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Silhillians 22 - Droitwich 25
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Droitwich turned in an excellent second half display to record a narrow away win at Solihull based Silhillians.
The visitors looked rushed and short of confidence in the opening exchanges which saw the home side go over for a try, before outside half Duncan Hughes closed the gap with a penalty kick.
The Spa forwards were winning a good supply of possession, through good work by Phil Horton and returning veteran second row Jon Andrews, but too often it was very slow.
The Sils backs always looked dangerous, and after the Droitwich backs were drawn inside they launched an attack from deep inside their own half to increase their lead.
On the stroke of half time the visitors seemed to get the stroke of luck they needed to kick-start their season. Horton took the ball forward and appeared to knock on in the tackle, but the referee let play continue for the ever alert James Davies to follow up and score. Hughes converted.
The second period began with sloppy defence by Droitwich, a kick missed touch, tackles were missed and the home side scored again to stretch their lead to 19 – 10. This seemed to bring Droitwich to life and they raised their game, with Hughes, Steve Poke and Dean Goddard to the fore.
The pressure brought mistakes from Sils allowing Hughes to add two further penalties. The home side hit back with a kick of their own, but Hughes added two further, difficult kicks to level the score at 22 all.
The home side pressed forward for Droitwich to infringe giving a kicking opportunity, which, fortunately for Spa sailed wide.
One last attack saw Sils kill the ball for the immaculate Hughes to kick the winning penalty and give Droitwich a hard earned, but deserved, victory. This will give a young side a huge amount of confidence for the coming encounters.
Man of the match Hughes added “We really went up a gear today and showed what we can do, we are all thoroughly delighted to get our first league win.”
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