Hope Valley RUFC

Date: 19th September 2009
Venue: Home
Result: Win
Final Score: Hope Valley 91 – Stockport 12

Tries:
Tom Hodgson x 4
Gary Allen x 2
Dave Ryder x 1
Lee Hutchinson x 1
Dave Warren x 1
Ric Spencer x 1
Steve Boundy x 1
Dean Ancell x 1
Paul Nicholls x 1
Penalty Try x 1

Conversions:
Richard Spencer x 10 (1 penalty conversion)

Man of the Match
Dean Ancell
Dave Ryder

Match Report

Hope Valley, playing uphill for the first half, put Stockport under instant pressure with a break by Dave Everard forcing the visitors to concede a penalty in front of the posts which was kicked by Ric Spencer, 3-0. From the restart Stockport turned the ball over and poor tackling allowed them to score in the bottom corner, 3-5.

Valley put the pressure back on from the restart, with Stockport conceding two penalties and a smart penalty move from the last one saw Dave Ryder scoring a try out wide 8-5. A kick through caused panic in the Stockport defence, and Tom Hodgson broke from the back of the resulting scrum to score under the posts, converted by Ric Spencer to give a 15-5 lead. Further stout defending and hard tackling by Paul Nicholls kept up the pressure, and a break by Dave Warren resulted in the referee awarding a penalty try, converted by Spencer to make the lead 22-5.

Following a break due to injury Valley kept their foot on the gas , with a breakaway try by second row Lee Hutchinson for 29-5 after the conversion. They ended the first half with another try to Hodgson breaking off the back of the scrum again, making it 34-5.

Playing downhill in the second half, Valley showed their pace with a breakaway converted try to vice captain Dave Warren, 41-5. More pressure on Stockports line allowed Gary Allen to score from a lineout , 48-5. Valley pressed yet again, and Ric Spencer scored from a quickly taken penalty 53-5. Stockport then exerted some rare pressure on Valleys line, but the ball was cleared back down the field. Yet again Valley pressed, and Tom Hodgson scored again to give him a hat trick which was converted 60-5.

A break from Nicholls created another try for the prolific Hodgson 67-5. Following an injury to Warren, Valley conceded a try to Stockport 67-12, but their recovery was brief. More downhill pressure produced a strong driven try by Steve Boundy, 74-12, then a solo breakaway try by Dean Ancell, 79-12, and a pushover try for Gary Allen 84-12. The match was rounded off with a breakaway try to Paul Nicholls, converted by Spencer to make the final score 91-12. Yet another convincing win for Hope Valley, who remain unbeaten at the top of the table.

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