Sat 3 Nov 2018
West Park 7 Colne and Nelson 18.
West Park were undone by a Nelson side that continue a good winning streak.
In windy and dull conditions the West Park defence was put to the test straight away when the Colne centre showed Liam Moore his own bumhole and made a big break up field. The break eventually ending with a try but no conversion.
A few minutes later the exact same break occured but Ben Houlton and Dan Fletcher closed down the attack and turned the ball over. The ball was then fed back to West Park's Dan Spencer who said, 'Come on Colne, have another go!' He then proceeded to kick the ball straight to their fullback who returned with interest and eventually scored. No conversion again.
Coach, Rob Morley, came on to tell Spencer where to put the ball in future...off the field.
Two minutes later, and West Park were on their own line again but luckily the ball was ushered out of play giving them the line out. Unfortunately, superstar hooker Tom Speight was busy warming the first team bench and next choice, Keiran Simpson, had damaged his thumb whilst polishing his trumpet meaning he cried off earlier that morning. Up stepped Tom Carsley who ignored all of Rob Morley's advice about how to throw but then proved why he should of listened as his throw was more like that of a poorly tossed grenade. Luckily, a Park man dropped on it but Dan Spencer said, 'Come on Colne, have another go!' And put in a beautiful banana kick right to their winger who took his 100th chance at the line and finally scored. No conversion.
Rob Morley again told Spencer where to put the ball...
Colne put over a penalty to make it an 18 point lead before Park finally responded.
Ben Houlton bobbed and weaved through the Colne defence beating about 5 players before deciding he couldn't be bothered scoring and falling short of the line. Fortunately, Sam Thompson barged over from the resultant ruck.
Spencer put in his best kick that day and nudged the goal.
Park's spirits were lifted and they ended the half strong with quick pick and goes. MOM, Luke Holland, making break after break. Ranson eventually drove over from close range but was denied by a poorly positioned ref who didn't see the clear grounding of the ball on the line.
18-7 at break.
The second half featured no points but plenty of possession for Park. They were basically camped on the Colne line but could not get over. Sometimes being undone by their own greed and sometimes being undone by Marv Hannon's ability to give the opposition the ball. He had clearly forgotten his sticky bandits roots when it came to carrying the ball.
The game eventually ended and Park had given a much better account of themselves. More heart and passion in the jersey.
Highlight of the day came after the match when the second team group proceeded to punish Joey Burrows for his inability to tell the time which resulted in him missing the train home which would have allowed him to play in the match. He was made to feel very bad indeed when they pretended his lack of attendance had resulted in biscuit shoulder Rob Morley coming out of retirement and getting badly injured on the field. Of course this was not the case as a third teamer had stepped up but this did not stop the torrent of texts aimed to make Joey feel like the complete and utter oaf that he is!!
Report R Morley
West Park were undone by a Nelson side that continue a good winning streak.
In windy and dull conditions the West Park defence was put to the test straight away when the Colne centre showed Liam Moore his own bumhole and made a big break up field. The break eventually ending with a try but no conversion.
A few minutes later the exact same break occured but Ben Houlton and Dan Fletcher closed down the attack and turned the ball over. The ball was then fed back to West Park's Dan Spencer who said, 'Come on Colne, have another go!' He then proceeded to kick the ball straight to their fullback who returned with interest and eventually scored. No conversion again.
Coach, Rob Morley, came on to tell Spencer where to put the ball in future...off the field.
Two minutes later, and West Park were on their own line again but luckily the ball was ushered out of play giving them the line out. Unfortunately, superstar hooker Tom Speight was busy warming the first team bench and next choice, Keiran Simpson, had damaged his thumb whilst polishing his trumpet meaning he cried off earlier that morning. Up stepped Tom Carsley who ignored all of Rob Morley's advice about how to throw but then proved why he should of listened as his throw was more like that of a poorly tossed grenade. Luckily, a Park man dropped on it but Dan Spencer said, 'Come on Colne, have another go!' And put in a beautiful banana kick right to their winger who took his 100th chance at the line and finally scored. No conversion.
Rob Morley again told Spencer where to put the ball...
Colne put over a penalty to make it an 18 point lead before Park finally responded.
Ben Houlton bobbed and weaved through the Colne defence beating about 5 players before deciding he couldn't be bothered scoring and falling short of the line. Fortunately, Sam Thompson barged over from the resultant ruck.
Spencer put in his best kick that day and nudged the goal.
Park's spirits were lifted and they ended the half strong with quick pick and goes. MOM, Luke Holland, making break after break. Ranson eventually drove over from close range but was denied by a poorly positioned ref who didn't see the clear grounding of the ball on the line.
18-7 at break.
The second half featured no points but plenty of possession for Park. They were basically camped on the Colne line but could not get over. Sometimes being undone by their own greed and sometimes being undone by Marv Hannon's ability to give the opposition the ball. He had clearly forgotten his sticky bandits roots when it came to carrying the ball.
The game eventually ended and Park had given a much better account of themselves. More heart and passion in the jersey.
Highlight of the day came after the match when the second team group proceeded to punish Joey Burrows for his inability to tell the time which resulted in him missing the train home which would have allowed him to play in the match. He was made to feel very bad indeed when they pretended his lack of attendance had resulted in biscuit shoulder Rob Morley coming out of retirement and getting badly injured on the field. Of course this was not the case as a third teamer had stepped up but this did not stop the torrent of texts aimed to make Joey feel like the complete and utter oaf that he is!!
Report R Morley
