September
30/09/23 Tigers 18 - 24 Hull
Games against Hull have always been tight and we’ve usually come off second best. With them having just come down we expected this to follow the pattern and so it proved.....eventually. On an overcast day we took the field with a strong side and the expectation that we could carry last weeks form into the game. After 3 minutes we won a penalty which the ever-reliable Mark Ireland slotted over to give us a 0-3 lead. Unfortunately, we then began to fall off tackles and allowed the home side to run in three tries with 2 of them being scored by Charlie Beech the loose head prop and the third, bang on half-time, scored by the Hull fullback Matt Welch. They were all converted and the half time score of 21-3 left us wondering if we were in for a long afternoon. It wasn’t that we had done anything major wrong, it was just that we didn’t do the basics right! Missing touch gives the opposition a free run and dropping off tackles keeps them on the front foot and allows them to pressure our line until eventually they cross the line. That said the pack, once again, showed that they are nobodies push over and more that held their own.
Whatever was said at half-time had the desired effect and the second half was completely different. Tigers, at last, seemed up for the game and this desire was only intensified when Nick Bingham was caught by a shoulder that was travelling unaccompanied by an arm. The result being his teeth travelling through his lip rather rapidly. The player received a Yellow card and Bingham was replaced by Ed Simmons. After this Tigers began to take charge and 2 minutes later Jamie Broadley crossed the line for a converted try. Tigers continued to pile on the pressure with the scrum putting a lot of pressure on their opposite numbers. Tom Calladine and Josh Redfern were making powerful runs and the lineout was functioning well. Hull began to make some changes to personnel in their pack but they couldn’t stop that try machine that is known as Will Archer who powered over for another try which was converted taking the score to 21-15. The game now became a war of attrition with both sides slogging it out for the decisive score. After 67 minutes Hull got a penalty which their very reliable kicker, Reece Dean, slotted over to increase their lead to 24-15. Just 2 minutes later Mark Ireland reduced the lead again to 24-18 and the gamed entered the last 10 minutes. Tigers piled on the pressure but couldn’t find a way through. In a last push Tigers got to within a couple of metres of the Hull line and were pulled up inches short of the line 2 or 3 times until, in what was to be the last move of the game, the ball went into the hand of new winger Ollie Butterworth. He drove for the line reached out and placed the ball down. This next bit is purely subjective. Those of us who were stood on the try line were convinced that he had placed it just on the line and then been pushed back, the Tigers players – admittedly not necessarily neutral observers – were convinced he’d reached the line, the referee was unsure so consulted the assistant who wasn’t sure so it was no try.
Another game slipped away because, in fairness, we only played for 40 minutes of rugby in the way we know only Tigers can play. Let’s hope it’s lesson learned and this week against top of the table Leeds Tykes we put in 80 minutes then, win or lose, we will know we tried our best.
Scorers:
Tries: Broadley (1), Archer (1)
Conversions: Ireland (1)
Penalties: Ireland (2)
Cards: None
Team: Bennett, Archer, Bingham (Simmons 45), Fitzsimons, Cartwright, Redfern (Wallace 67), Wallace (Scott 32), Calladine, Talbot (G), Ireland, Taylor (Chapman 67), Goatley, Broadley, Butterworth, Baker
Replacements: Simmons, Scott, Leiper, Hawksworth, Chapman
Match Report by: Graham Cockshutt
23/09/23 Tigers 49 - 5 Hull Ionians
No match report.
Scorers:
Tries: Broadley (2), Goatley (1), Chapman (1), Norman (1), Archer (1)
Conversions: Ireland (5)
Penalties: Ireland (3)
Cards: None
Team: Simmons (Bingham 68), Archer, Bingham (Bennett 44), Fitzsimons, Hawksworth (Leiper 20), Cartwright, Anderson (Wager 61), Calladine, Talbot (S), Ireland, Norman (Chapman 68), Goatley, Broadley, Chapman (Taylor 52), Baker
Replacements: Clark, Leiper, Bennett, Taylor, Wager
Match Report by:
16/09/23 Tigers 31 - 24 Otley
No match report.
Scorers:
Tries: Archer (1), Baker (1), Norman (1), Calladine (1)
Conversions: Ireland (4)
Penalties: Ireland (1)
Cards: None
Team: Bennett, Archer (Leiper 68), Simmons (Bingham 54), Redfern (Cartwright 76), Cartwright (Fitzsimons 53), Scott (Simmons 76), Wallace, Calladine, Talbot (G), Ireland, Norman, Goatley (Wager 54), Broadley (Taylor 68), Chapman, Baker
Replacements: Bingham, Leiper, Fitzsimons, Taylor, Wager
Match Report by:
09/09/23 Tigers 28 - 32 Sheffield
No match report.
Scorers:
Tries: Taylor (1), Norman (1), Archer (1)
Conversions: Ireland (2)
Penalties: Ireland (3)
Cards: None
Team: Bennett, Archer, Simmons (Bingham 53), Cartwright (Anderson 47), Fitzsimons, Calladine, Townsend (Scott 7 (Wallace 65)), Redfern, Talbot (G), Ireland, Norman, Wager, Broadley, Taylor, Baker
Replacements: Bingham, Wallace, Scott, Anderson, Chapman
Match Report by:
02/09/23 Tigers 26 - 26 Fylde
No match report.
Scorers:
Tries: Archer (1), Redfern (2)
Conversions: Ireland (2)
Penalties:
Penalty Try (1)
Cards: None
Team: Bennett (Bingham 40), Archer, Simmons (Bennett 52), Cartwright, Fitzsimons, Anderson (Scott 52), Townsend (Wallace 61), Redfern, Holmes (Wager 40), Ireland, Norman, Goatley, Broadley, Taylor, Baker
Replacements: Bingham, Wallace, Scott, Awoko, Wager
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