Carlisle not your average Joe for leaders

By JON EDWARDS
Old Elth’ians ..40
Plymouth Alb 29

FLY-HALF Joe Carlisle kicked 20 points as leaders Old Elthamians won an eight-try thriller at College Meadow to record a seventh successive victory.
In a blistering, end-toend encounter, it was Plymouth who raced into a 14-0 lead after only seven minutes, capitalising on home errors to score tries through Josh Skelcey and the outstanding Matt Shepherd.
Elthamians hit back with two tries of their own through locks Fred Hosking and Adam Batt to level the scores after 20 minutes.
Carlisle and Shepherd swapped penalties before slick hand...

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