Selby 29pts
Drybrook 25pts

Report Courtesy of ‘The Forester’

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THEY gave their all, but uncharacteristic errors in the contact area, some wayward kicking and too many missed tackles ultimately led to Drybrook’s downfall.
Selby were no mugs and in full-back Dan Porter they had the game’s star performer.
Porter scored two tries to take his tally for the season to 35 and he looked dangerous every time he touched the ball.
Selby fly-half James Cruise also kicked intelligently to put his side into the right areas of Twickenham’s large, leg-sapping pitch.
Drybrook were at their best when they attacked through their forwards. Their driving maul was a potent weapon, but all too often they got sucked into playing Selby’s way.
It left them open to quick counter-attacks.
The first 15 minutes belonged to the Foresters.
Some sterling Selby defence kept them at bay, but eventually prop Nick Ovens crashed over for the game’s opening score. Tom Treherne converted.
Cruise replied with a penalty, then Porter carved Drybrook open with his electric pace.
Some great handling near to the left touchline resulted in the Yorkshire side running the

length of the field, with Porter finishing the superb breakaway move off.
Cruise missed the difficult conversion, but landed a 30th minute penalty to give his side an 11-7 lead.
The momentum clearly shifted during the latter part of the first half.
Drybrook gave away a string of penalties and were not given time or space to build attacks.
A superb Ben Large drop-goal two minutes before the break, however, meant there was still everything to play for in the second half.
It could have been even better, had winger Andy Bulumakau not knocked-on with the line at his mercy, after getting on the end of a long clearance kick from Sam Peaper.
Selby dominated the second period as the game opened up.
Danger man Porter brushed off a weak Bulumakau tackle to score in the corner, with Cruise’s conversion hitting the post.
A drop-goal out of nothing fromPorter extended the Selby lead to 19-10, then Cruise delivered another hammer blow with a 61st minute penalty.
Drybrook’s supporters had little to cheer, but the introduction of impact players from the bench such as Craig Clarke and Neil Morgan gave them new hope.
It was the experienced Morgan who touched down after some great work from the pack at the restart. Treherne could not convert.

Treherne’s afternoon got worse when his clearance kick was charged down and Alex Websterwas left with a simple run-in to the line. Another Cruise conversion made it
29-15.
Drybrook looked dead and buried but they showed tremendous character to dig deep and come back for more.
Again, it was their driving maul that troubled Selby, with replacement prop Craig Clarke proving unstoppable from close range.
Treherne missed the conversion and also failed to convert a late penalty as the clock ticked down.
There was still time for the Foresters to grab their fourth try of the afternoon through winger Sam Peaper.
In truth though, Selby’s victory was a little more comfortable than the scoreboard might suggest.

Drybrook: Tom Treherne, Andrew Bulumakau, Luke Fisher, Simon Rugman (capt), Sam Peaper, Ben Large, Carl Moore, Tom Reed, Mitchell Renton, Nick Ovens, Richard Cottrell, Marcus Cowles, Andrew Chesters, Danny Price, Liam Jackson. Reps: Joe Tingle, Craig Clarke, Chris Rawlings, Neil Morgan, Lee Ward, Jun Sing Lee, Mitch
Baldwin