Boars win local derby

The Boars enjoyed this league game against local rivals Uckfield. Not only did they play better than the score suggests but they beat their rivals second team for the first time ever.

A young looking Uckfield second team arrived at Waldron on a bright sunny day. The Boars opted to play up the slope in the first half in the traditional fashion and got off to a great start when Cook finished off a good passing move by bursting 20 metres to score after only 5 minutes. This got better when Farrell dived over from close range to score a try that was subsequently converted.

Then came a period of farce for the Boars as 3 backs missed tackles on the Uckfield right winger, who then went in at the corner for a try. Shortly afterwards Davies and Barber collided when going for a high ball which presented Uckfield with their second try which they gratefully converted.

Davies then made amends for his part by finishing off a good passing move to put the Boars back in the lead. This was added to when Farrell went over for his second try of the half. This made the score 22-12 at the break and everyone thought the next score would be important in deciding the match.

When Cook got his second try of the match the Boars heaved a sigh of relief and when Mike Barber went further and scored the try of the season so far the Boars, taking a great angle through the line, Farrell popped him the ball and then it was only a case of the 75 metres to the line. Then the boars started to relax (or was that tire?) and Uckfield came back into the game. Uckfield scored when their number 8 broke several tackles in a rampaging run that started on the Boars 10 metre line.

From the kick off the Boars pinned Uckfield in their own half, the pressure eventually resulting in a scrum 10 yards out, a nice dummy scissors from Hesketh gave Burdett the opportunity to pop the ball to Wates who crashed through under the posts to score.

But once again Uckfield wouldn't give up and scored again to give the Boars a nervous last few minutes before the final whistle blew on a victory that keeps them at the top of the league.

Man of the Match was Brady Burdett who put in a sound all round performance to edge out Mike Barber who put in two try saving ‘one on one’ tackles.

Boars Team – M. MacLeod, T. Wates, A. Sutton, P. Hookway, T. Rose, A. Farrell, K. Lewis, D. Cook, D. Rhodes, B. Burdett, J. Wates, D. Hesketh (P. De Bruin – 50), K. Davies, S. Hollingdale, M. Barber (B. Groves – 60)

Report by Mike MacLeod

10/20/2007 10:00:39 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)     
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