BB County Championship Fixtures 2017/18

North Division 1 as predicted - no Roses game again!!!!

Kent have said that next season's fixtures are the same as this year's with home and away reversed.

Edited by Robb - 01 Aug 2017 at 07:21

Do we know the venues for these games?  I remember searching for them last year, gave up in the end because there was absolutely no coverage online.

kingsheathlad wrote: Deva Delinquent wrote: Do we know the venues for these games?  I remember searching for them last year, gave up in the end because there was absolutely no coverage online. The www.englandrugby.com site lists all the fixtures and does show the venues for some of them but not all. North Midlands fixtures. May 5 Hampshire at Gosport and Fareham. May 12 Warwickshire at Bromsgrove. May 19 Somerset at Taunton

Deva Delinquent wrote: kingsheathlad wrote: Deva Delinquent wrote: Do we know the venues for these games?  I remember searching for them last year, gave up in the end because there was absolutely no coverage online. The www.englandrugby.com site lists all the fixtures and does show the venues for some of them but not all. North Midlands fixtures. May 5 Hampshire at Gosport and Fareham. May 12 Warwickshire at Bromsgrove. May 19 Somerset at Taunton Thanks. Looks like Cheshire play their opening game at New Brighton; the other two are away and venues are TBC.

East Midlands v Cheshire now shows venue at Bedford Blues.

I've seen some great players for Cheshire over recent years. The Mulchrone Brothers, Tom Cruse and many other who have gone on to higher levels. The players always seem to enjoy it but promotion and fan interest seem to dwindle year by year

Deva Delinquent wrote: Count Ford wrote: I've seen some great players for Cheshire over recent years. The Mulchrone Brothers, Tom Cruse and many other who have gone on to higher levels. The players always seem to enjoy it but promotion and fan interest seem to dwindle year by year Has it always been this way? I really think it's a shame that there is virtually no promotion for the competition. I'd love to see people getting behind the team. It can't just be me, can it?

To me, in the few counties I have some knowledge of, the problem is apathy from the players.  Not all of them obviously, but it is not always the case that the counties put out their best XV.

The playing squad seems to be a mix of whom is available, whom can make training, who is not injured/knackered at the end of the season, and at at times who is favoured by the particular coaching team.

Players right down to Level 6 put a lot of time, effort and at times, expense into playing and training for their clubs.  Almost all of them also have "proper" jobs, so the thought of county training as an extra with a possibility of the guy from the next door club playing instead of you, because he always does, is not very attractive.

It is a shame but I think the intensity of the club game, as it increases each year, actually decreases the value of the County game.

PiffPaff wrote: North Division 1 as predicted - no Roses game again!!!! Rd 1 5/5/18 NTH v LANCS, CHES v YORKS, EAST MIDS v EAST COU Rd 2 12/5/18 LANCS v EAST COU, YORKS v NORTH, EAST MIDS v CHES Rd 3 19/5/18 LANCS v CHES, EAST COU v YORKS, NORTH v EAST MIDS

The Roses game is the one that fans want to see whatever sport it is up North. Hopefully whoever goes to Twickenham it won't be decided by bonus points as last year.

As usual I can find nothing at all about the cheshire team. Easily found Lancashire and Yorkshire line ups on Twitter/their websites. Its almost like Cheshire don't want anyone to know about these games

http://yorkshirerfu.pitchero.com/news/senior-xv-team-selection-22916/

Yorkshire team for anyone interested.

Deva Delinquent wrote: Count Ford wrote: As usual I can find nothing at all about the cheshire team. Easily found Lancashire and Yorkshire line ups on Twitter/their websites. Its almost like Cheshire don't want anyone to know about these games http://yorkshirerfu.pitchero.com/news/senior-xv-team-selection-22916/ Yorkshire team for anyone interested. All cloak and dagger. Must be a need to know basis. Why is it Cheshire seems to be run like an old golf club? It just seems if you haven't got the right tie then you don't get to find out what's happening? Info on Lancashire is readily available, why not Cheshire?