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MATCH REPORT
STOBSWELL 6 V CARNOUSTIE 45
Carnoustie continued on league business with a visit to Downfield to play Stobswell. The ground was well grassed and firm without any hard spots, there was little wind and dry overhead. Stobswell kicked off towards the twenty two line and with a slow follow up the ball receiver Owen Hughes ran clear to half way before feeding to Bruce Langlands who made ground before passing to Grant Langlands who was in space allowing him to run clear to the line with the conversion added. Apart from the kick off Stobswell had not touched the ball. Stobswell regathered by failing to clear the ten meter line giving Carnoustie a scrum on the centre line. The scrum was won and the ball chipped ahead but Stobswell gathered and cleared. Stobswell won the line out but dropped the ball in midfield which was snapped up by Carnoustie, quickly recycled and sent wide with good hands to Nathan Bowles who dashed into the corner, too far out for the conversion. The restart kick was knocked on by the receiver and with Carnoustie deemed to have dropped the scrum Stobswell had a penalty which was taken to the posts but dropped under the bar. The drop out was recovered by Carnoustie and played to Dean Nicholson but unfortunately Carnoustie were penalised. Stobswell kick failed to make touch allowing Carnoustie to clear. Stobswell won the line out and sent the ball through the hands without making much ground forward but sufficient to allow the subsequent penalty to be kicked giving the home team points on the board. Carnoustie forwards were offside at the kick off, Stobswell winning the scrum and driving but were penalised for holding on. The penalty found touch, the line out won and the ball sent wide right, quickly recycled and fed equally quickly left to find Stewart Millar in space which he used to good effect to cross for another converted try. The restart was not cleanly taken and Stobswell took possession of the ball but conceded two penalties in Succession. The second was tapped and played through the hands before being chipped to find touch 5m from the line. Stobswell tapped the ball back but not to hand, Aaron Ringcell was first to respond pinching the ball and diving over the line. The conversion was missed but with less than twenty minutes played the bonus point was in the bag. The restart was fielded by Cailan Gordon and Stobswell penalised. The ball was tapped and chipped but fielded by Stobswell and driven before going through the hands forcing a penalty to be conceded by the homesters. The penalty failed to find touch but Stobswell let this ball go loose, Carnoustie recovered the ball and chipped to the right for the quick following up Chris Rankin to gather and cross with full points. The restart was taken cleanly and sent through the hands, recycled and again sent through the hands but forced to touch. The line out was won and driven to the line but the ball was held up. The scrum was won and run but the ball carrier was pulled up for accidental offside. Stobswell won the scrum and a penalty gained which was tapped and chipped to touch, the line out won and the ball played to Grant Langlands who in sufficient space to cross with the conversion added. The restart was taken by Craig Addison before being chipped and regathered but passed forward. From the scrum Stobswell gained a penalty to put a further three points on the bard. Carnoustie were caught napping from the restart allowing Stobswell to hack a long ball down the line but the runner in the clear failed to control the ball when hacking on again only for the ball to run into touch. Carnoustie won the lineout and run the ball clear to half way bringing the half to an end.
The game restarted with two consecutive penalties conceded, but from a line out Carnoustie turned the ball over only to find touch. Stobswell cleared and Carnoustie then stopped a promising move with a forward pass with S tobswell then knocking on. Carnoustie was first to raise the game but was penalised for holding on. Stobswell drove from the line out but turned the ball over but little progress was made with the chip kick carrying to touch. Stobswell maintained the better field position but missed the posts with a penalty. Carnoustie tapped the twenty two and broke with pace but a good move ended with a forward pass. Gordon was next to show, breaking down the blind and kicking but with no follow up the defence tidied up. Grant Langlands then made a run but the ball was lost. Carnoustie then made ground upfield but at a line out lost a player to the sin bin. A man down Carnoustie still did not click but their opponents did not threaten the line. Eventually Carnoustie woke up fielding a loose kick and sent the ball quickly through the hands for Grant Langlands to break clear to the posts, with the conversion added and bringing the game to an end.
A game of two halves with some wonderful rugby in the first half, apart from the last move the second half was better forgotten.
Team : Pattullo : Bowles : G.Langlands : Rankin : Harrison : B.Langlands : Basset : Ringcell : Addison : Gordon : Dissel : Thomson : Millar : Esposito : Hughes : Paterson : Haxton : Smart.
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