Ely Tigers played host to Holt, with injuries still hampering the squad there was once again changes to the starting 15.
One of those changes was the welcome return to Jake Alsop who had an early chance to put some points on the board with a penalty just inside the 22 meter line, but his kick went the wrong side of the post, with that miss it was Holt that put the first points on the board, it was missed tackles that once more allowed Holt to find gaps in the back line to score the first try of the afternoon, the conversion was missed, from the restart Ely has the ideal chance to get points on the board with the reward of another penalty, Alsop made no mistake as he cut the lead, Tigers soon found themselves in front, with their first try of the afternoon with Matt McCarthy crossing the try line in the corner, with the conversion added the score stood at 10-5, the second try of the afternoon soon followed with Mitchell Kennett going over the line, with Alsop adding the extra points, the visitors looked rattled and they soon found themselves further behind, with Tigers winning the ball at the line out, they pushed forward with the maul to eventually cross the try line in the corner, leaving Alsop a difficult conversion, which was missed,
Holt’s afternoon was made more difficult with half time approaching as they were reduced to 14 men, Tigers made the advantage count as Tom Elliot added another try after finding space out on the wing to go over, with Alsop adding the conversion the Tigers led at half time 29-5.
The second half started with Holt still a man down and it was during this period that Tigers added another try with Matt French breaking free he found Josh Fry out wide who capped a man of the match performance with a try, crossing the try line unchallenged, sitting up a easy conversion for Alsop, with the score board showing 36-5, Holt, now back to a full 15, hit back with two quick try’s to make the score 36-17.
With the game heading towards full time, Alsop added a further two more penalties as the game drew to a close, Holt found themselves down to 14, but as the player left the field of play the referee blew the final whistle, the win moved Ely upto 4th place in the league, but will be tested once more next Saturday (29th) as the travel to unbeaten Saffron Walden, who have 7 wins on the board so far this season.
Press release from Ely Tigers Rugby Club
Photo credit: Steve Wells
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