Sat 4 Mar 2023, 14:15
09” 0-3 | PENALTY ECCLES (Alex Speakman). After a hesitant start Eccles finally find thier feet and take the opportunity to take the lead with a penalty kick inside the Littlborough 22.
15” | Eccles acheive another penalty and kick to the corner. The line out catch and drive to the corner is disrupted by the defence and the try is held up.
20” 7-3 | TRY Littleborough
29” | From a line out on the right at the halfway line, Eccles attack up the left wing with an advantage of numbers but play is stopped and pulled back to attend to Adam Christey knee injury sustained in the line out. After treatment Christey leaves the field.
30” | Multiple penalties by the hosts. Eccles dominant in the scrum, regularly driving thier opponents backwards. Eccles persist with the line out in the corner but squander these point-scoring opportunities. Hosts miss two penalty kick opportunities to increase their lead, one hitting the post.
35" | Tom Coe breaks from another line out catch and drive but his reach is short at the try line and a knock on is awarded. Bad tempered end to the half. A disrupted, un flowing match with the refeeree's whistle being the most common feature. Hopefully a game of rugby will break out in the second half.
HT 7-3
43” 7-8 | TRY ECCLES (Will Parkinson) Eccles start brightly and launch an attack which is finsihed in the left corner by the winger. Conv missed.
48” 14-8 | TRY Littleborough. The hosts respond in the left corner. Conv.
52” 14-15 | TRY ECCLES ( Will Parkinson) Eccles take the leas from a scrum 10m out on the right, following indiscipline from Littleborough. George Tyson (replacement on at 12) drives through to the sticks and is stopped short, but a quick recycle out to the left flank, sees the winger scoot in to dot down. Conv (Speakman)
57” 17-15 | Penalty Littleborough.
68” 22-15 | TRY Littleborough. Chip to the left corner, tumbling ball causing chaos. This a result of a poor spell for Eccles starting with an intercepted pass when attacking and a Will Parkinson awarded a yellow when attempting to prevent the counter attack.
78” 25-15 | DROP GOAL Littleborough. Penalties continue to fragment the game. With a few minutes on the clock Eccles break out of thier 22 and look to be setting up a platform for a promsiing attack up the right wing, but loose possession giving the host's fly half the opportuntiy to strike through the posts.
80' | Eccles mount a sustained attack. Tom Coe drives and crosses the line but is judged to be held up. Last play, whistle, hosts take the win.
FT 25-15
HIGHLIGHTS
Littleborough v Eccles
March 4th.
09' 0-3 | PENALTY ECCLES (Alex Speakman)
43' 7-8 | TRY ECCLES (Will Parkinson)
52' 14-15 | TRY ECCLES (Will Parkinson)
FT 25-15
