Old Brentwoods vs Stanford Le Hope Match Summary

Old Brentwoods 22 (Tries: Wilkinson, Lennox, Wilkinson, Yeldham. Con: Mason)
Stanford 39

- STAN TRY – good initial defence from the home side. Basil Letts making a good hit. After multiple phases in the hosts’ 22, Stanford found an overlap out wide and went over for the opening score.

- OBs TRY – from the restart, OBs created pressure and forced a scrum. Massive scrum dominance forced the visitors back 20m to their own 5m line, and won a penalty. OBs opted for another scrum, and pushed Stanford back over their own line for No.8 Sam Wilkinson to simply dot down for a score thanking the front five for there work.

- OBs TRY – Stanford took a quick penalty and tried to attack from their own line, but the ball was dropped. OBs Zach Yeldham pounced on the loose ball and Captain James Lennox crashed over for his first try of the season. Tim Mason added conversion.

- STAN PEN TRY – Stanford again attacked wide and found an overlap. Stanford fullback looked to be in for the try but winger Senna Ahmet showed great speed and determination to make his way from the far side wing and made a last-ditch cover tackle to prevent the certain try. Unfortunately for Ahmet his tackle attempt came in high and was illegal. Referee sin binned the OBs defender and awarded a penalty try.

- Lennox injured, Sam Wilkinson took over as captain.
- Liam Stone on for Lennox

HALF TIME
- STAN TRY – charge down from clearance kick in OBs 22. Try and conversion.

- STAN TRY – 1 st phase move from lineout. Good decoy runners held OBs defenders and Stanford attacked wide, found an overlap and scored in the corner.

-SUB - James Sullivan off, Jamie Pugh on.

- STAN TRY – from the restart, attacked wide again. Stanford fullback Craig Stimson found himself 1-on- 1 with the OBs fullback and pulled off a chip and chase to score in the corner.

- STAN TRY – (can’t remember exactly) – Stanford created a linebreak, had good support, and went in for another score.
-SUB -Arron Knappy injured - Darragh Harret on

- OBs TRY – Showed resilience. From the restart, Wilkinson collected Tim Mason’s kick and immediately set off for the line, offloading over his head to Stuart Smyth who kept the ball alive. OBs support flooded through retaining possession, Wilkinson working hard to get a second touch of the ball, crashed over from short range.

- OBs TRY – OBs forwards carried well and generated forward momentum, built phases providing clean ball, Basil Letts then attacked the short side, nice play from Rhys Newton set his brother up out wide and Zach Yeldham powered through the tackle to score in the corner to get the hosts a try bonus point.