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1st XV v Woodrush: 14-8

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Written by Dennis Fisher
Saturday, 24 January 2009
With the ground conditions not favouring open play rugby this was always going to be a forward dominated game. Woodrush chose to play with the wind at their backs for the first half and began by putting pressure on OL’s defences. A poor kick off by OL’s gave the home team the immediate advantage and play for the first ten minutes was deep in the OL’s 22. Despite a number of good chances to open the scoring, a combination of good defence and poor handling by Woodrush prevented any score. Having weathered the first 10 minutes of pressure OL’s began to get more into the game and started to drive Woodrush back into their own half. After 20 minutes a clever interception by centre Rob Marr, just outside of the home side’s 22 meter line, saw the Woodrush defences split and he crossed over beneath the posts. He converted the try to give OL’s the lead. The lead was increased 10 minutes later when scrum half Luke Staton burst through a number of defensive tackles to score wide out, following good driving mauls by the OL’s forwards. Rob Marr again converting. The game continued with end to end rugby up until the interval with OL’s holding onto a 14 point interval lead. The second period was evenly matched with the forwards of each team trying to keep the game tight. OL’s were slightly more controlled than Woodrush in both the set pieces and the loose play but were consistently penalised when in good attacking positions through over-eagerness to drive home advantages. Woodrush began to feed the ball along the line to bring into play the left winger, an Italian rugby league international, who when allowed space was difficult to stop. One such move led to his going over in the corner, having run through a number of tackles. The try was unconverted and a later penalty in front of the posts was converted off a post to bring Woodrush into a one score disadvantage. With 20 minutes to go the game was played out with both sides having scoring chances but neither could add to the final score. For OL’s Dave Sims enjoyed a fine game as did Chris Bartlett, but this was a good overall performance to bring OL’s back into winning ways. OL’s next game is at home to Southam, kick off 2.15pm.

Extra XV v Camp Hill: 8-24 (Away)

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Written by Aaron Dudey
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Old Leamingtonians Extras ended up playing against Camp Hill 2nds in their Pool fixture this week. With several players aching from the bruises and scrapes of Wednesdays floodlit 40’s cup game, and missing a few familiar faces to work and 1^st team Rugby, the Extras were forced into calling in favours from several irregulars; we travelled over with 12 of our own players, fielded 2 players looking for employment from Harbury and borrowed a winger from Camp Hill themselves. With this in mind, perhaps victory was something to be hoped for as opposed to expected against a team from a higher division. The Extras were on the back foot from the off; Camp Hill attacked with intelligent kicks and utilised speedy wingers (though with a head-start past the offside line ANYONE looks fast). Alas that one such attack led to an eventual try, Camp Hill utilising the spaces left in an Old Leamingtonians defensive line. No conversion. Old Leamingtonians rallied and were able to score with a monster penalty kick. Gary Bevan, borrowed for the day from Harbury RFC, making the 40m+ kick seem easy. The Extras were unable to capitalise on this narrowing of the margin, with Camp Hill scoring again after spinning it wide from a lineout. The Extras were determined to play to the last, alas that this determination did not stop the Camp Hill outside centre picking a superb line of running following a lineout in our 22. His line took him past the tacklers tracking across from the lineout; credit where credit is due, this was a good try. However, this was not all doom and gloom. In all honesty, Camp Hill’s tries were all isolated moments of class. OL’s fought tooth and nail to keep hold of the ball, it was passes at pace that let us down and some excellent last ditch tackles by Camp Hill. Tom Hockney, the young lad borrowed from Camp Hill proved himself to be a veritable threat down his wing, making me believe that these guys perchance regretted lending him to us. Quality work Tom! All we needed to do was put in that extra 10%-worth of effort. The forwards needed to get there earlier so that the scrum-half could get the ball out quicker. The wet and muddy conditions gave ample opportunities for players to wrong foot their opposite men. Howard Wicks, Gary Bevan and virgin full-back Robin “The Binman” Durrant chose some lovely lines of running, slicing through the Camp Hill three quarters not unlike a heated cutting implement through a well known dairy product. Kudos should go to the Old Leamingtonians pack; these guys owned the scrum and competed in all of the lineouts. The new look back-row trio of Josh Turner, Colin Day and Chris Clapham worked hard in some unfamiliar circumstances. “Work hard” was the expression of the day, something that we all did a little more in the second half. Alas, this sentiment and determination did not stop Camp Hill from scoring another try, the outside centre cutting another lovely line and scoring to the left of the posts. Old Leamingtonians did get the try their performance deserved. Captain and scrum-half Aaron Dudley crashed over following one of his numerous tap and go penalties. The scorer (and author of this article) would like to thank his team mates for nominating him Barcode man of the match. The author would also like to let it be known that the much coveted Barcode “DoD” award went to Robin Durrant for firstly nominating himself for man of the match (yes it was done in jest but did you REALLY think it would go unpunished???) and secondly for wearing a really girly set of boots. Welcome back Binman! The phrase “we won the second half” may seem like trying to pull a victory from a loss, but this was one of those games where if it had gone on for another twenty minutes or so..... Anyway, honourable mentions go to the following; Phil Gallagher for firstly being there and secondly forming a formidable ‘enforcer’ combo with the ever enthusiastic Toby Godridge; Nick Bingham for taking on the role of vice-captain and putting in some typically thumping tackles and runs; Andy Croney for his improving work in the lineout and Richard Deaville for his hard work around the edges and in the scrum. Yeah we lost but this was one of those games where we walked off the pitch having given EVERYTHING. Next week we travel to Southam, these guys have a point to prove against us so we are expecting some serious competition. Let the fun begin......

3rd XV v Shottery: 14-5

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Written by Lester Hunt
Saturday, 24 January 2009
An excellent win for OLs against a Shottery side bolstered by the inclusion of several Wellesbourne players as substitutes. OLs had to repel early pressure but then started to win good quality ball in the forwards. This was used to excellent effect by the backs with two scores quickly ensuing. Both by centre Dave Pugh who firstly caught a sublime chip through from fellow centre Jamie Brown to run through and score under the posts, the second even better with the ball traversing several pairs of hands following excellent support play by the forwards. Both tries were converted by Jamie Brown. The second half saw Shottery’s side transformed through several substitutions but superb defence throughout the home team and an excellent fighting spirit limited Shottery to a single try. This spirit was epitomised by winger Adam Pugh who chased and tackled everything for 80 minutes

U19 Colts v Stratford: 5-31

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Written by Terry Hobman
Saturday, 24 January 2009
A squad of 18 OL's Colts played hosts to Stratford 's Colt squad of 22. Team pre-match build up was not ideal due to late arrivals and a front row 'no-show'. A slow start by OL's resulted in a Stratford try, they continued to press and pass the ball effectively across their backs. OL's forwards, with a new debut hooker Kai became more of a presence as the first half continued and with Joe Richardson winning much of the turnover ball. Tom Smith was decisive and strong with his tackles causing problems for Stratford 's defence. At half time the Colts had to re group following the departure of their Captain and prop, Jake Copper due to injury. The score at half-time was 0-12. The second half started with a repeat of the first half with a lack of intensity of recent weeks. The ball did not move through the backs to offer chances to the two wingers, however through the perseverance of Tom Smith he was awarded a try. Tom Smith was 'man of the match' deserved for his improvement and commitment throughout the game.

Kenilworth - U9s

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Written by Martin Lloyd
Thursday, 22 January 2009
A mild and sunny morning saw the intrepid band of OLs U9s make their way to a very muddy Kenilworth . The slippery conditions made running rugby difficult but saw some good mauling, particularly by Tom Fawcett and George Smith ensured that OLs made a battle of each game. Tom Hoare demonstrated some good work around the fringes, which could only be improved by hanging onto the ball and Cameron Jessamine and Kai Bailey demonstrated some demon tackling…Overall, the concept of rucking is slowly sinking in but there still continues to be too much hesitation at the breakdowns. This is improving game by game. The other major area of development is PASSING THE BALL. Players are still trying to do too much on their own.
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