Broughton FP RFC

Rhys Williams laced up his boots to show the boys just what it is that he’s always yelling about! Pete Cribbes took a memo from super coach, starting strong with a few fierce crash balls.

Great defense from Broughton made it difficult for Moray House to gain an inch out of the scrums. Early on the ball was stripped by Marius Briedenhann who unselfishly set up winger, Chris McKenzie with the first try of the day and conversion for a 7 point lead.

Sandy Urquhart, surprised the crowd with a quick chip over the top and chase, outrunning Moray’s winger only for a penalty to be called seconds later, sending Broughton back 10, followed by a play to touch and subsequent line out.

Rinty won the ball in the line out, passing it off to Johnny who made headway down field before offloading to Rory within Morays 22. Rory was unlucky as the ball went behind him, the first in a series of unfortunate events.

Similarly, James Atkins must have passed the same black cat as he picked up the ball down field, running it all the way to Morays 10 before forcing an incomplete pass. Determined to make up for it, he set himself up to support Johnny Wells who effortlessly offloaded to James to run it under the posts. The kick was converted, bringing the score to 14-0.

A repetition of knock ons and dropped balls saw much play on the ground. Particularly a heated kick and chase between Chris McKenzie and Saul Holdsworth, which saw Saul send the ball under the oppositions posts, only to dive just inches short of scoring it.

The best try of the day came from Chris McKenzie who secured the ball from Broughton's 22 , fighting off 6 defenders for a brilliant individual try as well as a converted kick.Once Broughton started scoring it seemed they couldn’t stop with Johnny Wells and Marius Briedenhann claiming two more tries for Broughton and a 31 point lead.

With all the victory celebration Moray House was able to sneak past a try and convert the kick to bring the halftime score to Broughton 31- Moray 5

From the start of the second half, Pete Cribbes (finding his truly calling in life) decided to take on the job of a winger, scoring the first try of the half out wide. Some crafty handling from Marius Bridennhen assisted Chris McKenzie with the second try of the half, giving Broughton 41 points.

Determined to match Chris, Pete answered back with another excellent try, followed shortly thereafter with a score from Daryl Anderson. In a moment of glory super coach Rhys Williams returned to the pitch,recovered the ball and made a break for the line, only for it to be held up. This is the point at which Rory Ballantyne would like to add “obviously it is that hard.”

Finishing the work of super coach, Sandy Urquhart broke through the opposition forcing the try over the line and landing Broughton with a massive score of 60 points.

With just minutes to go Marius Briedenhann, the mad Namibian, put on his invisible crocodile skin jacket and burst through the defense for a lung bursting individual final try of the match.

Despite Broughton’s 67-7 Victory, it must be said that the Dick of the Day category had some fabulous contenders. In the end it was awarded to Christopher “Dj” Keenan who tried to hook on an uncontested scrum. It must be noted that an upstanding gentlemen like Sam Hood, would never be nominated for this category.

Join Broughton on the road next saturday when they take on Earlston RFC