The Joy of Six? Play Off Fixtures Confirmed


By Dragons' Den
February 19 2011

The next six rounds of the Championship will determine whether the season has been a success for many of the teams. In the promotion pools the season will come to an abrupt end for those that fail to reach finish in the top two of the mini-leagues and the relegation pool is about not finishing last. Will Worcester finish top? Can Bees escape again? We have the full fixture list for the play offs.

Love them or loath them the play offs will ensure that the final weeks of the Championship are exciting. Worcester start as firm favourites for promotion and Bees the most likely to face the drop to Division One but you only need to look at the fortunes of Coventry and Bristol in last season’s fixtures to see that anything can happen.

London Welsh start and finish their play off campaign against Nottingham with Worcester and Bristol completing the line-up in Pool A.

The Yorkshire teams are both placed in Pool B with Pirates having to make two 750 mile round trips to fulfil these away fixtures.  Bedford’s second place in the league gives them top seeding in this group.

For the bottom four (Bees, Esher, Moseley and Plymouth) failure at this stage means automatic relegation to National League One and a huge drop in RFU funding. Bees were in the same position in 2009/10 and turned their season around in the final six weeks. Will their previous experience help them do the same this time? 

 

               
               

11/12/13

A

Bristol

v

Worcester

Sun 13th March 1pm

March

  

L Welsh

v

Nottingham

Sat 12th March 12.35pm (on Sky)
               
 

B

Rotherham

v

Bedford

Sat 12th March 3pm

  
   

Pirates

v

Doncaster

Sun 13th March 3pm
   

 

 

 

      
               

18/19/20

A

Worcester

v

L Welsh

Sat 19th March 3pm

  

March

  

Nottingham

v

Bristol

Sun 20th March 3pm
               
 

B

Bedford

v

Pirates

Sun 20th March 1.05pm (on Sky)
   

Doncaster

v

Rotherham

Sat 19th March 2.30pm
   

 

 

 

      
               

25/26/27

A

Nottingham

v

Worcester

Fri 25th March 7.45pm

March

  

L Welsh

v

Bristol

Sat 26th March 2pm

  
               
 

B

Doncaster

v

Bedford

Sat 26th March 2.30pm
   

Pirates

v

Rotherham

Sun 27th March 4.05pm (on Sky)
   

 

 

 

      
               

1/2/3

A

Worcester

v

Nottingham

Sat 2nd April 3pm

  

April

  

Bristol

v

L Welsh

Fri 1st April 7.45pm

  
               
 

B

Bedford

v

Doncaster

Sat 2nd April 3pm

  
   

Rotherham

v

Pirates

Sat 2nd April 3pm

  
               
   

 

 

 

      
               

8/9/10

A

L Welsh

v

Worcester

Sat 9th April 3pm

 

April

  

Bristol

v

Nottingham

Sun 10th April 3pm

  
               
 

B

Pirates

v

Bedford

Sun 10th April 3pm

  
   

Rotherham

v

Doncaster

Sat 9th April 3pm

  
   

 

 

 

      
               

16/17

A

Worcester

v

Bristol

Sat 16th April 3pm

  

April

  

Nottingham

v

L Welsh

Sat 16th April 3pm

  
               
 

B

Bedford

v

Rotherham

Sat 16th April 3pm

  
   

Doncaster

v

Pirates

Sat 16th April 3pm

  
   

 

 

 

      
               

11/12/13

C

Bees

v

Esher

Sun 13th March 1pm

March

  

Plymouth

v

Moseley

Fri 11th March 7.45pm
               

18/19/20

C

Esher

v

Plymouth

Sat 19th March 3pm

  

March

  

Moseley

v

Bees

Sat 19th March 3pm

  
               

25/26/27

C

Moseley

v

Esher

Fri 25th March 7.30pm

March

  

Plymouth

v

Bees

Fri 25th March 7.45pm
               

1/2/3

C

Esher

v

Moseley

Sat 2nd April 3pm

  

April

  

Bees

v

Plymouth

Fri 1st April 7.45pm

  
               

8/9/10

C

Plymouth

v

Esher

Sat 9th April 3pm

  

April

  

Bees

v

Moseley

Sun 10th April 3pm

  
               

16/17

C

Esher

v

Bees

Sat 16th April 3pm

  

April

  

Moseley

v

Plymouth

Sat 16th April 3pm

  
               
               

 



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The Joy of Six? Play Off Fixtures Confirmed
Discussion started by The Dragons\\\' Den , 19/02/2011 19:53
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011:02:19:21:08:56 by Dragons' Den.

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dottigirl
20/02/2011 13:19
According to the Notts site, "Word has it that our play off visit to ODP will be on Sky" and "LW play-off is expected to be on Saturday 12th March at noon thanks to the power of Sky."

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adge1
20/02/2011 13:47
Why pick our game when they could have Bristol v Worcester same weekend? Unbelievable choice....

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dottigirl
20/02/2011 14:04
Perhaps they were planning to but with the football, they can't fit the match in to their schedule?

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Dragons' Den
21/02/2011 14:44
Fixtures above updated with all confirmed dates and kick off times. LW, Moseley, Bees & Doncaster still to confirm.

Bristol v London Welsh - Friday 1st April 7.45pm

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Dragons' Den
21/02/2011 16:07
All LW fixtures now added.

Moseley, Bees & Doncaster still to confirm

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DanFW3
21/02/2011 18:44
Gee thanks, fixture-fixers, that's a performance of Magic Flute I'll have to miss (or miss a key match) and a possibly overnighter in Bristol if I am to be tucked up in bed before midnight. And a lunchless midday match on another fixture.

My girth can possibly survive the latter but who thought up 7.45 p.m. on a Friday evening?

Publicising this dog's dinner will be important if the players are to have more than a cricket net as spectators.

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adge1
26/02/2011 01:04
Quote:
dottigirl
Perhaps they were planning to but with the football, they can't fit the match in to their schedule?
switch the fixtures round then.....

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TC08
02/03/2011 16:46
Not wanting to count chickens, but does anyone know the dates for the SF and Final matches? I'm trying to plan a month or two ahead for once!

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Crug Mawr
02/03/2011 17:10
30th April - RFU Championship Play-Offs Semi-Final


14th May Play Off Final 1st Leg
21st May Play Off Final 2nd Leg

From the hopeful, but nonetheless informative, Rotherham site.

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TC08
02/03/2011 17:26
Ta!

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nld
02/03/2011 18:01
So they have moved the finals to Saturdays?

Originally scheduled for Wednesdays 18th and 25th May.

Presumably no Sky coverage on those new dates?

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adge1
02/03/2011 19:00
Quote:
nld
Presumably no Sky coverage on those new dates?
Of course there will be - don't you believe what it says on the official site "Now it gets serious....' LOL

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nld
02/03/2011 19:33
Quote:
adge1
Quote:
nld
Presumably no Sky coverage on those new dates?
Of course there will be - don't you believe what it says on the official site "Now it gets serious....' LOL

Oddly enough I misquoted that in exactly the same way earlier. It was pointed out that it actually says 'Now it starts to get serious'.

So when does it finally get really serious? Have the games since September been just a bit of fun? Did we not take the cup seriously?

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nld
02/03/2011 20:07
All wrong!

Confirmed by RFU press release as:


• final May 11 & 18 - the team with the best playing record in Stage 2 will have the choice of whether to be at home for the first leg or the second leg of the Championship final

Also shows our away match against Notts as being on SATURDAY 16th not Sunday as advertised by Nottingham and LW.

Now it starts to get serious?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011:03:02:20:11:40 by nld.

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DanFW3
02/03/2011 21:58
Just so we all know:
* the 1st ranked team in each pool will start the Play-Offs with three points, the 2nd two, the 3rd one and the 4th none

* 4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 bonus point for either a) scoring 4 or more tries or b) losing by 7 points or less

* after 6 pool matches, top 2 teams from Pools A & B progress to semi final and then the winners to the final

so we start 1 point behind Worcester and respectively 1 and 2 points ahead of Nottingham and Bristol. The rest is up to the team. These brought forward points could be crucial

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Mark W-J
03/03/2011 08:06
Quote:
nld
Also shows our away match against Notts as being on SATURDAY 16th not Sunday as advertised by Nottingham and LW.

It makes sense - for the credibility of the competition - for all of the final round of matches to kick-off at the same time.

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TC08
03/03/2011 08:37
Quote:
Mark W-J
Quote:
nld
Also shows our away match against Notts as being on SATURDAY 16th not Sunday as advertised by Nottingham and LW.

It makes sense - for the credibility of the competition - for all of the final round of matches to kick-off at the same time.

So on the last day of the league 2 stage phase of the competition, something makes sense?

There's hope for us yet guys!

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nld
03/03/2011 09:53
I never fully believed that it was a Sunday game that weekend when all finished on a Saturday last season.

Notts County also at home that day with a 3pm ko. Could get confusing on the pitch!

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adge1
03/03/2011 12:47
Play it at Forest then.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011:03:03:17:18:17 by adge1.

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nld
03/03/2011 20:04
Now confirmed on Notts site as 3pm on Sat 16th.

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adge1
03/03/2011 20:39
bet it's not at Meadow Lane though. What's their second choice of ground? Newark?

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