Honours even as penalties shared

By GRAHAM COX
Blackheath …17
Rosslyn Park…17
IT’S sometimes said that draws in rugby are unsatisfactory results, but this one didn’t lack for excitement and passion, and in the end provided for a fair reflection of the game.
The contest finished with Blackheath, who had to fight back after conceding a penalty try when Geoff Griffiths was adjudged to have deliberately knocked on as Park had an overlap begging, breaking up field from their own goalline, before play was brought to a final halt midway in opposition territory.
Prior to that, Blackheath’s stronger ...

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