Moseley conquer visiting Crusaders

B Moseley …………..40 Dings Crusaders .. 20

By JON MEADOWS

DESPITE spending much of the opening period in their own half, it was Dings who opened the scoring. Solomon O’Brien-Taufa finding space on the left to run in from inside his own half, evading a couple of tackles, with Thomas Knight converting.

Moseley’s reply was immediate, Aquile Smith running on to a clever chip in the left corner. With the home team dominating territorially, a Jack Jolly penalty and an Ethan Priest try took them to a six-point lead. Dings finished a tight half by breaking through. With an overlap, Knight ran free to score, the conversion miss bringing the half-time whistle.

The second period was a more open affair, Moseley scored early with another Smith try in the corner, Louie Trevett replying for the visitors soon after to bring the game back to a single point.

However the hosts began to flex their muscles, Jolly converting Samuel Pointon’s wonderful solo score and Tighe Maxwell-Whiteley adding a penalty. Boulton would add a penalty of his own for the visitors, before two tries for the hosts in the last ten minutes. Isaac McNulty’s touchdown was converted by Maxwell-Whiteley before Daniel Brough score on the stroke of full-time.