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Colwyn Bay
Rugby Club
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Saturday 18th Nov'06
Denbigh 2nds 65 - 10 Colwyn Bay 2nds
Colwyn Bay 2nds were missing key forwards Bobby Blackwell and
Richie Evans for this tough fixture away to inform club Denbigh. Unfortunately
for Bay Denbigh fielded an outstanding 2nd team for this fixture, even though
a full strength Denbigh 1st team were also playing at the club.
The first half saw Denbigh with the more powerful team, with
the significant slope and sun in their favour. Despite outstanding defence by
Bay backs Dan Eames Hughes and Duncan Auckland Denbigh were rampant scoring 5
tries. Bays only points in the 1st half came against the run of play when
Steve Davidson was quickest to a dropped pass by Denbigh, he chased up his fly
kick through and with a lovely piece of skill under pressure fell on the ball
and simultaneously popped it up to the supporting Duncan Auckland who released
flying winger Lee Parkes who finished off with a well taken try.
Bay's woes were further compounded at half time as surprisingly
Denbigh were able to bring on 3 even better players from their bench. One of
which scored immediately from the restart, pushing off weak Bay tackling to
score under the posts. However this seemed to toughen Bay's resolve and Bays
young light team were able to stem the flow of points for a good 30 minutes of
the second half. All credit must go to the young Bay lads who kept going with
good attitude. Again mention must go to the tackling of Dan Eames Hughes and
Duncan Auckland, whose tireless defence against much larger and heavier
players was inspiring to both sets of players. Despite a few more chances of
scoring by Bay in the second half, their only points came from a try by winger
Steve Davidson who out paced the Denbigh backs after being released after a
good break by Bay centre Dougie Graham.
By: Stevie Davidson DENBIGH 2nds OUTPLAY BAY 2nds Denbigh 2nds 65 Colwyn Bay 2nds 10 The Bay travelled to Denbigh with a scrum somewhat weakened by injuries and absenteeism but with a back line which promised much if only they could get some possession. On a cold and blustery day in Denbigh, the home side in the first half came out of the sun, downwind and downhill to stick five tries on the Bay, two of which were converted The Denbigh powerhouse forwards denied the Bay possession in the tight, the loose and at the line-out almost exclusively to leave the Bay backs feeding from the odd scrap of ball one of which saw a good move switch the ball through all the backs for wing Lee Parkes to scamper over in the corner. The Bay switched ends at half time with a 29 points to 5 deficit and the hope that wind, slope and sun advantage was worth a few points only for the sun to sink along with those hopes as the Denbigh scrum maintained their stranglehold on the game and more than double their points tally with six more tries, three of which were converted. Credit though to the Bay lads who throughout threw themselves into tackle after tackle in a valiant effort to stem the Denbigh tide. Their spirit was well rewarded when Steve Davidson on the wing arrived late to run through a couple of Denbigh tackles to score Bay’s second try. Bay man of the match was Dougie Graham at outside centre who despite a hamstring twinge came back on to carry on with a staggering tackle count. Special mention also to Gaf Owen at full back for a couple of penetrating runs, Dan Eames-Hughes back at his favoured position of inside centre who nearly matched Dougie in the tackle count, Lee Parkes for his try and managing to bounce a Denbigh prop three times his size out of the game, Andy Williams-Owen for a remarkably voluble show of generalship at scrum half and Dave Jones at prop who belied his years with tons of commitment and no little bit of application. In truth the whole side showed good spirit throughout and should not feel too disappointed about this result against a strong Denbigh side. Next game against Wrexham 2nds at home on the 2nd December (a week on Saturday) and don’t forget training every Wednesday at the cub at 7pm. Bay scorers Tries: Lee Parkes and Steve Davidson By: Max Eames Hughes |
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