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SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS  40   BECCLES  6

South Woodham Ferrers 1st team hosted Norfolk club Beccles at the weekend in their latest London 4 NE league encounter at Saltcoats Park.

On a bitterly cold afternoon the home side who turned on the heat from the very start with a prolonged onslaught of the Beccles defence which saw them open the scores with 3 points from the boot of fly half Adam Brown. Srum half Joe Dukelow was the first try scorer for Woodham when he finished off a set move from the scrum which saw the No 8 David Bull link with back row partner Lee Guess creating space for Dukelow in the corner.

 The Woodham pack dominated the set piece throughout the afternoon with hooker Andy Fry taking several against the head in the scrum, and Marshall and Bull took the majority of the lineouts which meant a constant supply of quick ball for the backs. With this amount of ball the centre partnership of Gateson and Williams hounded the Beccles defence and it was Leon Gateson who scored his first of two tries as a result.

Beccles then managed to secure some ball of their own but the home sides defence held strong preventing them from crossing the line, however Woodham were caught off side on two occasions which both led to beccles taking three points. Brown also added another penalty before the break to leave a half time score of 18 – 6.

The second half saw the continuation of Woodham’s dominance which provided the spectators with a great display of fifteen man rugby and a sublime individual try from Leon Gateson who gathered his own chip after splitting open the visitors defence to score.

It was then winger Warren Duggan’s turn to get on the score sheet when he finished off a multi phase period of play by going round his opposite man to score in the corner.

The afternoon was capped with probably the best score of the day from an all round team perspective which saw the ball eventually grounded by second row Ryan Marshall after it had been run both left and right linking forwards and backs throughout. With a further penalty taken by Brown earlier in the second half and a total of three conversions it left the final score at 40 – 6 which justified the effort put in by all eighteen Woodham

 players that played their part in the match.

Next week Woodham travel away to Upminster to continue their league campaign.

 

CAMPION  17 –  SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS  41

South Woodham 1st XV travelled away to Campion on Saturday to continue their London 4 NE league campaign hoping to continue the run of good results that they have had recently.

The first 15 minutes saw Woodham totally dominate the home side with three early tries coming from incisive running from the three quarters which left the Campion centres bemused. Woodham centre Leon Gateson was the first to cross the line and set the benchmark for what turned out to be a man of the match performance. Fellow centre Andy Williams also scored in the first quarter as did No 8 David Bull whose support play paid dividends.

Campion then began to settle in to the game and with the help of an over zealous Woodham defence earned a succession of penalties which enabled them to kick six points. The home side then scored a try of their own to pull the score back to 11 – 17.

South Woodham struggled to observe the off side line throughout the middle section of the game which eventually led to the sin binning of prop Neil Gittos however they still managed to impose themselves in attack scoring another try through winger Warren Duggan.

With  Woodham restored to 15 players they started to cut out the penalties and show their pedigree with the centre partnership of Gateson and Williams continually breaking the Campion defence which resulted in further tries for the visitors by Steve Kurslake and Joe Dukelow  and a second for Gateson. Campion kicked another two penalties during the second half leaving the final score at 17 -41.

This result puts South Woodham Ferrers up to second in the league with their next game at home against Beccles on the 24th November at Saltcoats Park (ko 2.30pm)

 

Sudbury 19 – South Woodham Ferrers 36

South Woodham Ferrers 1st XV travelled to London 4 NE league leaders Sudbury on Saturday to continue their campaign after a two week break.

In front of a large crowd in Suffolk the home side came under pressure from the start as the Woodham pack looked to dominate the set piece as well as open play against a strong Sudbury outfit, however after an early missed penalty by Woodham it was the home side who opened the scoring with an un-converted  try to give them the lead.

The visitors first try of the day was scored by centre Dan Quinn who crashed over the line to complete a set move from Woodham linking No 8 David Bull with Warren Duggan who broke the gain line before off loading to Quinn.

The second Woodham try came again from well secured ball from the Woodham pack which lead to the centre partnership breaking through the Sudbury defence for Leon Gateson to score. Both tries were converted by Adam Brown.

Due to a huge defensive display by the Woodham side Sudbury were limited to just one missed penalty kick in the first half which left a half time score of 14-5 to South Woodham Ferrers.

The second half started with an immediate score by scrum half Joe Dukelow who chased and grounded his own charge down as Sudbury were trying to clear their lines, again it was converted by fly half Brown.

Sudbury were then determined not to let the game get away from them with a 15 minute onslaught of the Woodham defence which lead to them getting two converted tries to bring the score to 19-21 and all to play for.

It was then Woodham’s turn to dig deep and that is exactly what they did as all fifteen players stood up and backed each other in both attack and defence.

Scrum half Dukelow got his second after skipper Craig McLellan stole loose ball from a Sudbury ruck to link with back row partner Ryan Marshall who span out of a tackle to supply the scoring pass to Dukelow. After scoring another conversion Adam Brown took a leaf out of Jonny Wilkinson’s book and slotted a drop goal.

The final score was provided by turn over ball from the ever present Lee Guess in his own 22 who the broke to the half way line before passing to Steve Kurslake on the wing who sprinted in to seal the match at 36 – 19 to South Woodham Ferrers.

Skipper Craig McLellan said of his teams win that “it was an exceptional performance by the whole team and it was no coincidence that the dominance of the forwards allowed the backs to play on the front foot and score some great tries.”

Next week Woodham host local rivals Canvey at saltcoats park 3pm.



South Woodham Ferrers 19 Canvey 3

Essex Cup

South woodham travelled to league opponents Canvey on Saturday in the first round of the Essex cup. With the 2nd game into the season things were looking good and team moral was great.

Woodham started well with lots of possession. There was three try's, two of which converted.

15 minutes in Woodham was inside Canvey’s half from a ruck and with quick hands from scrum half

R Gateson to fly half mason then to centres Williams through to L Gateson side stepping through two of the defence securely scored Woodhams first try, try was converted by Mason making the score 7-0.

Canvey were straight back at Woodham with there powerful forwards being very quick to breakdowns and won a penalty against woodham for coming over the top. Making the score 7-3

2nd half Woodham were dominating the game with outstanding scrummaging and Canvey’s backs were no match for woodhams back line. 5 meters out of Canvey’s line from a ruck prop Cheyne went into Scrum half and passed to center Williams who broke through two of the defence and popped the ball to L Gateson who walked over to score woodhams second. Converted by Brown.

The 3rd try of the game was something else from a Canvey scrum Woodham drove Canvey back and won the ball against the head and Scrum half Dukelow took advantage with coming through and scoring the 3rd. Man of the match was awarded to the front row P H Slater, P H Fry and P H Cheyne.

Next Saturday Woodham face Basildon away in the first league game in London 4 NE.

Report by

Sean PH Slater SWFRFC Press secretary.

press@southwoodhamferrersrugby.co.uk

 1st  XV Squad Season 2006-2007.

Writtle Wanders 0 - 27 South Woodham August 2007

Ok it was only a friendly, ok the opposition only warmed up for about

5 mins but the list of positives to take from this game are endless.

Woodham started the game slowly something that has become a common

factor in Woodham's game over the past couple of season but they soon

got into there stride. A gruelling pre season having prepared the

players well.

Writtles main attack was short balls to big strong forward, but this

didn't bear much fruit for the home side as Woodham's extremely young

forward just kept knocking them back or stealing the ball in the loose.

Ryan Marshall and Lee guess having outstanding games at 6 and 7

tackling anything that came within 10 feet of them.

Woodham's scrum was also very strong against the larger Writtle pack

and there loose play was fantastic, if not a bit over eager at times,

leaving scrum half Ryan Gateson a little exposed. 

And when Writtle did try and use there backs they couldn't find a way

through either, especially with inspirational captain Andrew Williams

in outstanding form at inside centre.

Woodham scored some good trys and often looked dangerous. The best of

the bunch being a superb forwards rolling maul from a line out which

must have made close to 25 yards before Fry peeled off the back hit

the floor, Duggan picked up, popped it the Marshall who again hit the

floor, Woodham's rucking was quick and decisive and the ball found its

way to Leon Gateson whose speed and angles of running are going to be a

huge asset to Woodham this year, raced over the try line. 

Woodham will hope they can carry on from this match with another good

performance against Bank of England away in the cup next Saturdays,

which they are under no illusions will be a very different type of game. 

But one thing is for sure the Future looks very bright for a South

Woodham Ferrers rugby side that had an average age of 21 for the most

part of this match.

Report by Warren Duggan

Essex 1

Results      Table      Season

 

ENGLISH CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIP        
SEASON 2007-2008          
LONDON LEAGUE FOUR NORTH EAST          
                   
Saturday September 01                  
Bank of England v.  S. Woodham Ferr EDF Vase          
Saturday September 08                  
Canvey Island v.  S. Woodham Ferr Essex Int Cup        
                   
Saturday September 15        A.  Crusaders     
RFU Week No. 3          B.  Sudbury       
Crusaders  v.  Sudbury      C.  Upminster     
Upminster  v.  Beccles      D.  Canvey Island     
Billericay  v.  Campion      E.  Billericay       
Basildon  v.  S. Woodham Ferr    F.  S. Woodham Ferr     
Mersea Island  v.  Canvey Island    G.  Basildon       
          H.  Campion       
Saturday September 29        I.  Mersea Island     
RFU Week No. X1          J.  Beccles       
Upminster  v.  Crusaders             
Canvey Island  v.  Sudbury        M.A. Ward     
S. Woodham Ferr  v.  Mersea Island      Divisional  Competitions Administrator
Campion  v.  Basildon        15th May 2007     
Beccles  v.  Billericay               
                   
Saturday October 20                   
RFU Week No. 7                   
Crusaders  v.  Canvey Island             
Sudbury  v.  S. Woodham Ferr             
Billericay  v.  Upminster             
Basildon  v.  Beccles               
Mersea Island  v.  Campion               
                   
Saturday October 27                   
RFU Week No. 8