Blackheath 13 Warriors 15

Blackheath
By Frank Stormont
January 6 2007

Warriors take the game in the last minutes of the match after both their props come off injured and the match turned to uncontested scrums for most of the the second half.

 

Blackheath 13 

Westcountry Warriors 15

Warriors come out winners in atrocious conditions that rivalled the rain of the previous weekend against and came back from a half time deficit of 13 -8.

With terrific commitment by both sides Warriors win the match, in the dieing minutes, that was rearranged from September and on a weekend that was the worst weekend this season for injuries of the squad as a whole. With both Props off injured and limited replacements the scrums went un contested part way through the second half.

Blackheath took an early lead from a penalty in the ninth minute and added a try from their three quarter line but were unable to convert 2 minutes later. 

Warriors took a rolling maul over the line with Matt Newman there ready to touch down 25 minutes in and almost immediately Blackheath came back with a try of their own both tries were unconverted.

With the very last kick of the half Daniel Hawkes kicked a penalty to bring the score to 13 - 8.

Shortly into the second half the Warriors lost both their props, Mike Hayes with a knee injury and James Tichias with claret all over his face which meant that we match went to uncontested scrums.

The score stayed the same, with Warriors still behind, until with only 6 minutes to go of normal time, and after a period of continuous pressure on the Warriors behalf and Jon Fabian joining the rolling maul going over with his hands on the ball. Bringing the scores level it was left to Daniel Hawkes under tremendous pressure to kick the winning conversion from the touch line.

The team performed well to come away with a win under the conditions and with Blackheath sitting in 3rd place and three places above the Warriors. They now have to sit back and wait for Albion to play their match against Leeds tomorrow to see if Albion or Leeds go top of the table.

Team: Jon Fabian, Rob Boles, Darren Ritchie, Ross Allen, Matt Tichias, Daniel Hawkes, Matt Newman, Mike Hayes, Dean Avery, James Tichias, Bryn Jenkins, Ed King, Frazer Clilverd, Ben Rowntree, Jake Childs Replacements: Harry Spencer(used), Brian Venables(used)

Scorers :- Tries Jon Fabian, Matt Newman Penalties Daniel Hawkes Conversions Daniel Hawkes