Post by Jamie Crawford on Oct 14, 2024 13:41:26 GMT
Bedford Blues preview (A)
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Round 5, Bedford Blues v Doncaster Knights
Saturday 19th October, Goldington Road, KO 3pm
After four games or a quarter of the season’s Championship games, Bedford Blues are third with three wins and one loss to the Knights’ ninth place with two wins and two losses. Just one win or loss is the key difference between third and ninth thus far!
The Blues have scored 20 more points than the Knights (five/game) but conceded 12 more (three/game), again not a large difference. That takes the points difference deficit to -5 for the Blues and -13 for the Knights, a difference of just eight.
Bedford’s key new signing is probably Joel Matavesi, centre/fly half that has been on loan from Northampton Saints.
This season Bedford have beaten Caldy 45-19, been beaten 45-7 by league leaders, undefeated Coventry, beaten Hartpury 35-32 and beaten the Cornish Pirates 24-28 last Saturday. Try-scorers that scored the try bonus point against the Pirates were prop Joey Conway scored a brace, wing Dean Adamson and centre Lucas Titherington. Unusually the second half scoring mirrored the first half. It was 12-14 at the break.
Unfortunately for the Knights, the Blues are the division’s second highest points scorers at home and their Goldington Road home is the second biggest fortress. The Blues have the equal-third highest number of try bonus points. Individually Blue’s fly half Will Maisey is the equal fourth top points scorer, just two points behind third place, Chinnor’s Connor Slevin.
So far this season Castle Park has not been a fortress, more a like a penetrable castle made of wood. The coaches and team will want to turn this around and replicate their fantastic away form against Ealing Trailfinders.
All games taking place across blighty:
Friday 18th October
London Scottish (7) v Nottingham (6)
Saturday 19th October
Bedford Blues (3) v Doncaster Knights (9)
Caldy (12) v Coventry (1)
Cambridge (11) v Cornish Pirates (10)
Chinnor (4) v Hartpury RFC (5)
Ealing Trailfinders (2) v Ampthill (8)
A Knight W could see us go fourth, below Bedford unless we score a try bonus point and score nine points or more than them. If so, we would finish above them, possibly in third.
A Knight L would see us drop a place to tenth if the Pirates beat Cambridge.
Next up are three Cup matches: first home against Sale Sharks, then away against Newcastle Falcons and finally away against Caldy. League matches resume on 30th November when we welcome Cambridge RFC to Castle Park.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
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Round 5, Bedford Blues v Doncaster Knights
Saturday 19th October, Goldington Road, KO 3pm
After four games or a quarter of the season’s Championship games, Bedford Blues are third with three wins and one loss to the Knights’ ninth place with two wins and two losses. Just one win or loss is the key difference between third and ninth thus far!
The Blues have scored 20 more points than the Knights (five/game) but conceded 12 more (three/game), again not a large difference. That takes the points difference deficit to -5 for the Blues and -13 for the Knights, a difference of just eight.
Bedford’s key new signing is probably Joel Matavesi, centre/fly half that has been on loan from Northampton Saints.
This season Bedford have beaten Caldy 45-19, been beaten 45-7 by league leaders, undefeated Coventry, beaten Hartpury 35-32 and beaten the Cornish Pirates 24-28 last Saturday. Try-scorers that scored the try bonus point against the Pirates were prop Joey Conway scored a brace, wing Dean Adamson and centre Lucas Titherington. Unusually the second half scoring mirrored the first half. It was 12-14 at the break.
Unfortunately for the Knights, the Blues are the division’s second highest points scorers at home and their Goldington Road home is the second biggest fortress. The Blues have the equal-third highest number of try bonus points. Individually Blue’s fly half Will Maisey is the equal fourth top points scorer, just two points behind third place, Chinnor’s Connor Slevin.
So far this season Castle Park has not been a fortress, more a like a penetrable castle made of wood. The coaches and team will want to turn this around and replicate their fantastic away form against Ealing Trailfinders.
All games taking place across blighty:
Friday 18th October
London Scottish (7) v Nottingham (6)
Saturday 19th October
Bedford Blues (3) v Doncaster Knights (9)
Caldy (12) v Coventry (1)
Cambridge (11) v Cornish Pirates (10)
Chinnor (4) v Hartpury RFC (5)
Ealing Trailfinders (2) v Ampthill (8)
A Knight W could see us go fourth, below Bedford unless we score a try bonus point and score nine points or more than them. If so, we would finish above them, possibly in third.
A Knight L would see us drop a place to tenth if the Pirates beat Cambridge.
Next up are three Cup matches: first home against Sale Sharks, then away against Newcastle Falcons and finally away against Caldy. League matches resume on 30th November when we welcome Cambridge RFC to Castle Park.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
