Match Report

Kingswood 2nd XV

Friendly Match

Bristol Telephones Vs Kingswood

A rare opportunity for me to follow the 2nd XV this week on their away trip to Bristol Telephones. A fixture that is always full of incident, it promised to be an entertaining game.

Kingswood made a great start to the match and twice made it to within feet of the Telephones try-line but they were unable to capitalise on their early pressure.  Telephones then started to have more possession and were soon pressurising the Kingswood defence.

Kingswood defended well for several phases but were finally undone on 13 minutes when Telephones secured a lineout and a rolling maul crashed over the Kingswood try-line. 5-0

It was then Kingswood's turn to attack, on 23 minutes after several phases of play, a rolling maul formed in the Telephones half.  Good ground was made before Neil Ward broke from the back with the ball and used his hand off to great effect through some attempted tackles before eventually being halted.  Fortunately for Kingswood, James Dicks was on hand to receive the pop pass and he made it over the line after a strong run-in, much to Dicks' obviously delight. 5-5

Straight from the restart, James Dicks was involved again when he caught the kick and went on another strong run before being brought to the ground, a ruck formed and Tim Brain sent the ball to the backs.  It was then that Cousin Brad showed his impressive turn of pace for the first time in the game as he slalomed through the Bristol Telephones team on an impressive solo run and grabbed himself an excellent try. 5-10

The temperature on the pitch then began to rise, with one or two incidents requiring the referee's attention, as a result the game lost it's edge and the ball remained in the middle of the field for the remainder of the first half.

Half Time: Bristol Telephones 5 - 10 Kingswood

From the restart it was fair to say that Kingswood were placed under sustained pressure but their defence was holding up well, resisting several Telephones rolling mauls.  Kingswood's defence did however eventually yield to the pressure on 56 minutes when Telephones were awarded a penalty from which the secured the lineout and put together several phases of play before No. 7 broke with the ball and skipped through a few challenges to drop over the line. 10-10

Andy Leibow then made way for newcomer Rob Edwards.

Telephones still had relative control of the game and Kingswood were soon forced into another substitution when Bram came off injured and Andy Leibow made a return to the game.

There was then a sin binning for both teams when Kingswood's Dave Vince and Telephones No. 14 were sent from the field after a minor altercation.

Kingswood's defence was then breached again when on 73 minutes they conceded a penalty just 5m from their try-line and a quick tap penalty was sent out to No. 20 who dived over in the corner. 15-10

There was then a chance for a Kingswood equaliser when new boy Rob Edwards chased a downfield kick with blistering pace and an even better tackle on the Telephones full back, and although it seemed as though the Telephones full-back was not releasing the ball, Edwards was penalised for not rolling away and Kingswood were cruelly penalised.

Despite Kingswood holding the lead at half time, they were unable to find that 3rd try in the 2nd half to make the game safer and sadly came away with nothing.  But nonetheless a great game of rugby both sets of supporters to enjoy, and that we did.

  Full Time: Bristol Telephones 15 - 10 Kingswood