After the euphoria of clinching the league title
two weeks ago at Burton, Rugby Lions came back to earth with a bump
at bottom club Bromsgrove. A neutral watching this game would have
been pushed to work out which team was at the top of the table and
which was holding the rest up.
A combination of poor defence, wrong options and
strong running from the home backs allowed Bromsgrove to build up a
lead of 12 points going into the last quarter. It was only with 10
minutes of the game remaining that Rugby took the lead for the first
time. Without taking anything away from Bromsgrove, it indicates the
level of performance by the Lions, that this was the most points
conceded by them and the most scored by Bromsgrove all season.
Bromsgrove kicked off with a strong wind at their
backs and scored a converted try early on.
Lions responded with Denzil feeding the excellent
Alex Nash on half way to score under the posts after lovely side
step around the fullback. Glenn converted to even the scores.
A further converted try by the home side was
cancelled out when one of many storming runs from No.8 Danny Facer
was held just a couple of metres of the try line. Danny however
managed to slip the ball to the supporting Sam Viggers to touch
down.
The second quarter belonged to Bromsgrove who
added two more tries to make for an unlikely half time score.
Half Time: - Burton 26 Rugby Lions 14
With the wind at their backs the second half belonged mainly to
the Lions although they did allow the home side another converted
try with the assistance of a fortunate bounce of the ball.
Lions scored six tries in the second half with Matt Davies
scoring three and Dave Clements, Dave Jackson and Steve Stewart
adding the others.
The game was not of the best quality, although with a total of
thirteen tries scored (5-8), it was quite an entertaining affair
although the Lions did leave it very late to secure the victory.
