Rugby
Solid defence comes to fore
Leamington 3
Droitwich 11
Midlands Division Three West (South)
DROITWICH RFC produced an efficient display to round off their league season with a win.
The Spa side rested a few players ahead of next week's promotion play off against Stoke on Trent, and fielded a young side, with 14 players being under 26-years-old.
Droitwich started brightly with the back row of Phil Horton, James Davies and Andy Manns getting stuck in to supply good ball for half backs Steve Poke and Matt Blackmore to orchestrate proceedings.
Pressure led to an infringement which allowed Blackmore to kick a good penalty in difficult windy conditions. The lead was doubled with a far more simple effort shortly afterwards.
The home side rallied to pressure the Droitwich line but the defence was excellent, with Davies and Dylan Jones being particularly effective in the tackle.
Droitwich then lost the influential Poke with a nasty facial injury and were forced to re-organise with Ross Coombes moving into scrum half.
The second period saw Droitwich strengthen their grip on the game.
A clever kick by Coombes saw Craig Mortlemans race forward to gather the ball and crash over in the corner.
As the game wore on Droitwich were happy to play for territory, mainly through the boot of Blackmore, who had an excellent game in the unfamiliar position of outside half. It was a solid performance to set Spa up for next week's crunch clash.
8:59am Wednesday 23rd April 2008
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