Warriors maintain momentum in exciting Newmarket rematch
Match Report Eastern Counties 1 league match - Saturday 1 December 2012
Woodbridge Warriors 21 v Newmarket 18
Newmarket started this re-match on the attack with a much changed team from the mid-November game, abandoned due to Ref injury. Warrior Cope took the opening kick well but Newmarket applied pressure on the blind side to get up to the line, forced a scrum and scrum half Carter scored within 4 minutes. The penalties started to mount from both sides which allowed Woodbridge’s Smith to take 3 points at the restart and followed up, as the home team rucked well and forced Newmarket back to their own 22, with a well-gathered chip-through and try. Both sides wanted this win and fought to play in their opponents half which resulted in a lot of penalties, kicking from hand and the occasional run from deep. The set pieces were fairly evenly matched with Woodbridge having an edge in the scrum but Newmarket ahead at the line out. Woodbridge’s forwards attacked spinning the ball wide and Jones made a great run only to regain possession at the breakdown and score converted by Smith. The exciting end-to end rugby continued and Newmarket’s pack worked hard to win penalties allowing Cocks to take three points as their backs repeatedly tried to grub kick through and break the Warrior defence. Woodbridge had to touch down in their own goal line several times.
The second session saw Woodbridge defending from the off, Biu putting in some great tackles and Bruce kicking well for territory only for Rowlands, deadly for Newmarket at 7, to turn over two line-outs and allow Cocks to kick more pressure on the Warrior full-back, Smith. It paid off as eventually a short line-out on the Woodbridge 5m line saw Holland score wide. The aerial battle continued between Cocks and Bruce who also put in some good runs, one supported by prop Digweed, and got Smith within kicking distance to take 3 more points. Yellow cards featured as the pace remained high, Woodbridge forwards Scopes, Jones and Cooke were up quickly, Bond making a 20m run and, for Newmarket, Cocks’ kicks threatened to set wings Parry and Allen away. Bruce harried at the scrum and won a match-deciding penalty 3 points from Smith which meant Allen’s final try couldn’t change the battling Woodbridge win.
Woodbridge Warriors 21 v Newmarket 18
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