Away win at Westcombe Park 2nd October 2005
Westcombe Park 10 - Ashford 32
Both sides went into this fixture defending a three match unbeaten run. The Westcombe Park men’s team play in national division 3 and their youth section is allied to Harlequins. The Ashford boys therefore travelled up the M20 expecting a tough match.
Right from the whistle the Ashford boys looked sharper in the initial exchanges and quickly drove into ‘Combe territory. Ashford’s rush defence then forced the ‘Combe side to spill the ball under their goal posts. As Ashford gathered the ball and drove towards the try line, ‘Combe defenders were penalised for entering the ruck from offside positions. Ashford took the option of a tap penalty and No. 8 Christopher Albrow crashed over for the opening try. Shell-shocked ‘Combe compounded their problems when the restart failed to go 10 metres and Ashford played advantage. The desperate ‘Combe defence could only scramble the ball into touch. From the resulting lineout the loose ball was gathered by lock Lukas Warrilow who sprinted through a gap in the ‘Combe defence to ground the ball under the posts. The try was converted and gave Ashford a 10-0 lead after just 5 minutes of play.
The combined pressure of a mobile pack and an aggressive back line led to a try from tighthead prop Billy Stevens and a second try for Albrow. Having raced into a 22-0 lead Ashford then lost concentration. A poor defensive lineout saw the ball tapped back over the Ashford line, allowing the ‘Combe hooker to dive onto the loose ball and open the home side’s try account. The defensive error stung Ashford into action and a sweeping backs movement saw centre Grant Noremac burst through and score from 30 metres out.
At half time, with the score at 27-5 in Ashford’s favour, a series of substitutions were made. New boys Aaron Achong and Adam Kydd went out for the second half. As key players were rested the ‘Combe forwards were given more room. Eventually, a hesitant Ashford defence allowed ‘Combe to score a try from a short range scrum. As the clock wound down, normal service was resumed when a rapid passing movement involving forwards and backs saw No. 8 Albrow touch down to secure his hatrick of tries.
Ashford’s player of the week was George Woodrow.
Next Sunday – 9th October – Ashford Under 13s travel away to Aylesford.
Both sides went into this fixture defending a three match unbeaten run. The Westcombe Park men’s team play in national division 3 and their youth section is allied to Harlequins. The Ashford boys therefore travelled up the M20 expecting a tough match.
Right from the whistle the Ashford boys looked sharper in the initial exchanges and quickly drove into ‘Combe territory. Ashford’s rush defence then forced the ‘Combe side to spill the ball under their goal posts. As Ashford gathered the ball and drove towards the try line, ‘Combe defenders were penalised for entering the ruck from offside positions. Ashford took the option of a tap penalty and No. 8 Christopher Albrow crashed over for the opening try. Shell-shocked ‘Combe compounded their problems when the restart failed to go 10 metres and Ashford played advantage. The desperate ‘Combe defence could only scramble the ball into touch. From the resulting lineout the loose ball was gathered by lock Lukas Warrilow who sprinted through a gap in the ‘Combe defence to ground the ball under the posts. The try was converted and gave Ashford a 10-0 lead after just 5 minutes of play.
The combined pressure of a mobile pack and an aggressive back line led to a try from tighthead prop Billy Stevens and a second try for Albrow. Having raced into a 22-0 lead Ashford then lost concentration. A poor defensive lineout saw the ball tapped back over the Ashford line, allowing the ‘Combe hooker to dive onto the loose ball and open the home side’s try account. The defensive error stung Ashford into action and a sweeping backs movement saw centre Grant Noremac burst through and score from 30 metres out.
At half time, with the score at 27-5 in Ashford’s favour, a series of substitutions were made. New boys Aaron Achong and Adam Kydd went out for the second half. As key players were rested the ‘Combe forwards were given more room. Eventually, a hesitant Ashford defence allowed ‘Combe to score a try from a short range scrum. As the clock wound down, normal service was resumed when a rapid passing movement involving forwards and backs saw No. 8 Albrow touch down to secure his hatrick of tries.
Ashford’s player of the week was George Woodrow.
Next Sunday – 9th October – Ashford Under 13s travel away to Aylesford.
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