Luctonians 17 v 11 Bournville

Luctonians RFC v Bournville RFC

Saturday 13th November 2021
Mortimer Park

Match Reporter: Geoff Vickress

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Luctonians took a well-deserved first home victory of the season in front of a raucous home crowd who roared them on to the end in what was a very entertaining game at Mortimer Park.

A cagey first half with defences in the main on top kept the score line to only 3 Bournville points, these from a penalty on 16 minutes which Owen Williams drilled over from 25mtrs. Lucs should have been in well in front but they failed to capitalise on their territory advantage and spent long spells deep in Bournville territory but all to no avail.

However Lucs continued dominance at the scrum and the driving runs from the home side’s forwards were beginning to take their toll on Bournville and they succumbed too many injury timeouts.

Half Time Score

Luctonians RFC 0  v  3 Bournville RFC

Luctonians continued the pressure, until the home side were duly rewarded when they were awarded a penalty try on 55 minutes as Bournville collapsed the scrum, not for the first time, when in the red zone. James Burgoyne taking the yellow card for the offences as the away side went behind 7-3.

Lucs young scrum half Owen Randell struggled from the kicking tee all afternoon and could have increased the lead when missing a penalty in front of the posts on 57 minutes. Lucs were again unlucky when Charlie Grimes had a try ruled for double movement on the hour, and Bournville were now taking to kicking long balls downfield to ease the pressure on their line. And from poor clearance into Lucs half they recycled the ball quickly through a Will Burton pass to full back Giles Morell, who was superb throughout, to race through from half way to increase the home side’s advantage to 12-3 with 10 minutes left on the clock.

Williams reduced the margin a few minutes later from another penalty to make for a very tense finale at 12-6 with time running down. And it was another fine driving run from Ben Owen who took the crash ball when again Lucs were driving deep into Bournville territory, to increase their lead to 17-6. And it looked all over as the game restarted and Lucs kicked to touch, only for the referee to announce there were still 3 minutes on the clock after having already played 7 minutes extra. This allowed Bournville to run in a late losing bonus point try from Ethan Walker as the last rites of what had been a very entertaining encounter.

Full Time Score

Luctonians RFC 17  v  11 Bournville RFC

Luctonians Scorers

Tries: Penalty Try (55), Giles Morell (72), Ben Owen (80)

Bournville Scorers

Try: Mikey Ho (79)

Pens: Owen Williams (16, 72)

Star Man

Giles Morell
(Luctonians)

 

Luctonians

Giles Morell, Charlie Grimes, James Wheeler, Ben Owen, Rob Bengry, Will Burton, Owen Randell; Connor Deignan, Ben Link, Joe White, Owien Harriott-Davis, Tom Smith, Sam Jones, Henry Monkley, Aiden Cheshire

Replacements: Ben Murphy, Sam Hayler, Jack Forsythe, Matt Hackley, Lewis Parkes

Bournville

Owen Williams, Tom Burrows, Sam Wilson, Max Craven, Mikey Ho, Mitch McGahan, Ben Tibbetts; James Burgoyne, Zaine Raimond, Ryan Smeilus, Callum Thompson, Stephen Handy, Fynlay Brown, Ash Scriven, Sam Montieri

Replacements: Oghenetejiri Ajuchi, Archie McCarthur, Kurtis Payne, William Roach, Ethan Walker

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