Grove II 32 – Shire Hall 17 | Berkshire Shire Hall R.F.C.

Grove II 32 – Shire Hall 17

by Andy C on Sep.22, 2008, under News

Once again Shire took to the field with no substitutes, the 15 only made up because returning American footballer Tim brought along his mate Spike. With a experience at 8, playing Spike there allowed us to release our explosively paced regular to the wing (more on that later).

After working at training on Tuesday, the line-out was looking a much more secure this week. This showed from the warm-up and throughout the game. We were able to get Nick up fast and high, providing a much better platform from which to attack.

The first half was a close matched affair with alternate tries from either side. The first Shire try came from Plastic who managed to snaffle a loose ball on Grove’s 22 and sprint (!?!) though to score the try.

After a Grove try bringing them back level, the decision to put Jerry out on the wing was vindicated in some style. I still had my head up someone’s arse, but I hear it was a thing of beauty. With dummy and side-step Jerry cut his way though their lines to place the ball over the line.

The final Shire try of the first half came from the Durban Express. Whilst not quite as poetic as Godfrey’s it was a solid back’s move, Pete slicing his way though Grove’s back-line find the gap and run the ball home.

At half time it was Grove II’s 17, Shire Hall 17.

Unfortunately, Pedro’s pre-half time try was to be Shire’s last of the game. The half started with some stoic defence by Shire on their 5 meter, twice holding the ball up and starting again with a defensive scrum. After 10 minutes camped within the Shire 22, Grove was pushed back out to give the lads from Shire some breathing space.

From this point onwards, tiredness, injured players continuing due to a lack of replacements, and poor tackling lead to Grove taking the half 15 – 0.

Man of the match: Peter Joles.

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4 Comments for this entry

Plastic
September 22nd, 2008 on 7:04 pm
Ahh my new lungs are good try 1 of many next week may try to sleep before the match so May even be able to run inthe second half…
Plastic
September 22nd, 2008 on 7:11 pm
Hats off to Pete for being the only bloke to put a hit in on the pitch we should all be ashamed of our shocking lack of tackles. If it happens again i feel we should line up the worst offenders and let pete have a free hit on Tuesday….
Plastic
September 23rd, 2008 on 5:50 pm
Oi you lot Croatia tour big time im getting prices now !!
woody
October 6th, 2008 on 11:25 pm
Nooooooooo don’t let Grove 2s beat you avenge the defeat!