2022 Woolston Rovers Matchday Programme Hunslet Warriors 18062022

RECENT MATCH REPORTS
FOR OUR OPEN AGE TEAMS
WOOLSTON ROVERS 10 CROSFIELDS 42
(NCL 30/04/2022)
Woolston Rovers went down to a local ‘derby’ defeat to Crosfields in the National Conference
League Division Two in front of a very large crowd at the Limestone Construction Field, Monks
Sports Club.
Soap got off to the prefect start when they opened the scoring in the second minute; they ran the
ball on the last tackle and full back Jamie Abram jinked through the defence and passed to centre
Kane Ditchfield who scored on the left and then seven minutes later a smart pass from scrum half
Joe Barnes found prop forward Tom Millington who crashed over on the left. Stand off Jack Lewis
added the conversion.
Crosfields moved further ahead when second row Dean Beddall broke through the rovers defence
to score on the left. Lewis converted and then Rovers had full back Morgan Williams sin binned
for a professional foul and from the resulting penalty a long ball out wide found winger Jack Fox
who scored in the right corner.
Rovers were then temporarily down to eleven men when substitute Josh Sudlow was yellow carded
for hitting out and another long pass out wide found Fox in space to score in the right corner
but then when Rovers were back to their full complement they got themselves on the scoreboard
when a lovely offload from Sudlow found loose forward Ryan Brown who put centre Dan Fearnley
through a gap to score wide out on the right and make the interval score 24-4 to Crosfields who
ended the half with twelve men following the sin binning of substitute Tom Brown for a late hit.
Five minutes into the second half rovers went over once again when a nice offload from hooker
Adam Files found pro forward Harry Files and he turned Abram inside and out before scoring
under the posts. Williams converted but four minutes later Crosfields regained the momentum as
Barnes found a gap to score at the side of the posts. Lewis added the conversion.
Just after the hour mark a high kick from Barnes was hacked on and Lewis pounced on the ball to
score. He converted his own try and then five minutes later substitute Brad Stanway went through
the line to score. Lewis converted and then with four minutes remaining Rovers substitute Sam
Wood and Crosfields Lewis were sent off for punching as the visitors celebrated a deserved 42-10
success.
Best for Rovers were prop forward Harry Files, stand off Theo Holt and substitute Josh Sudlow.
Crosfields were best served by scrum half Joe Barnes, full back Jamie Abram and prop forward
Jack Wright.
ROVERS
Morgan Williams, Karlton Bates, Dan Fearnley, Tom Byrne, Kieran Jones, Theo Holt, Kieran
Moore, Harry Files, Adam Files, Ryan Hickman, Paul Alcock, Alex Smith, Ryan Brown.
Subs:
Wez Lawton, Sam Wood, Callum Moore, Josh Sudlow.
Tries
Fearnley (35 mins), H Files (45).
Goals
Williams 1