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| Newick |
| League, Home |
| 23rd September 2008 |
| Won 22-10 |
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| Starting 15 |
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Monkey |
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Debs |
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Scrabble |
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Big Ga Al (capt) |
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Horse |
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Aaron Quayle |
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Chemist |
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Mooey |
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Jez |
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ChiChi |
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Soap |
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Rowen |
| 13 |
Bosh |
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Wilko |
| 15 |
Yids |
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Big Jim |
| 17 |
Sam |
| 18 |
Dan |
| 19 |
Tim Laker |
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Another week into the season and a far more settled
performance in which the Norfolk dominated throughout and led from the first
few minutes. Preparations this week centred around new personnel becoming
familiar with the lineout calls and game plans, so a longer warm up pre-match
gave us more time before kick off than we knew what to do with. But if there
were new personnel it certainly did not show during the game when the most
controlled performance of the season in front of the Norfolk crowd put paid to
Newick's best efforts.
As has been the way in every game this season the Norfolk took the lead through
a McMichael penalty which opened his personal account of seven points for the
game, the opposition penalised for being off-side at a ruck. Good defence from
Newick was the only thing that kept the score from going up early on in the
first half with several breakouts stopped just short, the pack piled on the
pressure through man of the match Aaron Quayle (maverick) who nearly got two
charge downs and forced several hurried clearances.
Before long the Norfolk had made several breaks into opposition territory but
come away empty handed each time, until from a driving lineout Matt Hodson
burrowed over from close range. Robotham was held up over the line and
Wilkinson was stopped by an injury and the referees whistle when he was
possibly heading for the line. The half also saw a number of disruptive
injuries meaning the pack had to be reshuffled when Mike Slator took a bang on
the head and needed to be replaced by Dan Robinson who marked his return to
action with a try.
The second half started as well as the first had finished, with more pressure
this time leading to more points, the Norfolk used a move from a penalty, and
from the second phase, Robinson charged through the defence to score with
McMichael adding the extra 2. Discipline eventually cost us when Newick were
awarded several penalties on the line before eventually driving over. The game
settled again though until Aaron Quayle got his reward for a consistent
harrying of the opposition when he picked up a fumble and headed in to score.
Newick scored a late interception try when Jez Stewart took a quick tap and
headed off on a darting run but unfortunately his pass found the wrong pair of
hands for the Newick winger to run in.
It was another enjoyable game in beautiful conditions and there is a good
feeling around the club now, which has never really left from last season. 22
people made training on Thursday and it is no coincidence that the performance
was controlled and organised. We look forward to the 2nd round of the EDF
junior vase away against Aldershot, and in the next few weeks the emergence of
a second 15 at the Norfolk. Thanks to Newick RFC and the referee for a great
game of rugby. |
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