Late penalty from Adams seals win

National 2E
By STEPHEN FITZMAURICE

Sevenoaks..............22
Bury St Ed’s............. 21
WHEN a match comes down to a singular denouement, which this classic did, it’s easy to dwell on that winning event, a penalty slotted by Ben Adams for Sevenoaks to secure the home win, reversing a 19-21 deficit into a wellearned 22-21 triumph.
Yes, it was an impressive penalty from the boot of Adams from a challenging angle just inside the Bury ten-metre line. And yes, the pressure was on.
But 79 minutes of compelling rugby leading up to that point included a series of other vi...

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