Predictions & Chat 31/10/26

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4A
Harrogate Pythons 2nds v Wensleydale 2nds
Hessle v Whitby
Hullensians 2nds v Richmondshire
Knaresborough v Ilkley 3rds
Ripon 2nds v Thirsk

4B
Aireborough v Cleckheaton 2nds
Huddersfield Laund Hill 2nds v Old Rishworthian 2nds
Leeds Modernians v Leodiensian 2nds
Keighley 2nds v Baildon 2nds

4C
Barton & District v Stocksbridge
Hallamshire v Wheatley Hills 2nds
Maltby 2nds v Sheffield Oaks
Wortley v Dinnington 2nds
Sheffield 3rds v Goole 2nds
Wath Upon Dearne 3rds v Thornensians
 

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4A
Harrogate Pythons 2nds v Wensleydale 2nds: Battle of the bottom feeders. Pythons -7
Hessle v Whitby: Whitby too strong all round. Whitby +7
Hullensians 2nds v Richmondshire: A tasty mid-table clash and hopefully not too far for Richmond to go and get a couple of bonus points. 'Ull -7
Knaresborough v Ilkley 3rds: Heart says Knaresborough, head says Ilkley. Ilkley -7
Ripon 2nds v Thirsk: My two favourite clubs and no love lost here. Ripon too strong at home +7

4B
Aireborough v Cleckheaton 2nds: Think Cleck might just have enough to scrape this. Cleck -7
Huddersfield Laund Hill 2nds v Old Rishworthian 2nds: Huddersfield all day. HLH +7
Leeds Modernians v Leodiensian 2nds: Leos emerging as a strong club throughout. Leos +7
Keighley 2nds v Baildon 2nds: Not sure if they play on the magic carpet or not, but a tough place for Bails to visit. Keefleh +7
What are LM&D and Hegians 2nds up to this weekend?

4C
Barton & District v Stocksbridge: Tough mid-table clash, so going with home advantage. B&D -7
Hallamshire v Wheatley Hills 2nds: Top v bottom, so only one winner here. Hallam +7
Maltby 2nds v Sheffield Oaks: Unfortunately Maltby don't seem to have much to play with or for. Shoaks +7
Wortley v Dinnington 2nds: Going with home advantage. Wortley -7
Sheffield 3rds v Goole 2nds: Going by Goolies senior team prowess, Goole +7
Wath Upon Dearne 3rds v Thornensians: Even though Woff is a tough place to visit, Thorne look in form. Thorne +7

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4C
Barton v Stocksbridge 29-22

Hallamshire v Wheatley. 47-5

Maltby v Oaks. 12-34

Wortley v Dinno 27-24

Sheff v Goole 12-38

Wath v Thorne 17-28

[Greggs Baron]

The hole in my heart from Maltby not showing up this season has been filled by a new car. Really recommend 22 reg KIA proceeds, great bang for your buck.

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Hope you're very happy together GB.

In other news, sadly due to unforeseen circumstances at Thirsk RFC, Ripon 2nds v Thirsk has been postponed. According to the competition rules, fixtures at this level can be rearranged rather than resulting in walkovers. This match will therefore be rescheduled for 30 January 2027 and hopefully inclement weather won't cause a further postponement.

[Reevesy2304]

4A

Harrogate Pythons 2nds v Wensleydale 2nds
This should be an interesting fixture with both teams looking to put some points on the board. Think this will be close and Wensleydale take it narrowly.

Hessle v Whitby
Whitby looking to carry on their perfect start, a long trip but with good preparation I think Whitby will take the points on the road.

Hullensians 2nds v Richmondshire
This should be a good fixture and I think it will depend on what sort of squad Richmondshire can muster up. Hullensians home win.

Knaresborough v Ilkley 3rds
Ilkley with some mixed fixtures so far, close affair, Ilkley win.

Ripon 2nds v Thirsk
Shame to see this game has been postponed. Any knowledge of the reason why?

Have a good run out anyone taking the field this week 🏉

[Ribbflagman]

Why oh why could the fixtures for the two Hull teams not have been organised away on the same day. Could have dropped the firsts off in Cheesedale then sauntered up the road to Richmondshire. Makes perfect sense to me. But then again common sense has not always been my forte!!!!

[Ribbflagman]

Have heard that the Ripon lads have got "Scrumpox" after a couple of lads secretly training at Otley. Maybe Mr Locky can enlighten us all.

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Pythons v Wensleydale, both sides are struggling for numbers so home advantage to take it.
Hessle v Whitby, Hessle much stronger at home but think Whitby will win the arm wrestle
Hullensions v Richmond, Hull to take this comfortably
Knaresborough v Ilkley,  Home side cannot raise a team, rearranged
Ripon v Thirsk, away team cannot raise a side, rearranged

[DrRuck]

Have heard that the Ripon lads have got "Scrumpox" after a couple of lads secretly training at Otley. Maybe Mr Locky can enlighten us all.

Can only assume you had an eye on Otley's training squad for your next big money signing from all your well off agricultural investors?

[Ribbflagman]

Rucky,
       really pleased to see your sense of humour has not diminished. Good luck tomorrow.

[gateprop]

Pythons 20 - 31 Wensleydale

A game played in the right spirits as both teams started with 13 following late drop outs and then lost further players throughout. Two pretty evenly matched teams except for their 10, he was the difference in a 4 tries to 5 game both in the gameplay and from the tee.

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Hessle 20 Whitby 43
A much change Whitby battled hard for the win against an Hessle side that really came out to play. The home side lost their number 10 to injury after 15 mins which upset their flow and a red card mid way through the second half did not help their cause. Whitby managed to score at regular intervals to stay in front and get another 5 points

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Sorry for the belated response Flaggy, don't want you to think I'm ignoring you. Thirsk called the game off in good time during the week and as per competition rules, it has been rearranged for 30th January.

Thirsk's issue was and remains a dearth of players for various reasons - injuries, work, family etc. We wish them well and hope that the club is able to position itself to regularly field competitive squads regularly.

On the matter of scrumpox, it has not raised its "ugly head" at Ripon (yet) and hopefully, the correct sanitary advice will be followed, as will the prophylactic doses of Acyclovir be appreciated. It is however, virulently communicated through sheep and upland cattle, via any contact, so beware! 

[Rob13]

Yeah we've had two massive results early season that gave an impression we would walk the league. Whitby and Hessle enforced what I thought that those two would be the dominant forces.

We have had the Knaresborough game re arranged to a date we haven't been consulted on and shock most are on a stag do.

My understanding is we had to chase Knaresborough to find out they didn't have the numbers...