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University of York Men’s 2nds 42 – 23 Newcastle University Men’s 4ths
The University of York Men’s 2nds rugby team came up against Newcastle Universities Men’s 4th team yesterday in a game that could bring York closer to BUCS league victory. The team, headed by Will Tate, have defeated Newcastle’s 4ths in the last two games by large amounts, so the pressure was on for York to keep up their winning streak. York went into the match hoping to secure their first home victory of 2010, and did not disappoint.
York began the match fighting with lots of early possessions in the opposition’s half and good early throw-ins, however, eight minutes into the match a strong Newcastle scrum led the opposition to secure the first try of the game. But Newcastle missed the conversions, allowing York to pull the lead back three minutes later when they scored their first try and the fantastic kicker, number 10, got his first conversion of the game.
Newcastle began pushing back and managed a drop kick which put them once again in the lead. York seemed to be playing quite sloppily towards the half-time whistle, although a brilliant run from Gabriel meant that York pulled it back with another try, that was followed by another great kick. York seemed to be on a roll after that, as they began pushing for another try resulting in a scrum right next to the line. However when a fight broke out the hopes of a last minute try were dashed, and the half time score was 14 – 8 to York.
Newcastle began the second half strongly, maintaining possession for substantial periods which seemed to wake the home team up and allowing York to regain control of the ball - resulting in a wide try but a missed conversion. From then on it seemed like nothing could stop York, soon they had two more tries and the conversions were kicked through easily. Newcastle managed to score the final try of the game in the last five minutes, but they once again missed the conversion, securing a York victory, leaving the final score at York 42 – 23 Newcastle.
Captain Will Tate stated after the game that although they’d won the match, it was still rather messy, and he felt like his team could have done better. Although Will also optimistically maintained that it’s the teams that come together through messy games that are most likely to win the league.
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