Yorkshire Rugby

We played Selby 3's away last year and were absolutely hammered by a very capable side. I pride Ilkley 3's on being competitive to say the least.

I mean its an absolute coincidence their 1's weren't playing and that score gets knocked up.

Embarrassing for the game that.

Quote from: Rob13 on Nov 02, 2025, 07:59 PMWe played Selby 3's away last year and were absolutely hammered by a very capable side. I pride Ilkley 3's on being competitive to say the least.

I mean its an absolute coincidence their 1's weren't playing and that score gets knocked up.

Embarrassing for the game that.

Unfortunately they're not the only team guilty of it.

Looking at Yarnbury's teamsheet for the 2s for the past few weeks. Only a couple of names stand out as 1st team players.
Don't think anything too underhanded has gone on there.
Perhaps Selby travelled with a weakened 3rd team?

Quote from: Rob13 on Nov 02, 2025, 07:59 PMWe played Selby 3's away last year and were absolutely hammered by a very capable side. I pride Ilkley 3's on being competitive to say the least.

I mean its an absolute coincidence their 1's weren't playing and that score gets knocked up.

Embarrassing for the game that.

Having picked the team myself I have no issues with the side selected, I would actually argue it was one of the weaker 2nd XVs we've had out this season who ended up travelling with a squad of just 17 and a make-shift backline.

Our 3s recently had an excellent contest with both Selby 3s and 4s in friendlies but this was a merit fixture against our 2s.

Occasionally mismatches occur, for example our 3s were systematically taken apart in just 40 mins by an excellent Otliensians 2s. They hadn't drafted in a host of 1st XV players as they were supporting their team.

I can assure you that when you play our 2s in a few weeks in the merit league we won't load it with 1st XV players - unless you'd rather play our 3s...?

Hope it hasnt dented their appetite for a game as they play us at Ribb this Saturday, Leos and Bramley are already no shows at our place for merit table games. I also doubt if they will honour their committment of travelling to us for what should have been their home fixture. IMHO  we ahould ditch the merit leagues and partner up with several like minded clubs and play each other four times a season.