Sedgley Park ………11
Dings C………………… 20
SEDGLEY Tigers hosted Dings Crusaders yesterday and the first half saw Dings wait out the Tigers’ opening intensity, while the hosts struggled to orchestrate a meaningful attack.
A stellar 50-22 from Dings’ Harry Rowson sparked a surge in energy and resulted in two successive team tries from Kenzie Jenkins after 21 minutes and Tomas Gwilliam after 31, both converted by Thomas Knight.
The Tigers came close to scoring a couple times, but mistakes and Dings’ defensive strength left them pointless after the first half.
Tigers made every effort to rebalance the scores in the first half and Warren Seals opened the second half with two penalties.
A couple of penalties for talking back to the ref and more errors kept them from scoring any tries. Dings did well to capitalize of these mistakes and a penalty from George Boulton in the 70th minute tipped the scores back in Dings’ favour. The Crusaders were formidable in their goal-line defence, with the Tigers finally getting over in the 77th minute when a sailing pass from captain Matt Riley put Matt Law in. A final penalty from Boulton saw the Crusaders leave with a victory, with a final score of 11-20.
TEAMS
SEDGLEY PARK: Glasse, Henderson, Pope, Riley, Bradshaw, Seals, Sturgess, Blanchard, Gregory, Rylance, Tahraoui, Causey, James, Bradley, Ailes
Replacements: Downham, Mallinson, Birtwell, Law, Deans
DINGS: Foot, Rowson, Bailey, Tarling, O’Brien-Taufa, Boulton, Knight, Trevett, Gwilliam, Halliwell, Pearce, Thompson, Jenkins, Cripps, Hone
Replacements: Gollop, Ncube, Tull, Morton-Smith, Smith
REFEREE: Ben Wood
ATTENDANCE: 275
Star player
Kenzie Jenkins -Dings Crusaders
