Chiltern Club XV overpowers Chiltern Wanderers XV

Club (26) v Wanderers (19)
Sat 21st December 2019
11am KO Meet 9,45am
CR5, Railway Pitch
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The annual House match between Club and Wanderers took place early on Saturday down on the railway pitch. The sun shone and the mud smelt, but the club wanted mud ! A great leveller between 2 different styles of rugby. Wanderers scored first with a wide score from Peter Hughes, one of many Hughes playing. Jack Davidson scored just before half time to level things up to 7-7. With the advantage of the slope, the club side pounded the Wanderers defensive line, more tries were exchanged but in the end the club side had a more effective game plan in the conditions. It was an entertaining match with some excellent skill on both sides in ridiculously muddy conditions.
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Champagne Moments:
1. Jorge conversion attempt
2. Jorge disallowed try
3. Jonathon Hughes pass to Gus Pollard
4. Uncontested scrum lost against the head for Club because of hand in (Jorge)
5. Jamie Reeve's Black Eye
6. Scrum on 78 minutes where we realised we had 16 players on the pitch
7. Wanderers had Hughes senior and sons playing
8. Club had the Pollard brothers
9. Wanderers MoM : Bill Hughes
10: Club MoM : Jorge Gomez
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Club XV Player Report:
1. Harry Pollard - Tackled and carried , very disciplined performance.
2. Jamie Reeve - Plays anywhere in the front row, scoops up the black eyes.
3. Jorge Gomez - Hunted the ball, loved the mud.
4. Sion Owen - Played 2 years ago , carried loads more this time.
5. Doug Smith (c) - Won the toss, shouted a lot.
6. Mike Shaw - Comeback performance , Club had two 7s.
7. Alex Hart - He's In He's Out He's In ! Complimented both 6 and 8 in attack, played for the team.
8. Tristan Harper - Relentless carries off 10 and off the scrum, led the charge and the game plan.
9. Stef Treloar - Senior Pro getting the ball away and managing the game.
10. Gus Pollard - Put so much pressure on in defence and ran hard in attack , was a constant thorn to the Wanderers.
11. Anthony Smith - I'm not going to pretend , with the conditions the ball hardly made it to the wing.
12. Oli Hall - Tackled and linked well , held the defence high.
13. Richie Tulloch - ran and linked great to have him back.
14. Matt Unwin - Chiltern debut.
15. Tom Fletcher - First person to order a pint pre-match.
16. Bodie Deane - On within 20 minutes and played well in the loose before injuring his knee.
17. Dom Rice - Back from Australia , I think , had a few lovely jinky runs and put some decent tackles in.
18. Jack Davidson - Came on after 20 minutes and drove the forwards phases , great passing in muddy conditions.
19. Chris Tavender - On after 30 minutes , added some phyicality in the rucks and mauls.
20. Mike Merron - 2nd half on the wing, made himself busy, least muddy person after 60 mins.
Team Manager : Dave Crimp: Wise words at the critical moments.
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A big Thank You to the referees Richard Bobbett & Chris Preston, who were excellent at penalising the Wanderers for offside.
Thank you to Derek for an amazing Christmas roast dinner , top notch!
Thanks to our Chairman Scott Jarrold, and to Jerry Green and Matt Allen for your work behind the scenes.