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GP Roadmap: Round 2
By Quaking Quin September 21 2007
A very satisfying opening game against Irish and maximum GP points sets Quins up for a good start to the season and optimism for the Leeds match. What a turn-around from last season’s yawn at HQ. Quins made all the running for the first 60 minutes and kept an apparently lack-lustre Irish team well on the back foot.

Four excellent tries and the bonus point put Quins out of reach. Satisfied with their days work the lads then gave away the initiative and Irish came thundering back - the final whistle came none too soon. Quins really have to realise that GP rugby is an 80 minute game and they will be found out against the higher placed clubs.

But let’s look forward to being back ‘home’ at the Stoop with Leeds Carnegie to christen the opening of the temporary ‘Slick’ south stand – ME’s vision all but complete. As the newly promoted team, Leeds rank effectively as the bottom team from last year and makes the game not only a ‘must win’ affair for Quins but also one where the 4 try bonus point is obligatory. Just the sort of game Deano relishes.

Leeds will of course be trying to win the game having hit the buffers against the Cherry & Whites last week in their opening game. However, a loss to Quins would not be the end of the world. Stuart Lancaster, their DoR, will have done the same calculations as Deano did last year and will be looking for the 8 wins and 8 bonus points for the 40 point survival threshold. So he will be targeting on his away trips at least a win at Wuzz and a bonus point from Newcastle, Sale, Bath and Quins.

We should expect a close game with a disciplined Leeds team designed to keep things tight and not give anything away.

A good 4 try result will keep Quins right at the top of the GP and keep the faithful purring. More testing times will come in the following month when Deano’s ambition of a top 6 (or 4) finish will be determined by ‘results’ rather than ‘performances’, as the table below shows:

  Game Date   11th Place 6th place 4th Place 1st Place Actual Points & Predicted Finish
Pts TotalPts Pts TotalPts Pts TotalPts Pts TotalPts
1 Irish 02/09/06 h 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 – sky’s the limit
2 Leeds 09/09/07 h 5 9 5 9 5 9 5 9  
3 Newc 17/09/06 a 1 10 1 10 4 13 4 13  
4 Bristol 23/09/06 h 1 11 4 14 4 17 4 17  
5 Bath 15/10/06 a 0 11 1 15 1 18 4 21  
6 Wasps 04/11/06 h 4 15 4 19 4 22 4 25  
7 Glaws 10/11/06 a 0 15 0 19 0 22 0 25  
8 Sarries 17/11/06 h 1 16 4 23 4 26 4 29  
9 Wuzz 24/11/06 a 1 17 4 27 4 30 5 34  
10 Tigers 22/12/06 h 1 18 1 28 1 31 4 38  
11 Sale 27/12/06 a 1 19 1 29 4 35 4 42  
Halfway 19   29   35   42    
12 Wuzz 01/01/07 h 5 24 5 34 5 40 5 47  
13 Sarries 06/01/07 a 0 24 0 34 0 40 1 48  
14 Glaws 27/01/07 h 0 24 0 34 1 41 4 52  
15 Wasps 17/02/07 a 0 24 0 34 1 42 1 53  
16 Bath 24/02/07 h 4 28 4 38 4 46 4 57  
17 Bristol 03/03/07 a 0 28 0 38 0 46 1 58  
18 Newc 10/03/07 h 4 32 4 42 5 51 5 63  
19 Leeds 17/03/07 a 4 36 4 46 5 56 5 68  
20 Irish 07/04/07 a 0 36 1 47 1 57 1 69  
21 Sale 15/04/07 h 4 40 5 52 5 62 5 74  
22 Tigers 28/04/07 a 0 40 0 52 0 62 0 74  
40 points Total 40   52   62   74    

Exciting times ahead at the Stoop !!!

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Re: GP Roadmap: Round 2
Posted by: akb1 (IP Logged)
Date: 2007:09:21:08:36:50

a good read, but (and sorry to be be critical) the dates in the table are incorrect.

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