Ashbourne vs. Kesteven (01/10/2016)

Ashbourne 27 Kesteven 20
Saturday 1st October - Midlands League 2 East North

Kesteven made the long trip into Derbyshire to take on Ashbourne. The side was short of a number of regulars but took the field with great determination. They got off to a great start as Ashbourne failed to deal with the kick off and conceded an early penalty which Galloway converted with confidence. lost Rob Windsor after 5 minutes. Ben Hall came on with Phil Jordan moving to the pack. Ashbourne recovered from the early set back and got control through their forwards. This produced a couple of converted tries both coming from forward drives. Kesteven were struggling at this point but they regrouped and were rewarded just before the break when the impressive Sam Butler forced his way over from short range from a short penalty move. Galloway converted. Ashbourne then added a penalty just before the break to make the half time score 17 - 10.
Ashbourne added a further try just after half time to extend their lead. Kesteven however were not prepared to roll over and came more into the game. They scored the next try when Curtis Dingley put a neat kick through. Olly Wood, who was Captain for the day followed up expertly to score. The conversion failed but Kesteven were back in the game. It was end to end play now and Ashbourne added a further try to earn their bonus point but not to be outdone Draper finished off with a typical scrum half try to secure a losing bonus point for the visitors.

Team was M Parker; P Jordan, O Wood, C Dingley, O Hughes; C Galloway, A Draper; W Pert, C Morrissey, J Cowley, R Armstrong, S Butler. R Windsor. J Stokes.
Replacements A Ward, B Hall, I Charles