Blue Pinks 29 Llanelli 24


Try Scorer
By Blue Ed
October 21 2013

After a disastrous start to the  Championship we have a small crumb of comfort in topping our group in the British and Irish Cup thanks to an entertaining 29-24 victory over Llanelli ..

We also managed to score five tries and the scrum looked much more solid against a decent Welsh side.

The game will however, be remembered for the side playing in two different coloured strips after it was decided at half time that our pink celebration of Ladies Day clashed with the red of Llanelli. No it didn't.

 Charlie Clare went over  from close range for the first with James Pritchard landing the conversion.

Mark Atkinson sent in Ollide Dodge for the second, but the visitors came back  with a try from Aarion Warren and we had Pritcvhard and Fox both  in the bin either side of half time.

We held out heroically and even managed a try from Michael Le Bourgeois and the then the bonus point courtesy of Mike Howard. The fifth try came from Nev Edwards.

Pool Three sees each team with one win but we are top thanks to that bonus point. All to play for as they say.



Blue Pinks 29 Llanelli 24
Posted by: Bedford Blues (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2013 13:43

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Re: Blue Pinks 29 Llanelli 24
Posted by: charleyboy (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2013 15:55

I do not think the Blues top the pool, as both Llanelli and the Blues have 6 points, (the results on BBC etc were wrong as they showed the Blues score as 29-17, rather than 29-24). The latter score, of course, gave the Welsh side a losing bonus point. As they had won their other B&I game 76-14, their points difference is far better than ours.

Re: Blue Pinks 29 Llanelli 24
Posted by: blootoo (IP Logged)
Date: 22/10/2013 13:56

Refreshing that The Rugby Paper picked Charlie Clare as their man of the match. Could it be that someone was watching closely and recognising the importance of possession. So often man of the match just inevitably goes to an eye catching ball carrier.
Lineouts and scrums were so much better on Saturday, but checkout the highlights for Clare winning the ball on the ground (2.50) before Edwards try.
"Forwards decide who wins. Backs by how much."

Re: Blue Pinks 29 Llanelli 24
Posted by: Whiskymck (IP Logged)
Date: 25/10/2013 13:08

No Comment on the sin binning of Pritchard and Fox.

I think strip change happened because of mistaken identities, but then I was a long way from the action.(Sm100)

The boys held out well 13 v 15 and even scored!

Re: Blue Pinks 29 Llanelli 24
Posted by: charlie927 (IP Logged)
Date: 27/10/2013 10:22

Great result that brought Llanelli back down to earth after they took Connacht to pieces last week.Some brilliant play in the build-up to the tries, and dogged defence at 13v15. On another day, with a different referee, perhaps we might have escaped a sin-binning at all.

Interestingly (and I think I'm right in saying this), we haven't lost to a Welsh team since January 2000 when Newport beat us 44-19 in the European Shield.

Let's hope though, that the boys' tackling improves this week and that they keep their discipline. Further afield, let's see if we can go to Parc y Scarlets and get a win to further improve our reputation as the best part-time club in England.

COME ON YOU BLUES!

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