A day where a lot of excitement was surrounding the evenings activities, we knew we had a job to do beforehand. Another weekend where we had some people out of position, we knew in the warm up it was about familiarising positions and roles to set us up for what we knew would be a very physical match.
Early on this would prove to be correct as Bolton built some phases and with a pick and go managed to get over the line to go 5-0 up. We didn't lose our heads though and after some fast-paced phases of our own, young Ollie Knighton went over the line for our first try to get the game to 7-5. This was the story of the first half really, a lot of strong defending from us keeping their pack at bay, and with us doing plenty of our work to build momentum and phases, we saw in the half 19-12 up, with some lovely tries from Jamie Parker.
The second half was a bit more of the same, again our defensive effort proving to be a brilliant weapon, with double tackles going in where necessary, and forcing turnovers. As the 2nd half progressed, we started to find some more gaps out wide and had some brilliant attacking play. Bolton didn't make it easy, but we never gave in and we put ourselves into a strong position with the score at 26-19. As Bolton got themselves over the line with another pick and go, we managed to find ourselves some momentum and with amazing runs from Tom Shepard, Ollie Knighton and Jamie Parker, we managed to get ourselves into a solid lead.
Special mention needs to go to Nico Picard who was brilliant on the day, and deserving of a try after his almost full-length run just being caught at the end. Still some uncertainty on the amount of conversions made, but a score of 38-26 was provided as the final score. A great win from a proper team performance - one to be proud of.
Final score: 38-26
Tries: J Parker x4 Ollie Knighton x2 T Shepard x1
Conversions: tbc BUT Cal Boyd x1 MOTM - Jamie Parker DOTD - Jamie Butler
EDIT We reckon 5 conversions were scored so we reckon final score should be 45-26
Match Report - Connor Ryan
Dates for the Diary
Tickets are now on sale from the Bar for our Christmas Party Night on Saturday December 20th at £10 each. Includes Food and Live Band. Limited Tickets so make sure you get yours early !
We are now stocking a range of bottled ales as an option to the draught ales we have on the bar - we hope you will try these and make any request for ways we can improve.
Saturday January 24th - Mum's and Babies Day - Soft Play / Party Box / Meet other Club Mum's.
Monday - Social Touch Rugby 7.00pm - New Players Welcome speak to Squidge for info or message Wilf
Tuesday / Thursday - Senior Men's ( Contact Jamie Butler at mensrugby@tmvrfcc.co.uk) / Senior Women's Rugby Training
Tuesday / Thursday - Teenage Girls Rugby Training 6.30pm
Wednesday - Walking Rugby for Over 50's and newcomers to the game - 6.30pm - New Players welcome. Contact wilfdooley@virginmedia.com
Saturday - Social Touch Rugby 9.00am - New Players aged 12 years and above welcome Contact Wilf Dooley 07771 913994
