With our usual 10, 12 combination missing captain Lee Dawson stepped up to the mark and agreed to play at 10 despite having suffered a serious finger injury the week before, with Adam Acker moving to centre from his usual backrow position. The game plan from there on was meant to be simple keep the ball tight and play a forward dominant game, which in the conditions was about all could be done anyway. We got off to a good start dominating large parts of the game, both in terms of possession and territory. However it was Mosborough who put the 1st points on the board when they broke down field to score. We managed to put the pressure back on though and eventually were rewarded when Jo Hardy slotted over a 25m penalty. Another bit of bad luck saw Mosborough break down field again and added another try and conversion before Hardy again cut the deficient with another penalty. Mosborough were growing into the game and started to realise they had the pace in the backs to do some damage and with the rain easing up started to throw the ball about more. They eventually crashed over for another try following a 5m scrum to complete the 1st half scoring.

Into the 2nd half we started to try too hard and forced the game allowing Mosborough to retain more possession from our mistakes, whether that was offloading under pressure, missing touch from penalty kicks or just not been aggressive around the ruck situation. With more possession Mosborough used they quicker backs to good effect and added another try. Some strange referring decisions did not help our composure and as the half moved on we could not find the ball security and retention to put pressure on the home sides defense. A final try from Mosborough gave the final score a very flattering look and left us bottom of the league table after the 1st weekends result.

“Despite the result I am still confident we can compete for promotion in this league” Coach Jonny told the players after the game. “We need to take more positives from the game than negatives, and move onto next Saturdays game to Wibsey with confidence this result was just an off day for us. I saw plenty of effort and desire from the players and the fact everybody is so upset in their own performances in the changing room shows me the passion is real and gives me hope for the rest of the season”.