Moseley conquer the visiting Crusaders
40
Birmingham
Moseley
V
20
Dings
Crusaders
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 wing to run in from inside his own half, evading a couple of tackles on the way, Thomas Knight adding the extras.
Moseley’s reply was immediate, Aquile Smith running on to a clever chip through by Anthony Egodo to slide in the left corner.
Moseley continued to dominate territorially and were dominating at the scrum, gaining several penalties. One such occasion gave Jack Jolly the opportunity at the sticks which skimmed over the bar. An Ethan Priest try from short range took the home team to a six-point lead, the conversion attempt rebounding of the upright. Dings finished a tight half by breaking through. With an overlap, Thomas Knight ran free to score, the conversion miss bringing the whistle for a half time score of 13 – 12.
The second period was a more open affair, Moseley scoring 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 home team began to flex their muscles. A scrum on halfway gave Moseley another penalty advantage but the ball was passed to Sam Pointon who scorched through the home defence for a wonderful solo score, Jack Jolly adding the extras.
Tighe Maxwell-Whiteley was given the opportunity of a fairly simple penalty from in front which was gratefully accepted. George Boulton would do likewise for the visitors before the hosts wrapped up the game with two tries in the last ten minutes. Isaac McNulty’s touchdown off the back of a five-metre scrum was converted by Maxwell-Whiteley. There was just enough time for the forwards to demonstrate their scrummaging strength, winning one against the head on the visitors 22. The ball was worked out to the left for Daniel Brough to complete the scoring on the stroke of full time.
Coaches player of the match
Issac McNulty
