| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| oldcorn |
Posted - 12 November 2006 : 19:58:30
Well done to the Dev side that made the long trip to Spalding on Saturday and got a good win from it. I know there were a few let downs again, which is annoying, but the 15 that did play should be well pleased with themselves.  |
| 7 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| finbar |
Posted - 16 November 2006 : 13:19:49
Couldn't put it better myself!! |
| oldcorn |
Posted - 15 November 2006 : 21:34:22
excellent... and you will see we have tried to select as many of the 'chosen men' as possible for this week's rare home game! |
| ITS A DEEP BURN |
Posted - 15 November 2006 : 12:21:13
The sixteen chosen men of Derby left the sunshine of and tranquility of Haslams and the Shire behind them to travel east to play another development side in the shape of Spalding. Upon on the long journey east towards Mordor the skies became increasingly darker and darker until eventually some 2 hours later we had arrived at our destination.
With barely time to change and no time for a warm up the referee was keen to start exactly on time would the lack of preparation be a telling factor?
As the host’s kicked off and failed to make the 10 meters, Infearno playing at 10 nudged a beautiful kick into the corner from the resulting scrum the vital question was about to be answered. The Spalding codes were broken the lineout stolen and the derby pack made base camp in the 22 and laid siege to the goal line. After a 10 minute assault and one clear try being disallowed, the ball went through three pairs of hands and Will Goring playing on the wing crashed over in the corner following great work from player/manager Irish to keep the ball alive in contact.
More of the same was to follow as again the Derby pack turned over opposition ball and a quick over head pass saw flanker Ben Pearce race 22 meters and side step his way into the corner for a 10-0 lead.
The now rampant Derby side pushed the home side back to their own five meter line and forced through good rucking a Spalding scrum. Before the scrum could be won and kicked out to end the half, the pack drove and twisted the scrum backwards towards the goal line the pill was left where the scrum had been, Captain Derek Zoolander reacted three weeks before anybody else to pounce on the unattended ball an make the score 15-0 at the break.
The second half was start in the worst possible way, a missed placed kick was fielded by the home developments sides very promising back three and some good strong direct lines of running saw them drive forward. This resulted in a rare error, a dropped ball by Derby to give a score to the hosts and reduce their arrears to ten points.
The game was on again the half time team talk was readdressed calling for more passion as in the first half. This talk was to be a catalyst and bought the best spells from both Derby backs and forwards. The backs showing some real flair with great hands and superb lines of running and the forwards mauling the ball forward in a tight controlled manner. However no further score was to come until mid way through the half when a maul was halted 10 meters from the Spalding line, Hooker Jim Smith broke blind and went over the line to make the score four tries to one.
With the end looming Derby had to defend well to stop the lively backs coming through.
On occasions the home side found gaps only to be thwarted by Chopper Paylor at full back with some great last ditch tackling. Before the final whistle was to be blown the sixteen men rounded of their day in style. A big drive forward by prop for the day Mick Mead saw the ball recycled and moved left and right, when the move had seemed to have fizzled out a pass from scrum half Graham Finlay found hooker Smith who sent a looping miss pass out to forward disguised as winger Goring who outstripped his defenders and grounded the ball in the corner for his second score of the day.
With nether side adding any extra nudges the final score read 25-5. A well deserved away victory and bonus point had ensued for Derby leaving them to enjoy the long journey back through middle earth back to the shire as holders of top berth in the pennant league.
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| ITS A DEEP BURN |
Posted - 15 November 2006 : 12:16:27
Match report has been done and e mailed to the Webmeister at his e4creative address,
I take it this is the right address? |
| finbar |
Posted - 15 November 2006 : 08:58:15
where's your match report jim? |
| Jimmy Smith for PM |
Posted - 13 November 2006 : 22:34:28
There's even a rumour that one J Smith Esq. chugged over the whitewash for a 5-pointer!! |
| finbar |
Posted - 13 November 2006 : 09:14:29
Great performance, with good control and discipline the might devs saw off a young Spalding XV. They were full of pace but lacked the ingenuity to break down the devs defences. |
