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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE RUGBY UNION CLUB • ISSUE 9

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JERSEY REDSSATURDAY 20 JANUARY 2018

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ACADEMY GRADUATE BOYCE NAMED IN ENGLAND TEAMFormer Yorkshire Carnegie Academy graduate Lewis Boyce has been called up by England coach Eddie Jones for the opening game of the RBS Six Nations against Italy.

Boyce could become the ninth Academy graduate to go on to achieve full England international honours. The club has produced countless England Under-18 and Under-20 players over the years, with Boyce memorably forming an all Carnegie front row in the England Under-20s a couple of years ago alongside Paul Hill and Jack Walker.

He will be joined in the England squad by another former Academy graduate in Danny Care, his Harlequins club captain. Care is the most capped academy graduate of all time, with 76 caps already before this year’s Six Nations. Tom Palmer was the � rst in 2001, followed by Care and Jordan Crane (2008), Rob Webber (2012), Luther Burrell (2014), Calum Clark (2015), Paul Hill (2016) and Alex Lozowski (2017).

Boyce joined Aviva Premiership side Harlequins this summer after nearly a decade at Yorkshire Carnegie. Since taking up the game at the age of 12 with Acklam, a club based in his hometown of

Middlesbrough, Biyce has been a player with outstanding talent.

Boyce attended Prince Henry’s Grammar School and was part of the AASE scheme at the school, as well as helping a new generation of players � nd their way on the Yorkshire Carnegie pathway and coached on the England Rugby Developing Player Programme (ERDPP).

His professionalism since joining Carnegie impressed the Academy coaches and in 2014 he was given his debut against Rotherham.  He spent three seasons in the � rst-team squad before leaving this summer.

Speaking about Boyce’s call-up, Ben Lazenby, Yorkshire Carnegie’s Academy Manager, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for Lewis and we are all very proud of him.  Lewis came into our Academy from a young age and was part of the successful AASE team at Prince Henry’s before making an impact in our Academy when he was named Player of the Season. He then went

onto feature regularly for the � rst-team and was part of the Under-20s World Cup-winning squad in 2016. This is a great success for our Academy and the set-up we have, which shows a clear pathway from junior rugby through to playing at an international level. On behalf of everyone at the club we would like to wish Lewis the best for the upcoming Six Nations with England.”

Loosehead Boyce is one of eight uncapped players initially named in the 35-man group and told The Yorkshire Post this week: “There had been a few rumours going around I’d be in it but I never really listened to them. I was never tipped o� or anything like that so when I saw my name on that squad list I was just totally speechless really.”

It was only eight months ago that Boyce was playing for Carnegie in the Championship Final against London Irish, so his progress

has certainly been rapid. That said, he is not the only player to emerge from the club’s revered Academy and quickly climb the ladder. Fellow prop Paul Hill made his Test debut against Italy two years ago just months after leaving Headingley for Premiership Northampton Saints.

“It’s a massive buzz for me to see my mates like ‘Hilly’ and Jack Walker - who moved to Bath - doing so well,” he said. “I almost grew up with those lads in the Academy system at Carnegie. I actually scrummaged against’ Hilly’ the other week in the ‘Big Game’ (at Twickenham) which was a weird feeling but a real honour at the same time.

“People like Andy Rock and Jon Pendlebury all played a big part in my development at Carnegie in the Academy and then there was some great physios too, who got me out on the pitch after a serious knee injury.”

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Players Position Ht Wt DOB Age 2017-18 Season  Yorkshire Carnegie CareerStarts Subs Tries Pts Starts Subs Tries Pts Debut

Darren Atkins Full-back 1.85m 90kg 11/02/1997 20 3 1 2 10 3 1 2 10 v Rotherham 03/12/17Josh Bainbridge Back row 1.83m 101kg 17/04/1996 21 11 6 2 10 28 25 24 120 v Doncaster 28/09/14Richard Beck Back row 1.88m 100kg 13/06/1989 28 10 2 1 5 82 38 13 65 v Leicester 08/11/09Charlie Beech Prop 1.85m 125kg 21/07/1987 30 10 4     65 34 10 50 v Bristol 13/10/13Louis Brown Winger 1.86m 86Kg 17/02/1998 19 11 3 4 20 11 3 4 20 v London Irish 11/03/17Joe Buckle Hooker 1.83m 103kg 13/05/1993 24 12 2 8 40 12 2 8 40 v London Scottish 02/09/17Tom Bullough Centre 1.85m 97Kg 10/04/1997 20 2       2 3     v Dragons PS 17/12/16Fred Burdon Centre 1.83m 94kg 30/12/1989 28 4 4     54 8 12 60 v Nottingham 31/08/12Charlie Capps Prop 1.84m 119kg 08/06/1997 20 3 2     4 4     v Doncaster 09/10/15Tom Casson Centre 1.83m 94Kg 06/04/1990 27 9 2     35 7     v Bristol 18/10/15Shaun Crouch Second row 1.94m 119kg 02/10/1999 18                  Michael Cusack Prop 1.79m 135kg 07/11/1984 33         32 44 5 25 v Bath 14/09/03Harry Davey Fly-half 1.77m 86kg 21/12/1998 19 3     11 3 1   11 v London Irish 11/03/17Alex Davies Scrum-half 1.75m 81kg 21/06/1986 31 7 1   37 30 2 3 68 v Ealing Trail� nders 03/09/16Harry Davies Winger 1.94m 102kg 10/05/1994 23 3     18 3     18 v Doncaster 17/09/17Harry Dunne Centre 1.82m 89kg 30/10/1997 20                  Chris Elder Full-back 1.93m 107kg 12/06/1992 25 13   13 65 27   17 85 v Nottingham 26/12/16Andy Forsyth Centre 1.88m 87Kg 09/09/1990 27 13 2 2 10 46 14 17 85 v Jersey 06/09/15Oliver Fox Scrum-half 1.79m 80kg 14/03/1999 18 1 5 1 5 1 7 1 5 v Dragons PS 11/12/16Ross Graham Hooker 1.78m 100kg 20/12/1995 22         4 9 1 5 v London Welsh 17/09/16Max Green Scrum-half 1.86m 82Kg 13/02/1996 21 4 2     17 29 2 12 v Ealing Trail� nders 20/09/15Rian Hamilton Full-back 1.77m 87Kg 09/09/1998 19 1       1       v Jersey Reds 13/10/17Will Homer Scrum-half 1.83m 88kg 24/10/1995 22 10 3 2 31 10 3 2 31 v London Scottish 02/09/17Lee Imiolek Prop 1.85m 110kg 21/09/1990 27 1 6     37 78 9 45 v Nottingham 31/08/12Callum Irvine Fly-half 1.80m 87kg 02/01/1994 24 3 3 1 5 3 3 1 5 v Nottingham 08/09/17Trystan Lloyd Back Row 1.88m 90kg 13/08/1991 26 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 5 v Dragons PS 09/12/17Pete Lucock Centre 1.83m 90kg 27/11/1992 25 13 1 2 13 117 11 13 68 v Rotherham 21/09/11Tom Mann Full-back 1.83m 89kg 03/11/1998 19                  Mike Mayhew Hooker 1.88m 110kg 22/01/1987 30 3 3 3 15 17 15 11 55 v Ealing Trail� nders 15/10/16Richard Mayhew Back row 1.91m 108kg 24/06/1985 32 9 1 2 10 28 2 4 20 v Ealing Trail� nders 03/09/16Stevie McColl Full-back 1.85m 98kg 16/08/1988 29 8 3 1 21 81 9 29 172 v London Welsh 04/09/11Elliot Millar-Mills Prop 1.90m 120kg 08/07/1992 25 4 3     4 3     v Doncaster 17/09/17Mike Myerscough Second row 1.96m 110kg 28/05/1986 31 11 2 3 15 63 22 6 30 v Nottingham 31/08/12Harry Newborn Hooker 1.82m 101kg 13/04/1997 20 2 7 1 5 2 7 1 5 v Jersey Reds 13/10/17Jordon Poole Hooker 1.75m 103kg 02/04/1997 20 1 2     1 10     v Ospreys 15/11/15Harry Robinson Winger 1.85m 82Kg 18/09/1997 20 1   1 5 1   1 5 v Dragons PS 09/12/17Dan Sanderson Second row 2.03m 121kg 18/08/1984 33 6   1 5 18 5 1 5 v Ealing Trail� nders 03/09/16Ben Smith Fly-half 1.82m 87kg 21/10/1996 21                  Matt Smith Second row 2.03m 111kg 26/10/1989 28 8 1 1 5 85 31 7 35 v Bristol 23/09/12Ollie Stedman Back row 1.91m 121kg 20/05/1991 20         3 1 1 5 v Dragons PS 17/12/16Jonny Teague Back row 26 13 1 3 15 36 5 10 50 v Scarlets 06/11/10Marc Thomas Prop 1.83m 114kg 15/07/1990 27 14   3 15 14   3 15 v London Scottish 02/09/17James Thraves Prop 1.88m 120kg 05/01/1994 24 4 10     7 16 1 5 v Rotherham 01/10/16Xavier Valentine Prop 1.88m 115kg 22/07/1998 19   3       3     v Dragons PS 09/12/17Will Vaughan Prop 1.86m 107kg 03/06/1996 21   3       3     v Dragons PS 09/12/17Jack Wafer Hooker 1.84m 119kg 28/12/1998 19                  Elliot Ward Back row 1.94m 105kg 26/07/1998 19 1 4     1 4     v Jersey Reds 13/10/17Michael Waters Fly-half 1.80m 80kg 03/01/1996 22 1 1     1 1     v Dragons PS 09/12/17George Watkins Winger 1.80m 91Kg 11/09/1990 27 15 2 1 5 15 2 1 5 v London Scottish 02/09/17Ben West Prop 1.98m 122Kg 19/01/1992 26 4 7     18 8 4 20 v London Welsh 01/01/17Jack Whetton Back row 2.00m 119kg 24/05/1992 25 13 2 1 5 20 9 1 5 v Nottingham 11/09/16Lewis Wilson Back row 1.90m 105kg 03/02/1998 19 3 1     4 3     v Dragons PS 11/12/16Sam Wolstenholme Scrum-half 1.77m 80kg 21/06/1999 18 1 2 1 5 1 2 1 5 v London Scottish 22/10/17Max Wright Centre 1.84m 87Kg 24/05/1997 20         9 13 3 15 v Ospreys PS 15/11/15Penalty tries 2 14 254 AVE 24 270 109 63 425 1,057 502 230 1,285

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CLUB P W D L Pool PTS

1 Ealing Trail� nders 5 5 0 0 P4W 30 Q

2 Jersey Reds 5 5 0 0 P3W 26 Q

3 Leinster A 5 5 0 0 P2W 30 Q

4 Bedford Blues 5 4 0 1 P1 24 q

5 Ulster A 5 4 0 1 P5 24 q

6 Munster A 5 4 0 1 P1 22 q

7 Doncaster Knights 5 3 0 2 P2 18

8 Cornish Pirates 5 3 0 1 P5 18

9 Yorkshire Carnegie 5 3 0 2 P5 18

10 Connacht Eagles 5 2 0 3 P4 16

GREENE KING IPA CHAMPIONSHIP & B&I CUP FIXTURES 2017-18Date COMP Opponents RES (F-A)SEPTEMBER Sat 2nd Champ London Scottish L 12-30Fri 8th Champ Nottingham Rugby W 35-27Sun 17th Champ Doncaster Knights W 15-9Sat 23rd Champ Hartpury College D 29-29OCTOBER Sun 1st Champ Cornish Pirates W 28-26Sat 7th Champ Richmond L 20-31Fri 13th B&I Cup Jersey Reds L 3-32Sun 22nd B&I Cup London Scottish* W 28-12Sun 29th Champ Bedford Blues W 38-36NOVEMBER Sat 11th Champ Ealing Trail� nders L 19-44Fri 17th Champ Bristol Rugby L 14-44Sat 25th Champ Jersey Reds W 20-10DECEMBER Sun 3rd Champ Rotherham W 47-11Sat 9th B&I Cup Dragon PS** W 43-22Sat 16th B&I Cup Dragon PS (KO 2.30) W 20-17Sat 23rd Champ Nottingham Rugby W 12-10Fri 29th Champ Doncaster Knights W 32-30JANUARY Sat 13th B&I Cup London Scottish L 19-29Sat 20th B&I Cup Jersey Reds* Sun 28th Champ Hartpury College FEBRUARY Sun 11th Champ Cornish Pirates Sun 18th Champ Richmond MARCH Sat 3rd Champ Bedford Blues Sun 18th Champ Ealing Trail� nders Fri 23rd Champ Bristol Rugby APRIL Sun 8th Champ Jersey Reds Sat 14th Champ RotherhamSat 28th Champ London Scottish *On The Road **Premiership Select

BRITISH & IRISH CUP TOP TRY SCORERS1 Will Harries Ealing Trail� nders 72 Darrell Dyer Hartpury 63 Lewis Jones Ealing Trail� nders 64 Nicholas Selway Jersey Reds 65 James Cordy-Redden Ealing Trail� nders 56 Adam McBurney Ulster A 57 Will Owen Doncaster Knights 48 Tyson Lewis Doncaster Knights 49 Dean Adamson Bedford Blues 410 Alun Walker Ealing Trail� nders 4

BRITISH & IRISH CUP TOP POINT SCORERS1 Brendan Cope Jersey Reds 532 Luke Daniels Ealing Trail� nders 433 Cathal Marsh Leinster A 424 Will Harries Ealing Trail� nders 355 Declan Cusack Doncaster Knights 336 Will Cargill Cornish Pirates 337 Darrell Dyer Hartpury 308 Lewis Jones Ealing Trail� nders 309 Nicholas Selway Jersey Reds 3010 Simon Humberstone Doncaster Knights 29

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WELCOME FROM SCARBOROUGH RUGBY CLUBThe Board of Directors and members of Scarborough Rugby Club are honoured to once again host one of Yorkshire Carnegie’s ‘On the Road’ British & Irish Cup matches.

We are delighted to welcome Yorkshire Carnegie back with us today and we’d also like to welcome Jersey Reds and their supporters. We wish both sides the best of luck in today’s match and hope that everyone enjoys another action-packed afternoon of professional rugby.

It’s been another busy year for Scarborough Rugby Club and as you may have seen on your way in, work is currently underway to add to our great facilities with the construction of four new glass-backed squash courts and a new juice bar and cafe, both of which will be operational by the summer.

On the rugby front, on Saturday 12th May we’ll be hosting Yorkshire RFU when they take on Northumberland RFU in the Bill Beaumont Cup and this year we will also welcome Yorkshire and Northumberland Ladies, who will play their County Championship match as a curtain-raiser for the men’s game.

These high-pro� le events and others help to ensure that the club can continue to grow and develop and allows the club to ful� l its objective of encouraging and inspiring as many people as possible to play rugby union in a safe and � nancially secure environment. We hope that everyone enjoys our east coast hospitality.

Place of birth: Chester� eldHeight: 6ft 2insPosition: Prop

School attended: High� elds, Matlock and Bishop BurtonRepresentative honours: England Under-16 and England StudentsFavourite programme: PorridgeFavourite � lm: SnatchFavourite music: Hip-Hop

What sports teams do you support? Derby CountyWhat would be your ideal career away from

rugby? FarmerGreatest achievement: Getting my degreeFirst rugby memory: Playing at High� eldsBiggest rugby in� uence: Julian White Which of your team-mates is the... Most competitive? Charlie CappsBiggest moaner? Ollie StedmanIf you won the lottery what would be the � rst thing you would buy? A farmIf you could travel back in time what one thing would you change? Shoulder injuries as I hated the rehab.If you could interview anyone famous who would it be? Stephen FryIf you could be the lead singer of a band which would it be? Oasis

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CLUB NEWS

STUDENTS GET ENGLAND CALL-UPProp Xavier Valentine and winger Harry Robinson are two of six Leeds Beckett students named in the England Students training squad ahead of their double � xture with France Students in April.

Valentine made his third appearance for Yorkshire Carnegie in last weekend’s game at London Scottish, whilst Robinson made a try-scoring debut against the Dragons Premiership Select at Hudders� eld YMCA.

Valentine and Robinson are joined by Leeds Beckett team-mates Conrad Cade, James Elliot, Ryan Eveleigh and Dan Kelly in the 34-man squad. The call-ups for the half dozen Beckett students comes after an improved season for Kerry Wood’s side.

After a very tough season last year, Beckett would have been seeking a stronger campaign this time around and, so far, they are achieving their aim.

With Beckett being 10 points o� second-placed Northumbria, whilst also having two games in hand, four teams could seriously be in with a shout of topping BUCS Super Rugby.

Those in attendance at the England training camp came from universities across England, with the large majority representing institutions that ply their trade in the BUCS Super Rugby competition.

England Students Head Coach Aaron James was impressed with the youngsters’ skill set and ability to bond as a team in a small amount of time, crediting the competition as ideal preparation for France.

“BUCS Super Rugby has resulted in a higher level of play, which will boost England Students’ chances against a French side boasting

players of professional standards,” he added.

“The competition has taken another step up this year, and the guys will bene� t from that. The standard has to be very high to play France. We need to be at a National One standard or above.”

The � nal squad selection will be announced in March ahead of the BUCS Super Rugby semi-� nals, and once chosen, the group will convene for a two-day training camp starting on 10th April, before heading to France where they will play against France Students on 15th and 20th April in the Chambéry region.

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CLUB NEWS

YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY TEAM TO RUN NEW MIXED ABILITY SESSIONS AT MIDDLETON LEISURE CENTREYorkshire Carnegie’s community department are launching a new Mixed Ability rugby course at Middleton Leisure Centre from Monday 15th January, between 10am and 11am.

The sessions are free to attend and are open to people aged 16+ and for all abilities, but mainly focus on those with mental or physical disabilities and those returning to rugby or wanting to play at a slower pace.

The Mixed Ability sessions, which have already run at Pontefract RUFC, are part of ‘Project Rugby’, which is an initiative from Premiership Rugby and England aiming to engage new audiences with rugby and stimulate a lifelong interest in the game.

‘Project Rugby’ is designed to increase participation in the game by people from traditionally underrepresented groups:  black, Asian and minority ethnic people, people from lower socio-economic backgrounds and disabled people.

For more information on the Mixed Ability sessions email sam.kerry@yorkshirecarnegie.com

The address for the sessions is: 3G Astro Pitch | Middleton Leisure Centre | Middleton Ring Road | LS10 4AX

STADIUM DEVELOPMENT PROGRESSING WELLThe busy schedule of activity on both the South Stand and Main Stand continues at Emerald Headingley.

The South Stand construction continues at pace, with the steel and pre-cast concrete sections slotting into place whilst drainage works continue both behind the stand and on pitch side.

Preparations have now begun for the concrete concourse areas underneath the stand. High above those works, the roof safety measures are being completed in readiness for roof installation.

Opposite the South Stand, keen viewers of the live SMUK.co.uk webcams will have spotted a great deal of preparation work still going on for the North Stand. With the stand sandwiched in between both playing surfaces, work on the stand’s foundations are obviously a huge part of the project at this stage for such a large stand.

Drainage works have continued and we have commenced preparations for the platform for the temporary stand and other temporary measures that will be in place for the new Leeds Rhinos season. The temporary stand will not be used for Yorkshire Carnegie’s last three home games and we will continue to use just the Carnegie Stand for all games this season.

Remember you can follow live updates on both construction sites with our live SMUK.co.uk webcams by visiting our YouTube channel.

UNDER-18s MISS OUT IN NAIL-BITING GAME AGAINST WORCESTERYorkshire Carnegie’s Under-18s lost out to Warriors’ Under-18s through a last-minute penalty in a close game in the Premiership Rugby Under-18 Academy League at Sixways.

Carnegie opened the season with a win against Newcastle and looked like they were heading for a second victory after a strong performance saw them build a 19-10 lead, but for the second time in as many weeks, Warriors came back in the second-half to win in the dying moments.

Carnegie were the first to strike through James Willis, driving over after a penalty was kicked to the corner, making the score 5-0.

Warriors’ response came when Noah Heward collected the ball on the 10-metre line and he evaded the Carnegie defenders before rounding the last line of defence to touchdown.

With just minutes remaining in the first period, Warriors did gain the advantage as some slick handling down the left wing put White close, before Oli Thorneywork powered over from close-range to give Warriors a 10-5 advantage.

Carnegie retook the lead, this time sending the ball wide and their offloads down the left flank found support runners as full-back Joe Carpenter

crossed the tryline. Dan Lancaster’s conversion was the last action of the first-half as Carnegie led 12-10.

In the second-half, Worcester had a man sent to the sin bin and Carnegie capitalised when Andre Robson cut a fantastic line from set-piece ball to score under the posts, with Lancaster converting.

The Warriors found an extra gear when it mattered and Heward darted through several tackles before he was dragged down five metres out. After some quick phases and scramble defence from Carnegie, Heward himself finished his second, taking the score to 19-17.

Josh Phipps’ conversion put the Warriors two points behind and with the clock ticking down they earned a penalty, which Phipps slotted over to put his side ahead 20-19.

But before the hosts could celebrate, Carnegie were awarded a penalty just inside the Warriors half and Lancaster stepped up admirably, but could not find the distance with the clock already past 70 minutes and time up.

The Under-18s were back in action today against Wasps and they will return to action in February against Northampton at Shaw Lane.

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Today’s sees the � nal round of games in the pool stages and four teams, including Yorkshire Carnegie, are still battling for the � nal two places in the quarter-� nals.

Our opponents today, Jersey Reds, and Ealing Trail� nders secured their place in the quarter-� nals of the competition with their bonus-point wins last week. They, along with Pool 2 winners Leinster A, are assured of a home game in the last eight following their penultimate games in the pool.

Ealing Trail� nders notched up 12 tries in a sensational home display as they surged into the quarter-� nals with an emphatic victory over Connacht.

Will Harries was the star of the show as he scored a hat-trick at Vallis Way, along with a double from Luke Carter to sweep aside their Irish opponents. Miles Mantella, Alun Walker, Joe Munro, Morgan Allen, Dan Temm, Rhys Lawrence and Lewis Jones also scored as Ealing secured their place in the last eight of the competition.

Jersey Reds secured top spot in Pool 3 with an emphatic victory over a young Dragons side. An early penalty try was followed by hooker Nick Selway dotting down twice, both from the back of a driving maul, to open up a 19-7 lead at the break. And after � anker Taine Basham was sin-binned for the Dragons, the Reds asserted their dominance as Jason Worrall steamed over before replacement prop Roy Godfrey followed suit. Lock Jerry Sexton � nished a � ne move to complete the rout and make it � ve wins from � ve for the Reds.

The other English team guaranteed to qualify is Bedford Blues, although

they will need to win at home to Nottingham this weekend to secure top spot in their pool ahead of rivals Munster A, who face the winless Ospreys at home. Regardless of this weekend’s results both teams will progress to the knockout stages, having won four of their � ve games so far.

Doncaster Knights could have secured their spot last weekend but a high-scoring loss at home to Bristol means they have a tough task on their hands as they travel to Dublin to face Leinster A in their � nal pool game. If they gain nothing from their trip to the Irish capital that will open the door for Cornish Pirates and Yorkshire Carnegie, who are level with the Knights on 18 points after � ve rounds, and Connacht Eagles who are on two points but face Rotherham at home.

Cornish Pirates are still in with a chance of qualifying for the quarter-� nals of the competition but lost ground on Pool 5 leaders Ulster at Shaw’s Bridge.

Alex O’Meara was the only one to dot down for the Pirates three minutes after half-time as braces from Rob Lyttle and captain Rob Andrew, and a dot down from Zack McCall, secured the bonus-point victory for the hosts.

The sides had been level pegging heading into the huge contest but Ulster A now sit � ve points clear of the Pirates.

The Greene King IPA Championship side host Hartpury RFC in their � nal match needing victory to give themselves any chance of progressing to the last eight.

London Scottish came from behind to stun fellow Greene King IPA Championship side Yorkshire

Carnegie 29-19. Captain Isaac Miller led the charge for Scottish as he notched up two tries with Joe Luca-Smith and Nick Also rumbling over to secure victory.

Carnegie will feel they missed out on a crucial victory as they dotted down three times through Mike Myerscough, Josh Bainbridge and Andy Forsyth.

The result leaves London Scottish three points behind Carnegie with one match to play in Pool 3.

REGULATION RE QUALIFIERS

5.2.1 At the end of the Pool Stage the highest ranking club in each pool shall be the pool winner and the pool winners together with three best runners-up across the � ve pools will all proceed to the quarter-� nals. 

The rankings shall be determined in accordance with the following criteria and in the following order: 

(a) Competition points; or 

(b) where the competition points are equal between two or more clubs, the club(s) that has achieved the greater number of wins; or

(c) where these are equal, the aggregate points di� erence from all matches in the Pool Stage for each of the clubs that have an equal number of competition wins and competition points;

(d) or where these are equal, the club that has scored the greatest number of points in the Pool Stage; or 

(e) where these are equal, the club that has the better result(s) from the match(es) between the clubs; or 

(f) where these are equal, the greater number of tries scored in the match(es) between the clubs shall determine the rankings; or (g) where the tries scored are equal, the aggregate points di� erence in the matches between the clubs in the Pool Stage shall determine the rankings; or  

(h) where the aggregate points di� erence is equal the fewest number of players shown a red card in the Pool Stage shall determine the rankings; or 

(i) where the number of red cards are equal, the fewest number of players shown a yellow card shall determine the rankings; or 

(j) where the number of red cards are equal, by the toss of a coin.

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OPPOSITION PROFILE:

JERSEY REDSJersey Reds headed into 2018 looking to improve their standing in the Greene King IPA Championship, as well as making their mark in the British & Irish Cup, writes Tom Innes.

The Championship season kicked o� at the start of September against Doncaster Knights, the Reds conceding two late penalties to go down to a 24-26 home defeat.

Successive wins over league new boys Hartpury and old rivals the Pirates put a spring back in the Jersey step, but the league campaign then faltered with four successive defeats. Narrow reverses at Richmond and at home to Bedford were followed by more one-sided matches against the top two sides in the table, Ealing and Bristol.

November began with a long-awaited league win, a narrow 20-15 home success over Scottish,

with Jersey overturning a six-point half-time de� cit to claim the points, and a record Championship points margin in victory at Rotherham by 45-14.

There was disappointment with a 20-10 home defeat by Yorkshire Carnegie, but since that reverse in late November the Reds have been undefeated. That run has stretched to six games, including three close-fought Championship outings: a draw at Nottingham, a home win over Hartpury and most recently a 19-15 success in Penzance against the Pirates on New Year’s Eve.

The Reds are currently eighth in the Championship table, having actually picked

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up more league points (15) on their travels than on home turf (14) so far this season, but know that the top half of the table is within reach.

Although he’s on record as saying that the Championship is his team’s top priority, as the primary means of measuring success, Head Coach Harvey Biljon also has a glint in his eye at the prospect of silverware in the British & Irish Cup.

The South African, who marks four years in the post this month, won the trophy during his time as Assistant Coach at Cornish Pirates and would like to get his hands on it again. The Reds reached the knock-

out stages in both 2015-16 and last season, � nally missing out courtesy of two agonising one-point defeats: 33-32 at Emerald Headingley in a semi-� nal against Carnegie back in March 2016, and 29-28 last April against Munster ‘A’ at Irish Independent Park in Cork.

The Island side made a positive start to this year’s B&I campaign, with maximum points from October games against Carnegie and the Dragons Select, and then a comprehensive 45-10 win over Scottish at Stade Santander International in round three, in which the hosts outscored the Exiles by seven tries to one.

The return match in Richmond began as a much closer a� air. The Reds led the Scots by just a point at half-time, but then added 31 points in the second-half to win 45-18. And Jersey made it � ve-from-� ve last weekend with a 40-21 win over the visiting Dragons.

The Reds’ winning cup run so far has already guaranteed a home quarter-� nal to be played over the Easter weekend, but they’ll be looking to extend the run in order to secure the highest-possible seeding which could mean another home tie in the last four - although this is far from assured and of course demands a quarter-� nal win.

improve their standing in the Greene King

their mark in the British & Irish Cup, writes

with Jersey overturning a six-point half-time de� cit

points margin in victory at

There was disappointment with a 20-10 home defeat by Yorkshire Carnegie, but since that reverse in late November the Reds have been undefeated. That run has stretched to six games, including three close-fought Championship outings: a

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MATCHDAY SQUADSYORKSHIRE

CARNEGIEJERSEYREDS

T C P DG T C P DG

CHRIS ELDER 15 BRENDAN COPE

STEVIE MCCOLL 14 TOM PINCUS

FRED BURDON 13 SCOTT VAN BREDA (CO-CAPT)

TOM BULLOUGH 12 GEORGE EASTWELL

LOUIS BROWN 11 JASON WORRALL

PETE LUCOCK 10 OLI BRYANT

WILL HOMER 9 KIERAN HARDY

CHARLIE CAPPS 1 ROY GODFREY (CO-CAPT)

HARRY NEWBORN 2 JACK MACFARLANE

CHARLIE BEECH 3 LEEROY ATALIFO

MIKE MYERSCOUGH 4 JAMES VOSS

MATT SMITH 5 DAVE MCKERN

JOSH BAINBRIDGE 6 RORY BARTLE

RICHARD MAYHEW (C) 7 SEB NAGLE-TAYLOR

OLLIE STEDMAN 8 JAKE UPFIELD

REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS

JORDON POOLE 16 NICK SELWAY

WILL VAUGHAN 17 JAKE WOOLMORE

JAMES THRAVES 18 ALEC CLAREY

JACK WHETTON 19 TOM QUARRIE

TRYSTAN LLOYD 20 CONOR JOYCE

CALLUM IRVINE 21 TIM DUCHESNE

ANDY FORSYTH 22 MARK BEST

CLU

B PA

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ERS:MATCH OFFICIALS:

Referee: Jack MakepeaceAR1: Darryl ChapmanAR2: Greg Garner

YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE V HARTPURY RFC28th January 2018, kick-o� 3pmYorkshire Carnegie return to play at Emerald Headingley for the � rst time in 2018 to host the league’s newest side, Hartpury RFC.

The teams played each other for the � rst time back in September and despite a second-half � ght-back and three quality tries from Yorkshire Carnegie it was not enough to secure victory as James Lowes’ side had to settle for a 29-29 draw.

Hartpury have made a decent start to their � rst season in the Championship with four wins and a draw, putting them 23 points clear of bottom-placed Rotherham.

YORKSHIRE CARNEGIE MATCH DAY PRICING 2017-18ADULTS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £17CONCESSIONS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £10JUNIORS** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5CONCESSION: *Seniors are 65 and over and students upon production of a valid student card ** Junior denotes a child who is 16 and under.

Advance tickets can be bought in person in the club, online at www.yorkshirecarnegie.com or by calling 0371 423 1315

MASCOTS

JACK CLIFFEAge: 8 Favourite player: Maro Itoje

SAM CLIFFEAge: 6 Favourite player: Matty Jones