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Match report:
Blandford Forum 2nd v CCRFC 2nd

09/04/2005
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After a ten-year gap, these two teams met again. Cary was on the offensive from the whistle, pinning Blandford in their 22 — and this is where Cary stayed for 35 minutes of the first half.

During this time, Cary scored two tries. The first came from a lineout ten metres from Blandford's try line. John Roper's steady hands caught the ball to start a rolling maul with flanker Sam Loxton rolling off the back to put the try over.

At the restart, through a moment of indecision, Cary let Blandford regain control of the ball. This allowed their fly-half make a break through Cary's defence to put over the equalizer.

This time, with Cary restarting, Blandford made the mistake that gave the Cary forwards the chance to set the ball up into a series of rucks. On the 3rd phase, with Cary on Blandford's 22-yard line, the ball was spun out to the blind side where James Travers and Simon Hunt were waiting to initiate a well-rehearsed strategy. This resulted in Simon Hunt powering over the line for Cary's second try.

There were numerous other opportunities for Cary to stretch their lead, but due to a number of basic errors Cary failed to capitalise on their first half advantage.

With the start of the second half, Blandford changed tactics and with some fresh substutions in the backs they started to run the ball. Using the knowledge of a team playing at home they soon started to exploit the holes in Cary's defence. They ran over a further five tries, as well as a penalty.

However, Cary were not finished and a stunning run by Kia Mousah — straight through the centre of Blandford's defensive line — resulted in a score under the posts, which he also converted.

Cary's captain, Steve Armson, commented after the game, "Despite the score and missed opportunities, it has been great to come back to Blandford after all these years, and we are looking forward to making this a permanent event in our club's fixture list."

See this Galleries page for pictures taken during the match.

by James Travers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blandford Forum 2nd
CCRFC 2nd

 
Try scores:
S. Loxton
S. Hunt
K. Mousah
 
Conversion:
K. Mousah
39
17

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