Ely Tigers Match Report: Ely Tigers vs Wymondham

Another reshuffle for Tigers as they welcomed Wymondham, where games between these two sides are normally tight affairs, this was going to be no different.

Tigers had the first chance to post points to the scoreboard with a penalty chance in front of the posts, upstepped Jake Alsop who made no mistake, Wymondham soon after had a chance to level the score with a penalty, against the wind, the kick pulled right of the posts and fell short,

From the restart, back came the visitors, a Ely failed to clear their lines, Wymondham pushed forward on the attack, and managed to find gaps, Ely missed tackles as they scored under the posts, with the conversion added, Tigers fall behind.

The penalty count was building against Wymondham and it was going to be those that would cost them, as Ely were awarded another penalty in front of the posts, to close the gap to a point,

While Tigers were chipping away with 3 points, the visitors were opening the gap with tries, as they found gaps in the back line, to score in the corner, leaving a difficult conversion, which was missed, two more penalties for Alsop saw the scores level at 12-12 at the break.

Second half starts with the visitors on the attack given them another try in the corner, conversion falls short, the try was followed up with a penalty, to open the gap to 8 points, the game looked to be slipping from the home side, a reshuffle for the home side as Adam Tallack was forced off due to injury, another Alsop penalty closes the score line to 5 points.

Wymondham’s penalty count finally caught up with them as they went down to 14, Ely tried to apply pressure on the visitors, and it took moment to switch the game, with Tigers looking to apply pressure and cross the try line Matt McCarthy picked up a pass and looked across the field to kick the ball towards the opposite corner,  where Sheriden Mead who picked up the pass to score in the corner, leaving a difficult conversion, which Alsop was unable to convert, with the scores at 20-20

A pen to Wymondham just to the left of the posts, where it looked impossible to miss, but somehow the ball crashed against the upright, the miss seemed to lift the home side as Ely push forward, applying pressure, the pressure pays off as the returning Nathan Brooks goes over to score a try, Alsop adds the points as Ely led 27-20, with the game closing, both side found themselves with 14 players. 

Press release from Ely Tigers Rugby Club

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