Hartpury RFC v Newcastle Falcons - 8 Feb - Teams Up
By Falcons February 6 2020
Hartpury RFC v Newcastle Falcons
Saturday 8th February - Kick Off 2.30pm
George Wacokecoke says Newcastle Falcons’ young guns have benefited from the added exposure and responsibility this season, as they take their unbeaten record to Hartpury on Saturday. Full article here
Saturday promises to be a fantastic day at Hartpury University RFC weather forecast is good and a good crowd expected! Falcons are unbeaten so all teams are shooting for them. Plus they have fantastic opportunities available to winners/bidders in thei raffles and silent auctions in support of the “My Name’5 Doddie” Foundation, which raises funds to support into Motor Neuron Disease.
Looking at the Hartpury website they say:- Finally – do come! Everyone will get in!
As usual, it’s £15 per adult and £10 for concessions (e.g. OAPS, non-Hartpury students with a student ID). Anybody 16 or younger gets in free, as do all Hartpury students and staff (with ID)
and Just love this bitDogs on a lead are also very welcome.
Hartpury RFC: 15 George Simpson, 14 Jacob Morris, 13 Robbie Smith, 12 Luke Eves, 11 Sam Goatley, 10 Joshua Bragman, 9 Luke Carter (c), 1 Olly Adkins, 2 Will Tanner, 3 Jake Armstrong, 4 John Hawkins, 5 Simon Linsell, 6 Sam Graham, 7 Akapusi Qera, 8 Seb Nagle-Taylor
Replacements: 16 Will Crane, 17 Ashley Challenger, 18 Alex Gibson, 19 James Scott, 20 Will Safe, 21 Jack Preece, 22 Jack Reeves, 23 Harry Cochrane
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Tom Arscott, 14 Alex Tait, 13 George Wacokecoke, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Michael Young (co-captain), 1 Logovi'i Mulipola, 2 George McGuigan (co-captain), 3 Mike Daniels, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Sean Robinson, 6 Callum Chick, 7 Will Welch, 8 Nemani Nagusa
Replacements: 16 Jamie Blamire, ,17 Rodney Ah You ,18 Mark Tampin 19 Sebastian de Chaves, 20 Simon Uzokwe, 21 Sonatane Takulua, 22 Toby Flood, 23 Gareth Owen
Referee: Fergus Kirby
Hartpury RFC v Newcastle Falcons - 8 Feb - Teams Up
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Date: 07/02/2020 12:15
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Good squad and it’s great to see we are settling into some pairings and combinations that really work. Fantastic to see Connon get another start although I would prefer to see him paired with Takulua.
We still seem to be fiddling with our front row on a weekly basis which I believe was one of the factors that really harmed us last season.
Decent team nice to see Rodney Ah You back in the squad after injury I presume , he gives strength at scrum time and a great carrier our best prop for me when fit . I saw Luke Eves is at 12 for Hartpury I didn’t realise he was only 30 as it seems quite a while since he played for us.
Not many teams get past our frontline defence in this league. Apart from second half of the last home game!
He’s been excellent under the high ball which I think is the main reason he’s in. Being lighter then Tait he’s much better in the air. Bedford away in the monsoon he was awesome. Champ teams won’t want to play in their own half against us so most revert to a lot of kicking hence why Arscott is preferred over Taity. That and Arscotts defence isn’t really needed when our frontline is dominant.
Although Logo can play both sides of the scrum, it looks like we may have issues at LH as we have two TH on the bench
I like the team but would prefer to see Takalua in at 9
Even with a bit of rotation we're putting out decent squads overall. Radwan was wearing a boot for an injury on sponsor's night, so that might account for his absence? Shame there's no Gary Graham though. Glad to see Connon starting at 10.
Even our replacements list reads really strong, mostly.
100 % winning streak , clear at the top of the table with the luxury of trialling combinations and identifying where we need strengthening .
Maybe there is a cunning plan after all. ;-)
And I have to be honest , if we steam rollered teams 50-0 each week it would quickly become boring . Looking forward to enjoying Hartpury’s hospitality again later and hope they give us a stern test (but still 5 points) as it’s the only way we will improve!!;-)
Another 5 points and Connon getting some game time to allow the coaches to form an opinion for next year.
I am feeling more encouraged that we will start next year with greater clarity over what the younger players can bring and where we need to strengthen.
I feel that our younger players have been good and that gives me hope for the future that they will form the nucleus of the team.
Would love to see a team relatively successful and full of men of the north.
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