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COLLEGIATE 19-24 MERSEYSIDE POLICE 2 Match report to follow. COLLEGIATE 24-34 ELLESMERE PORT COLLEGIATE 24-12 OLDERSHAW COLLEGIATE 12-34 MERSEYSIDE POLICE The 3rd XV made the 'massive' away trip to the Police with only 10 players, of which skipper Si Taylor was needed to referee, so no great loss there but the players he gave decisions against may not have thought so. Very kindly indeed the Police loaned enough players throughout the duration of the match to allow a competitive match, which was enjoyed by all. Thanks to Cliff Barr who played for Collegiate and was the Man of the Match. In the end it was a 15 a side game, with a true mixture of experience, youth and first timers. All the lads made a great effort and turned what could have been a late cry off into a really good run out. Tries came from Adam Lowe and one of the Police lads (can we pilfer him?) and a conversion from John Gill. Lets hope for better numbers next week for hosting Wallasey. COLLEGIATE 10-54 MOSSLEY HILL 2ND With the return of a couple of old faces in Ian McNab and Paul Bullen and our regulars the 3rd XV had a very experienced pack, which would cause Hill problems, but with a very inexperienced back line Hill took advantage. Despite this inexperience the effort levels could not be questioned, although the lip towards the referee from all parties was completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the future. With Hill turning up with 20 plus players due to their 2nd XV fixture being cancelled this was a major advantage, as they were able to change virtually their entire pack at half-time, when the score was 19-3. This was the turning point. With fresh legs and superior fitness Hill ran riot from the start of the half and ran in try after try through a tiring defence. Collegiate did manage a consolation try, via a bullocking run from Dom Hoban who fed Jon Gill who in turn cleverly reverse passed back to Hoban to score under the posts, which Gill converted. COLLEGIATE 23-19 PRENTON COLLEGIATE 5-36 WALLASEY COLLEGIATE 18-20 WIRRAL An excellent game of rugby between 2 evenly matched sides, but which nearly didn't take place due to late cry offs and people just not turning up. We went from 15 players to 9 within 10 minutes. Let's have no repeat occurrences of this!!! However, with last minute pleads to people who by rights shouldn't have played due to personal commitments (Thanks to Leons Bown and Carroll and also Louis) and also Wirral kindly lending 2 players when need be (Thanks for sorting this Greg) the game went ahead. The game started very brightly with Collegiate controlling early possession and scoring early via swift handling from the backs to put Mike Deane over in the corner. This is when the match became a stalemate with Collegiate's solid defence seeing off Wirral's hardy pack, but this was breached due to a poor captaincy error by Si Taylor who stupidly went to make a substitution but a player left the field not to be replaced and the extra man proved vital as Wirral scored out wide to make it 5-5 at half-time. The second half was just as tense with Wirral scoring first, but failing to convert from in front. This was swiftly negated from an excellent solo effort from Mike Deane who took 3 defenders over the line with him to get his second. Then 5 minutes later from quick ruck ball and again swift hands Paul Watt (Curly) bundled over in the corner to take the lead. Wirral applied pressure to get the equalising try and did so via their nippy scrum half, who again scored under the posts, but they failed to convert. 15-15 with 8 minutes to go. From the resultant kick-off Collegiate were awarded a penalty 35 metres out, which Si Taylor gratefully slotted. Unfortunately the 3rds couldn't hold on and from a quick tap penalty Wirral's Number 8 went over from 5 metres out, with Collegiate defenders caught out by his sharp thinking. Decent start to the season and bodes well, if we can secure numbers. Results/Points Scorers 2006-07 All 3rd XV information will be updated on a regular basis, please click on the applicable buttons to view results/league tables and player stats.
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