Droitwich U15’s 12 - Old Patesians U15’s 24

Sunday, 13th April, 2008

Droitwich entertained Old Patesians on Sunday. The expectation around this fixture was visible from the start with Old Pats determined to rectify the result at their ground where Droitwich came away with a win.

Both teams came out fighting with some heated exchanges in the centre of the field. Old Pats took advantage of some turnover ball to dive in under the posts for the first try and conversion of the game.

From the kick-off Old Pats were determined to press their advantage and were rewarded with a second try and conversion.

Droitwich then seemed to wake up and started to play some expansive rugby, creating a number of chances of their own and continued to press Old Pats into some desperate defending and positional kicking. The half ended when Droitwich spilled the ball allowing Old Pats to kick to touch, with a half time score Droitwich 0 - Old Pats 14.

The second half continued in the same mode as the end of the first with Droitwich pressing Old Pats into a defensive line and were rewarded when Jack Knight carved through to score Droitwich’s first try of the game.

The game then set into a pattern with Droitwich pressing to score again and Old Pats defending their lead. Droitwich turned this pressure into more points when Anton Preece charged over for a try and Oliver Swift completed the score with the conversion.

The game was now evenly poised at 12 to 14 in favour of Old Pats. The game became an end to end struggle with both sides pressing for a score which could close out the game.

After some heavy pressure and some unusual penalty awards Old Pats forwards piled over in the corner for a try to give them a 19 to 12 lead going into the last few minuets of the game.

As the clock ticked down, a strange call gave Old Pats position and ball in the Droitwich corner--the resulting line out allowed Old Pats to push over the line to score the final and decisive try of the game. The final score was Droitwich 12 - Old Pats 24.

Coach’s special mentions go to Andy Geoghegan and Nathan Rewbury. Man of the match was Anton Preece.

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