Long breaks do us no favours - Rayer
The Rugby Paper|February 18, 2024
BEDFORD Blues have made a promising start to this truncated but season's Championship director of rugby Rayer says.
BEN JAYCOCK
Long breaks do us no favours - Rayer

Mike the lengthy breaks imposed across the campaign have halted their momentum.

The Premiership has just six rounds of fixtures left before the semi-finals but the second tier is only halfway through its season and is set to finish in late May - a month after it finished last year.

Due to the demise of Jersey Reds, clubs have.

had two fixtures fewer this year with Bedford often going a fortnight between outings and three weeks separating others.

Bedford lie third in the table after seven wins from 11 games but have failed to replicate their usual fortress of Goldington Road this term with league leaders Ealing Trailfinders, Coventry and Cornish Pirates having all come away victorious in the first half of the campaign.

Consistency has been an issue but overall Rayer is pleased with how his troops have operated.

He told The Rugby Paper: "We had a really.

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