Round 6 of the AASE League takes place on Wednesday, and for a few sides it will be their final game in this phase of the league.
Once each side has played every one else in their conference, the two conferences split into mini-conferences, top and bottom in each half.
With seven sides in each conference at the moment, that means six fixtures before the split for each team – through seven rounds with each team having one bye week. Oaklands College and Hartpury College complete their six this week.
Northern Conference
Oaklands College are guaranteed a top half finish, but you can be sure that they will want more than just that, they will want to finish on top, where they currently sit. They are only there by a point though and Worcester 6th form College have a game in hand over them. Gosforth Academy are six points behind, but have two games in hand. Even more importantly, they also play Oaklands, at Gosforth, on Wednesday. A win for Gosforth would really shake things but at the top, and guarantee them passage in the top half, while a win for Oaklands would go a long way to helping them towards top spot.
Of course much lies in the hands of Worcester 6th form College, too. They travel to Bishop Burton College on Wednesday with the chance of going top should Oaklands fail to get the win, given that Bishop Burton have just the one win and Worcester are unbeaten, the away side will surely be confident.
Finally in the Northern Conference comes the bottom of the table clash between Moulton College and Myerscough College. Neither can move out of the bottom half, but there will be plenty of pride at stake here. With home advantage and having collected a losing bonus point in every game though, Moulton are probably just favourites.
Southern Conference
Hartpury College have top spot all but sown up in the South after last week’s win over Exeter College. Both Exeter and St Paul’s Catholic College would require maximum points to leapfrog them, and even then it might not be enough.
St Paul’s have a chance to make the first dent though as they host Hartpury. If they can send the visitors packing without a point then top spot is still on the cards, albeit it, it is a longshot.
Exeter College, surely reeling after that big defeat to Hartpury last week, have a tricky task this week too, facing a Henley College side that have impressed, and who ran Hartpury closer than anyone on the opening weekend, with a chance of a top half finish, you can bet that Henley will be giving this absolutely everything.
There is an interesting third clash too as Beechen Cliff host Truro College. The season started badly for Beechen Cliff but a win over Henley last week was a real boost, and another this week could see them sneak into the top half via the back door. Truro will fancy having a go at that too after their own morale-boosting win over Filton last week.
It is all to play for to join Hartpury in that top half section!
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AASE Round 6 Fixtures (predictions in bold):
Northern Conference
Bishop Burton College v Worcester 6th form College
Gosforth Academy v Oaklands College
Moulton College v Myerscough College
Brooksby Melton College – Bye
Southern Conference
Beechen Cliff v Truro College
Exeter College v Henley College
St Paul’s Catholic College v Hartpury College
SGS Filton College v Bye
AASE Northern Conference Table | |||||||
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BP | Points |
1 | Oaklands College | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
2 | Worcester 6th form College | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
3 | Gosforth Academy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
4 | Brooksby Melton College | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
5 | Bishop Burton College | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Moulton College | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
7 | Myerscough College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
AASE Southern Conference Table | |||||||
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | BP | Points |
1 | Hartpury College | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
2 | Exeter College | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
3 | St Paul’s Catholic College | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
4 | Henley College | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
5 | Truro College | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Beechen Cliff | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
7 | SGS Filton College | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Round 5 Results:
Northern Conference
Myerscough College 8-22 Brooksby Melton College
Oaklands College 31-12 Bishop Burton College
Worcester 6th from College 36-24 Moulton College
Gosforth Academy – Bye
Southern Conference
Hartpury College 47-10 Exeter College
Henley College 12-24 Beechen Cliff
Truro College 31-24 SGS Filton College
St Paul’s Catholic College – Bye
Round 4 Results:
Northern Conference
Bishop Burton College 7-70 Gosforth Academy
Brooksby Melton College 21-24 Worcester 6th form College
Moulton College 24-38 Oaklands College
Myerscough College – Bye
Southern Conference
Beechen Cliff 7-24 Hartpury College
Exeter College 36-5 St Paul’s Catholic College
SGS Filton College 14-34 Henley College
Truro College – Bye
Round 3 Results:
Northern Conference
Gosforth Academy 68-26 Moulton College
Oaklands College 33-17 Brooksby Melton College
Worcester 6th form College 30-17 Myerscough College
Bishop Burton College – Bye
Southern Conference
Hartpury College 34-5 SGS Filton College
St Paul’s Catholic College 32-22 Beechen Cliff
Henley College 41-26 Truro College
Exeter College – Bye
Round 2 Results:
Northern Conference
Brooksby Melton 36-52 Gosforth Academy
Moulton College 31-35 Bishop Burton College
Myerscough College 3-22 Oaklands College
Worcester 6th form College – Bye
Southern Conference
Beechen Cliff 20-40 Exeter College
SGS Filton College 14-21 St Paul’s Catholic College
Truro College 14-56 Hartpury College
Henley College – Bye
Round 1 Results:
Northern Conference
Bishop Burton College 10-48 Brooksby Melton College
Oaklands College 33-38 Worcester 6th form College
Moulton College – Bye
Myerscough College v Gosforth Academy (Postponed to 1st November)
Southern Conference
Exeter College 60-15 SGS Filton College
Hartpury College 19-8 Henley College
St Paul’s Catholic College 24-17 Truro College
Beechen Cliff – Bye
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