Boars beat brave Ports team

The Boars welcomed league newcomers Cinque Ports to their Waldron home and provided them with a lesson in finishing as they ran in twelve tries to two. The Boars forwards were on top of their opposite numbers but it was the Boars back division that provided the cutting edge.

Cinque Ports opted to play up the slope in the first half. If this was in the hope of keeping a clean sheet this was blown away in the first five minutes when Farrell went over to score followed five minutes later by Hollingdale. Neither try was converted. This was followed by three tries in the space of 15 minutes from full back Barber who showed that he has a good sense of timing and a great angle of running when less troubled with defensive duties. The half finished with debutant Andy Foster running in a sweet try bringing the score to 32-0.

The Boars made a few changes at the break but soon set about adding to their tally. However Ports took advantage of a loose pass to set up a converted breakaway try for their centre Craig Brown. This stung the Boars back into action and a flurry of tries followed. Braces were scored by Burdett and Jones and singletons by Groome and Lawrence.

The final act of the game was a surprise but well deserved score by Cinque Ports who pushed the boars pack off the ball at a 5 metre scrum and number 8 Gary Swift went over for a try that their effort and spirit deserved and from a very difficult position Paul Smith landed his second conversion of the day.

Man of the Match was Dave Rhodes for bossing the game behind a dominant pack and showing that a good Yorkshireman is so tight that even time can’t take anything off him.

Boars Team – M. MacLeod, A. Sutton, T. Evans, S. Walker (B. Groves – 50), T. Rose, A. Farrell (D. Bird – 55), K. Lewis (N. Sohail – 40), D. Rhodes, B. Burdett, J. Wates (D. Groome – 65), A. Foster (R. Lawrence – 55), S. Hollingdale (K. Davies – 40), M. Barber (S. Jones – 40)

Report by Mike MacLeod

11/6/2007 11:46:09 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)