Coundon court success in final; RUGBY UNION.Byline: Tom Little Coundon Court ........................ 13 The Woodlands .......................... 8 BEFORE a lively and boisterous Butts Park Arena The stadium was built in 2004 and currently has two stands. The East Stand has a capacity of 3000 and includes a number of conference and banqueting facilities. The West Stand is currently only a temporary structure holding 1000. crowd, the Malcolm Cup Final was won by Coundon Court after an exciting and well fought match. The game followed the well worn path of recent encounters between the two sides, as Coundon Court took a first-half lead only for Woodlands to spend the second half trying to catch up. Credit should go to Coundon Court for defending well in the second half, keeping Woodlands at bay, for a well-earned victory. The first half saw Coundon Court make an excellent start with winger Jeevan Dulai prominent. As Woodlands defended, Court were awarded a penalty for George Deegan to slot over the 25m kick. Court continued to maintain their pressure with good breaks again by Dulai, and Anton Campbell. The pressure eventually told as on nine minutes Coundon Court had another penalty, again from 25m out, for Deegan to kick, making score 6-0 to Coundon Court. Court continued to press and a good break by Michael Clamp came to nothing as a scoring pass to Dulai was ruled forward. Woodlands took full advantage after a break by Lewis Gregory, resulted in a penalty to Woodlands After 16 minutes Joe Kinnersley kicked this 25m penalty to make score 6-3. Court fought back, deciding to run a penalty. The impressive Matthew Thrippleton made the initial break for centre Charlie Dent Charles "Charlie" Dent (born May 24, 1960 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is a Republican Member of Congress, representing Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district (map), including the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. to score by the posts on 17 minutes duly converted by Deegan to make score Coundon Court 13 The Woodlands 3. The second half saw the bigger Court pack putting Woodlands scrum under pressure. The game continued to ebb and flow the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. See also: Ebb yet Woodlands were now getting more into the game, running at all opportunities, with Adam Skyrme and Lewis Gregory prominent. Eventually the pressure told as winger Myles Lynch scored an excellent unconverted try, making score 13-8 to Coundon Court.. It was now all Woodlands as they went for the winning score, but tremendous Court defending thwarted them. Despite six minutes of added time Court held out. In the end a deserved win for Coundon Court for their first-half performance, coupled with their excellent defensive work in the second, also helped by their improving scrum and lineout work. Coundon Court: try Charlie Dent, conversion George Deegan, penalties George Deegan (2) The Woodlands: try Myles Lynch, penalty Joe Kinnersley Coundon Court: 1 Matthew Thrippleton, 2 Jack Barker, 3 Jake Cluley,4 Anton Campbell, 5 Adam Carey, 6 Jamie Harrison, 7 Michael Clamp, 8 Thomas Kimberley, 9 Evan Davies, 10 George Deegan, 11 Connor Devonish, 12 Charlie Dent, 13 James Harris James Harris may refer to:
Replacements: Luke Jones Luke Jones (born April 10, 1987) is an English professional football (soccer) player, currently contracted to Shrewsbury Town. He plays in the position of right fullback, and wears the number 15 shirt. , Bradley Lindsey, James Machin, Jack Caffrey, Mitchell Barnes, Chris McNeice. The Woodlands: 1 Jake Powell Alvin Jacob Powell (July 15 1908 - November 4 1948) born in Silver Spring, Maryland was an outfielder for the Washington Senators (1930, 1934-36 and 1943-45), New York Yankees (1936-40) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). , 2 Louis Addleton, 3 Kamrun Bains, 4 Sam McNulty, 5 Cameron Beales, 6 Jake Hughes, 7 Nyall Coyne, 8 Aaron Skyrme, 9 Jake Smith, 10 Joe Kinnersley, 11 Myles Lynch, 12 Fergus Hartnett, 13 Lewis Gregory, 14 Joe Higgins, 15 Thomas Barber. Replacements: Tom Young, Joe Leonard, Alex Rollins, Luke Rose, Cameron Brewitt, Will Papadopalis, Callum Richardson.. o OLD COVENTRIANS and Hinckley narrowly missed out on a trip to Twickenham after being knocked out in the semi-finals of Leicester Tigers' Land Rover Premiership Cup. Hundreds of players from across the country took part in a festival of rugby hosted by the two-time European champions on Sunday. Old Coventrians Under-11s were beaten in the semi-finals by eventual winners Stafford. Hinckley Under-11s went out at the same stage to Jersey. In the under-12s, Hinckley were knocked out at the group stage by eventual winners Nottingham. The finalists will now enjoy a day out at the Guinness Premiership Final at Twickenham on May 16. The tournament, at Oakham RFC (Request For Comments) A document that describes the specifications for a recommended technology. Although the word "request" is in the title, if the specification is ratified, it becomes a standards document. , was attended by Tigers stars Lewis Moody, Dan Hipkiss, Brett Deacon and Greg Sammons.. CAPTION(S): ON THE RUN... Anton Campbell of Coundon in action. SCRAMBLE... Fergus Hartnett of The Woodlands tries to get the ball in mid-air. |
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