Yorkshire Carnegie
Pirates matchday thread
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By WW
September 7 2014
The long, boring summer is coming to an end. Rugby fans are coming out of hibernation. The wait for live Championship rugby is at an end. We have had the appetisers, four games already played so far this weekend, and today comes the main event: Carnegie play at the Mennaye against old rivals, Cornish Pirates. Oh and there is the small matter of Bris v Wuss....
There are no real surprises in the selected team. Injuries have meant that selection is of those who are fit and we welcome the debut of "Lala" Edwards in the second row. Lala is a student at Leeds Met.
The Pirates, who ran us close in the same fixture last season, are a team in transition. They have a lot of young players with some older lads nurturing them through their early days of championship rugby. This will bear fruit in the medium term but leaves us with a big question mark over how they will perform today. The same can be said of our boys with 5 debutants so the game could go either way.
The Pirates' fans have us down as favourites and feel that there is no pressure on their team. I do not think that our lads will feel unduly pressured so it could be quite an even match.
We might be struggling for a commentary so any input/updates will be most welcome!
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014:09:13:07:14:15 by Wildwillie .
Best of luck to the boys on the pitch, I hope that they've had sufficient game-time for the season's start.
Miserati - and Proud to be!
Rebranded as ‘Yorkshire Carnegie’
Shall be 'watching' on Twitter!!
Zandra YaPoI
YaPoI - Yorkshire and Proud of It
'proficiscor in una'
LINK
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014:09:07:14:44:48 by Wildwillie .
Link to Radio Cornwall
Am I still allowed to say "Get stuck in Leeds!"
Miserati - and Proud to be!
Visitors defending strongly.
Back to garden.
Miserati - and Proud to be!
Top of the table?
Well played boys!!
Zandra YaPoI
YaPoI - Yorkshire and Proud of It
'proficiscor in una'
If I had all the money I've spent on drink ..... I'd spend it on drink.
I think the rift between the haves and the have-nots will be massive this season. Let's hope 'Negie are in the former.
Miserati - and Proud to be!
And Geech warned us at the fans' evening that we would not be firing on all cylinders for a few weeks due to delayed operations, so we should hopefully get stronger.
Quote:I only missed two tries for beer breaks. Perhaps more beer is called for on my 50% rate. Sorry no updates but could not get any signal.tarquin
sfs may be kinder but he would have needed to see all the tries
Rebranded as ‘Yorkshire Carnegie’
Great start for us. The first time I can remember that we haven't shot ourselves in the foot after a promotion/re-brand etc.
I was quietly confident because we're strong in the front row and Tommy's only slipped up once - at Scottish last year. Good job from him. Let's see what GM adds next week.
