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Inter Services Round 3 - RN Academy 18 – 34 RAF

Inter Services Round 3 - RN Academy 18 – 34 RAF

Keith Humpleby8 Sep 2019 - 14:54
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The days fixtures started with the Academy game preceded by a minute’s silence in memory of Scott Stevenson and then it was straight into action

On a glorious afternoon West Yorkshire the RN stated playing down the slope into the sun. Another shuffling of players by Coach Chris Reeves gave an unfamiliar look to the side which was evident in the first few minutes with RAF having the better of the play. This was rewarded with a try out wide for Jordan Doris after 10 minutes. RNRL got themselves together quickly however and pressed for a reply which came barely 5 minutes later, great hands across the park saw the ball go to Kieron Hart who crossed behind the posts giving Alex Lewis his first conversion of the afternoon. Unfortunately, possession went back to the RAF from the restart as the ball was spilled but fair play the RN held off the flyers repelling the scrum advantage. The second quarter of the game belonged to the RAF who ran in three more trys to, Morris, Grainger and Eaton respectively however with only one conversion the RN were still very much in the game at 6:18. The second half began well for the RN with another try scored out wide after 45 minutes, Alex Lewis showed the flyers how to kick conversions with a beaut from the touchline so at 12:18 it was game on. Just before the hour RAF prop Pilkington went over but another missed conversion meant there was only 10 points between the sides. On the hour RN struck back with another converted try, Alex Lewis scoring both, 18:22 sadly that was to be it for the Brothers, three game ending injuries for the RN stripped Chris Reeves of his options from the bench and the RAF took full advantage. Replacement prop Grainger scored his second on the day to follow Badenski's earlier effort and with the flyers finally finding a kicker who could convert the lead went out to 18:34 which is where it stayed through to the full-time hooter.
A disappointing end to the Academy campaign but with many new faces in the starting lineup it was still a great effort by Reeve’s Charges under difficult circumstances.

RN Academy
Lloyd Williamson, Fergus Donaldson, Adam Hinton, Nathan Taylor, Kieran Hart, Alex Lewis, John Clay, Alastair McGoldrick, Callum Cone, Tom Howard, Barry McLean, Chris Rees-Lloyd, Joe Long, Appi Daunibau, Matt Wilkinson, Ellis Greenway, Barney Hodkinson

RAF Academy
Zac Morris, Paddy Ross, Jordan Doris, James Crabb, Tom Marshall, Josh Fitzgerald, Dan Spencer, Wayne Cooper, Liam Eaton, Simon Pilkington, Gareth Smith Hughes, Jon Young, Mark Greenwood, Ste Kilner, Troy Badenski, Matt Brown, Chris Grainger

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Match date

Fri 20 Sep 2019

Kickoff

15:00
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