Newbury Blues
Matches
Sat 21 Mar 2015  ·  South West 1 East
Newbury Rugby Football Club
Newbury Blues
Tries: J WINFIELD (2), D THORNE, R DAVIS (2)Conversions: R WEST (4)
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20
Devizes
Blues in the Pink

Blues in the Pink

mick futcher23 Mar 2015 - 18:25
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Newbury (Pink) Blues welcomed Devizes to Monks Lane on this special pink cancer fund raising day

Newbury started this special fund raising day off with a friendly Ladies game to entertain the huge contingent lunching in the Wickens Suite. All enjoyed a great lunch and lots of money raised in the auction for the cancer charities, special thanks to the sponsors and those who bid and brought, a great start to the day now on to the match.

The Newbury (Pink) Blues kick off into the strong breeze and manage to keep possession getting into Devizes 22 before a knock on halts their progress; Devizes hold their scrum and kick out of danger and into touch. Newbury win the lineout and again manage to make good progress taking two quick penalties and getting into Devizes 22 before again the mistake comes, again Devizes win their scrum then a penalty, the kick fails to make touch allowing Newbury to run the ball before they kick well into Devizes territory. Devizes run out of defence making good yards before they win a scrum, they shove the Newbury pack backwards winning a second scrum, this time they win the ball at the scrum but spill it straight away allowing Newbury to attack through Dan Thorne and Jamie Futcher, a deliberate knock on by Devizes gives Newbury a scrum and their player a warning from the ref. Newbury attack from their scrum and after several phases of play in the Devizes 22 they break through the defence, Josh Winfield breaking the tackles to score Richard West converting 7-0 13 min’s

Devizes kick off and have much the better of the next few minutes putting the error ridden Blues under pressure, Devizes are rewarded when they get a penalty which their 10 Andy Thompson slots over from long range 7-3 20 mins

Devizes are now playing the better rugby and straight from the Newbury restart take the ball and a long kick is helped into touch by Newbury, Devizes win the lineout and their forwards maul well into Newbury’s 22 before they spread the ball cross field through their backs allowing their winger Chris Barter to touch down wide out on the right, Thompson kicking the long conversion, 7-10 22 min’s

Newbury restart, Devizes take and again kick to touch with the wind taking play back into Newbury’s half, Newbury win a penalty from the lineout but the wind helps to keep the kick in play, Devizes take and again a long kick rolls nicely into touch well in Newbury’s half. Newbury win the lineout but are soon pushed into touch by the Devizes tacklers, Devizes win their lineout and spread the ball quickly through their quick backs to score a well worked try wide out on the left, Andy Thompson touching down and again successful with the long conversion 7-17 27 min’s

Iain Herriott off Joe Binfield on
Devizes now have by far the better of the game and are not playing like a team in relegation trouble, the Newbury restart is returned by Devizes into touch, Devizes steal the lineout and are quickly awarded a penalty, which they kick to touch. Lineout won Devizes run at the Newbury defence who knock on in the tackle, Devizes play on and engineer a drop goal attempt that is wide, play is brought back for a Newbury knock on. Scrum won Devizes again put the Newbury defence under pressure and after several phases of good attacking play their 10 Andy Thompson in fine form is successful with the drop goal, 7-20 35 min’s

Newbury restart and again Devizes put the Newbury defence under pressure but a knock on gives Newbury a scrum and a chance to get hold of the ball, scrum won Newbury run the ball but the mistake comes giving Devizes a scrum. Devizes win their scrum and run at the Newbury defence, play is held up when trying to halt the Devizes attack Newbury’s Ryan Davis and Josh Winfield clash heads, Josh Winfield off blood George Robinson-Slater on
Devizes restart the game with a scrum, which they win, and again engineer the drop goal attempt, which is just wide. Newbury are under severe pressure and after conceding several penalties George Robinson-Slater gets a yellow. Newbury manage to hold out the last couple of minutes before the half time whistle is blown.
The Newbury coaches now have a job to do to try and get Newbury back into the game and stop giving away numerous penalties

Devizes kick off the second half into the wind, Newbury take and their forwards pick and drive through several phases before a big kick is put up allowing the chase to get their and force Devizes to give away a scrum. Josh Winfield on Eddie Farebrother off.
Newbury win the scrum but concede a penalty allowing Devizes to clear to touch, Lineout won Devizes run the ball but don’t get far before a mistake hands the ball to Newbury, Dan Thorne breaks through several tackles on a great run getting well into Devizes 22 before a text book pass releases Josh Winfield to score Richard West just wide with the long conversion 12-20 44 min’s

Iain Herriott on Joe Binfield off
Devizes kick off Newbury gather and run the ball but again fall foul of the ref giving Devizes a penalty, the kick to the posts is just dragged wide by the wind. Eddie Farebrother on for George Robinson-Slater whose sin bin is over. Newbury take a long 22-drop out and chase, Devizes take and are immediately under pressure by the chasing Newbury players whom manage to charge down the Devizes clearing kick, Dan Thorne is first to get his hands on the ball and breaks through several Devizes tacklers to weave his way to the try line and score a great try, Richard West converting 19-20 48 min’s

Devizes kick off and straight away have the chance to get three points when they are awarded a penalty for a Newbury infringement at the ruck, again the wind plays a part and drags the kick just wide. Newbury take the 22-drop out and chase, Devizes take and run the ball winning a penalty, which puts Rob Drysdale into the bin for 10 mins. Devizes kick to touch on Newbury’s 22, lineout won, they maul up to Newbury’s try line but cannot make the final yard to score, several phases later Newbury have a chance to escape when Devizes knock on. Devizes drive Newbury back at the scrum but in their haste to get the ball knock on, another Newbury scrum, Devizes again win the ball at the scrum but illegally so Richard West kicks the penalty safely to touch.
Newbury win the lineout and run the ball and are lucky when a long pass is nearly intercepted by the Devizes winger but a knock is the end result, scrum won Devizes infringe giving Newbury a penalty which they take quick, winning another penalty which Richard West kicks to touch. Newbury win their lineout and spin the ball out to the backs who make ground before a neat pass releases Ryan Davis a speed to break through several tackles to complete a great run and score the bonus point fourth try close to the posts, Richard West converting 26-20, 59 mins

Devizes take the restart and manage to claim the ball getting into Newbury’s 22 before they lose possession giving Newbury a penalty, the kick doesn’t make touch allowing Devizes to kick back into Newbury’s half, Newbury take and run the ball before putting up a high kick which they chase, the chase is rewarded when they get their hands on the ball at the breakdown and win a scrum. Scrum won Newbury again kick well into Devizes 22 and chase forcing Devizes to kick to touch, lineout won Newbury keep up the pressure and spread the ball through the backs Dan Thorne to Iain Herriott to Jamie Futcher all making good ground, the ball is quickly recycled, Joe Pigott making a darting run through a couple of tackles before releasing Ryan Davis who makes the final yards to score his second try Richard West converting 33-20 65 min’s

Iain Herriott off Joe Binfield on
Newbury are awarded a penalty at the restart for back chat to the ref but after taking quickly knock on giving Devizes a scrum just in their half, scrum won they kick into Newbury’s half, Newbury gather and run the ball but get pushed into touch.
Toby Thorne on for Steve Denner
Lineout won Devizes put the pressure on the Newbury defence and get into Newbury’s 22 before they lose the ball, Newbury run out of defence, Dan Thorne making good yards before he sends a grubber kick well into Devizes half a great chase forcing Devizes into touch.
George Robinson Slater comes on for Ben Hicks.
Line out won Newbury are penalised for crossing allowing Devizes to kick into Newbury’s 22, Newbury gather and return the kick, Devizes catch and get up to half way then win a scrum. Devizes hold on to their scrum and put up a high kick into Newbury’s 22, which is taken by Newbury and recycled, but a forward pass gives Devizes an attacking scrum. Devizes win their scrum but infringe giving Newbury a penalty and the chance to clear their lines, Richard West kicks to touch.
Newbury attack from their lineout and a great Josh Love run then pass to scrum half Joe Pigott who evades several tackles before being stopped well in Devizes 22, Newbury are quickly in support and recycle the ball but Devizes infringe trying to halt Newbury’s attack and are penalised, their 18 earning a 10 minute rest. Newbury keep up the pressure for the last few minutes but cannot break the Devizes defence, coming very close with Ryan Davis being held up at the line and Eddie Farebrother just failing to cross the line, Newbury keep the ball and Joe Pigott is unlucky not to be able to ground the ball when over the line. Newbury have the scrum and try again but cannot get any more points before the final whistle is blown, 33-20 the final score and a (pink) 5 pt win

Man of the Match went to number 8 Ryan Davis who had another great game scoring two tries, Dan Thorne a close second

This was a game of two halves Devizes winning the first half and not playing like a team who were in dire relegation trouble, Newbury won the second half and scored 26 unanswered points giving them a bonus point win. Sadly due to other results, this defeat means Devizes are relegated, we wish you luck next season and hope you bounce straight back up.

See the great photo's by Simon West on https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonawest/sets/72157651110170669/

Thanks to the H20 consultants

Thanks to a great crowd who watched a see saw game, Newbury taking the honours with a much better second half performance and moving up one place in the league to 6th

Next Saturday Blues are away to Grove

Squad
Ben Hicks, Rob Drysdale, Graham Stewart, Josh Winfield, Paul Archer,
Eddie Farebrother, Josh Love, Ryan Davis, Joe Pigott, Richard West,
Steve Denner, Iain Herriott, Dan Thorne, Jamie Futcher, Aaron McDowell,
George Robinson-Slater, Joe Binfield, Toby Thorne

Match details

Match date

Sat 21 Mar 2015

Kickoff

15:00

Competition

South West 1 East
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