MIKE SCHMID hailed his Esher side after they secured their Championship status with a stunning triumph at Plymouth. The Surrey side bounced back from their shocker at home to Moseley to claim their third play-off success with a magnificent 27-14 bonus-point victory. It sent Esher top of the relegation play-off group and ensures the...
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Mike Schmid insists there is no panic in the Esher camp despite blowing a chance to ensure Championship survival. The Surrey side produced an error-strewn display to slip to a 27-22 home defeat by Moseley last weekend. They now visit Plymouth on Saturday chasing the victory that will keep them up with a final...
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Plymouth Albion entertain Birmingham & Solihull tonight in their penultimate home match of the season (7.45pm). Graham Dawe’s side will be hoping to bounce back following their disappointing defeat at Esher last Saturday and move a step closer to Championship safety. However, chairman of rugby Dawe knows that will not be easy to do...
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Skipper Dave Slemen expects a Moseley backlash on Friday as Esher hunt back-to-back wins over the Midlands side that would clinch Championship safety. Esher are riding high at the top of their relegation group after a Seb Jewell try double inspired them to a superb 38-15 victory over Plymouth last weekend. The Surrey club...
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Skipper Dave Slemen has called for Esher to make a statement by finishing top of their relegation play-off group. The Surrey side took a huge step towards Championship survival with a vital 30-22 victory in the opening play-off clash at Birmingham and Solihull on Sunday. Esher won with tries from Tim Tunnicliff, Luke Wallace...
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Mike Schmid insists Esher will survive the Championship relegation play-offs if they keep their nerve. Esher travel to Birmingham Bees on Sunday for the first of six home and away clashes also involving Moseley and Plymouth with the bottom side relegated into National One. The Surrey side, who finished ninth from 12, take seven...
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RFU Championship: Moseley v Birmingham & Solihull, Saturday 29th January 3.00pm kick off at Billesley Common, Birmingham Moseley’s preparations for the eagerly awaited local derby on Saturday received some good news on the injury front. Having had all four locks absent through injury in the victory over Neath last weekend the club expects at...
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MIKE SCHMID backs Esher to end a nightmare run in the New Year’s Day home clash with Birmingham if they reproduce the spirit shown in Tuesday’s defeat at London Welsh. Batting Esher slipped to a 24-17 reverse at Old Deer Park and have now lost eight successive games in league and cup. But Director...
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The Bees’ home Championship game against Rotherham Titans, originally scheduled to take place on Sunday 26th December, has been rescheduled to Tuesday 28th December (kick off 3pm) due to the current adverse weather conditions. With the Damson Park pitch covered in snow and night time temperatures between now and Boxing Day forecast to be...
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With the weather forecast to bring further chill to Britain this weekend, Birmingham & Solihull and the Cornish Pirates will be keen to beat the weather and get their RFU Championship Stage 1 tie played at Damson Park, Solihull, at the second attempt. The fixture was originally scheduled for Sunday 28th November, but it...
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