Saturday 17 April 15:00
Friendly
Stockwood Park 42 - 0 Thirds
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The day started bad for the MK 3rd's due to the whole team being stuck in traffic for an hour on the way to Stockwood, and this was made worse with the loss of there only sub Tudor Weeks who broke down on the way leaving only the starting 15 completing the journey,
The first half was a tight
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Steven Bridgman - Sat 17 April
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Saturday 10 April 15:00
Friendly
Market Harborough 17 - 19 Thirds
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3rds get a win
Mk 3rds picked up a well earned victory on Saturday after making the long journey and with the ref not giving them any decisions and favouring Market Harborough the whole match
Mk scored first with a try from James Woodman after a good team ended with him scoring in the corner the conversi
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Steven Bridgman - Sat 10 April
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Saturday 27 March 14:30
Friendly
Kettering 17 - 12 Thirds
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City 3s fail to hold Kettering in the second half
MK 3rd's played Kettering for the second time in 3 weeks and went away with on 14 players after scrum half Dave Thomas was held up getting to the ground on time, so Kettering who had 27 players lent us their scrum half Gaz.
It was MK who started the game the better side and were playing some
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Steven Bridgman - Sat 27 March
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Saturday 20 March 14:30
Courage Best League - Level 4
Bugbrooke 63 - 17 Thirds
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MK 3rd's could not build on last week's win and found the first half of this match difficult but played some good rugby in the 2nd half.
In the first half MK made a number of mistakes and missed tackles and found the Bugbrooke scrum hard to deal with. This led to Bugbrooke running in 6 trie
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Steven Bridgman - Sat 20 March
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Saturday 13 March 14:30
Friendly
Thirds 38 - 31 Kettering
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MK 3rds end the drought by beating Kettering!
At last the 3rd team managed to secure their first win in 5 months in a game that was close, with either team having the chance to win it right until the end. City 3s left it late and scored the wining points with the last play of the match.
Kettering managed to score first with a try under MK
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Steven Bridgman - Sat 13 March
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Saturday 06 March 14:30
Courage Best League - Level 4
Thirds 5 - 48 Stockwood Park
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The wait for the elusive win goes on
Another game another loss for the MK 3rd team, this game was a wired match for MK as they played some good rugby at times and some bad rugby as well.
The first 15 minutes of the match never really got going with both teams making handling errors and lots of poor passes being made, there were
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Steven Bridgman - Sat 06 March
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Saturday 27 February 14:15
Friendly
Thirds 10 - 31 Bletchley
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3rds take on Bletchley in local derby
Milton Keynes went to Bletchley with a much changed side to the week before and handed debuts for the club to 2nd row Rob Willford and American winger Justin Gwin. The game was switched form Milton Keynes to Bletchley due to the conditions of the pitch but when the team arrived the condition of the
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 27 February
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Saturday 20 February 14:15
Courage Best League - Level 4
Sharnbrook & Colworth 72 - 0 Thirds
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City 3s outclassed by Sharnbrooke 1st team
MK 3rd's suffered a heavy defeat against a very good strong Sharnbrooke team on a very large pitch that MK are not use to playing on. The game started badly with two early converted tries conceeded but then there were signs of some good periods of play from MK before Sharnbrooke scored two quick tr
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 20 February
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Saturday 06 February 14:15
Courage Best League - Level 4
Thirds 3 - 12 Northampton Mens Own
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It was the same again for the MK 3rd's, another great all round performance from the whole team but once again another close result going against them, this game saw a number of changes from the line up from the weekend before and a return to a MK team after a 6 years absence from winger Ben Quarma
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 06 February
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Saturday 30 January 14:15
Courage Best League - Level 4
Thirds 7 - 24 Old Northamptonians
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MK 3s get closer to the elusive win, after winning the second half against ONs
Once again Milton Keynes could not get the win they were looking for, but the performance of every player cannot be faulted as once again they all gave it their all and played some of the best rugby of the season.
The game started badly for Milton Keynes as Northampton where dominating the sc
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 30 January
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Saturday 23 January 14:15
Friendly
Thirds 11 - 36 Wellingborough RFC
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City 3s Fight All the Way to the End
Milton Keynes took the field in their new club shorts with the hope that this would change their fortunes and bring them the elusive win but again despite a great effort they came up just short!!
The game started slowly with lots of handling errors leading to a number of scrums but this was
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 23 January
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Saturday 16 January 14:15
Courage Best League - Level 4
Olney 64 - 14 Thirds
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City 3s Take on Local Rivals Olney
Milton Keynes 3rds played their first game of the year and their first game for 5 weeks away to local rivals Olney, with Olney 1st team game being called off and their 2nd team also playing at home Olney filled a very strong team but it was Milton Keynes that started the game with the first try, Ol
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 16 January
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Saturday 12 December 14:30
Friendly
Kettering 36 - 3 Thirds
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City 3s Keep on Rolling
MK again only went away with 12 players to take on Kettering but lucky for MK, Kettering were kind enoguh to lend them 3 players to make a game of it. MK started well but a well worked Kettering converted try started the days scoring. MK were then awarded a penalty which they decided to kick at goa
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 12 December
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Saturday 05 December 14:30
Friendly
Thirds 0 - 27 Market Harborough
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Citys 3s Still Looking for the Elusive Win
MK 3s suffered another defeat but played some good rugby especially in the 2nd half.
Market Harbrough started off the stronger team and dominated the scrum, this made things difficult as MK where getting pushed back and were on the back foot for most of the 1st half with Market Harbrough ru
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 05 December
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Saturday 28 November 14:30
Courage Best League - Level 4
Stockwood Park 77 - 0 Thirds
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City 3s Struggle Through Lack of Players
MK went away with only 12 players (the 13th turning up just before half time) due to lack of commitment, player injuries, hangovers from the night before at the gala dinner and players just not attending. This coupled with a challenging ref, meant MK had little chance of winning this one, but once
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 28 November
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Saturday 21 November 14:30
Friendly
Bletchley 56 - 0 Thirds
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MK 3s Struggle Against Loaded Bletchley Side
MK went to Bletchley with just the starting team after scraping 15 players together at the last minute because of MK fielding 4 teams this weekend. This was always going to be a difficult game for City after the Bletchley 1st team game was cancelled so there were always going to be a number of good
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 21 November
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Saturday 31 October 14:30
Courage Best League - Level 4
Thirds 10 - 20 Sharnbrook & Colworth
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3s Get Closer to That Elusive Win
Again the 3rds put in another good performance but again did not get the win they deserved. The tackling and all round play had improved from the week before but this week the pack started slowly and where driven off the ball at the scrums. This led to a push over try which was converted. This made
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 31 October
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Saturday 24 October 14:30
Courage Best League - Level 4
Thirds 38 - 64 Bugbrooke
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City 3s Entertain the Crowds with a High Scoring Match
A young 3rd team took to the field full of optimism and they started off well, both teams looking to run with the ball and Bugbrooke taking the advantage of a few missed tackles and managed to score a few quick tries. However, MK pulled themselves together and started to play some good rugby with t
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 24 October
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Saturday 17 October 15:00
Courage Best League - Level 4
Old Northamptonians 56 - 0 Thirds
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MK3s Suffer Hefty Defeat to ON's but Show Spirited Performance
Milton Keynes went away with a make shift team of just 15 players and had a number of players playing out of position and only 6 recognised forwards but they started the game well and with a much improved tackling performance from last week. They held out well for the first 10 minutes until thy los
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 17 October
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Saturday 10 October 15:00
Friendly
Thirds 12 - 62 Wellingborough RFC
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City 3s Downed by Wellingborough
City 3s started the game well and defended with great effort for the first ten minutes against a strong Wellingbrough team but soon after Wellingbrough got their first try and this opened the flood gates as they ran in some quick tries. City were then awarded a penalty try just before half time but
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 10 October
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Saturday 26 September 15:00
Courage Best League - Level 4
Thirds 22 - 57 Luton
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City 3s Fight to the End
City 3s suffered their 2nd home defeat of the season against a strong Luton 3rd team from a club that plays 2 leagues above our 1s. MK's preparation was also difficult after losing 5 of the original starting line up to the 2nd team on the morning of the match. The team had alot of players playing o
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Steve Bridgman - Sat 26 September
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Saturday 12 September 15:00
Courage Best League - Level 4
Thirds 7 - 34 Olney
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3s Go Down Fighting Against Olney
City 3rd's started their league campaign with a defeat to local rivals Olney, MK stated the game on the back foot but defended really well for the first 15 mins but Olney managed to score two quick tries in 2 minutes both of which were converted. MK then started to build momentum in their play and
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Steven Bridgman - Sat 12 September
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Saturday 29 August 15:00
Friendly
Winslow 10 - 35 Thirds
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3s Start the Season with Win
On Saturday the MK 3rds played their first pre-season friendly of the season away to Winslow. With a lot of last years squad playing in Sundays vets match against Bletchley, the team comprised of a number of players form the 1st, 2nd and 3rds along with a few new faces.
The match was split
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Sarah Wylde - Sat 29 August
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