Travels with Dinno - New Year Update

Regular viewers will have noticed, and some have in fact commented, on the fact that I have not put up recent details of how the rugby has gone since the New Year. The year started with a  home match against Southwell. Up until half time it was a fairly even game Despite tries from George and Angus Southwell led 12-17. In the second half we put our foot on the pedal and responded with three unanswered tries. Final score 29-17.

Next we were visited by Sheffield the first xv played Sheffield first and the developing team played their equivalents The firsts lost more because they allowed Sheffield a big lead and it then became a problem to claw it back. The developing team beat their opposition by dominating the play.

Then we had a comedy trip to West Park Leeds. The food and drink on offer was excellent as were the facilities. The problem was the weather. We took the game to West Park in awful conditions. At half time we were 12-10 up. Then the comedy started. It took the boy 5 minutes to get out of his subsuit and trackie bottoms and by the time he came on the referee had abandoned the game. No further score.

I was absent for the game against Doncaster Knights which by all accounts was a close game. A narrow loss was recorded.

Then Huddersfield came visiting. The boy was captain and played his heart out but was then substituted. It was an even match until this point but then Huddersfield took over and went 10-0 up. The score was pulled back to 10-10 and we could have had the lead but for a poor kick. Then due to the changes, the weird playing time we lost another try. Final score 10-17. Huddersfield were simply more effective and wanted it far more than we did.

Last up we have had another double header. The developing team played Dronfield. It was actually a fairly even game and the team only lost due to two breakaway tries by their opponents. The boy returned to centre and played a blinding game. Final score 12-24

The first 15 played Old Brods and very pleasingly annihilated them. It was a strong team performance. The pack creating the positions and by and large converting them.