Sky's The Limit


Sharp Returns

By Blues Brother
March 28 2014

Sky will be covering the game so the kick off against Rotherham is at 5.00 and we can all enjoy the game then have a few pints ...

Hopefully we will be celebrating our first win of the season against Roth who have won all four of the various encounters this season.

If we do  it will be with a much changed side with Mark Atkinson off to Gloucester and Dan Seal, Ben Gulliver, Aaron Morris, Matt Hankin, Tom Jubb and Scott Spurling all misising - mostly because of injury.

So Jake Sharp returns at fly half, Ollie Dodge on the left wing and Corey Hircock in the centre alongside Mike Le Bourgeois moves to inside centre.
 
In the forwards  Ben Cooper starts at tighthead prop in place of Tomas Gilardon-Paz while Mike Howard comes into the second row for Paul Tupai who moves to the bench. 

Blues: 15. James Pritchard (c) 14. Patrick Tapley 13. Corey Hircock 12. Mike Le Bourgeois  11. Ollie Dodge 10. Jake Sharp 9. Darryl Veenendaal 1. Darren Fearn 2. Charlie Clare 3. Ben Cooper 4. Mike Howard 5. Harry Wells 6. Gregor Gillanders 7. Darren Fox 8. Nick Fenton-Wells

Reps: TJ Harris, Nick Auterac, Phil Boulton , Paul Tupai, Don Barrell, Harry Peck, Brendan Burke.

Rotherham make two changes to the side that beat Plymouth Albion 45-10 at Clifton Lane. In the backs Jamie Broadley comes in on the wing for Curtis Wilson  and at loosehead prop Blackett rotates Marshall Gadd for Robin Hislop.

Rotherham: 15 Sean Scanlon, 14 Jamie Broadley, 13 Jack Roberts, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Michael Keating, 10 Dallan Murphy, 9 Charlie Mulchrone (Capt.), 1 Robin Hislop, 2 Tom Cruse, 3 Colin Quigley, 4 Tom Holmes, 5 Dan Sanderson, 6 Ali Birch, 7 Jack Preece, 8 Alex Rieder.

Reps: Ben Sowrey,  Marshall Gadd,  Mark Tampin, Josh Thomas-Brown, Ben Morris, Dan White, Jordan Davies.

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Discussion started by Blues Brothers (IP Logged), 28/03/2014 12:46
Blues Brothers
Blues Brothers
28/03/2014 12:46
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rotherhamtillidie
rotherhamtillidie
28/03/2014 13:04
Predictions?

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bigbluepip
bigbluepip
28/03/2014 15:47
I don't think we will give you too much to worry about RTID, we have never performed when the cameras have been there, other than against Worcester in THAT semi-final playoff, and with our much changed side I fear the worst, I just hope I'm wrong (Sm128)

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Riverman
Riverman
28/03/2014 17:18
Rotherham win 35-13

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Garlic sausage
Garlic sausage
28/03/2014 17:27
Dodgy hatrick. 24-23 Blues win a thriller.

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bigbluepip
bigbluepip
28/03/2014 19:50
I hope you're right GS (Sm128)

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bigbluepip
bigbluepip
29/03/2014 23:51
Not a bad performance from the Blues, I thought the difference was when Roth were down to 13 we failed to put any points on them and as soon as we went down to 14 they scored 2 tries, very clinical. We butchered some chances in the 1st half, which we should have been well in front from, but that just about summed up our season, some silly mistakes cost us big, Roth deserved the win, we probably deserved a BP for our efforts.

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Gareth_Blues
Gareth_Blues
30/03/2014 02:34
Probably lost to a more accurate, more clinical side today.

However, there's an incident at 46mins where Roth killed the ball in front of their own posts. This was the clearest of all the yellow card offences in the game, but it wasn't given and then we were out of it.

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Devonian
Devonian
30/03/2014 09:24
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Gareth_Blues
Probably lost to a more accurate, more clinical side today.

Completely agree, Rotherham deserve their current position. Fast running, good ball passing, many tactical moves. Well done.

Blues a better performance today but many dropped balls and basic errors.

Referee. well he had to do the required number of requests I suppose for confirmation from the tv. What a waste of time for both players and fans.

To the guy who shouted out such an unworthy comment to the lady touch judge, this is not the ethos of Bedford Blues, keep such thoughts to yourself please.

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rotherhamtillidie
rotherhamtillidie
30/03/2014 10:51
Hi guys, enjoyed my trip to bedford, thought the TMO referrals spoilt the game, and slowed it right down. Roth didn't play as well as the previous two weeks against notts and plymouth, loads of knock ones and forward passes which stopped our attacking intent.

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mikeyfish
mikeyfish
31/03/2014 13:25
The game boiled down to a lack of getting the basics right.

Knock-ons, missed chances, not supporting in the ruck quickly enough, composure and more importantly to go through more phases and keep the ball in hand.

Perfect example was at the start of the second half. We had a 2 man advantage from the kick-off but chose to kick possession away and give Rotherham the chance to run the clock down.

Job done for Rotherham though who'll fancy their chances in the play-offs!

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