August 2017

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BLUES ANNOUNCE DEVELOPMENT SQUAD SIGNINGS

Bedford Blues are delighted to announce five new players who are joining the Blues Academy Development Squad for the 2017/18 season.

They have trained all the summer pre-season with the Blues first team squad, with their Strength & Conditioning programmes being overseen by Sean Vine, the Blues S&C coach.  If they are not playing for the Blues, they will play with a partner club in the National Leagues where they will have the opportunity to develop by playing regular league rugby. 

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COUNTDOWN TO FIRST HOME CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

The opening home match of the new Greene King IPA Championship season is only 10 days away as Bedford Blues welcome London Scottish to Goldington Road in our family fun day on Saturday 9th September (Kick Off 3pm). Save £4 and book tickets online here.

Following an impressive pre-season campaign Mike Rayer’s men are champing at the bit for league action in what promises to be an exciting campaign with a first look at some of the new faces in competitive rugby against a Scottish outfit featuring four former Blues players.

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ONOJAIFE RETURNS

Bedford Blues are delighted to announce that Northampton Saints second rower Jordan Onojaife, has joined the club once again for the coming season.

Standing at 196cm and weighing in at 118kg, Onojaife, 22,  initially joined Bedford on loan for the second half of last season's Championship campaign and made a lasting impression with players, coaches and fans alike.

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MATCH REPORT V BLACKHEATH

Bedford completed their pre-season fixtures with a hard fought victory over a dogged Blackheath side who certainly weren't going to let the Blues have everything their own any.

Bedford took a two try lead early on, but the hosts fired back with three good scores to lead at the break. But Blackheath could do little to prevent the Blues second half juggernaut which crossed the line four times without reply.

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ACADEMY DEVELOPMENT SQUAD PLAYERS IN ACTION

Good luck this weekend to the Blues Academy Development Squad players who are in action for the Blues and for their partner clubs.

Second row Ben Kelland and winger Ryan Hutler both start for the Blues in the final pre-season warm-up game away at Blackheath.

Full back Joe Green and flanker Joe Britton both start for Cambridge away vs Bishop's Stortford, whilst centre Matt Riddington starts at 12 for Bishop's Stortford against them.

Meanwhile, 12,000 miles away, Dan Lewis is starting at 10 for North Otago away to Horowhenua-Kapiti in first round of Heartlands Mitre Championship.

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MATCH PREVIEW V BLACKHEATH

Bedford Blues have named their squad to take on Blackheath in their final pre-season friendly ahead of the 2017/18 Championship campaign.

Following a bruising encounter against European Champions Saracens last weekend, Bedford make wholesale changes to the starting line-up as they look to finish their preparations for the new season with a flurry.

With a few niggling injuries, Bedford welcome Tongan number eight Sione Vailanu into the squad for this weekend's game. The big back rower represented Tonga at Under 20s, but has recently been pulling on a Japanese jersey as part of their sevens set up.

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BLUES HOME GAME TICKETS RELEASED ONLINE

Tickets are now on sale for all 14 of the Blues home Greene King IPA Championship and British & Irish Cup pool stage matches with a £4 saving on adult tickets purchased via the print @ home online system. Click here to buy.

Early highlights include the opening game of the season and family fun day against London Scottish on Sat 9 Sep, the arrival of title favourites Bristol and their star studded line-up two weeks later and Ladies Day on Sat 21 Oct v Ospreys. 

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EAGLE STAND SEASON TICKET CARDS ISSUE

Attention Eagle Stand Season Ticket holders only, many of you have received your Season Tickets today and many more will do in the coming days. Unfortunately our ticket printing partners have made a frustrating error in not including the seat number on the card. 

We will now need to replace and exchange your card for the correct data and new barcode. We are working with our suppliers to get the replacement cards to us for Thursday night's 'Meet the Players' event. Please bring the card/s you have received to exchange on the evening.

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MATCH REPORT V SARACENS

It may have been a defeat but there were a huge amount of positives to take from the performance as Bedford Blues went down 18-55 to European Champions Saracens at Goldington Road on Saturday afternoon.

Playing down the slope, Bedford started the brighter side and immediately put pressure on the Saracens defence who coughed up a penalty which Will Hooley duly dispatched in the third minute.

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BLUES NAME TEAM TO FACE SARACENS

Bedford Blues preparations for the forthcoming Championship season certainly ramp up this weekend as they welcome European Champions Saracens to Goldington Road.

Following an impressive display against Plymouth Albion last Saturday, the Blues know that they will be facing one of the biggest challenges in rugby when they welcome Mark McCall's men to Bedford.

Looking ahead to the fixture, Blues Forwards Coach Martin Hynes said: "Having refelcted on last week's performance we were pleased. The lads played really well, attacked superbly and put in some fine defensive work against a tough and well-drilled Plymouth outfit.

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