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3 September 2011
Tarleton 0 Hutton 44
The 2011 campaign started off with a home match against local rivals Hutton visiting Carr Lane. We knew this was going to be a tough match and as normal at the start of the season we were a number of players down due to cricket commitments etc. However, we had a squad of 18 players who reported for play and this is an improvement on previous seasons.
For the first 20 minutes of the game neither side could break through the strong defensive lines that were in place but Hutton took a scrum against the head and from the resulting rolling maul play which is Huttons’ trademark they took the first points of the game.
The next 15 minutes of rugby were not particularly watchable as every time there was a breakdown it seemed that the handbags came out – our players have got to learn not to be sucked into this and to be truthful we were lucky not to lose a player to the sin bin.
With half time beckoning a Tarleton clearance kick under pressure did not find touch and the Hutton backs with some good inter-passing ran in a good try which was converted and left the half time score at 12-0.
Tarleton started the second half poorly and a No. 8 Pick up from a Hutton scrum seemed to go unnoticed as he managed to run through the Tarleton defence from outside the 22 and put the ball down next to the posts. The conversion made it 19-0 and although Tarleton tried to press on occasion the game was already lost . To add insult to injury Tarleton gave a silly penalty in front of the posts which was grateful accepted and another catch and drive try from a 5mtr line out saw Hutton go 27 points clear. The final 3 tries came from another rolling maul, a 5mtr push over try following a dropped pass behind our own line and a quickly taken penalty that Tarleton didn’t react to.
The final score was 44-0 and Tarleton will have to improve on their ball retention and discipline next week against Garstang as they look to pick up their first points of the season.
Second XV (The Nomads)
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