Vital Win

If ever a game can define a season the hard fought 15-10 win  over Yorkshire Carnegie may be it ...

It was a veritable eight pointer, but more importantly it was the wholehearted way we approached the game, and the effort we put into defence, which bodes well.

The same cohesion and will to win hasn't been apparent in some other games this campaign - now the guys have set themselves a benchmark.

Our scrum worked well all game without creating too many kickable penalties.

Instead it was tries from Darry Veenendaal and Jim Wigglesworthh which earned the win.

Darryl's came after we took a Carnegie line-out five metres from their line and the scrum half went through a blindside gap.

In the second half a similar position, following a penalty kick to the corner, saw the ball spun out for Wiggelsworth take an inside ball and go in under the posts.

Blues: Camilo Parilli-Ocampo (Tom Williams 60), Charlie Clare (Jared Saunders 70), Phil Boulton (Ben Gulliver 35), Mike Howard, Paul Tupai, Justin Blanchet, Nick Fenton-Wells (c) (Josh Buggea 5), Joe Vandermolen; Darryl Veenendaal, Jake Sharp, Dean Adamson, Viliami Hakalo (Henry Staff 75), Ollie Dodge, Pat Tapley, Jim Wigglesworth (Nils Mordt 50).

Replacement not used: Peter White

Tries: Darryl Veenendaal and Jim Wigglesworth.

Cons: Jake Sharp. Pens: Jake Sharp.

Carnegie: Lee Imiolek (Ben Harris 45), Jack Walker (Phil Nilsen 50), James Tideswell (Paul Hill 60), Nathan Hannay (Liam Edwards 70), Matt Smith, Jarad Williams, Chris Walker (Jack Barnard 60), Ryan Burrows (c); Matt Dudman (Chris Pilgrim 55), Harry Leonard, David Doherty (Oli Goss 65), Jon Clarke, Rob Vickerman, Christian Georgious, Jonah Holmes.

Try: David Doherty

Con: Harry Leonard. Pen: Harry Leonard.