Bicester 33 v Banbury 14
(Report by Henry Gayler)
Bicester looked strong off the start with good phases pushing deep into Banbury territory, then the ball was spread well to Callum Robertson who broke a tackle and sped through to score under the posts. Bicester carried on good pressure with a few scrums and holding the ball well and securely through the phases. Jordan then went into the pocket of the ruck and took a pop from Isaac Bensley on a great line to cut through the opposition to score the second try. Callum McCulloch converted once again loosing the ball!
From here Bicester let it slip, missed tackles let Banbury form quick ball, then a bad kick straight to Banbury hands resulted in quick passing along the backs forming an overlap and their fast winger broke through the last man to score. The bad tackling still didn’t improve and after a few cover tackles and breakdowns Banbury’s prop picked up the ball and about 4 missed tackles allowed him to stroll in for an easy score.
Bicester then switched on after a few pointless scrums we ended up with a penalty on the half way line. Isaac decided to run it popping it to Jordan as he charged through swerving between the defenders and sidestepping the fullback to go all the way himself with no help needed.
Will A-M jumped elegantly to pick the ball off the top of the lineout and majestically pranced through the forwards and smoothly passed the ball to Scott who buried it for a score. Half time 26 – 14.
The second half was mainly defence from both sides, the rugby played in the centre with no real danger. Once again we got a penalty on the half way line and once again we ran it. This time through Antony with great effect, he crashed through a group of defenders and ran off almost hitting the posts as he scored. There was almost one more score in the game as a Banbury centre broke the line and was clean through, Ed Mawdsley put his head down and raced back with an excellent cover tackle metres from the line saving the score, this resulted in a Bicester penalty as he did not release the ball when Bicester support swiftly arrived.
Try Scorers: Callum Robertson, Jordan Hirons (2), Scott Povey and Antony Iveson
Conversions: Callum McCulloch (4)
Coaches Man of the Match: Callum Robertson
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