This Weekend’s Action: Sat 25/09/2021

Driffield 1st team travel to Consett Rufc, 2nd to host York Rufc 2nd’s whilst the Ladies head to Carlise on Sunday.

Another weekend has arrived and once again we have some great rugby to look forward too.

1st team make the trip North to face Consett Rufc in North 1 East. This is Consetts second visit to North 1 East, having being promoted at the end of the season that wasn’t. Their first stint in the league was only 2 seasons past, when they had a tough time, winning 7 matches that season, finishing bottom of the pile. Consett didnt get thier 1st on the board that season until the end of November when they beat Cleckheaton at Cleckheaton 39 – 37. They had to wait until the New year for their 2nd win and 1st at home, when they turned us over 17-7. I’m sure the Driffield players & support will remember that day. We beat them at Kelleythorpe 54-31 earlier in the season

Again Consett are looking for their 1st win of the season after suffering 3 loses in the opening weekend’s. Week one They faced a tough challenge, visiting Ilkley. Ilkley won 82-0. 2nd weekend Consett Welcomed Cleckheaton, Cleckheaton took the points 34 – 20, but a tighter game. And last weekend they travelled to Moortown and lost 59 – 17. A win is not a gift up their, which I’m sure Rob & the coaches have been repeating all week.

We finally found our game last week against a pretty poor Durham side. Durham didn’t really look like trouble us from the off, however, Driffield left plenty of points out there. Good showing again by the back row, and new comer Rix seemed to fit straight in. very good to see Pettinger back on the pitch, in a pretty mobile front row along side Nellon. Bad news with Ben Dinsdale to his place on the ever growing physio bench, hopefully not for too long.

Joe Robinson returns this week and starts at scrum half, with James Watts moving to full back, Ryan Murray not available. Rix starts at outside centre following Ben Dinsdale Injury, alongside Johnson. Short starts on the wing along with Kelly, Brigham staying at 10. In the forwards, the only change is Skipper Mewburn starts at 7, with Brankley moving to bench. Rob Murray joins Paul Dervey on the bench.

Second team have started in great form, a big win last weekend at Sheffield Tigers 29 – 26. This week the welcome York to Kelleythorpe.

Ladies start the season with a league away at Carlisle Cougers, good to the ladies following their promotion last season, lets see if we can do it again.

Driffield RUFC 1st XV v Consett RUFC 1ST XV, Sat 25/09/2021 KO 3pm

1 – Nellon, 2 – Ramsden, 3 – Pettinger

4 – Dinsdale, 5 – Turner

6 – Sowersby, 7 – Mewburn, 8 – Jenkinson

9 – Robinson, 10 – Brigham

12 – Johnson, 13 – Rix

11 – Short, 14 – Kelly, 15 – Watts

 

Good Luck to all on Blue, Black & White