Bishop Auckland Rugby Club

Bishop U13s 7 Houghton 43

After an excellent draw away to a Houghton team that was mainly under 14, Bishop were hoping for a win at home. The Houghton team this time were stronger than before and showed it by quickly scoring 3 tries to take a 19 - 0 lead. Bishop fought back and spent the rest of the half camped near the Houghton line. Alec Clarey battered across the line but was unable to score. All the pressure came to nothing and the score was still 19 - 0 at half time.

In the second half, Bishop began to tire and Houghton scored a number of tries. Good defence by Stephen ### dropping on a loose ball saw one try saved and some fine kicking by 'Nelly' cleared the lines a number of times. With the last play of the game, Lewis ### broke through the middle of the defence and beat a number of players before scoring under the posts. 'Nelly' added the conversion. The game ended with the score 43 - 7, but credit goes to the Bishop players who never gave up against much bigger opposition.

© Stuart McIvor 27 Feb 2008