Cinderford 1st XV 32 vs. Chinnor 1st XV
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National League 3 South
Saturday 16th September 2006
Chinnor had yet to register a win against Cinderford, so
the game at Dockham Road was never going to be other than extremely
challenging, and so it proved to be. As early as the 1st minute
Cinderford opened the scoring when Tristan Roberts, one of 5 Hartbury
College players in the team and a Bristol Academy player to boot, broke
through the middle to put Lee Douglas in for a try under the posts.
Roberts , who was destined to be a thorn in Chinnor's side for the whole
game, added the conversion and then kicked two massive penalties to put
Cinderford 13 pts in front in as many minutes. Another break by Roberts
put Douglas in at the corner, and with his third successful kick
extended Cinderford's lead to 20 pts at the interval. In between this
one man show, Chinnor went close on several occasions. Richard Williams
was off song with two kickable penalties whilst Richard Grimsdell
spilled the ball when he was over the line so the score could well have
been much closer at the half way stage.
With Grimsdell again going
very close at the start of the second half Chinnor took the game to
their opponents, and looked the most likely of the two sides to be first
on the score sheet. However it was Roberts once again who squirmed his
way though the Chinnor defence to score a fine individual try near the
corner flag. He then had the audacity to add the conversion. With Chris
Jones, the Cinderford No.5 sin binned for a professional foul, Chinnor
again attacked and were finally rewarded when they created an overlap
for Anthony Pyers to score with Williams converting. With Chinnor
reduced to 14 , via a Hennessy sin binning Cinderford scored their final
try when Roberts, who else, darted his way through the Chinnor defence
and outpaced their cover to go over for another spectacular try. He had
the good grace to miss the conversion. Another Cinderford sin binning in
the latter stages gave Chinnor the opportunity to add to their score as
they camped on the Cinderford line in the final minutes. However some
strange decision taking and a resolute defence kept them at bay.
Although soundly beaten by a well drilled and aggressive outfit,
Chinnor should still have come away with a bonus point by virtue of the
two tries they squandered along with the opportunities they had in the
final minutes. his level of Rugby is hard and uncompromising as Chinnor
found out on Saturday. On the positive side Ben Hewitt made a classy
debut at full back with Matt Hutchins and Joseph Iosefo the pick of the
forwards.
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