Round 1 - Latest Scores Week 1 - Sat. 5th September

[Steve@Mose]

Mose 38 Cambdg 33.

And with the conversion unsuccessful that's full time.

Moseley 38 (4t) Cambridge 33 (5t)

[Rothman2]

Latest Scores:
Leeds Tykes 36-38 Camborne Full Time
Moseley 38-33 Cambridge Full Time
Stortford 45-35 Dings
BSE 27-53 Scottish
Rams 22-43 Sale FC.
Rosslyn Park 12-61 Albion
TJs 31-26 Sheffield 71 mins

[Rothman2]

TODAYS RESULTS :
Leeds Tykes 36-38 Camborne
Moseley 38-33 Cambridge
Stortford 45-35 Dings LATEST
BSE 27-53 Scottish
Rams 22-50 Sale FC. LATEST
Rosslyn Park 17-61 Albion LATEST
TJs 31-26 Sheffield

[Rothman2]

TODAYS RESULTS :
Leeds Tykes 36-38 Camborne
Moseley 38-33 Cambridge
Bishops Stortford 52 Dings 42
BSE 27-53 Scottish
Rams 22-50 Sale FC.
Rosslyn Park 17-61 Albion
TJs 31-26 Sheffield

[NationalLeagueBadger]

Rams-Sale report - https://ramsrugby.com/news/match-report ... e-setback/

[Storty]

Have been following from afar today but seems like a very interesting day.

Great start for Stortford. Was a very inexperienced (at this level) front 3 whilst looked like Dings had some quality ringers in those positions. Sounds like they very much held their own.

There are apparently now a couple of hundred covered seats at the ground. Stortford going up in the world!

Plymouth result is the stand out, very much sending a message to the league there!

Very impressive start for the newbies Camborne, with Sheffield also giving Tonbridge a run for their money.

Cambridge's search for a win goes on. Although glad to see Brum in a better place.

Have a good evening all.

[Southernmose]

Cambridge's search for a win goes on. Although glad to see Brum in a better place.

Yes good win for us (although it’s early enough in the season not to be clear if any result is a true reflection of the teams!

Just on a point of order, you’re in a tiny minority with ‘Brum’ - adding Birmingham to the name is still guaranteed to spark outbreaks of passion in the clubhouse and no one would ever say Brum.

We are Moseley/Mose (or ‘Birmingham Moseley’ if someone absolutely must) and ‘Brum’ always comes across as a denial of who we are sadly. For me it breaks the connection with 1873-2017 or whenever it was. ‘Birmingham Moseley’ was a marketing gimmick that one day may still be reversed - one can live in hope. Fans/people in the city would always say Moseley or Mose, and press reports tend to default to that after the first use of ‘Birmingham Moseley.’ We are not ‘Brum’. Opposition clubs abbreviating to ‘Birmingham’ in their reports also winds me up while I’m getting things off my chest. Sooner we go back to Moseley FC the better

Up the red and black.

[Storty]

I stand corrected on Brum! Without knowing the histories of clubs I generally go with the city name.

Good luck to Moseley for the rest of the season! It does blow my mind that the second city of the country doesn't have a team higher than this league.

Seems like a huge gap in the market. Birmingham has a fantastic cricket ground and county team, two big football clubs, concert venues etc but seemingly no interest in rugby. Strange situation given how strong rugby is in the East Midlands.

[Camquin]

Birmingham is surely Birmingham Solihull Bees now down in Counties 2.

Cambridge did look good in parts, I admit I am biassed, but five tries proves they can play rugby.

Even with Sam Turner away with Canada, the scrum was solid.

But the line out was a mess. Due to injuries and unavailability, we had a loan hooker who had only one training session with the squad and was not on target.

The ex-champ players were struggling to cope with the lower tackle height. We gave away five penalties for high tackles which is unacceptable.

Moseley's tries came from good rugby. They tackled hard, ran fast and passed well, and you get a long way with that.

[Park Ranger]

Some interesting results. Camborne winning their opening fixture and Scottish enjoying success after a tough run in The Championship. But the standout surprise was the Plymouth margin of victory at Rosslyn Park which sends out a strong signal. I wasn’t at the match and had limited access to both sides twitter feeds but I understand that Park had an early red card which was obviously significant.