30/3 Devizes U16 14 v 25 U16 B’s
March 30, 2009
A very close encounter between two evenly matched teams. Devizes played a great running game with excellent offloading but hadn’t reckoned for the solid defence that has been a trademark of the Roebucks this season. First try went to Devizes, the Roebucks conceded a 5 metre penalty and were unable to prevent the large Devizes forwards from burrowing over for the opening score, cleanly converted for a 7-0 lead.
Harry Bate leading from the front, as he has all season, steadied the troops and crossed for the Roebucks first try. Then Matt Childs produced one of his runs from deep shrugging off several attempted tackles to blast over for his first try of the day. 7 - 10 to Newbury.
Stunned into action Devizes keen to win at home put the Newbury defence under pressure. Pressure that they were able to withstand. From deep in their 22m Ben Hornby picked up a loose ball and ran the full length of the pitch evading the Devizes defence to give Newbury a 2 score cushion going into half time. 15-10 to Newbury.
Second half was a very tight encounter with neither side giving any quarter. From some very tight driving up the touchline Devizes found a gap in the defence and scored out wide. Converted from the tightest of angles Devizes were back in the game 14 - 15 with 5 minutes to go. The pressure of being in this situation has caused Roebucks to crack in previous seasons - but not this team. They stuck at it and from some strong running found themselves on the Devizes try line the ball was recycled a few times before Nick Williams seeing the gap picked up and dived over for a try. 14 - 20 and all to play for in the final 2 minutes.
Nerves now just on the touchline! Having got ourselves back in the Devizes half the Roebucks were looking strong. Enter Matt Childs for his second try of the day, another mazey run from the back of a scrum evading the attempts to bring him down he crossed out wide to secure the game for the Roebucks. Final score 14 - 25. This was a well earned win against an organised and stubborn team who were excellent hosts.
Reporter: Colin Theobald.
29/03 Under 13A 0 Windsor 66
March 30, 2009
An under strength Newbury side were given a harsh lesson by table topping Windsor, who dominated this match from the start. It took only a few minutes for the visiting winger to take advantage of an overlap to run in and touch down by the posts, simplifying the conversion. A few minutes later and a series of missed tackles failed to stop the visitors number eight from crashing over the try line to extend their lead, which was again converted. Unfortunately more missed Newbury tackles and some fine surging runs from Windsor resulted in two more converted tries for the visitors, before they closed the half with a dive over from a ruck in the right corner for a 0-33 lead. Newbury’s sole scoring opportunity came from freeing winger Freddie Fane, who was bundled into touch a few metres short of scoring.
Newbury were more competitive early in the second half but the visitors soon began to dominate the forwards battle again and were far quicker to the loose ball. This dominance allowed them to attack Newbury from all areas of the pitch and resulted in a further five tries, four of which were converted. Newbury did manage a charge down close to the Windsor line, but their opponent quickly managed the danger to leave the home team scoreless.
Duncan Greenshields
29/3 Henley Heartbreak for U16s
March 29, 2009
Following their Berkshire League heroics last week, a much changed Newbury Stags U16 team travelled to arch rivals Henley for the annual Berkshire - Oxfordshire clash of the ‘Big Guns’. Unfortunately, for the third season in a row, Newbury went down by just two points in a pulsating encounter in which the lead changed hands 8 times. Cruelly for Newbury, they actually scored a try under the posts in the last minute that brought the score back to 27-29 which looked like it would give them a deserved share of the spoils. However, the Henley jinx that has seen Newbury throw away winning leads to Henley in the last 2 years struck again, and the conversion sailed agonisingly and narrowly wide of the posts to leave Henley with their familiar two point winning margin.
Newbury started the brighter and deservedly took a 3-0 lead from a Ben Pritchard penalty following a Henley infringement. Newbury went on to dominate the first half, but just couldn’t turn their territory and possession into points. Several overlaps were created but ignored and there were several occasions when Newbury took the ball into the Henley 22 only to get possession turned over just when it looked like they would score. Worse was to follow, when on 18 minutes and Newbury again attacking dangerously in the Henley half, a loose pass went to ground and was hacked on by the Henley winger who won the race for the touchdown completely against the run of play. This gave Henley a 5-3 half time lead but Newbury supporters were not unduly concerned as Newbury really had been the superior team in the first half.
Both teams came out pumped for the second half, but the 5-3 half time scoreline suggested another low scoring tense affair as the previous fixtures had resulted in 7-5 and 12-10 final scorelines. Nobody would therefore have predicted a 48 point second half try fest!
Newbury were the better starters again and applied immediate pressure to the home defence. They also seemed to be playing with a directness and purpose that had been lacking in the first half. After several phases of play, skipper Jack Moates crashed over from short range allowing Pritchard a good conversion to put Newbury back into a 10-5 lead. However, 3 minutes later, Henley reclaimed the lead following the breakdown of another promising Newbury attack. A Newbury hand knocked the ball forward on the half way line, but rather than cover back, most of the Newbury players committed the cardinal sin of stopping - expecting the whistle to blow. Meanwhile, Henley carried on and ran in unopposed under the Newbury posts for the second sucker punch try of the day which they converted to take a 12-10 lead. This was the second such try in two weeks and Newbury have got to learn to play to the whistle to avoid these costly reversals.
In fairness to Newbury, they didn’t let their heads drop and they came straight back at Henley. The forwards were scrapping for every bit of possession and flanker Nick Baboolal was all over the park making tackles, creating turnovers and getting Newbury on the front foot. From sustained Newbury pressure, Chris O’Halloran and Jacob Coplestone produced some lovely interplay that ended with Man of the Match O’Halloran scorching over for a fine try. Pritchard added the tricky conversion to give Newbury a 17-12 lead.
Henley aren’t Newbury’s biggest rivals for nothing and although their first two tries were fortuitous, there was nothing lucky about their third as their midfield created all sorts of confusion in the Newbury defence and their centre streaked home under the Newbury posts after a well worked move. The conversion was added and the hosts were back in the lead 19-17.
Surely that would knock the stuffing out of a tiring Newbury team? No such thing. They tore back into Henley with a passion and fight that did them proud. No one was working harder than Ben Pritchard and he got his just desserts with a fine try after screaming through the Henley defence to cross near the posts. The conversion was missed, but this still gave Newbury a 22-19 lead with only 8 minutes to play and surely they would hang on to revenge those two bitter defeats from the previous two seasons?
Not if Henley had their way! They are also a proud and well drilled side and that combined with some very poor Newbury tackling allowed them to score two tries in quick succession - one in either corner from their speedy wingers. Neither try was converted, but this still gave Henley a 29-22 lead and there were only 3 minutes left on the clock. Newbury look tired and drained and surely there was nothing left in the tank? Amazingly, the Newbury forwards found the energy for one more series of attacks and after several phases Newbury were awarded a penalty 30 metres out. At this point Moates took matters into his own hands and took a quick tap penalty to jink his way past 5 or 6 disbelieving Henley defenders to score his second try of the day under the posts and seemingly give Newbury salvation. And the rest is history. The kick was missed, the final whistle blew and Henley hung on for their third consecutive 2 point win over Newbury.
All who witnessed it were absolutely enthralled by the excitement and quality of the occasion. Even the Henley supporters (and some of their coaches!) conceded that they thought the draw would have been a fair result. Both sides played their part to the full and the match was also refereed very well. In fairness to Henley, they took their chances well and were as organised and aggressive as we have come to expect. For Newbury, the game was not really lost with that last kick but with the 3 or 4 excellent chances that they created but spurned in the first half. Newbury have got to be more clinical in their finishing, have got to protect the ball more effectively when in possession and have got to stop falling off one on one tackles.
On the positive side, the boys showed amazing character to keep coming back from behind and actually played some very nice rugby. It was just the finishing that let them down. The commitment and work ethic was excellent and Chris O’Halloran at Full Back had the latest in a series of high quality performances. There was still a lot in this performance to suggest that Newbury can have a very successful end to the season and there are still three tournaments to play for. Like today, several first team regulars will be missing in coming weeks but the squad players have stepped up to show that we can still be very competitive in the absence of those players. A great game that will stay in the memory for a very long time to come.
29/3 : Record 4th Berkshire Title for U16s
March 29, 2009
With their 29-7 win over Redingensians in the ‘winner takes all’ encounter on March 22nd, this particular Newbury age group rewrote the record books by winning the Berkshire Junior League title for the 4th and final time before they move up to Colts next season. This Newbury team has dominated Berkshire rugby for the last 4 years and has broken all sorts of records along the way.
Season 2008/09 has been the most competitive by far, but Newbury has still managed an average of an amazing 42.5 points a game whilst conceding an average of only 12.5 points. They have managed to secure the 4 try bonus point in every league game that they have played this season. Redingensians, Abbey and Windsor all pushed Newbury for the title this season but the prolific Newbury try scoring machine provided the Junior Blues with enough bonus points to secure the title. Over the 4 seasons they have only lost one game - a narrow defeat earlier this season away to Windsor. During that period they have averaged 37 points for and only 5 against per match.
Berkshire Junior Champions 2005 - 2009
Over the years, the Newbury boys have picked up a host of other titles regularly winning the Windsor Festival, the Effingham Festival and the Cobham Nando Tens last season. Pride of place goes to their Newbury Tens Festival wins in 2006 and 2007 - in the process becoming the first ever Newbury team to win their own prestigious Festival in over 15 years of trying.
As well as titles and championships, Newbury have also dominated the Berkshire rugby team for their age group regularly providing anywhere between 12 and 15 players for the Berkshire A squad. The age group has also been extremely successful at developing Academy quality players with an unprecedented 6 of the squad in the London Irish Academy and a player each in the Bath and Newport Gwent Dragons Academies.
But these honours are the icing on the cake - the real success of this cohort is the fact that they have been able to maintain a squad size of between 50-60 players over the years which has meant that they have been able to regularly put out a very competitive Roebucks (B) team. The Roebucks regularly play other clubs A teams and quite regularly win! What’s more, the players and coaches never lose sight of the fun element and very successful whole club tours have taken place in each of the last 3 years.
None of this success could have been attained without the fantastic efforts and commitment of the coaching and management teams over the years and the players and parents will be forever grateful to Paul Roberts, Dave Smith, John Dixon, Colin Theobald, John Duncan, Dave Pincott, Steve Paice and Ruth Winter.
27/03 Team to face Exeter
March 27, 2009
NEWBURY v EXETER
1. JOE CLARK
2. PAUL FINCKEN
3. TOM FIDLER
4. IEN ASCROFT-LEIGH
5. BRAD MOCKFORD
6. JACK BENTALL
7. SEAN FOX
8. ROSS NOONAN
9. BEN STEVENSON
10. GARETH GRIFFITHS
11. RHYS CRANE
12. MARC SWEENEY
13. ANDREW HENDERSON
14. MARTIN NUTT
15. JONNY HYLTON
16. ROB GREEN
17. HARRY PENDLETON
18. CHEVVY PENNYCOOK
19. SCOTT WITCOMB/CHRIS RIDGERS
20. TOM KESSELL
21. CHARLIE PERRY
22. NICK SCOTT
25/03- U7’s B take runners up at Bicester
March 25, 2009
Match Report
Bicester RFC Festival – March 22nd 2009.
Overview
At their first festival entered this season Newbury RFC U7’s held their heads high, narrowly missing out being crowned U7 champions by a single (bonus) point. Strong performances across five games enabled them to record four wins and a draw; the later with the eventual winners - Banbury RFC. Every member of the squad contributed to the fantastic team effort and the try scorers sheet makes great reading : Ted Dyer ( 3 ), Matthew Gaskell (3 ), Dominic Gibbard ( 2 ), Nathan Hudson ( 2 ), Deon Le Roux ( 2 ), Thomas Leeson ( 5 ), Jamie Miller ( 1 ), Wiliam Sparkes ( 2 ), Alexander Tomlinson ( 5 ), Tom Wright ( 2 ). Each of the games were very tight and the second game proved to be a controversially physical encounter, however despite the team leaving the field battered and bruised they still chalked up a victory to keep them on track for the winners place.
Team spirits and mood were flying high going into the final two games and with their sights now set firmly on the number one position recorded two great wins to cruise from 3rd into joint 1st with everything riding on Banbury RFC’s last game.
Ultimately despite coming a very close second Newbury U7 were great credits to the club playing some excellent rugby, demonstrating real team spirit in the face of adversity and provided parents and spectators alike with fast moving thrilling rugby even at such a young age.
Team – Dyer T, Gaskell M, Gibbard D, Hudson N, Le Roux D, Leeson T, Miller J, Sparkes W, Tomlinson A, Wright T
Results
Blues V Banbury ( 4 – 4 ), Blues V Tring B1 ( 5 – 4 ), Blues V Bicester B2 ( 6 – 2 ), Blues V Tring B2 ( 5 – 2 ), Blues V Bicester B1 ( 6 – 5 ).
Tournament by Game
Newbury v Banbury
Final Score 4 – 4
Very tight game with the eventual tournament winners. Although the game was all level at half time Newbury came out stronger in the second half and held a one try lead until the last play of the game where despite some fantastic defence Banbury were able to secure the draw.
Try’s scored by AlexanderTomlinson 2, William Sparkes & Matthew Gaskell.
Match Report ( cont )
Newbury v Tring ( B1 )
Final Score 5 – 4
A very physical game, controversially given the rules. Throughout the game the Newbury team battled hard and finally overcame the opposition winning by a single try although this should not detract from a great win over a very accomplished and well drilled team. The Newbury team left the pitch a little battered and bruised but with their tournament hopes still very much alive.
Try’s scored by Tom Wright, Thomas Leeson, Matthew Gaskell, Deon Le Roux & Dominic Gibbard.
Newbury v Bicester ( B2 )
Final Score 6 – 2
Newbury by this time were getting in to their stride and performed especially well against a good side from Bicester. Ultimately though our strength in defence and well honed attack took their toll on the Bicester team resulting in a well deserved win.
Try’s scored by Nathan Hudson, William Sparkes, Matthew Gaskell, Thomas Leeson ( 2 ) & Dominic Gibbard
Newbury v Tring ( B2 )
Final Score 5 – 2
A much more disciplined game against the second Tring team and Newbury who, now three games into the day, were motoring on all seven cylinders. This game saw the first of two individual hat trick contributions for the day. The team were creeping up the leader board moving from third to second and keen to get into the last game and hopefully the winners position.
Try’s scored by Edward Dyer ( 3 ) and Thomas Leeson ( 2 ).
Newbury v Bicester ( B1 )
Final Score 6 - 5
Having moved above the tournament favourites Bicester B1 during the last round of games this became a crucial crunch game for Newbury to keep their winners hopes alive. The game delivered all that was hoped for with an exciting and tight game finishing with Newbury ahead although the score does not perhaps truly reflect the dominance that Newbury held in the last minutes of the game. The victory firmly cemented our position of second and last game result dependant, potential winners.
Try’s scored by Alexander Tomlinson ( 3 ), Deon Le Roux, Tom Wright, Nathan Hudson
23/03 U17’s progress to National Cup South West Division Final
March 23, 2009
Newbury Under 17s vs. Cheltenham U17’s, 22-03-09
National U17’s Cup, South West Division (Semi Final)
As a “reward” for their victory in the last round over Redruth, Newbury had a home draw against Cheltenham in the National U17’s Cup, South West Division semi final. This match took place on the 1st team pitch in front of quite a large crowd, thanks to all the parents, non playing 17’s squad members and NRFC members who came up to support the U17’s, hope you all enjoyed the match.
Newbury kicked off with the slight breeze behind them immediately regaining possession and attacking the Cheltenham line only being stopped when they knocked on. Cheltenham win their scrum but under fierce Newbury pressure give away an early penalty, which R. Jenkins slotted over 3-0 to Newbury.
After a period of play, which saw both sides give away needless penalties and knock ons, Newbury took control and some good attacking rugby, resulted in prop J. Guttridge charging through the Cheltenham defence to score. R Jenkins conversion sailing through the posts to make the score 10-0 to Newbury.
Within three minutes Newbury had scored their second try when some good running rugby from inside their own half from Hobbs and Guttridge cut through the Cheltenham defence allowing the centres Lawrence and Digby to pass down the line to fullback J. Mcintyre to score wide out on the right, R Jenkins narrowly missing the long conversion, 15-0 to Newbury.
The next 5 minutes saw both sides unable to break through each other’s defence, good runs from Monger and Brassey being stopped by some good tackling from the Cheltenham defensive line and fullback J McIntyre having to leave the field with a dead leg injury picked up in the first 5 minutes, being replaced by J. Futcher, his first job being to tackle Cheltenham’s winger who held on giving Newbury a penalty. R. Jenkins putting the ball some distance into touch for an attacking Newbury lineout, the forwards true to form won the lineout through Dyer and after a couple of good attacking phases forced Cheltenham to give away a penalty which R. Jenkins slotted through the posts 18-0 to Newbury.
Cheltenham now produced some of their best rugby and forced Newbury to defend for the last five minutes of the first half, Newbury’s defence gallantly stood firm but were breached right on half time as the Cheltenham backs broke through the stretched Newbury defensive line to score, the conversion bringing the half time whistle and a score of 18-7 to Newbury.
After a half time talk from coaches Andy Widdop and Neil Collins Newbury stormed straight up field from Cheltenham’s kick off, the forwards gaining good ground before J. Love broke away passing to J. Guttridge to make the last few yards to score close to the posts, R. Jenkins making no mistake with the conversion 25-7 to Newbury.
The next five minutes saw Newbury camped on Cheltenham’s line but they were unable to break through a resolute Cheltenham defence, finally a loose ball was fly hacked downfield by Cheltenham and the race was on, a second kick from half way saw Cheltenham just win the race to a nicely rolling ball to score under the posts, a successful conversion saw the score narrow to 25-14.
This gave Cheltenham a lift and they spent most of the next ten minutes forcing Newbury to defend. During this time Newbury brought on some fresh legs, J. Bartlett replaced scrum half S. Wilson who had had another good day at the office. During another Cheltenham attack which Newbury and stopped 10 meters from their line tempers frayed and a brief stand off some how resulted in a Cheltenham penalty. From the resulting line out Cheltenham spread the ball through their backs to score wide out on the left, an unsuccessful conversion left the score at 25-19 to Newbury and approx 15 minutes to go.
Newbury brought on T. Sanders and D. Smith for J. Caunt and C. Lawrence and after a couple of forward phases scrum half J. Bartlett made good ground and a chip over the Cheltenham defence nearly resulted in a great move but instead a Cheltenham penalty which they kicked to touch.
Newbury now brought on the remainder of the subs, T. Clarke, T. Martin, and M Maher replacing T. Dyer, J. love and W. Murray. With 10 minutes to go Cheltenham played some of their best attacking rugby and camped themselves in the Newbury 22, forcing some desperate defence from the Newbury squad who were forced to give away several penalties, Newbury’s defence held firm eventually forcing Cheltenham to spill the ball which Newbury gathered and gladly hoofed into touch bringing an end to a long second half and a great victory for Newbury in a close and keenly contested cup match, which was a credit to both teams.
In the other semi final Exeter Chiefs beat Redingensians 22-3, which means an Exeter v Newbury, South West Cup final at Wimbourne RFC on 5th April, (2pm KO, TBC)
Squad; Guttridge, Love(Martin), Caunt(Sanders); Dyer(T.Clark),
West; Murray(Maher), Hobbs, Spanswick; Wilson(Bartlett), Jenkins;
Monger, Lawrence, (Smith); Digby, Brassey(Smith); Mcintyre(Futcher)
23/03 U16s Claim Berkshire League Title
March 23, 2009
True Champions as Newbury U16s Clinch Victory at Redingensians
Redingensians U16 17 v 29 Newbury U16 Stags
“The true measure of Champions is the ability to come back from a defeat and show fighting spirit and maturity as an age group and rally for each other to run the opposition close for the title”. Those words closed the match report from our first ever League defeat at Windsor back in February….What more can we say than those words ring so true.
Newbury travelled to undefeated Redingensians on Sunday for a “winner takes all” Berkshire League decider. With all to play for, Newbury had never had such a massive test of their resolve and team spirit than this game. Undefeated hosts ‘Ensians’ were the champions in waiting after beating Windsor two weeks before and the Newbury faithful knew the squad would be more than tested for them to secure a fourth League title.
Another early gathering saw the visitors looking much the more ‘awake group’ and from the kick off Newbury attacked the hosts hoping to change the ‘Newbury slow start’ and get points on the board early. Ensians however, who are renowned for competing strongly at the breakdown, were having none of the early pressure and frustrated Newbury by taking ball from them at the contact area and countering at pace.
Ensians attacked strongly through their midfield and after 10 minutes they broke through to open the scoring with a converted try to lead 7- 0. Newbury were thwarted at every opportunity and visions of the Windsor defeat seemed to be coming back as Ensians continued to pin Newbury back with sniping kicks and winning good ball with which to attack Newbury.
Newbury defended stoically and resisted whatever Ensians threw at them. Great defence allowed Newbury to counter but again the final pass went begging or a great defensive tackle stopped Newbury in their tracks. More pressure from Ensians and another converted try 14 - 0 to the hosts. Newbury were looking panicky and were losing touch. 20 minutes gone and was this the end of a dream?…Not a bit of it…Great defence and less panic led to Newbury growing in confidence and after a number of really close calls to score in either corner, Chris O’Halloran broke through the defence with his characteristic weaving runs to score in the corner to open the Newbury account 14 - 5 and Newbury had at last woken up.
It was a tight contest and Newbury fought tooth and nail for ball but kept giving Ensians opportunity to counter. Great defensive tackles from O Halloran ,Pritchard, Segre and Baboolal kept Newbury alive and with 6 mins to half time Jack Moates who was outstanding throughout game, made one of his maisey runs to score under the posts for Dace to convert the try to bring Newbury to within 2 points of the hosts.
Half Time 14 - 12 Ensians
It seems that half time talks from Coaches feature heavily in Newbury’s season and again this was to be no different. There was no wind today but it was warm…warmer after the half time chat we think!!!
Newbury came out with all guns blazing and straight from the kick off Newbury won good possession to attack Ensians and allowed Alex Makin to make an electrifying run in to score after 2 mins with Dace converting. 14 - 19 all to play for and the hosts on the rack? No such luck as wave after wave of Redingensians attack was thwarted by a tap tackle from Pritchard or a smother tackle from Moates, O’Halloran or Baboolal who defended as if their lives depended on it…
Pressure mounted and at one of those game critical moments Newbury were awarded a penalty which Dace duly converted 14 - 22 Newbury and breathing space. Have no illusions this game was still anyone’s but Newbury were in the ascendency and continued to attack and defend to kill off the game. Pressure from Ensians and some Newbury indiscipline allowed a penalty for the hosts which they converted 17 - 22 and now really all to play for.
A vocal home crowd, high pressure, any mistake could cost and with Newbury trying to dominate Ensians broke away…..a last gasp tackle from Pritchard stopped the attack and it seemed Newbury may have to hang on in desperation. However, with 6 minutes to go, the best move of the game orchestrated by Moates saw Makin break through the Redingensians defence to score the try of the day with Dace converting to take the game away from the hosts for Newbury to win 17 -29.
A game much closer than the score reflects and a great advert for junior rugby, great spirit, great endeavour and for Newbury a great victory and Berkshire League Champions again. This isn’t a championship just for “The Best Players”, it’s a squad achievement where every single player of the 48 contributes to the success, along with the coaches, the photographers and the organisers of fixtures and everything else. The players deserve credit as they won the game, the people who give up their time and hours behind the scenes deserve credit too.
Let’s look forward to a festival end to the season…..True Champions?….We think so.
Reporter: Caroline Coombs
23/03 U16 Roebucks 5 v O Northamptonians 22
March 23, 2009
The Newbury U16 Roebucks hosted a powerful Old Northamptonians U16 side eventually going down 22-5. Despite being under pressure for the whole match, Newbury fought well throughout, with credit going to the entire team who kept the touring team scoreless in the second half. Jamie Currie and Henry Theobald battled well throughout, but the man of the match goes to Matt Childs who had several rampaging runs and managed to score Newbury’s only points with a sublime individual effort.
Reporter: John Duncan
23/03 Under 13A 34 Redingensians 0
March 23, 2009
22nd March 2009
Newbury bounced back from last weekend’s defeat to record a fine home win against a competitive Redingensians side. Early exchanges demonstrated how tough the forwards battle would be for the home side but they quickly exploited some clean ball to pass along the line to winger Freddie Fane, who outpaced the visitors defence to touch down. Shortly after, Elliot Herrod-Taylor gained possession around halfway and set off on a surging run through the centre that split the defence and allowed him to run in a second try. Sam Rossiter scored the conversion and although Newbury again went close, this closed the first half at 12-0.
The second half saw similar endeavour from the Redingensians pack, but Newbury took advantage of an early penalty to send the ball along the backs and Oliver Norman touched down towards the left corner. Some fine driving rugby set up Newbury’s next try and forward Oliver Hart took the opportunity to dive over and secure the bonus point. Herrod-Taylor then repeated his first half feat, splitting the visitors defence to race clear for a fine solo try which Alex Price-Richards converted. Price-Richards was then on the end of some fine backs work to drive powerfully and touch down in the corner to cap a comfortable win.
Duncan Greenshields