Gloucester Old Boys 2nds vs Drybrook Extras – 18th January 2014

Western Counties North
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Drybrook

Match Postponed

Gloucestershire Reserve League Premier
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Keynsham 2nds
Drybrook United

Match Postponed

Gloucestershire Reserve League North 2
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Gloucester Old Boys 2nds 10pts
Drybrook Extras 14pts

With both the first and second team games called off at Keynsham, Drybrook Extras were able to take a large squad to Old Boys and just did enough to secure victory.
Given first use of the slope, Drybrook were soon on top and should have had a try awarded when winger Jay Knight touched down following a delicate box kick but the referee was unsighted.
Undeterred Drybrook kept plugging away and took the lead with a classy try. The ball was moved through several pairs of hands and then a perfectly timed inside pass from Jimmy Ryder found prop Tom Reed who still had some work to do before touching down.
Tom Treherne converted but after this Drybrook squandered several try scoring opportunities through poor decision making and a lack of application.
Half time arrived with Drybrook’s slender lead a scant reward for so much pressure. Manager Ben Steward made 6 changes at the break and Drybrook were able to keep up the pressure on the home side.
Fullback Luke Roberts eventually broke the deadlock when he glided through several tackles for a fine try which Treherne again converted,
It was all Drybrook at this stage but a careless pass was intercepted in the home 22 metre area and Old Boys broke down field to score a try.
Drybrook then lost Reed to the sin bin and their game fell apart for a while which led to Old Boys grabbing a second try.
Drybrook rallied in the final quarter and made sure of victory by retaining possession to deny the home side any further scoring opportunities.
This was a good victory for Drybrook who welcomed back props Tom Reed and Lee Phelps from long term injuries as well as giving debuts to Sam Stone and Nick Howells.

Drybrook Extras; Luke Roberts, Jay Knight, Tony Hussey, Matt Freeman, Tony Paul, Jimmy Ryder, Tom Treherne, Tom Reed, Tom Maskell (capt), Tony Suter, Dave Jones, Ashley Wallace, Matt Seaborne, Jordan Taylor-Bourne, Craig Moore.
Replacements; Richard Roberts, Lee Phelps, Jack Freeman, Sam Stone, Mitch Bourne, Andy Milner, Glenn Nott, James Ellway, James Meek, Nick Howells, Kane Hale.

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