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1st TEAM   Match Report

Saturday 23rd January 2010

Midlands 2 East League Match

Aylestone St James 6pts  v  Lutterworth  5pts

Ayelstone applied all the early pressure and were rewarded with two converted penalties making it 6-0 to the home side. Lutterworth then replied with a box kick from Adam Higgins, which became good turnover ball, and good handling in the middle by Daffern and Donovan put Joe Ball over for a try in the corner. It then became a dour struggle and Lutterworth lost cornerstone Paul Wilford to a shoulder injury who was replaced by veteran Ivan Tivey. Both teams defended very well and Phil Daffern pulled off a brilliant try saving tackle to keep Lutterworth in the game.

 Half-time:            6-5

Early in the second half Luttewroth applied all the pressure, but the home sides defence held strong, which meant Lutterworth came away empty handed. After 55 mins Dennis Hall who had made a very good and welcome return after injury, was replaced by Adam Welsh. Again both defences held strong, and close to the end Lutterworth scrum half Adam Higgins was replaced by Ben Stretton. All in all it was a typical local derby where the homeside just came out on top.

Final score:            6-5

Next Saturday Lutterworth  play host to Banbury

Scoring:            3-0, 6-0 Half-time  6-5 Full-tim

Team:         

Welham         Johnson           Wilford

             Evans            Hall

   Turner         Sands          Randle

            Higgins       Dann

 Ball            Daffern        Donovan        Ford

                           Williams

Replacements:            Stretton, Welsh, Tivey          

Lutterworth Man Of The Match :  Matt Randle