Post by Jamie Crawford on Oct 18, 2016 7:50:56 GMT
Last Saturday’s Pool 2 British & Irish Cup results:
Rotherham Titans 34-17 Doncaster Knights
Munster A 15-30 London Welsh
Both Munster A and the Knights were at the receiving end of a B & I Cup first game defeat, by similar margins. Both teams have a point to prove this Saturday and an initial Cup game to forget about. (edit - Munster was last season, they are unbeaten in the Cup this season, sorry!)
Munster A were runners-up in the inaugural B & I Cup in 2009/10 to the Cornish Pirates. Two seasons later they won the cup in 2011/12 by beating Cross Keys. The Knights were runners-up in 2014/15 to Worcester Warriors. Hopefully the Knights will emulate Munster A’s success in the Cup and proceed to win the Cup two seasons after finishing in second place.
An encouraging fact is that Munster A lost their first Cup Pool game to the Pirates in 2011/12 , they came second in the Pool behind Cross Keys by one bonus point. In fact Munster A were the bottom team of the final eight in the knock-out stages. You can bet that Cross Keys were kicking themselves after beating Munster A in the Pool stage and then losing to them in the final.
It’s time for the Knights to win the rest of their Cup games and put last Saturday behind them. I believe there are eight more games left after our loss to the Titans (assuming we go on to play in the final)?
The other clash of the Titans (and the Welsh) is on Saturday in London.
Don’t forget that the Welsh are the current B & I Cup holders after beating Carnegie at Headingly Stadium. We can focus on them on the 10th and 17th December when we play them back-to-back, away then home.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
Rotherham Titans 34-17 Doncaster Knights
Munster A 15-30 London Welsh
Both Munster A and the Knights were at the receiving end of a B & I Cup first game defeat, by similar margins. Both teams have a point to prove this Saturday and an initial Cup game to forget about. (edit - Munster was last season, they are unbeaten in the Cup this season, sorry!)
Munster A were runners-up in the inaugural B & I Cup in 2009/10 to the Cornish Pirates. Two seasons later they won the cup in 2011/12 by beating Cross Keys. The Knights were runners-up in 2014/15 to Worcester Warriors. Hopefully the Knights will emulate Munster A’s success in the Cup and proceed to win the Cup two seasons after finishing in second place.
An encouraging fact is that Munster A lost their first Cup Pool game to the Pirates in 2011/12 , they came second in the Pool behind Cross Keys by one bonus point. In fact Munster A were the bottom team of the final eight in the knock-out stages. You can bet that Cross Keys were kicking themselves after beating Munster A in the Pool stage and then losing to them in the final.
It’s time for the Knights to win the rest of their Cup games and put last Saturday behind them. I believe there are eight more games left after our loss to the Titans (assuming we go on to play in the final)?
The other clash of the Titans (and the Welsh) is on Saturday in London.
Don’t forget that the Welsh are the current B & I Cup holders after beating Carnegie at Headingly Stadium. We can focus on them on the 10th and 17th December when we play them back-to-back, away then home.
COYK
DONNY, DONNY, DONNY…
