Sussex Rugby - Heathfield & Waldron RFC

	Saturday, February 24, 2007

Boars Bounce Back

Crowborough 3’s 0 vs. Heathfield Boars 65

After last weeks poor performance it was important that the Boars got back to winning ways. Captain Lewis elected to play with the slope in the first half to seek an early advantage and gain momentum. This was quickly rewarded by winger Hollingdale fending off 3 tackles to score in the bottom corner.

Shortly afterwards Sam Goatcher, a colt playing his first senior game, ran a lovely angle to break the defence and score a try he then converted himself. Not satisfied with this Goatcher broke outside his man 10 minutes later and ran in a try from outside the 22 metre line. Burdett then showed the new generation his patented dummy moves as he shimmied over for a converted try. Not to be outdone Hollingdale then bagged his second with a strong run and Burdett kicked the conversion.

Goatcher clearly found senior rugby to his liking as he racked up his third try of the half with a simple line break through some weak tackling before kicking the extra points. Much of the scoring was coming from excellent quick ball won by the Heathfield forwards. It was a no nonsense performance by a lightweight Boars pack for whom Hookway and Farrell were outstanding.

The forwards got a reward when Walker pounced on a loose ball in the Crowborough goal area after a 5 metre lineout. That ended the first half scoring and the teams turned around at 41-0. Now it was time to see if the Boars forwards could contain their heavier opponents when they had to play uphill.

The Boars need not have worried as the Crowborough pack huffed and puffed but could not break down a dogged Boars defence and the Heathfield backs made use of any ball they were given. Burdett pulled the strings to release Goatcher for his fourth try early in the half and the biggest cheer of the day came when Hesketh crashed over from 10 metres after a tapped penalty move. This was the hard working Hesketh’s first try for the H&WRFC and no one deserved a try more.

Next to score was Burdett who benefited from an unselfish pass from substitute centre Squires to score near the posts with Lewis converting. The icing was put on the cake when Farrell ran three quarters of the pitch to score after a Crowborough forward rumble was disrupted. The final whistle went shortly afterwards and heralded the highest margin of victory in the Boars history suggesting that the Boars are ready for their rather tough final few league games, starting next week at home to Eastbourne Gold.

The Boars Man of the Match was Adam Farrell who put in a good shift at blindside flanker.

Boars Team – M. MacLeod, J. Sharp, A. Sutton, P. Hookway, S. Walker, A. Farrell, K. Lewis (G. Ellery – 70), G. Robinson, B. Taylor, B. Burdett, D. Hesketh, S. Goatcher (P. Squires – 65), S. Hollingdale, K. Davies (M. Barber – 60), M. McDonald

The Boars
2/24/2007 10:03:09 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)

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