Midlands 5 East (North), 23rd Feb 2008

Hamians 21 - North Derbys 7

Matt can't you read as said it would be later

well here goes from what i remember

N.Derbyshire had beaten hamians twice in once in league and cup both away

They probably for some reason thought they would again

Hamians lined up after a couple of classic last minute selection errors ...like where is he ..he 's not coming ...get changed ...why i'm injured ive cum to watch

luckily someone brought the shirts and pumped up a ball !

line up

mike , yorkie , hobbit , bambi , alf , luke , draps , jezzer , daints , ice , dave , cookie , mozza , young ben , fat prop bench ...stickie

we kicked off , chased and harried ..they ran hard we tackled .

scrummage , they went upwards and backwards ...seeds of doubt came across their brows ....this does not usually happen

they used big centre to bosh up and large runners off portly stand off ..frustration evident as little progess made

ref strict at breakdown and both sides penalised

opposition winger shows pace to exploit space n 22 discipline and good drift defence forces him back inside to cover tackle , grat work at contact gets turn off and penalty .

line out cookie dominating with front pod

hamians backs crossing gain line and passess going to hand

ben goes under the post running off ben ,, forward pass deemed as part of build up

hamians camp in 22

off driving lineout yorkie runs inside luke , ball switch to hobbit who exploits gap to score under post

7 nil thanks to draps

kick off not 10

scrummage put in not stright

theu kick for touch

10 mins of solid defence .

Good break from bambi sets up midfield scrummage

pressure and wheel means careless pass as they attempt to fashion blindside move , bambi picks off pass and sprints in under posts

14 nil

They resorting to kic and chase gain good field position after attempting forward drive game

Hamians repell 5 yd scrummage , good driving play rescues pressure .

they score when drift defence is lost when winger skips round individual blitz ...unable to cover hole created

14 -7

The second half hamians catch and drive kick off , gain thirty yards through hard forward graft

Next passage of play 15 phases of drives from own 22 to their 10 m line . Only unforced knock on stops progress allway to posts .

Tight head departs , and scrummage ascendency increases relieving pressure . Rpeated strikes against head allo swift blindside moves and alf galloping yards .

Hmains taking scrummages off penalties content to play game in opposition half .

N.Derbyshire still trying to run from everywhere , defence resolute

From scrummage in 22 , luke breaks tackle uses dummy runners to glide in under post

21 -7

N. Derbyshire used all subs , and forward carded or foul play .Credit given still beleive can score in backs

clock goes down 21 -7 home win

3 wins from 4 .We probably need Donald Pleasance , James Garner and Steve McQueen for next week when title chasing favourites Casuals are the visitors to Adbolton .

Hopefully we will be able to show some continuity from this weekends performance and with the mighty draper finding his kicking boots we live in hope .