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Sat 20 Oct 2018 · Hampshire/Surrey - Regional 1
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Match Report
Scott Netherway29 Oct 2018 - 21:52
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We Lost 3-7
Match Report 20/10/18
MoM: Christian Wilkinson
M1s 3 – 7 Epsom
The scene was set. A crisp, sunny mid-October afternoon in the leafy ‘burbs of London. After a very cryptic email detailing the meet location, every player made it to the pitch safely. Having experienced an epic encounter last season, the players turned up ready for a real battle. The team got off to the best of starts going 2-0 up within the first 10 minutes thanks to an excellent penetrating run round the base line from Simon Bird and some first-class positioning by Christian Wilkinson. Epsom recovered from the early setback to bring the score back to 2-2 before the break.
The boys spent two minutes with 10 men after Fabien forgot he wasn’t playing rugby and sent a tackle that Lawrence Dallaglio would have been proud of. The second half began with a deadlock. The score remained 2-2 for 15 minutes before the first major decision was made. Trying to take the game into his own hands, Simon Bird threw his weight around and subsequently took a seat in the sin bin. The score quickly became 4-2 to Epsom while Old Whits were down to 10 men. Epsom scored twice more and after a host of missed chances by Old Whits a goal was finally scored making it 6-3. Just as the game was about to end, Lubo kindly played a onetwo with an Epsom forward at the top of the D for him to then slot it nicely past Rochie into the far corner leaving the score 7-3 to Epsom. While the result was disappointing there were some very nice patterns of play leading to numerous good chances for Old Whits and the signs are positive for the weeks ahead.
MoM: Christian Wilkinson
M1s 3 – 7 Epsom
The scene was set. A crisp, sunny mid-October afternoon in the leafy ‘burbs of London. After a very cryptic email detailing the meet location, every player made it to the pitch safely. Having experienced an epic encounter last season, the players turned up ready for a real battle. The team got off to the best of starts going 2-0 up within the first 10 minutes thanks to an excellent penetrating run round the base line from Simon Bird and some first-class positioning by Christian Wilkinson. Epsom recovered from the early setback to bring the score back to 2-2 before the break.
The boys spent two minutes with 10 men after Fabien forgot he wasn’t playing rugby and sent a tackle that Lawrence Dallaglio would have been proud of. The second half began with a deadlock. The score remained 2-2 for 15 minutes before the first major decision was made. Trying to take the game into his own hands, Simon Bird threw his weight around and subsequently took a seat in the sin bin. The score quickly became 4-2 to Epsom while Old Whits were down to 10 men. Epsom scored twice more and after a host of missed chances by Old Whits a goal was finally scored making it 6-3. Just as the game was about to end, Lubo kindly played a onetwo with an Epsom forward at the top of the D for him to then slot it nicely past Rochie into the far corner leaving the score 7-3 to Epsom. While the result was disappointing there were some very nice patterns of play leading to numerous good chances for Old Whits and the signs are positive for the weeks ahead.
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