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1st XV - Report
Date: Saturday 21st April 2012 - Kick Off: 15:00
RFU National - National League 3 North
| Bradford & Bingley | 43 | vs | 49 | Lymm |
Bees 43-49 Lymm
Bees Lymmp to the line
With nothing to play for in the final game of the season both sides took a cavalier approach to attack and defence throughout this game.
It is evident that the Bees are not at their best when the game opens up to such an extent that it resembles a training game of touch and pass. The game should have been won and firmly wrapped up by the home side as they cruised to a 43 to 32 lead in the fifty third minute, but Lymm showed they were the better side at throwing the ball about and won the game in handsome style with 17 unanswered points in the final quarter.
With fifteen points on the board inside the first six minutes Bees coach Stuart Dixon joked that he thought a scoreline of 89 to 87 looked on the cards and with both sides seemingly scoring at will it appeared that Dixon would not be too far off the mark.
The Bees were first off the mark on two minutes as Adam Wellington collected a cross field kick from Tom Bills to score out wide.
That was the first of fifteen scores the Wagon Lane crowd would witness and set the tone for the afternoon as both sides tried all their training ground moves in attack and both defences appeared to be having an afternoon snooze.
Lymm replied with a try of their own through Matthew Barnes-Smith straight from the kick off followed by a penalty from the same player to nudge the visitors into an early lead.
In amongst the sevens style rugby there were periods when some old fashioned grunt was the order of the day as The Bees pack set about shoving the the Lymm forwards this way and that, with Stewart Brewer collecting a push over score from once such heave.
However, as the game progressed it was the backs who enjoyed their day in the spring sunshine with Tom Kanauros very much to the fore in all the good work the Bees were doing in broken play.
Kanauros picked up three scores himself but also set up a couple of others with his searing pace from full back.
The sides turned round at 31 points to 20 but playing up the slope and into the wind it was the Lymm back line who ruled the roost as they picked up five second half tries from Chris Kinsey, Matt Delaney, Nick Walcott and a brace from Joe Knowles.
It was an entertaining end to the season but not a game plan the Bees will be using too often next season as they hope to mount a serious attempt on gaining promotion.
By
Nick Patterson
It is evident that the Bees are not at their best when the game opens up to such an extent that it resembles a training game of touch and pass. The game should have been won and firmly wrapped up by the home side as they cruised to a 43 to 32 lead in the fifty third minute, but Lymm showed they were the better side at throwing the ball about and won the game in handsome style with 17 unanswered points in the final quarter.
With fifteen points on the board inside the first six minutes Bees coach Stuart Dixon joked that he thought a scoreline of 89 to 87 looked on the cards and with both sides seemingly scoring at will it appeared that Dixon would not be too far off the mark.
The Bees were first off the mark on two minutes as Adam Wellington collected a cross field kick from Tom Bills to score out wide.
That was the first of fifteen scores the Wagon Lane crowd would witness and set the tone for the afternoon as both sides tried all their training ground moves in attack and both defences appeared to be having an afternoon snooze.
Lymm replied with a try of their own through Matthew Barnes-Smith straight from the kick off followed by a penalty from the same player to nudge the visitors into an early lead.
In amongst the sevens style rugby there were periods when some old fashioned grunt was the order of the day as The Bees pack set about shoving the the Lymm forwards this way and that, with Stewart Brewer collecting a push over score from once such heave.
However, as the game progressed it was the backs who enjoyed their day in the spring sunshine with Tom Kanauros very much to the fore in all the good work the Bees were doing in broken play.
Kanauros picked up three scores himself but also set up a couple of others with his searing pace from full back.
The sides turned round at 31 points to 20 but playing up the slope and into the wind it was the Lymm back line who ruled the roost as they picked up five second half tries from Chris Kinsey, Matt Delaney, Nick Walcott and a brace from Joe Knowles.
It was an entertaining end to the season but not a game plan the Bees will be using too often next season as they hope to mount a serious attempt on gaining promotion.
By
Nick Patterson
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