MATCH REPORT
Sevenoaks Rugby welcomed Henley Hawks to the Paddock on Saturday 26 November, for what promised to be a lively Nat 2 encounter. Osks enjoyed early ascendency and within seven minutes Ben Adams jinked over the line for a try he duly converted. Then a rampaging run by Fred Richardson broke through the Hawks centres to enable Ollie Shirtcliff to stroll over for a second try before Oaks pressure at the line out resulted in a penalty try. These scores capitalised on a visit to the bin for a Hawks player for a high hit on Adams.
Hawks then found some form and put together some strong phase play that pushed the Oaks back inside their own 22. Patience told and after recycling the ball from a catch and drive Henley prop Rory Mason ploughed over from short quarters for a try that Max Titchener excellently converted adding to his earlier penalty.
The 19-10 half time score reflected a solid first stanza by both teams though Oaks might have felt that they left one score on the table.
The second half opened with a purple patch for the visitors and they made their mark in the shape of a try by Tom Emery following a well established drive from the line out that Titchener converted and then a rinse and repeat of the same move resulted in Oaks sacking the Hawks line out and a penalty try gave Hawks a 24-22 advantage to take into the final ten minutes.
Oaks managed to find field position and earned a penalty that Adams slotted from just inside the Henley half. He then hit another penalty from closer range. Then, with the score at 28-24 Henley roared back into Oaks territory and had at least two chances at a winning try but it wasn’t to be.
SQUADS
Sevenoaks Rugby Club
Livett; Adams; Osgood; Gumbleton ©; Corrigan; Martin; Shirtcliff. Simmons; Sedgwck; Ganley; Pettet; Higgins; Richardson; Hicken; Derrick. Naismith; Thomson; Osinibi; Horner; Forrester.
Henley Hawks RFC
Rawsthorn; Crowley; Flynn; Davis; Norvill; Titchener; Crow. Manning ©; Emery; Mason; Harrison; Ellaboudey; Hall; Vooght; Lunnon. MacRae; Shpylka; White; Wood; Fenley.
HT SCORE
Sevenoaks Rugby 19 - 10 Henley Hawks RFC
FULL TIME SCORE
Sevenoaks Rugby.28 - 24 Henley Hawks RFC
SEVENOAKS RUGBY SCORES PLUS TIMES
7” Ben Adams T Ben Adams C
20” Olle Shirtcliff T
33” Penalty Try
46” Ben Adams P
75” Ben Adams P
79” Ben Adams P
HENLEY HAWKS SCORERS PLUS TIMES
15” Max Titcheber P
39” Rory Mason T Max Titchener C
50” Tom Emery T Max T C
55” Penalty Try
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Jack Martin
ATTENDANCE
316
