Caldy's championship hopes felled by Fylde; LOCAL RUGBY UNION.Byline: BY NEIL MACDONALD Neil Macdonald (born 1957) is an award winning Canadian journalist who currently works for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Macdonald worked as a print journalist for many years. He joined the CBC in 1988 and covered Parliament for approximately a decade. Fylde Fylde could refer to the
Caldy. 22 CALDY'S hopes of catching Nuneaton at the top of National League Three North took another blow with a single-point defeat at Fylde. In a match that was nip and tuck throughout with handling errors from both sides, Caldy's fate was sealed when Fylde scored from an overthrown line-out late on to move eight points ahead - a gap that was too much to recover from. They started well, with Gavin Roberts being called back for a forward pass when he seemed certain to score. After 14 minutes, Caldy were trying to break again when a similar flowing move from the backs came to an abrupt end as On 14 minutes Oliver Brennand, the league's leading try scorer, intuitively stepped into the Caldy line to intercept Buck's pass and race under the posts. Steve Nutt converted. Caldy hit back with two Roberts' penalties - the second after his own searing sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. break was stopped illegally by the Fylde full-back, which many observers felt was worthy of a yellow card. Tom Albinson stretched Fylde's lead with a penalty after Caldy were deemed to have entered the ruck ruck 1 n. 1. a. A multitude; a throng. b. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things. 2. People who are followers, not leaders. 3. Sports a. from the side, but Roberts narrowed the gap to a point with a penalty before halftime, making the score 10-9. The second half was a dour affair with numerous mistakes from both teams, despite it being a perfect day for rugby. Two Albinson penalties from in front of the posts made it 16-9. Roberts matched him with two more penalties, and at 16-15 with a few minutes to play, the game was there for the taking. But in the 77th minute, David Wilks caught an overthrown Caldy line out and passed to Dan Palmer, who scored under the posts. Albinson added the extras. A late try from Soutar, with Roberts converting, made it 23-22. |
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