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Hucclecote Ladies 12 – 24 Witney 14th Oct - 22/10/07 20:13
14th October Match Report - Hucclecote Ladies 12 – 24 Witney Angels
The Angels made the short trip to Gloucestershire to play a friendly as their league game had been cancelled. Unfortunately the Angels only had 14 players for the game. The Angels back line looked almost brand new with the centre roles being played by two forwards Jess P and Catherine. Like the Coalville game the Angels started well and got an early score on the board. The Angels had already had a disallowed try after some great work by the backs but it was deemed a forward pass. A few minutes later Hucclecote gave a penalty at the ruck but the ref played for advantage which saw lolly pick up the bouncing ball out of the ruck to run under the posts to score. The Angels had to dig in hard as they were lacking one from the scrum and Liz was the new prop. The ball came out from the scrum and Bob sent it out to the backs who played it to the wing to see Sophie pop to Smorley who scored in the corner. Just before half-time the Angels defended well but it only took so long before Hucclecote managed to drive over the line to score. They also converted. In the build-up to this play the Angels were down to only 13 as Erin received an injury. The half-time score was 10 – 7 to the Angels. The Angels perked up again knowing how hard the second half would be as they were lacking two players. The team talk was good and they got their heads up and continued playing structured and enjoyable rugby. Jess had been moved back into the pack to make up 7 for the scrum and the Backs bought Smorley into the line to help them out. Even with the shifting and the line-outs not being spot on, it didn’t take long for the girls to get another score on the board. The forwards rucked well and were winning the scrums against the head and this led to the Angels pulling in their opposite numbers to make room for the Backs to move. Once a couple of phases had passed Lolly ran through the defence and tried to pass to Cath who couldn’t quite get the ball as it was so low, but Pip picked it up and popped to Smorley who got her second try of the game. Bob converted the try. Hucclecote didn’t manage to get their kick to reach the 10 metre line so the Angels chose a scrum, this worked well as once again the Angels drew in players and eventually got the ball back to Smorley who ran in another try to make her hat-trick. Bob converted. The Angels calmed the play down and used their fitness to keep Hucclecote pinned in their own half for most of the second period. Hucclecote eventually broke through the tough defence and after ten minutes of constant pressure they managed to get over the line although it did look like a possibility of being held up. They did not convert. The Angels managed to dig in hard for the last few minutes of the game and defended well until Hucclecote knocked on and the final Whistle blew. The Angels deserved to win and put in a performance which they will need to keep up going into their next league game. Goz even showed a glimpse of a smile.
Player of the Match: Liz (Forwards) and Lolly (Backs).
First XI: Donna, Pip, Liz, Debs, Erin, Kelly, Teresa, Bob, Lolly(Cpt), Jess, Cath, Sophie, Shellie, Smorley
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