Witney 0 - 38 Chiltern 2XV

15th December 2007

Amersham 2XV travelled one of the longest journeys of the season to Witney, and couldn’t wait to play having had and another two week break from the league.

With a lot of young university student’s back and people looking to impress it was going to be an exciting game to look forward to.
Amersham started well with the forwards taking control and an early score in the corner from a powerful run by Ally Bruce to put Chiltern 5-0 up.

Looking to spread the ball wide when possible Amersham played some good rugby and the next score was always coming soon. The ball once again came wide for Lewis Culverhouse to pass off for Dave Neale to score, with Rob Smalley converting making it 12-0 at half time.

Amersham making 3 subs at half time to bring on some fresh faces and liven the game up had a positive effect, resulting in two well-worked tries from Tom Manton who finished well and Rob Smalley to convert both.

With the game won it was important not to concede and credit to the team for not letting Witney over the line, with some great defence.
This allowed Chiltern to press forward and keep moving the ball wide allowing Ryan Lee to beat off a number of players to score for Chiltern.

There was time for on more try, and for possibly the best try of the game with Fraser Clarke picking the ball up in his own half and beating of a number of Witney players to score under the posts for Rob Smalley to convert making the final score 38-0.
There were a number of very good performances from Paul Sitzy, Danny Samuels for some awesome tackling, Ally Bruce, Rob Smalley at full back, and man of the match Tristan Harper for a great all round performance.

Credit to the whole squad that played as it was a great team effort and Amersham now look forward to hosting Banbury at home on 5th January.

Line Up:
1)Chris Morris
2)Nick Ripper
3)Lloyd Powell
4)Matt Wall
5)Mike Sandford
6)Ryan Lee
7)Tristan Harper
8)Luke Donnebuam (pl)
9)Paul Sitzy (vc)
10)Dave Neale (c)
11)Fraser Clarke
12)Lewis Culverhouse
13)Ally Bruce
14)Michael Buckler
15)Rob Smalley

16)Andy Spikings
17)Danny Samuels
18)Tom Manton
19)Richard Tullock

Tries:
Ally Bruce
Dave Neale
Tom Manton x2
Ryan Lee
Fraser Clarke

Conversions:
Rob Smalley x4

Man Of The Match:
Tristan Harper