Great Yarmouth - Broadland 1st XV v Swaffham 1st XV

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Great Yarmouth – Broadland started 2018 with a win last weekend as they hosted Swaffham. The Great Yarmouth side got off to a great start, George Wilson put in a good run, before offloading to Shaun Howley. Howley made some good ground but was stopped just short of the line, Asa Morrison took a short pass to crash over to open the scoring (converted Murray) The Home side continued with the pressure, some good work from Ben Collings set Kiron Wilkes clear. Wilkes got within inches of the Goal line, Joel Allard was quick in support, picked up the ball and dived over to score. Providing a strong early lead.
Swaffham began to test the Great Yarmouth defence, and despite some excellent covering tackles from James Dogget and Jamie Murray, Swaffham managed to keep the ball alive to score. The home side slowly built an attacking platform, moving the ball from deep, a lineout presented a perfect platform, Lee Raven put in a good throw, and the pack surged at the line with Nathan Bensley going over to score (converted Murray) Great Yarmouth kept up the attacks Tristan Barber came close to score, but the home side settled for a penalty from the ever reliable boot of Stuart Murray, leaving the home side leading 22-7 at the half.
The second half saw Swaffham put in some decent attacks, but these were controlled and clear well by the back three of Barber, Doggett and Murphy. A turnover created a break as Scrum Half Simon Ruddick went through a gap, and offload saw Matt Beckett take the ball over the half way line and well into Swaffham territory, with a quick ruck the ball was sent wide to Liam Haylett who raced over for a score. This was the final score of the game leaving Great Yarmouth – Broadland with a well-earned victory.
1st XV: M.Beckett, L.Raven, G.Wilson, N.Bensley, K.Wilkes, A.Morrison, J.Allard, L.Haylett, S.Ruddick, J.Murphy, S.Howley (capt), Ben Collings, T.Barber, J.Doggett
Tries: A.Morrison, N.Bensley, J.Allard, L.Haylett
Con : S.Murray 3 of 4
Pen: S.Murray 1 of 1
Great Yarmouth 2nd XV hosted a very strong Wymondham 2nd XV and despite a spirited performance lost 87-0.