnor tomorrow Moseley Oak are at home to Hereford (3pm ko) and we will be showing Scotland v Wales (2.15pm) and England v Italy (4.45pm) in the clubhouse.

There are still spaces on the supporters coach to Chinnor so please contact the MSA if you'd like to go, the coach will be leaving at 12pm.

[southernmose]

I'll see you all down here... 5 points please.

[Phil]

[Phil]

[Westcountry Mose]

I've heard that their 10 & 12 are good.

[grooveavenue]

I've heard that Chinnor have just signed 2 very experienced players in Joe Rees and Camilo Parillo-O'Campo.

Wonder if they'll make the squad on the day ??

[grooveavenue]

However, My about to be Chinned Chinnorese person I KNOW tells me that THEY are with Chinnor for next season!! Sorry to have misled. I trust BMRC can mislead Chinnor on a right merry dance!

As Confucious said - A man that has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it, is committing another mistake.

So now I am mistake free!!

[kingsheathlad]

Good to see Poole and Bean have got over their knocks from last week.Pity Croft not in,as lineout seems to work better with him there.

[Oddsox]

7 - 41. Go Mose !

[flatlander]

Great win, hopefully this is the turning point and we can enjoy the run in and staying up

[andyj]

7 glorious tries with the pack dominant. It looks like Esher, Cambridge and Caldy all lost.
Fantastic performance - well done to everyone.

[notanotherjohn]

Great result. Fingers crossed that the season has turned.

[CJB1]

Mar 9, 2019 17:36:06 GMT andyj said:

7 glorious tries with the pack dominant. It looks like Esher, Cambridge and Caldy all lost.
Fantastic performance - well done to everyone.

Loughborough Students grabbed a BP win, so they clearly aren't going quietly. In the next set of fixtures, however, they have Blackheath so not easy. Caldy have Roth, also not easy, Cambridge have Old E's, also not easy, and Sale have Chinnor, which may be easier. We, of course, have Esher, now bottom of the table, and while we cannot be complacent, we must look at it as an opportunity to win with a BP, and run up a good score in case tries scored and points difference come into the reckoning. That said, Esher held Rosslyn Park to a low score today. But they just sacked their DoR and will be vulnerable.

Well done Mose, it's in our hands now.

[Steve@Mose]

Great result. Thank you lads! Sounds like we were dominant in both attack and defense to score 41 unanswered points.

Let's build on the good stuff and be prepared for Esher throwing everything they've got at us in two weeks time.

[Shy Spa]

Excellent result. Recalling last week's post-match discussion ...

Mar 3, 2019 9:44:33 GMT jones said:

If anyone's interested, Chinnor's games are all on video on their website - they look beatable...

... that was prophetic, and I think I will be interested this week.

[kingsheathlad]

What a result.Dominated the game apart from the first two minutes when we conceded a try.Out of the bottom three,roll on to Esher.
Come on Mose.........

[Westcountry Mose]

Great result. Where's that been all season?

[beermonster]

What a fantastic result! Sounds like a tremendous performance from the guys we've given ourselves a great chance of staying up now let's not blow it theres still work to be done. Esher up next which could be a potential banana skin given they've just sacked the coach which could trigger a response from them.
But meantime I will bask in the glow. Been a long time coming. Come on Mose!!!

[grooveavenue]

Big Away WINS (points scored)....RECENT TIMES

08/09 Sedgley 17 44 BMRC
08/09 Bridgewater 19 43 BMRC
08/09 Manchester 21 50 BMRC
13/14 Jersey 8 39 BMRC

BIGGEST MARGIN AT HOME

16/17 BMRC 54 0 Fylde

E&OE

We need to start adding/improving to these stats...

[kingsheathlad]

What about 16/17 BMRC 72 Cambridge 14.

[CJB1]

Final five games:

Moseley - Esher, Plymouth, Ampthill, Cambridge, Caldy
Esher - Moseley, Sale, Loughborough Students, Chinnor, Blackheath
Loughborough Students - Blackheath, Chinnor, Esher, Plymouth, Ampthill
Cambridge - Old Elthamians, Mowden Park, Rosslyn Park, Moseley, Sale
Caldy - Rotherham, Old Elthamians, Mowden Park, Rosslyn Park, Moseley
Sale - Chinnor, Esher, Plymouth, Ampthill, Cambridge.

Three of our games are against our immediate rivals, and only one against a top 4 side. Some of those other run-ins look more challenging, especially Caldy's.

[beermonster]

All winnable games when you look at previous results Amphill included. Three wins plus a few bonus points I don't think is beyond us
. Hopefully a few guys back from injury too.

[John]

Fantastic result this weekend. In fact it made the weekend! C'mon Mose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Phil]

Chinnor 7 Birmingham Moseley 41: Magnificent seven sees Moseley clear drop zone

[CJB1]

DID YOU KNOW ...

We have the fifth highest points "for" total ...
But the third worst points "against" total

We have the sixth worst points difference ...
But have the fourth highest bonus point total

So despite having the joint second worst number of wins (so far), those BP and all the tries we have scored have kept us alive.

Poor old Esher have won eight games, just like us (we also have one draw), but only 11 BP, and the lowest points "for" total. So while their defence hasn't been as leaky as ours, they have a poor difference of -169 points.

And the Students have only six wins, and while they have 22 BP, same as leaders Ampthill and are fourth highest in points "for", they have conceded over 900 points, with a difference of nearly 250 against them.

Lessons - never give up trying to score, even when well behind. And try to keep it tight at the back. But we all knew that anyway, didn't we?

[Steve@Mose]

Chinnor match report: Chinnor blown away by relegation battlers Moseley

[Westcountry Mose]

The player receiving the bottle looks shell-shocked.

[jones]

I see that the game is not yet on the Chinnor website - I imagine there are a few mixed feelings about that! Surely we're on an upward curve now and, with a bit of luck, can escape the drop. By the sound of recent reports, Esher, despite losses, are not to be underestimated - they obviously ran Rosslyn Park close last week, finishing the game with 13 men - having attracted a red (punching) and a yellow (foot on chest) in the latter stages. Even so, they held out any further incursions by Park in the last 10 minutes, which is greatly to their credit. I'm sure we can do it.

PS Is there a hidden significance in that they play at Molesey Road - anagram of Moseley?!

[CJB1]

Mar 12, 2019 11:21:36 GMT jones said:

I see that the game is not yet on the Chinnor website - I imagine there are a few mixed feelings about that! Surely we're on an upward curve now and, with a bit of luck, can escape the drop. By the sound of recent reports, Esher, despite losses, are not to be underestimated - they obviously ran Rosslyn Park close last week, finishing the game with 13 men - having attracted a red (punching) and a yellow (foot on chest) in the latter stages. Even so, they held out any further incursions by Park in the last 10 minutes, which is greatly to their credit. I'm sure we can do it.

PS Is there a hidden significance in that they play at Molesey Road - anagram of Moseley?!

Arguably RP didn't see Esher as any kind of threat to their league position, and were happy with the win. We do not have that luxury - an Esher revival would be a direct threat to us. We must win, and we must try to win big. If our pack get the dominance that they had at Chinnor, this will be possible. Esher didn't look that threatening in the away game (I was there), and we achieved four tries with just a bit of effort and composure. That, to me, bodes well for the 23rd.

[Phil]