Sports News round-up week ending 24th September 2011

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Created on Saturday, 24 September 2011 12:58

Rugby

1st XV v Silcoates                     Wednesday 21st September
 
Fulneck gained their first win against Silcoates for a number of years after a strong display  in windy conditions at Silcoates.
Fulneck started on the back foot when Silcoates dominated in the forwards but the Seniors got their act together and played some good attacking Rugby with AJ  and Tom Weaver putting in some huge defensive hits.
Sean Burns and Callum Murgatroyd started to link well and created space for Conor Macphee and Reece Macdonald to attack. Fulneck’s first try came after a period of sustained pressure in the opposition half. Elvis Li, Jass Basra and Tom Weaver all took the ball forward  before Callum Murgatroyd found space to offload to Reece Macdonald.
Fulneck were playing against the wind in the second half yet started the stronger team. James Cause and Akshay Patel worked hard at the breakdown and Callum Murgatroyd cleared the lines well with some pin point kicking. After defending for 5 minutes straight through Sean Burns created space and found Reece Macdonald who stepped through the winger and full back to score the vital try. Callum Murgatroyd added the extras.
This was an excellence performance by all players involved who thoroughly deserved the win.

Final Score – Fulneck 12 – Silcoates 0

Tries – Reece Macdonald 2                       Man Of the Match – AJ Patel

Game Stars – Tom Weaver   Eric Tong   Calum Murgatroyd

1st XV v Woodhouse Grove                 Wednesday 21st September

In their second game of the afternoon, Fulneck produced an excellent performance against a physically tough team from the Grove. Playing a much stronger team, Fulneck matched them up front right from the start. Jass Basra dominated the ruck and Jack Lunn and Sam Lockwood punched above their weight to secure Fulneck plenty of ball. Jonny Beck produced some excellent footwork to break through the Grove line and was unlucky not to set up Sam Lawman out wide.
The Grove scored with only one minute before half time but that did not dampen Fulneck’s spirit at the start of the second half.
Bradley Jones stole three line outs and dominated enabling Sean Burns to give the backs plenty of ball.  With Grove in possession Fulneck refused for their line to be broken and kept the winning margin to only 5 points.  This game showed that Fulneck is capable of achieving a high level of Rugby this year and credit must go to all of the lads who played .

Final Score – Fulneck 0 – Woodhouse Grove 5

Tries – None                    Conversions - None

Man of The Match – Jass Basra

Game Stars – AJ Patel    Reece Macdonald    James Cause

U14’s  v Ashville U14B                       Saturday 24th September

Fulneck came out on top in a fantastic game of Rugby at Ashville on Saturday. After conceding an early try Fulneck hit back after some strong play by George Waterson and Jamie Bradley in the forwards. Sam Dover played the ball out wide to Thomas Hobbs who found Edmund Okpala with space to attack. From there to the try line, there was no stopping Edmund as he raced over the try line. Sam Dover was unlucky not to add the extras. In a tense first half Fulneck edged ahead after another fantastic try from Edmund Okpala.  Fulneck went into the break two tries in front.
The second half was an even closer encounter with Ashville hitting back early to make the score 15 – 10. For the next 20 minutes it was a tense encounter with Fulneck relying on solid defence from some of the younger players, George Wragg, Jorge Bentley and Harrison Lynn. It was Fulneck who sealed the win with a fine effort from Kelvin Odinuyi.  Sam Dover added the extras with an excellent kick. Fulneck worked hard for the win after an excellent hardworking display. Congratulations to Edmund Okpala who earned Man of the Match after his two tries. 

Final Score  -  Fulneck 22 – Ashville 10

Tries   Edmund Okpala 2     Kelvin Odinuyi                   Conversions – Sam Dover 1

Man Of the Match -  Edmund Okpala

Game Stars – Thomas Hobbs    Jamie Bradley    George Waterson

Fulneck  U15s v Ashville U15s B                      Saturday 24th September

Fulneck enjoyed a convincing victory in one sided contest but credit must be given to a spirited Ashville side who never gave up and with the help of a couple of Fulneck players, produced a strong second half performance.
In the first half, George Bradley was the star of the show scoring his second hat trick in as many games after some strong work from forwards Sam Lockwood and Matthew McMahon . Sam Lockwood added a further two tries.  Russell Pritchard was working hard at scrum half and ensured the Backs organised by Bradley Lynn had plenty of ball. Fulneck began to organise themselves well and combined some excellent phases of play to produce some stunning attacking Rugby.
In the second half Daniel Mohun led the charge with some dominant line running, breaking plenty of tackles on his way into the opposition half. His powerful attacking play set up George Bradley for a fourth in the corner.
The best try was saved for last. After winning an Ashville line out Russell Pritchard found Bradley Lynn at fly half who offloaded to Daniel Mohun, Dan took it forward  to the line who found George Bradley  who then offloaded it to Callum Gamble who produced a fine finish in the corner. Callum worked so hard all game and produced a final flourish to cross the whitewash.
Russell Pritchard was named man of the match after a dominating display at scrum half.

Final Score   - Fulneck 67 – Ashville 0

Tries –  George Bradley 4   Callum Gamble 1                  Conversions - L Bainton   G Bradley

Man of the Match -  Russell Pritchard

Game stars – Matthew McMahon   Daniel Mohun   George Bradley