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First XV
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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 |
