All Golds v Oxford KPL1 Shield 2016 Final

Daf Phillips also went over and
Daf Daniels landed four goals.
Following an early sin-binning
for Phillips, James Mason had
given the All Golds an early lead
with a try in his first appearance
of the season. They were
pegged back but Liam Rice-
Wilson and Chris True scored,
Paul King adding a goal, to
give the All Golds a 14-10 lead
coming up to the interval.
Rees-Spowart’s try sent the
teams into the break level at 14-
14 but the second half belonged
to the Raiders as they played
some of their best rugby of the
season to ease to a 40-14 lead.
Mason’s second touchdown
in the final few minutes was a
consolation score for the All
Golds who slip out of the playoff
places with four games left in
the season.
Round 13 saw wins for the
top two in markedly different
circumstances. Leaders
London Chargers thrashed
Torfaen Tigers 88-0 while
the Nottingham Outlaws
were pushed all the way by
Coventry Bears who eventually
succumbed 34-24.
The Outlaws were never
behind after taking an early
stranglehold on the game
thanks to tries from Coryn
Ward, Jon Christie and Jimmy
Goodwin in the opening 12
minutes. The Bears pulled a
converted try back from Toby
Williams before the break
but the Outlaws extended
their advantage early in the
second period through George
Strachan.
Roddy Jones and Williams
crossed for the Bears but
Strachan ensured the Outlaws
remained out of reach with his
second of the day before setting
up Goodwin for his second.
Alec Wheatley crossed for
the Outlaws’ final try, Luca
Costante adding his third goal
before Dylan Bale earned a
consolation score for the Bears,
Tawanda Chipadza’s fourth goal
completed the scoring.
The following week saw the All
Golds drop further out of playoff
contention following a 52-16
defeat at Torfaen Tigers and
Coventry Bears’ surprise 34-18
win over London Chargers.
The All Golds started in superb
fashion at Cwmbran RFC
scoring twice in the opening
ten minutes through Connor
Jones and Sam Hodge both
beautifully created and finished
in impressive style to lead 10-0
but after a sin-binning for each
side, the Tigers began to play
and overcame the deficit to
lead 16-10 at the break with
tries from Micki Witts, Jarad
Hinnem and Mike Edwards and
two Matt Cummins goals.
The All Golds travelled shorthanded
and were down to the
bare 13 men after debutant
Tom Chipchase was injured
after ten minutes. Two tries
from Witts early in the second
half extended the lead, which
had become 30 points by the
time Mitchell Dent ploughed
over to score just past the hour
mark.
Tom Matthews and Louie
Pengelly crossed to add
to tries from Hinnem and
Cummins who finished with
eight goals for the Tigers.
The Welsh derby at Parc
Stebonheath went the way of
Valley Cougars who repelled
a mini-fightback from West
Wales Raiders to win 42-34.
Ethan Coombes bagged two
tries while Adam Morgan,
Ross Price, Rhys Davies, Liam
Watton and Mike Connor also
crossed, with Mike Hurley
kicking seven goals.
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The Raiders posted two Alan
Pope tries, touchdowns by
Morgan Jefferies, Ben Rees,
Andrew Rees-Spowart and
Stef Jones while Daf Daniels
added four goals and Shane
Edwards one.
This weekend’s fixtures see
Coventry Bears travel to Valley
Cougars and Torfaen Tigers
host West Wales Raiders.
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