Thats a kick in the teeth hard to lose a game that close especially at home. Hopefully we get a match report on this sooner rather than later.

Bollocks.

18-14

13-14 about 10 left. Nervy one.

Borders no.2 wrote: 10-14 Matt Healy try. Not sure how much is gone.

1 hour according to here

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10-14 Matt Healy try. Not sure how much is gone.

10-9 three penalties from Tadhg Leader.

10-6 Newport at half time.

swift4prez wrote: mccrea was asking on twitter earlier any games of rugby on tv over the weekend, doubt hes in italy then, my guess jarvis is in italy though for backup

Jarvis was still on this week's injured list.

Decent team, should put up a good performance, don't really know enough as to the strength of Newport to know what to expect result wise.

Excited to see Layden back playing. I'm pleased to see the likes of David Heffernan getting a game and developing him than playing Anderson just for the sake of justifying his contract. Grace offers a bit of experience at 7, you'd hope Aaron Conneely will get more gametime as the competition progresses.

Busy afternoon with the two games tomorrow I really hope there is some updates on this game, A games can be particularly frustrating to try and find the results sometimes.

mccrea was asking on twitter earlier any games of rugby on tv over the weekend, doubt hes in italy then, my guess jarvis is in italy though for backup

Is it possible that TJ and McCrea are being held back for last minute injury concerns on the senior side? With any number of players less than 100% you never know. I don't necessarily buy the local thing with the away games. Sure it might bring in a few more at Dubarry, but there's little benefit to it for a game in Wales.

Good to see Kearney get a game. Don't know why he hasn't played for us this season he'll have a point to prove so hopefully he'll have a good game. Nice to see Layden back playing as well.

Newport Team:

Newport : J Leadbeater, A Hewitt, G O’Driscoll, W Richards, T Chavhanga, T Hancock, R Downes, N Williams, A Brown, T Ryan, R Jones, A Frampton, S Waldron, C Attwell (capt), R Coombs.
Reps : J Jeune, D Mathews, D Rosser, B Lampitt, A Awcock, E Frewen, A Quick

ummm, wrote: It really seems like the team have decided that the Eagles should play and bring through as many local players as possible. McCrea is missing also. But knowing those two it could be injuries.

Not on the injured list at the start of the week

ummm, wrote: Strange that the B&I Cup teams are 22 man squads, not 23. Would have liked to have seen two props on the bench.

2 props on the bench right really stretch the Welsh and Scots semi-pro outfits I suppose.

It really seems like the team have decided that the Eagles should play and bring through as many local players as possible. McCrea is missing also. But knowing those two it could be injuries.

Strange that the B&I Cup teams are 22 man squads, not 23. Would have liked to have seen two props on the bench.