| CENTURIONS TOO STRONG FOR STORM |
| Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:07 | |
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Storm 6 St Albans 60 Storm went down 60-6 to league leaders St. Albans in what was a game of two halves for the unfamiliar, yet industrious south London outfit. After a promising start during which storm edged the opening exchanges, it was st Albans who crossed the whitewash first following a good flat ball from Adam Kal in the 8th minute. Storm regathered themselves with strong running from imperious captain Mike Benson, however cents defensive line was well organised and held strong with the londoners unable to capitalise on well earnt field position on more than one occasion. Upon regaining posesstion st Albans scored twice in quick sucession either side of the halfway mark after hitting good lines behind the ruck and exploiting some slack defensive work, leaving the score at 14-0. Looking at going in at half time having drawn a blank, storm rallied. After a good drive from saner hasan and some probing from benson, the physical Adam hill drove over from close range.
There was still time for storm to put in a huge defensive effort on their own line with great tenacity shown by craig montiero, in order to go in only 14-6 down and well in the running. The second half started brightly for the home side with dave Barrett going over in the corner on his first team debut, only for the try to be chalked off for a forward pass. St Albans, with ball back in hand, broke from deep within their own half and scored from 70 metres. Despite the defensive efforts of workhorse matt smith and the returning dave aylmer, the floodgates opened as storms inexperienced 16 man squad struggled to contain the potential champions. In a confident display of running rugby Cents ran in a further 7 tries with David kramer in particular exploiting holes in the storm defence. What had been an even tempered game ended on a sour note with the dimissals of pete madigan and shane Rampling for their parts in a brawl sparked by a monsterous hit by Adam hill. The match ended 60-6 Storm face hammersmith at home next week, and those that were willing to put their hands up on Saturday and accept their responsibility in representing the club can take pride in their performances. Storm 'A' are also in action against Oxford. Storm lineup: 1. D. Wocjeiechowicz, 2. D. Barrett, 3. P. Wocjeiechowicz 4. D. Aylmer 5. S. Hasan 6. M. Benson 7. P. Madigan 8. A. Hill 9. C. Montiero 10. D. Thompson 11. E. Drummond 12. R. Mitchell 13. M. Smith 14. T. White 15. S. Green 16. A. Brown |
