Sevenoaks Rugby 16 – 51 Old Albanian RFC

Sevenoaks Rugby hosted Old Albanian RFC under the heat of the September sun at Knole Paddock on Saturday 16 September. OAs romped home 51-16 thanks to some clinical finishing and excellent fluidity with ball in hand while Oaks’ lacklustre defensive performance in the final third of the match cost them dear. The home side was in the game at 16-20 down with 25 minutes left, before the visitors pulled away in some style. 

The start saw OAs Ajeigbe Oluwaseyi dot the ball down following a muddle in the Oaks midfield before a penalty from the centre of the park from Ben Adams following a high tackle by OAs brought it back to 3-10. Then OAs man of the match Price Kemp was the one driving the ball over the line for a try from a catch and drive, before a wonderful dab kick through the centre of the park was collected by OAs wing Alex Ricci who went in unopposed. This was quickly followed by a try from the restart for Oluwaseyi’s second so that after 27 mins, the visitors had a 20 points to 3 advantage. Oaks pressured the OAs corner and a fracas during that phase of field position ended in a yellow card for the Oaks lock and a red for the OAs flanker. From the resulting penalty, Oaks kicked for the corner, then caught the lineout ball and drove the ball over the line with Scott Sedgwick dotting the ball down for a try that Adams converted to make it 10-20 at half time.

Oaks came out fired up for the second half and within short order, two Adams penalties brought the game back to 16-20. At this stage Oaks were well in contention however Old Albanian had other ideas. They secured two tries from catch and drives in the shape of Charlie Fleckney, with Sam Jones slotting the extras on both occasions. Oaks were chasing the game and could never quite manage to retain the possession they needed to break a solid OAs defence.

A try from Jones and a second from Price on the break added the icing on the cake for the visitors, with both tries converted by Jones. The cherry on top was a closing penalty by Jones as OAs romped home 51-16 victors.

SQUADS

Sevenoaks Rugby Club

Adams; Valentino; Stone; Corrigan; Forrester; Livett; Davenport. Simmons.J; Sedgwick; Simmons.T; Burmeister; Southon; McKean; Ruffai; Derrick ©. Rolfe; Higgins; Galligan.H; Galligan.C; Nicholls.

Old Albanian RFC

Nurse; Ricci; Jones; Sage; Ajeigbe; McPhunn. Giani. Chamnagui; Fleckney; Samuel; Sylvester; Illston; Mummery; Barnes; Price. Curtis; North; Gibbs; Bundy; Legg.

HALF TIME SCORE

Sevenoaks Rugby 10 – 20 Old Albanian RFC

FULL TIME SCORE

Sevenoaks Rugby 16 – 51 Old Albanian RFC

 

SEVENOAKS RUGBY SCORES PLUS TIMES 

  • Ben Adams Pen 7 mins

  • Scott Sedgwick T Adams Con 36 mins

  • Adams Pen 42 mins

  • Adams Pen 50 mins

OLD ALBANIAN RFC SCORES PLUS TIMES

  • Ajeigbe Oluwaseyi Try 3 mins

  • Price Kemp Try 14 mins

  • Alex Ricci Try 20 mins

  • Oluwaseyi Try 21 mins

  • Charlie Fleckney Try 58 mins Sam Jones Con

  • Charlie Fleckney Try 68 mins Sam Jones Con

  • Sam Jones Try 74 mins Jones Con

  • Price Kemp Try 78 mins Jone Con

  • Sam Jones Pen 79 mins

 

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