Sat 14 Sep 2019, 15:00
Newbold continued their travels this season to Worcester hoping to get the first win of the new season. It turned out to be a close game both teams evenly matched and, in the end, some strange refereeing decisions were the deciding factor. Newbold fielded a much-changed team from last week with 7 changes in the squad with 3 players making their debut Huw Thomas fly half, James Nicolson full back and replacement Ben Butcher. Also back in the squad returning from injury Kyle Furlong .Some positional changers were also made with a new centre partnership of Dan OBrien and Ed Scott .
Worcester kicked off and Newbold were soon on the defence but seemed to be keeping the attacks at bay until the home side were awarded a penalty for offside. A simple kick between the post was taken successfully 3-0 after 5 mins of play. From the restart a Worcester clearance kick give Newbold possession to mount an attack. A penalty was given away by the home side and from the halfway line Obrien produced a touchline kick for a Bold lineout 5 meters out. This was won and some strong ball carriers from Ben Dawes and skipper Ben Thompson put pressure on the home side who conceded a penalty this was kicked over by Obrien 3-3 after 8 mins. What followed now was a period of general play in the centre field with both teams having possession and launching attacks but defences holding out until a break by the home side with a cross field kick successfully gathered by the winger to dot down in the corner The conversion missed 8-3 after 16mins.The next notable play was after 28 mins the home side manage to get into Newbold 22 and the Bold were deemed to be offside giving Worcester 3 points from the ensuing penalty 11-3 After some more general play with neither side being able to dominate the Bold won a well taken lineout by Dixon and drove the maul forward 20 meters this was collapsed but the home side were awarded a scrum this seemed to jolt Newbold into action and they won the ball against the head. The ball was moved along the line until a miss pass by debutant fly half Huw Thomas found Sam Thompson who made 35 meters until tackled just short of the line but good support play by Ed Scott who gathered the ball to give to Reiss Boon to touchdown in the corner the conversion was unsuccessful 11-8 after36 mins gone. Once again what followed was each side having possestion and both sides not making any notable gains both defences were coming out on top. Once again Worcester managed to get into Newbold 22 and were awarded a penalty for the Bold being offside but no points were gained by the home side this time. Half time.
The second half begins with the home side making good ground into Newbold’s half after some good defence a break by Worcester was halted by a Sam Thompson tackle which was adjudged to be high a yellow card was given along with a penalty to the home side who then failed to take advantage of the extra man. Newbold up their game with 14 men and defended well.
Once back up to 15 players the Bold launch an attack involving the back line Thomas Obrien and Scott being prominent and just as a final pass to a 3 man overlap was taking place a home side player stopped this with a high tackle. The referee awarded the Bold a penalty but even the neutral spectators could not believe no cards were produced from his pocket to penalise the culprit. It was the home side that broke the second half deadlock after 60 mins of play with an attack that was successful with a converted try scored in the corner 18-8.The next points was scored by the Bold who won the home side lineout and drove forward with Ben Dawes making the hard yards once again passing to Tom Dixon who ran in under the post to score converted by Obrien 18-15.
Once more the home side after getting into Newbold’s 22 were awarded a offside penalty to make the score 21-15.
With time ticking away Newbold set off in attack the ball going through many pairs of hands until Lee Lightowler was released down the wing to plunge over in the corner for the best try of the day. The touchline kick was converted by Obrien 21-22 with two mins of normal time remaining.
During the last few minutes of the game the play was in Newbold half with the home side desperate to score .Just when it seemed Newbold would hold out a penalty was awarded for offside to the home side in Newbold’s 22 .This was successfully kicked 24-22 to Worcester .Newbold kicked off the home side kick in to touch and the final whistle was blown .The end result Newbold gained a losing bonus point and now look forward to next week for their first home game of the season.
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