Loughborough RFC get first league win of season
MIDLANDS 2 EAST NORTH LOUGHBOROUGH 38 NOTTINGHAM CASUALS 12 LOUGHBOROUGH recorded the first league win and bonus point win of the season, with a 38 -12 point victory over Nottingham Casuals at Derby Road Playing Fields.
Loughborough started strongly with the wind in their favour, the pack again dominating in the tight and the first points came from a converted push over try by Jack Percival giving Loughborough at 7-0 lead.
The next play saw tight work by the forwards which allowed Thomas Kirkby to pick and go from a bottom of the ruck, spinning round Casuals number 3, darting past the full back to go under the posts and score to make it 14-0.
Loughborough kept up the dominance in the forwards and great play by Greg Biddle Loughborough’s inform number 10, released the backs allowing David Appleby to score in the corner to give the home side a 19-0 lead at the break.
The second half saw the tides change as a lapse in concentration saw Casuals take advantage, scoring two tries (one converted) to reduce the arrears to 19-12.
It took a talking to by skipper Jamie Grice to get the team to calm down and go back to the game plan. The last 15 minutes saw the forwards again dominant in the scrum and Jamie Grice scored to make it 24-12 and then David Appleby scored under the posts as the score increaed to 31 – 12.
The next try to finish the game started with a dazzling run from Steve Sands sideways across the Loughborough 22, darting into the Casuals half, supported by Thomas Kirby a great scissors move and Kirby scored and converted the try as Loughborough won 38-12.
Captain James Busby said: “Loughborough have been on a solid run for weeks and not been able to convert possession and dominance into a win, but we fixed it today.”