March 2014

Bedford Blues shareholders took their places in the Scrum Bar on Wednesday evening to listen to the latest from the Board at the Annual Group Meeting.

Results may not have turned out quite the way that fans, players, coaches and the directors would have wanted this season, but there remains an air of optimism within the club and shareholders remained extremely positive with a wide range of topics being discussed.

Bedford were hard done by as London Welsh registered five tries to run out 29-11 winners in their Green King IPA Championship clash at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford on Sunday afternoon.

With only eight points in it late on, Bedford’s Tony Fenner looked to break clear for a certain try which might have changed the game, only for referee Darren Gamage to bring the Blues back for crossing.

The Exiles scored a penalty try and four further scores in total on the day, with Seb Jewell bagging a brace alongside tries from Tom May and Nick Scott, with Will Robinson converting two in windy conditions.

With the season tally standing at one win apiece, Sunday's Greene King IPA Championship clash between Bedford Blues and London Welsh looks set to be a corker as each team looks to finish the regular campaign in style.

While the Blues will not be competing for a top four place this time around the former Premiership side will be hoping to finsih as high as possible as they look for an immediate bounce back to the top table.

The sides met on the opening weekend for the inaugural 'Double-Header' at Allianz Park which resulted in the Exiles claiming a 23-14 victory in a game that saw a player from each side red carded.

Junior Blues Reporters for the day were Robert and Ben Parrish, aged 9 and 11. Here's their take on a disappointing day for the Blues.

An eventful game – two yellow cards and five tries between them (2 Bedford:3 Plymouth).

The first score of the day went to Bedford from 35 metres out Pritchard converted a penalty to make it 3:0 after 2 minutes and 19 second.   It was looking like it was going to be Bedford’s game but in less than two minutes Cusack came back from 45 meters to make it 3:3.

There was plenty of action in the next 16 minutes from both sides of the pitch, when again Cusack shot an accurate penalty from 15 meters out taking Plymouth 6:3 up.