Post by Jamie Crawford on May 2, 2016 18:47:20 GMT
Firstly congratulations to Ben Hunter, Latu Makaafi, Michael Heaney and Will Hurrell on being selected for the 2015/16 Championship Dream Team, plus Colin Quigley for coming a close runner-up.
From Carnegie, Burrows was selected, they said about Burrows; NO.8 RYAN BURROWS Skittles opponents at will with his destructive runs from the base of the scrum. A real crowd-pleaser who never seems to have a bad game. Burrows’ inclusion ends Mark Bright’s three-year run in the Dream XV.
On to arguably the most important game of rugby that the Knights have played at Castle Park to date, Play-off Two against Carnegie and the chance to have a play-off to be in the Premiership - yes we’re that close!
WOW – we beat Carnegie 17-30 at Headingly. The two aspects to take away from that score is that the Knights put 30 points over the third-placed team in the Championship in their own back yard and the Knights have a 13-0 lead for Play-off Two at Castle Park. This means that Carnegie have it all to play for. Depending on the early scores, perhaps Carnegie will have to throw ‘caution to the wind’ in an attempt to score more points. That can lead to some very impressive play and try-scoring or it could leave Carnegie weaker in defence to enable the Knights to score some tries. 13-0 at the start of the game is not enough of a difference for Carnegie to panic with 80 minutes to play but the Knights are in the ascendency and want to drive home the 13-point advantage to the Final. If the Knights can increase that lead early in the game then Carnegie may be forced to go for it and potentially suffer the consequences.
Ryan ‘ever-present’ Burrows is definitely a danger man to watch for as he controls play at the base of the scrum, often peeling off to score.
Carnegie’s leading try-scorer Flanker Josh Bainbridge didn’t make an appearance against the Knights at Headingly last Sunday but Bainbridge scored twice when we played Carnegie on 9th October last year. Burrows scored the third.
Burrows scored yet again and Right Wing Sebastian Stegmann touched down ten minutes before and after the break respectively; then Left Wing (can play Full Back) David Doherty scored twice at in the last quarter at Castle Park.
Full Back Jonah Holmes, a prolific try-scorer didn’t leave his name on the scoresheet in either game.
Both Oli Goss and Chris Walker touched down at Headingly and they are both very familiar with Castle Park; Goss as an ex-Knight and Walker from playing for the Knights on loan from Carnegie.
The Carnegie website is full of bravado about the result not being lost yet, they are still in with a chance etc. The Knights must now make sure that it is just rhetoric and not prophecy.
Sky won’t be there so you must visit Castle Park to see the game. Whatever happens, it promises to be a fantastic spectacle.
The Final will probably be against Bristol after their 16-45 win against Bedford Blues at Goldington Road last Sunday. Bristol have a 29-0 lead for Play-off Two at Ashton Gate Stadium. Some might say that it’s a step too far for the Blues to defeat Bristol starting 29 points down.
C’mon Knights it payed benefits to start the game on full revs rather than waiting until the engine is warmed up. The victory is there for the taking and I’m sure that Griff has drilled it into all players not to be complacent and to view the game as starting 0-0.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
From Carnegie, Burrows was selected, they said about Burrows; NO.8 RYAN BURROWS Skittles opponents at will with his destructive runs from the base of the scrum. A real crowd-pleaser who never seems to have a bad game. Burrows’ inclusion ends Mark Bright’s three-year run in the Dream XV.
On to arguably the most important game of rugby that the Knights have played at Castle Park to date, Play-off Two against Carnegie and the chance to have a play-off to be in the Premiership - yes we’re that close!
WOW – we beat Carnegie 17-30 at Headingly. The two aspects to take away from that score is that the Knights put 30 points over the third-placed team in the Championship in their own back yard and the Knights have a 13-0 lead for Play-off Two at Castle Park. This means that Carnegie have it all to play for. Depending on the early scores, perhaps Carnegie will have to throw ‘caution to the wind’ in an attempt to score more points. That can lead to some very impressive play and try-scoring or it could leave Carnegie weaker in defence to enable the Knights to score some tries. 13-0 at the start of the game is not enough of a difference for Carnegie to panic with 80 minutes to play but the Knights are in the ascendency and want to drive home the 13-point advantage to the Final. If the Knights can increase that lead early in the game then Carnegie may be forced to go for it and potentially suffer the consequences.
Ryan ‘ever-present’ Burrows is definitely a danger man to watch for as he controls play at the base of the scrum, often peeling off to score.
Carnegie’s leading try-scorer Flanker Josh Bainbridge didn’t make an appearance against the Knights at Headingly last Sunday but Bainbridge scored twice when we played Carnegie on 9th October last year. Burrows scored the third.
Burrows scored yet again and Right Wing Sebastian Stegmann touched down ten minutes before and after the break respectively; then Left Wing (can play Full Back) David Doherty scored twice at in the last quarter at Castle Park.
Full Back Jonah Holmes, a prolific try-scorer didn’t leave his name on the scoresheet in either game.
Both Oli Goss and Chris Walker touched down at Headingly and they are both very familiar with Castle Park; Goss as an ex-Knight and Walker from playing for the Knights on loan from Carnegie.
The Carnegie website is full of bravado about the result not being lost yet, they are still in with a chance etc. The Knights must now make sure that it is just rhetoric and not prophecy.
Sky won’t be there so you must visit Castle Park to see the game. Whatever happens, it promises to be a fantastic spectacle.
The Final will probably be against Bristol after their 16-45 win against Bedford Blues at Goldington Road last Sunday. Bristol have a 29-0 lead for Play-off Two at Ashton Gate Stadium. Some might say that it’s a step too far for the Blues to defeat Bristol starting 29 points down.
C’mon Knights it payed benefits to start the game on full revs rather than waiting until the engine is warmed up. The victory is there for the taking and I’m sure that Griff has drilled it into all players not to be complacent and to view the game as starting 0-0.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
