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oldcorn
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 Posted - 12 December 2005 : 20:36:39
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Match report now on site, I will post stats after Saturday's game which is now away at Syston, which will be a 12.15 (prompt) meet. If you are not available, please let me know early in the week.
The following report was on the Grimsby website - pretty accurate I think:
Derby U19s 12 Grimsby U19s 26
Grimsby Colts got the second leg of their NLD Cup campaign off to a good start with this win despite the 2-hour, 100-mile journey there. Grimsby bagged an early try when the backs took the ball through several phases before wing Luke Chaplin was put clear and was able to run behind the defence to score. Ed Studd converted the try to put Grimsby ahead 7 – 0. Derby then started to play more consistently and tried to use the advantage of a much heavier pack to force their way to the visitors' try-line. The Blues defended well however, and despite giving away a number of penalties, putting themselves under additional pressure, managed to repel every wave of attack. Then the referee lost patience and with 10 minutes of the first half remaining sent No 8 Adam MacKenzie to the sin-bin for offside. With the one man advantage in the pack Derby seemed certain to score but could find no way through the determined Grimsby defence. Eventually, however, the Derby inside centre broke through leaving him one on one with Grimsby full back Danny Waterman. Waterman stood tall (which is not easy for a little chap) and did his duty, scything his opponent to the ground and preventing the score. Lock Calvin Sangster (who like his second row partner Marc Burke was having a stormer of a game) then charged out of defence, but the attempt to tackle him resulted in a Derby player being knocked unconscious and the referee blew the whistle for half time with Grimsby still 7 – 0 in the lead.
With MacKenzie restored to the fray Grimsby came out strongly in the second half and eventually, after the forwards secured some quick ball from a ruck, fly half Jordan Hill danced his way through the defence to score his team's second try, which Studd converted. A few minutes later another attacking position was established by the Grimsby forwards and scrum half Jim Ladds seized the ball from the back of a ruck and side-stepped several defenders before going over for a try which was again converted by Studd. At 21 – 0 in front Grimsby then took the foot off the pedal, which was not a wise thing to do against such powerful opposition as Derby , who proceeded to score two tries in fairly quick succession, one of which was converted narrowing the score to 12 – 21 to the visitors. There followed a period of 15 minutes when the game could have been turned over but Grimsby had other ideas. Eventually some excellent handling from the backs saw inside centre Studd run a loop and then offload the ball to his younger brother Charlie on the left wing. Studd junior still had much to do and first ran round a would-be tackler before powering his way past a second to go over for the try that sealed the game. Captain Matt Leitch deserves a special mention for his tremendous all-round performance, but particularly in the scrums where he stood in at loose-head prop rather than take his preferred position in the back row.
This was an excellent team performance in what was the first game of the NLD Cup League in which Grimsby also line up against Paviors from Nottingham and Loughborough whom they face away in the first game after the Christmas break on 8th January. The final game of the year is a friendly next Sunday at home against Lincoln
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