With such a large squad obviously one or two players will go out on loan and there will be injuries but there will be a lot of players twiddling their thumbs on a saturday. I'm guessing some squad rotation to keep players fresh. Perhaps a few players appearing for oak ? Not sure what the regs are with that
I think the problem is the rotation process off the bench. Having only 5 nominated subs it limits the squad to 20. We now have 45 players so there will be some frustration. I would say that there should be more opportunities to rotate at least the backs on the bench so we have some genuine impact players.
Post by grooveavenue on Sept 18, 2021 15:50:25 GMT
No twitter "final whistle". Take its C 0 BMRC 24. Being greedy pity we missed out on bonus point. I make it 67 scoring points in 3 games, nice average to keep up. Pub Quiz...when was last time did BMRC concede zero ?
Fantastic start after such a disruptive 2 seasons, where the guys have missed so much rugby. Credit to the staff and players. I’m sure 5gere are much more testing sides ahead, but 3 wins has to infuse confidence in the lads. Keep believing on and off the pitch.
Post by southernmose on Sept 18, 2021 18:42:09 GMT
Obviously well done to the team, but also a big thanks for Caldy for doing a pretty decent twitter commentary for those of us not travelling. They (maybe understandably) went silent for the last ten minutes but otherwise were one of the better sides for comms actually. I like them anyway but it was much appreciated by those of us (ok, me) in darkest Northants today on solo one year old daughter wrangling duties...
I've put this here in case any of them come looking!
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Post by grooveavenue on Sept 18, 2021 19:17:43 GMT
Well said Southernmose. Its great that folk take time out to keep us all up to date on twitter interupting their great day out at "The Game"- win, draw or lose. Thats why R.U. is best - we appreciate good play, better teams and the general sportsmanship throughout. Big test - again - next week - Chinnor. Build up starts here!
Post by grooveavenue on Sept 18, 2021 19:28:52 GMT
Well said Moseley edge. I was there. I more than likely didn't investigate our website pages far enough in the archives! I felt quite sad for Albion that day, I recall. It seemed a massive demotion in those days but just a few years later the quality in Nat 1 has improved so much. Could it be that RFU seem to be trying to ensure Nat 1 is isolated further away from the top 2 tiers -funds etc but that's another story
Post by kingsheathlad on Sept 18, 2021 20:01:39 GMT
We thought we had got a try bonus at the death but assistant ref ruled the try scorer was in front of the kicker I think. We played well, they made mistakes with the pressure we applied. The outside centre looked good in his first game.
We thought we had got a try bonus at the death but assistant ref ruled the try scorer was in front of the kicker I think. We played well, they made mistakes with the pressure we applied. The outside centre looked good in his first game.
In which case the ref should have blown for a penalty to Caldy and the game continued until another stoppage. It was a very odd ending.
We thought we had got a try bonus at the death but assistant ref ruled the try scorer was in front of the kicker I think. We played well, they made mistakes with the pressure we applied. The outside centre looked good in his first game.
We were on the other side of the pitch and Tom Benjamin was not in front of Mason Tonks when he kicked through. We asked the touch judge on our side and he said that it had been ruled offside. Strange that given his position he could have told the referee that it was a valid try. The ref was way behind the play so quite how he could have called it is beyond me. If the decision was effectively offside then it should have been a penalty to Caldy. Our defence was rock solid albeit we did have a number of injuries.
Post by grooveavenue on Sept 18, 2021 21:54:01 GMT
Thanks for the real live end of game drama. So it really is our own fault for not being there. Great stuff, typical r.u....we can read the game so many ways ...maybe Cambridge has to be witnessed live to stop my anxiety on match days...nice ground and local villages. First up the Chiltern gang...Chinnor!!
Brilliant start for a new team and such a confidence booster. It sounded as though the lads had to dig in a few times near the line, which adds further to all-round team building and gives the lads even more opportunities of developing the subtle arts of a solid defence against a determined defence.
Well done lads. You can feel proud of yourselves. Keep it up.
I hope any injuries are slight and not serious.
Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
