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Flanker Sam Hudson is captain.Īn admirable fifth last season, their first at this level, they have lost highly-rated wing Kwaku Asiedu to London Scottish and two Tongan international forwards: Soane Tonga’uiha has joined Chinnor as a player-coach and Maama Molitika has retired at the age of 45, his career including 160 appearances for Ampthill over seven seasons. Player-coach Dave Ward, the former Harlequins hooker, and Aleki Lutui, the former Tonga hooker playing tighthead, scored the first two of their five tries. They have plenty of new faces, among them locks Charlie Beckett (ex-Gloucester) and Lewelyn Jones (Nottingham), loosehead prop Alex Pleasants (Wasps, on loan) and centre Joe Roberts (Scarlets, on loan).Įight debutants featured in Ampthill’s 36-21 warm-up win at Bedford last weekend. The Bedfordshire club were strangely secretive about declaring new signings when RW contacted them back in December. Greene King IPA Championship March 4, 2021 So, who are YOU going to be cheering on this weekend? #ChampRugby /1m3s7XgSMI
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Here’s how each club is shaping up ahead of kick-off… Saracens and Ealing Trailfinders are the hot favourites to reach the play-off final, but the shorter format offers greater hope to the other challengers. Revenues will be pooled and distributed for the benefit of all. To offset the clubs’ loss of income during crowd-free times, games will be live-streamed. The clubs are required to invest in Covid testing that is funded only by ten-year government loans, not grants as had been hoped for. Only 11 teams will compete in this season’s Championship because London Scottish decided they could not afford to participate. Related content: RFU scraps relegation for this season There will be no relegation to National One this season. The winner of that will be promoted to the Premiership providing they satisfy the Minimum Standards Criteria. That will result in ten league matches per team and the top two in the table will meet in a two-leg play-off final on 12 and 19 June. There will also be three reserve weekends (3-4 April, 8-9 May and 5-6 June). Teams will play each other home or away over 11 rounds, with one side each week having a bye. This season’s Greene King IPA Championship finally kicks off this weekend – but it will be more of a sprint than a marathon.