Redcar March On

Redcar kicked off against a slight wind and both sides shared the play with short attacks followed by losing the ball in the contact. Whitby were first on the board with a converted try after 8 mins, 0 – 7. This seemed to shake Redcar into action and after 15 mins and several sorties, prop forward James Toward broke through some half hearted Whitby tackles to score near the posts, 5 – 7. On 19 mins winger Luke Watson followed up a kick from flyhalf Richie Young and kicked the ball on twice and raced after it, to touch it down and score, fullback Lee Collins converted, 12 – 7. 10 mins later after some good driving play from the forwards, centre Matty Curry made a great break up the middle and passed to Lee Collins who ran up the wing and out stripped the chasing defence to score in the corner, 17 – 7. As halftime approached, the big forwards Nathan Gibson and Shaun Hodgson bullocked up the field and then prop James Toward broke through making ground and passed to scrum half Damian Buck who romped in under the posts, Lee Collins added the extras, 24 – 7.

Half Time Redcar 24 Whitby 7

Whitby restarted the game and Redcar’s Lee Collins added a penalty to his tally to take the score to 27 – 7. Whitby countered with a converted try on 50 mins, 24 -14. On 58 mins Redcar’s Luke Watson almost scored after a great run but he was too close to the touch line, he passed the ball inside and went to follow up but was late tackled by Whitby’s No.18 and that earned him a yellow card. On 60 mins Matty Curry deservedly scored a great try as he sliced his way through the centre of Whitby’s defence, as he had done all game, Lee Collins converted, 34 – 14. Whitby had the last say and scored another try, which their dogged performance deserved.

Final Score Redcar 34 Whitby 19