Exmouth 12-20 Torquay Extras

27/10/07 18:34 Filed in: Match Reviews
Exmouth away another great result for the boys W 20-12.
Exmouth away another great result for the boys W 20-12. A Late cry off from  fly half Richard Wood meant some last minute replacement problems, The colts game was cancelled so we brought in promising player Joe Ward. Paul Birchell went from 12 to 10 with Ward going on the wing. Didn't have a great start due to one or two players arriving late, this meant our usual preparation was effected, not the start we wanted away to the undefeated Exmouth. We started the first half against the wind on the narrow Exmouth 2nd pitch, Tony McCarthy kicked an early penalty to give us an early lead. It was an intense first half against a well organised Exmouth. But with the likes of Paul Langdell and Sean McCarthy in the pack we started to dominate the scrums often wheeling 90 on their ball. Exmouth managed to break our usually solid defence to give them a 5-3 half time lead. Second half we brought off Matt Lyle and put John Brookes in the row taking out captain Dave Carpenter and playing him at 8, replacing Simon Dorey who went to his preferred blindside. Matt Barlow got his crack at 9 replacing Dan Taylor.  We started well and  put points on the board through a try from Tony Mc which he converted. Joe Ward who whenever he got the ball looked dangerous scored a great try outside on his senior debut. We gathered more momentum and scored again through hard working hooker matt Jarrett, Jarrett was then binned for an off the ball offence. Having gone down to 14 men we conceded a late try finishing 20-12 winners. For most of the second half the scrums went uncontested due to injuries to both Exmouth props. We are now 6 undefeated at the top of the table.

Fletch