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Birmingham drive takes them into second spot B'ham/Solihull 16; Rosslyn Park 12.


BIRMINGHAM Solihull travelled to Rosslyn Park Rosslyn Park may refer to:
  • Rosslyn Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
  • Rosslyn Park F.C., a rugby union team in England
  • The National Schools 7's is a rugby sevens tournament in England held in association with Rosslyn Park F.C.
 and battled for a well-deserved victory to take over second spot in Jewson One.

The visitors got off to a flying start after just six minutes when winger Ben Shepherd charged down a clearance kick close to the line and gathered and scored in the corner.

This inspired Birmingham to a rousing rous·ing  
adj.
1. Inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring: a rousing sermon.

2. Lively; vigorous: a rousing march tune.

3.
 performance but Rosslyn Park had ideas of their own and levelled after 17 minutes with a forward drive to make the score 5-5.

When Peter Glackin put up a speculative high kick the home full-back dropped the ball and from the resulting scrum An agile software development methodology developed by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland in the mid-1990s. Scrum is based on a "Sprint," which is a 30-day period for delivering a working part of the system. , scrum-half Paul Lydster forced his way over for a try. Resolute res·o·lute  
adj.
Firm or determined; unwavering.



[Middle English, dissolved, dissolute, from Latin resol
 defence kept the home side at bay and when Birmingham had the opportunity to attack, Rosslyn Park could only infringe in·fringe  
v. in·fringed, in·fring·ing, in·fring·es

v.tr.
1. To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate: infringe a contract; infringe a patent.

2.
 and fly-half Jon Smart kicked a penalty to make the half-time score 13-5.

The second half saw Birmingham camped in the home territory for most of the time and they increased their lead going into the last ten minutes with a penalty kick from Smart.

Rosslyn Park scored a consolation try in the last minute.
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Title Annotation:Rugby Union
Publication:Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Date:Dec 19, 1999
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