Upminster 4th 29 Harlow 3rd XV 15

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Harlow 3’s travelled to Upminster this Saturday for a crucial league match. From the start it was an interesting match which saw Harlow 12-0 down within 10 minutes. At 20 minutes Harlow lock Mark Cowell  was carried off with a knee injury ( harlows 3rd knee injury in 3 weeks). But at 24 minutes Harlow looked like they had pulled together with a well worked team try which saw Mark Ellis make a break from his own half and offload to Adam Paine who’s good hands moved the ball to James Banks who offloaded to Daniel Bolt who scored in the corner bringing the score to 12-5, conversion missed.
 
On 27 minutes Upminsters powerfull pack hit back with a try in the corner which took the score to 17-5. In the 2nd half Upminster followed up with 2 more try’s within 15 minutes through powerful forward play. 29-5. At 58 minutes Harlow’s openside was given a red card for allegedly swearing at the young ref . However this seemed to kickstart Harlow into playing the great rugby they have played throughout the season, when Harlow Colt Terry Blackwell intercepted a poor placed pass to run the length of the pitch to score in the 65th minute. Terry then added another to the scoreboard 5 minutes later where he broke from the 10 metre line to score in the corner. Overall Harlow combated Upminster’s very strong pack well, but didn’t take their chances.
By Chris Napier (Captain)
Teamsheet:

1.Jay Brown sub 41mins Ricky Ford
2.James Banks sub 50mins Darryl Brooks
3.Daniel Bolt
4.Mark Cowell sub 20mins Terry Blackwell
5.Adam Buckle
6.Nathan Coley
7.Matthew Johnson
8.Adam Paine
9.Mark Ellis
10.Dan Treamer
11.Rob Treamer
12.Karl Batoski
13.Dave Seymour
14.Simon Jenna
15. Lee Pike sub 60mins Dave Redington

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