2XV - Report
Date: Saturday 2nd March 2013 - Kick Off: 15:00
Surrey Alliance League
| Dorking 3XV | 43 | vs | 3 | KCS Old Boys RFC |
Dorking Defy The Odds At The Big Field
On a sunny day made for rugby it’s Dorking’s turn to shine as they run out winners.
With the prospect of this game going ahead in doubt as late as Friday lunchtime, Kings were unsure what to expect when they arrived at Dorking’s ground for their first meeting this season with the Surrey side. On current form the visitors might have expected to have started the game as favourites against a team that, according to the RFU website, has not managed to field their Ex A XV in a competitive fixture since the 3rd November and has awarded 6 walkovers to their opposition this season. Your correspondent can only imagine that the home side which crossed the white line must have trained particularly well this week and that the teamtalk which preceded kick-off must have been of Churchillian proportions given the performance which followed.
Right from the start Dorking displayed determined ferocity in set pieces and contact areas and a willingness to do whatever was required, whether savoury or otherwise, to impose themselves on the game. Sure enough they were the first to score as their left wing burst through several ineffective tackles to open his side’s account; 5-0. Kings composed themselves and worked their way into a try scoring position of their own only to be denied by an off the ball tackle which earned the perpetrator ten minutes rest and presented Kings with a kickable penalty; 5-3. Kings continued to press in the minutes which followed but were unable to make any further impression on the scoreboard and it was Dorking who had the better of what remained of the half closing it out with a score from their right wing who repeated his teammate’s trick of shrugging off various unconvincing tacklers to cross close to the posts; 12-3.
The second period started well enough for Kings but they were soon on the back foot as Dorking took full advantage of their visitors continued reluctance to tackle scoring twice more to ease themselves into a more comfortable lead; 26-3. As the half wore on Dorking’s steadfastly abrasive approach to the game eventually bore fruit for them as Kings lost a man to the sin-bin for retaliation. The referee, to his credit, showed great composure to control matters and resisted the temptation to flourish any more cards than he did despite vociferous encouragement from the home team’s partisan officials and support. With the injection of fresh legs from their large squad and buoyed by their numerical advantage Dorking made no mistake in the time that remained putting the game to bed with two further tries and one goal; 43-3.
For Kings consolation comes in the knowledge that they will never play worse than they did today and with results elsewhere having gone their way the league remains wide open. Old Whitgiftian Wanderers, we hope, lie in wait next and we look forward to welcoming at Motspur Park on Saturday.
Pens: Smith
Right from the start Dorking displayed determined ferocity in set pieces and contact areas and a willingness to do whatever was required, whether savoury or otherwise, to impose themselves on the game. Sure enough they were the first to score as their left wing burst through several ineffective tackles to open his side’s account; 5-0. Kings composed themselves and worked their way into a try scoring position of their own only to be denied by an off the ball tackle which earned the perpetrator ten minutes rest and presented Kings with a kickable penalty; 5-3. Kings continued to press in the minutes which followed but were unable to make any further impression on the scoreboard and it was Dorking who had the better of what remained of the half closing it out with a score from their right wing who repeated his teammate’s trick of shrugging off various unconvincing tacklers to cross close to the posts; 12-3.
The second period started well enough for Kings but they were soon on the back foot as Dorking took full advantage of their visitors continued reluctance to tackle scoring twice more to ease themselves into a more comfortable lead; 26-3. As the half wore on Dorking’s steadfastly abrasive approach to the game eventually bore fruit for them as Kings lost a man to the sin-bin for retaliation. The referee, to his credit, showed great composure to control matters and resisted the temptation to flourish any more cards than he did despite vociferous encouragement from the home team’s partisan officials and support. With the injection of fresh legs from their large squad and buoyed by their numerical advantage Dorking made no mistake in the time that remained putting the game to bed with two further tries and one goal; 43-3.
For Kings consolation comes in the knowledge that they will never play worse than they did today and with results elsewhere having gone their way the league remains wide open. Old Whitgiftian Wanderers, we hope, lie in wait next and we look forward to welcoming at Motspur Park on Saturday.
Pens: Smith
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