Old Grovians rugby off to a flying start
The Old Grovians started their second season in League Rugby with an emphatic 36 – 14 win over Marists.
Winger Dean Hogg proved to be the star of the game with a hat-trick of tries.
Other scorers were: James “Foggy” Phillips and Skipper Mike Greenwood, with a try apiece while Kris Lilley kicked 4 conversion and a penalty.
Their next game on Saturday September 20th is away to Leeds Met University with a home fixture on the following Saturday (September 27th) against Leeds Medics. All support is welcome.
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Archive reports: Chairman's XV 36 v President's XV 29
A chilly afternoon greeted the players in this annual run out for the Old Boys.
The usual fast flowing, running rugby was played, although there was some seriously heavy breathing after the first few minutes of the game! The referee Mike Barnett did his best to keep up, but was seriously blowing!
A brisk start from the President's XV saw them race into a 12-0 lead with tries from Anthony Cadman and Matt Munday. This was however about as good as it got as the Chairman's XV fought back with scores from Mike Allewell, Oli Wolfenden and Oli Szymanski to lead 17-12 at half time.
"A good fun game"
After the break the Chairman's team realised that in Dan Nulty they had the fastest player on the field and finally decided to give him some quick ball. He proceeded to ruin the game by scoring 4 tries in quick time and spoil everybody's fun.
Replies were posted by Sam Booth but it was too little too late. It was a good fun game for all involved and Dan Nulty was quite rightly awarded Man of the Match.
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The teams:
Chairman's XV: Mike Allewell, Dan Baines, Rick Emmott, Richard Graves, Dan Gullick, Rhodri Jones, Phil Moffatt, Dan Nulty, James Phillips, Tim Rawlins, Sam Robinson, Oliver Szymanski, Matthew Williams, Oliver Wolfenden.
President's XV: Sam Booth, Anthony Cadman, Kevin Eaglestone, Tim Heaton, Mike Jeffries (guest), Kevin Jones, Dan Kondras, Matt Munday, Oli Nicholls, John Oakes, James Poll, Jonathan Sykes, Shaun Van Pragh, Adam Weaving.