EDF Energy National Trophy, 3rd round draw

[RoyalBlueStuey]

<span style="color:black">Ties to be played on Saturday, December 8.

Liverpool Echo (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0200sport/0350rugbyunion/tm_headline=waterloo-8217-s-home-tie&method=full&objectid=20134304&siteid=50061-name_page.html)
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[SaintsFan_Webby]

When do the NL1 sides get entered into this? I&#39;m desperately hoping for an away tie at Henley.

[RoyalBlueStuey]

When do the NL1 sides get entered into this? I&#39;m desperately hoping for an away tie at Henley. [/b]

Sometime after the 8th I imagine...I think the games will be played on Jan 12th.

The wiki entry seems a bit of a mess in regards to who goes in when though :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDF_Energy_Trophy

[RoyalBlueStuey]

Well that&#39;s our TRF Cup away day ballsed up...&#39;loo got beat by Ealing (of all people)

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Still a number of teams who I could easily get to an away fixture for. Henley are there, Blackheath, Ealing and Richmond are only short hops - knowing my luck we&#39;ll actually get a home fixture.

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Well it didn&#39;t take long for my dream to be shattered. The draw for the 4th round of the competition is as follows:

Blackheath v Halifax
Cambridge v Rotherham Titans
Doncaster Knights v Richmond
Esher v Worthing
Henley v Plymouth Albion
Moseley v Birmingham & Solihull
Mounts Bay v Coventry
Nottingham v Newbury Blues
Nuneaton v Launceston
Otley v Bedford Blues
Cornish Pirates v Northampton Saints
Preston Grasshoppers v Blaydon
Redruth v London Welsh
Sedgley Park v Ealing
Tynedale v Manchester
Wharfedale v Exeter Chiefs


Not particularly pleased with our draw, not only because I won&#39;t be able to go, but also because it&#39;s one of the toughest away matches you&#39;re likely to face outside the top flight.