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Sat 07 Apr 2018  ·  Surrey 1
Chipstead
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22
Old Georgians RFC
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Chipstead (17) vs. OGRFC (22)

Chipstead (17) vs. OGRFC (22)

Alex Willis8 Apr 2018 - 16:50
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By Eoghan Sweeney

On Saturday 7th April, OGRFC traveled to Chipstead RFC with two games left in the season and knowing at this stage that two bonus point wins were needed to guarantee a playoff place in the push for promotion

Up against a bumper away crowd during Chipstead RFC's Club day the OG's set the pace early on in the game. After conceding an early penalty OG's responded with a strong driving maul, touched down by Francesco Grosso, then some quick thinking from Jack Cooney and slick handling from Eoghan Sweeney and Finn Mather for Jack Chard to touch down for the 12th time this season.

Chipstead fought back with sustained pressure around the breakdown to score before half time leaving the game delicately poised at 10-12 to OGRFC at half time.

The second half saw OGRFC take a more dominant hold on the game, Francesco Grosso scoring again to make the score 17-10.

Chipstead again fought back and were awarded a penalty try for a high tackle 17-17. This was well answered by sustained pressure from OGRFC with Harry Samuels scoring the bonus point try eventually to make it 22-17.

With the game closing out OGRFC were exactly where they wanted to be camped in the Chipstead 22. Then the ball broke loose and the chipstead player set off after the ball kicking it the length of the pitch. the score looked inevitable but for a fantastic last ditch cover tackle from Jack Chard who covered 80m (shortly after pulling up with cramp) to force the knock on. After another tense minute OGRFC kicked the ball out to win the game.

With third placed Old Mid-Whitgiftians losing on the weekend, our fate is now well and truly in our own hands with any win getting us to the playoff against Bognor Regis for a place in the London Leagues.

The final league game of the season is next weekend with a win giving OGRFC a shot at promotion. details below

Saturday 14th April - vs Old Mid-Whitgiftians

3pm kick off (match kindly hosted by Cobham RFC - http://www.cobhamrugby.co.uk/)

Any support is always hugely appreciated and especially for two big games for the club!

Match details

Match date

Sat 07 Apr 2018

Kickoff

15:00

Competition

Surrey 1

League position

2
Old Georgians
6
Chipstead
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