Boston 1st XV 7 - 33 Market Rasen and Louth 1st XV

Match Report by John Fletcher:

Against a well organised and physical side , Boston struggled to gain any foothold in this Derby encounter, coming off second best.

In the backs a first team debut was awarded to centre Liam Quin a product of the colts academy, with Ollie Lawman returning at full back. On the bench Ross Noble and Luke Fowler were welcomed back.

Despite Boston opening the score after seven minutes, from a Mathew Deane powerful drive two metres from the line, they were unable to capitalise on the strong wind and unfortunately conceded two quick tries before half time to trail 7 -19.

With the momentum now clearly with Rasen, they continued to take control adding two further tries to run out winners.

The coaching team will be looking for the squad to respond to this second successive league defeat, by returning to the training park to put in the hard work and commitment required at Counties 1 level.

On Saturday, Boston travel to play Ilkeston in a rearranged fixture kick off 2.15 pm.

Boston

L Himsworth, W Scupham, J Griffin, M Deane, L Eldin (capt) S Gray, E O Callaghan, M Coulam, J Cook, T Hobbs J Maria, L Quin, W Harley, O Lawman, J Cowern.

Replacements

R Noble L Fowler, D Wilson.