SCUNTHORPE 19 – BILLINGHAM 27
Scunthorpe 1st XV v Billingham.
On a dank day in Scunthorpe a minute’s silence was observed for Ian Tomlinson, a past player, 2nd team captain & former volunteer.
The Green team welcomed Jamie Major in the front row and a welcome return for Ben Hyde in the forwards, a shuffle in the backs brought Will Dark in at centre for Laurence Pearce and Will Robinson out on the wing.
The Greens kickoff towards the scoreboard end and quickly turn the ball over and soon have Billingham under pressure. A number of driving rucks saw Jordan Beresford go over for a try converted by Will Dark. Scunthorpe 7 Billingham 0
The Greens were soon back on the attack and only a forward pass saw them missing out on scoring a second try. Billingham win the following scrum and clear their lines.
Billingham now on the attack and the Greens are penalised for a high tackle, Billingham kicked for the corner and won the line out, only a try saving tackle by Ben Hyde saved the day and Billingham knocked on.
From the ensuing scrum Ben Hyde broke from the scrum making good ground. A kick head by Ethan Taylor comes to nought and Billingham eventually finds touch.
From the line out with Billingham now under pressure knock the ball forward for a Greens scrum in midfield. The Green’s scrum starts to dominate the Billingham pack, from a scrum penalty the Greens kicked for the corner for a line out, a well rehearsed catch and drive saw a second try for the Greens by Ollie Arnold, converted by Will Dark 14 Billingham 0.
Billingham now goes on the attack and a high tackle by Grant Elliot sees him receive a yellow card.
From the penalty, Billingham kicked for the corner, they then use their well drilled catch and drive to go over for their 1st try of the day, conversion missed. Scunthorpe 14 Billingham 5 27 mins.
Billingham continued attacking and a further penalty saw them kick for the corner, from the line out they played across field using their slick backs, a pass inside sees them slice through the Greens defence to score under the posts this try converted. Scunthorpe 14 Billingham 12.
From the kickoff, Scunthorpe retrieved the ball but lost it to Billingham who then kicked forward into the Greens half who managed to get it into touch, from the line out Billingham won the ball, played into the middle of the field, then back to the left corner, a missed tackle by the Greens and Billingham scored a try in the corner.
Scunthorpe 14 Billingham 17, this is how the score remained until half time.
Billingham kicked off for the second half and were soon under pressure.
The Greens receive a scrum in midfield after a forward pass by Billingham, the greens scrum is again dominant, Billingham were penalised twice for scrum infringements and on the second occasion received a yellow card, the Greens then kick for the corner and again a catch and drive sees Dylan Martin go over to score a try, conversion missed, Scunthorpe 19 Billingham 17.
The Greens win the ball back from the kickoff, play across field and kick into the Billingham half, they then clear their lines for a Greens line out. The Greens win line out ball spread the play again across field only for the ball to be knocked on.
The Greens now working hard and have a scrum 5 metres out from the Billingham line, continuing with their scrum dominance shunting the Billingham pack back over the line, the ball is touched down but the referee sees a double movement and awards a relieved Billingham a 5 metre penalty.
Billingham now on the attack and get a line out 5 metres out, they take a short rehearsed line out to the front which catches the Greens out and only a forward pass prevents them scoring a try.
The Greens win the 5m scrum and clear their lines into Billingham half they run the ball back and the Greens are again soon under pressure, The Greens are penalised for a high tackle between the 10 metre line and the 22 metre line, Billingham opted to kick for goal and was successful.
Scunthorpe 19 Billingham 20.
The game became a bit of a stalemate in midfield, Scunthorpe are now under the cosh with Billingham now trying to see the game out, under pressure the Greens infringe constantly and Marcus Payne receives a yellow card.
The Greens now defending manfully and eventually turn the ball over on their 5 metre line and attempt to play out to get a match winning score, in the attempt to play out the ball is kept in hand as time is nearly up, unfortunately a pass well read by the Billingham centre intercepts the ball to score under the posts, he converted his own try and with that took away a losing bonus point to the Greens, this was the final kick of the game with the referee blowing for full time.
Scunthorpe 19 Billingham 27 FT.
Despite all their endeavour the Greens miss out on a win they should have had, leaving numerous chances out on the park. Now on to league leaders Sheffield for the postponed game 15th Nov.
MOM – Ben Hyde
Photos taken by Paul Mcdonald
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2nd TEAM
TUPTON 6 – SCUNTHORPE STAGS 14
Scunthorpe secured a well-earned win at Tupton in the RFU Counties 2 Midlands East (North) League, handling the muddy conditions more effectively.
It was Tupton that scored first with a penalty from fly half Sam Cooper after 3 minutes.
Five minutes later Henry Dawson slotted over a three-pointer to draw level at 3-3.
Both sides struggled to use the ball to their strengths as they battled with the muddy conditions. Cooper missed another penalty chance on the 15-minute mark, Both teams were playing very competitively with Guy Mychujiak busy on the rampage, As the half time whistle blew it seemed as if both sides had cancelled each other out in what was a very dull 40 minutes.
Half time score 3-3.
Shortly after the break the Tupton fly half Cooper converted another simple 3-point penalty to nudge 6-3 ahead.
This was not an afternoon for running rugby Scunthorpe needed to keep the ball tight, stop throwing out silly passes and play the conditions.
On 44 minutes Henry Dawson kicked for a three-point penalty as the Stags drew level again, five minutes later he repeated the feat to put his side into the lead for the first time at 6-9.
The Stags were beginning to realise the way to beat their oppos as they started to play a tighter game and adapted to the conditions, Scunthorpe advanced through effective play between the forwards and backs, but a knock-on near the 22 ended their opportunity.
Cam Christer was having a good game on his first full start for some time only to be sent to the bin by the referee for an innocuous comment.
A few changes in the pack saw the Stags begin to dominate the Tupton scrum and this gave them the impetus to go on to win the game, the winning try came on 68 minutes from replacement Will Dale.
Scunthorpe had finally got to grips with the conditions making simple offloads forwards and backs not going more than about two or three yards from each other. This worked a great effect as they worked the way down the field, Billy Hardy made a brilliant break, the skipper raced from the 22-metre line ball to within three metres, the ball was quickly recycled and Dale crashed over crashed over to score, the conversion went wide but the Stags were now two scores ahead at 6-14.
Tupton came back looking to redress the balance, but the green defence held tight and ran out deserved winners 6-14.
The players adjusted to the conditions, and their teamwork proved effective. Next week, the Stags visit Notts Casuals, aiming to avenge their recent NLD Cup loss.
Match Report written by Steve Williams
MOM- tbc
PATRIOTS
SCUNTHORPE 29 – WHEATLEY HILLS 13
A last minute cry off from Mosborough saw Wheatley Hills step up and take on Scunthorpe Patriots at Heslam Park.
The game was underway and it became a bit of an arm wrestle with Wheatley Hills making some strong carries and Scunthorpe putting in some strong tackles.
The first points would come from the home side as Scunthorpe saw themselves inside of Wheatley Hills half, a few strong carries from the forwards drew in Wheatley Hills defence which led to Matthew Henton running over to score under the posts, conversion successful, 7-0.
Wheatley Hills would get themeselves back within a point after two penalty kicks were converted successfully to make the game 7-6.
Scunthorpe would get the last try of the half after multiple penalties against Wheatley Hills saw Scunthorpe within 5 metres of the try line the ball was shipped out to Oliver Jepson who bulldozes through Wheatley Hills defence to score. Felly kicked a perfect crossbar challenge however the ball bounced the wrong side and the score was 12-6 at the end of the half.
Second half changes saw a pack reshuffle with an entire new front row coming on to keep the set piece dominant.
Second half was underway and with the changes made it was Scunthorpe who would grab the first try of the second half, some quick hands saw the ball land in Oliver Jepson hands and made up some good yards through his strong running, the ball was loose and fell for Jamie Corney who dived over to score his first ever try, conversion was successful and the score was 19-6.
Scunthorpe would quickly add another try and it would coem from Keiron Riley who breaks through a couple of tackles to dive over and score conversion was unsuccessful and the score was now 24-6.
Wheatley Hills would fight back and after a few penalties conceded by Scunthorpe it saw the travelling side a few metres from the try line, Wheatley Hills continued to draw the defence in and it created an overlap on which was then executed successfuly for Wheatley Hills first try of the match, conversion was successful and the travelling side was back in the game.
After this was a real arm wrestle which looked to favour Scunthorpe more, in the last minute Wheatley Hills had a scrum on their five, what happened next was a huge effort from all the forwards to not only win the ball back off Wheatley Hills pack but to be within reach of the try line which allowed Charley Wilkinson to drop over the line to score and give Scunthorpe the win.
Full time and the match ended 29-13 to Scunthorpe
A huge shoutout for Wheatley Hills for managing to gather a team on such short notice and give a competitive game to the Patriots.
Match report written by Charley Wilkinson
MOM-Keiron Riley
Photos taken by Karen Locking
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