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Sudbury 32 Harlow 14
London League Division Two North East
5th December 2009
Harlow played well in the first twenty minutes and took
the game to Sudbury who were surprised by the spirit and passion which the
Harlow players showed.
The Rams should have made more of their early chances but indiscipline
allowed Sudbury to clear their lines and then to take three points from a
penalty . Harlow again worked hard to get into Sudbury territory and were
awarded a penalty which was unfortunately missed.
More pressure from Harlow was defended by Sudbury who broke out on the 30th
minute and outside centre Mark Bolton scored a try which he converted
himself. Five minutes later the visitors were finally rewarded for their
efforts when wing Rob Mackie intercepted a stray pass and sprinted for the
line. Michael Dobson converted to leave the half time score at 7-10.
Harlow missed another penalty at the beginning of the second half and
Sudbury struck again within five minutes ,Bolton again doing the damage.
Outside centre Luke Bowering was replaced by Will Grimley. Five minutes
later Harlow were hit by a yellow card for James McFerran although Sudbury
missed the resultant penalty. Prop Marc Williams was then replaced by Matt
Branch and within minutes the Rams scored again. It was another intercepted
pass which Francis Brown picked up and ran in under the posts, Dobson making
no mistake with the conversion.
The Harlow challenge faded in the last quarter of the match and Sudbury ran
in tries from Richard Stephen ,Scrum half, and sub. Tom Keeling. With two
conversions and a late penalty the final score line rather flattered the
home side .
Next Saturday Harlow host top of the table Thurrock and will need to raise
their game. It is hoped that some of the five or six first team players who
are injured will be back in contention for a place.
Tries:
Rob Mackie,
Francis Brown
Conversions:
Michael Dobson
(2)
Penalties:
Team
List
1
-
Paul Prindiville
2 -
Scott Romaine (Captain)
3 -
Marc Williams
(Sub
Matt Branch
60 mins)
4 -
Terry Blackwell
5
-
Kerry Palmer
6 -
Shaun Roberts (Sub
James Clark
60 mins)
7 -
Mark Bowering
8 -
Paul Eynon
9 -
Charlie Woodington
10 -
Michael Dobson
11 -
Simon Vanbeck
12 -
James McFerran
13 -
Luke Bowering
(Sub
Will Grimley
70 mins)
14 -
Rob Mackie
15 -
Francis Brown
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