I watched the 'Ull gane on the common at the sttart of the season and if memory serves me right Moseley went in at half time with around a 30 points margin - mainly due to a dominant scrum.
After the break though the 'Ull scrum, with some ramrod straight backs - particularly the second row lads - stopped the Moseley scrum in its tracks and scored some superb tries themselves. They more than deserved their losing bonus point so I hope Moseley are on song tomorrow and show no mercy whatsoever.
Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
I think in the home game their scrum got on top in second half, they had some big forwards. Reading their pre match, they appear to have injuries, but they have nothing to lose, and we still need some wins. Come on Mose........
Does your predictive text predict Moseley's final table position Westcountry Mose?
I followed Bruce's twitter on my phone on Saturday and other than a couple of penalties which gave 'Ull good position in the Moseley territory the impression I got was that the lads played well. Mind you when 'Ull scored early in the second half I was a little concerned that history might repeat itself - but it didn't.
Well done Moseley.
It is unfortunate that there are only two more games to watch Moseley at home this saeson - and I feel that both of those could be banana skin. However, if the lads do play as we supporters know they can, then they should be a joy to watch.
Looking forwards to next season I would like to think - indeed I hope - that an even greater number of the current squad than last year will stay with Moseley next season.
I do hope so.
Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
By the way can anyone explain why the media ( BBC and papers ) show that in addition to Ireland finihing up with the grand slam, they also finished up with 27 points?
Surely 5 bonus try wins add up to 25 points, not 27 - or am I a bit fick?
By the way can anyone explain why the media ( BBC and papers ) show that in addition to Ireland finihing up with the grand slam, they also finished up with 27 points?
Surely 5 bonus try wins add up to 25 points, not 27 - or am I a bit fick?
You now get a bonus 2 points for winning all 5 games, to avoid a situation where you could win all 5 games but still lose the championship if you got 5 wins with no bonuses (20 points) and another team won 4 games with bonus points (20 points) and had a higher points difference.
By the way can anyone explain why the media ( BBC and papers ) show that in addition to Ireland finihing up with the grand slam, they also finished up with 27 points?
Surely 5 bonus try wins add up to 25 points, not 27 - or am I a bit fick?
You now get a bonus 2 points for winning all 5 games, to avoid a situation where you could win all 5 games but still lose the championship if you got 5 wins with no bonuses (20 points) and another team won 4 games with bonus points (20 points) and had a higher points difference.
A team completing a Grand Slam is awarded 3 bonus points. This year Ireland secured try bonuses when beating Wales, France, Italy and England, missing out on a try bonus against Scotland - so achieved 24 points. Add on the Grand Slam Bonus Points and they ended up on 27.
The reason for Grand Slam Bonus Points is to avoid the (unlikely) scenario of a team completing a Grand Slam and ending up second in the table - for example Team A wins all five matches without any try bonuses and ends up on 20 points. Team B wins four matches with try bonuses, and against Team A they score four tries and lose by no more than 7 points, which would put Team B top of the table on 22 points. Team A would receive the Grand Slam Bonus Points and top the table on 23 points.
I am not sure how long we would have to live to see such a scenario arise.
