Ely Tigers travelled to Norfolk at the weekend to face North Walsham II, looking to build on their win the week before at home to Cantabs, again they were forced to make changes to the starting XV, which included a start for another of the clubs Colts side, Alfie Allen, who was down as a replacement, but started the game.
An early chance for the home side, as they are award a penalty, opting to kick, but the upright post came to the aid of the Tigers as the bounced off the post and to safety, but it was only a brief spell before the home side had points on the board, from a line out on the right Walsham with a try on the left hand side, the conversion was missed as the ball once again cannoned off the upright, with 15 minutes on the clock another penalty to the home side, this time in front of the posts, but this time the upright didn’t come to rescue of the Tigers as the home side lead 8-0
A quickly taken penalty for the home side saw them cross the line once more to extend their lead, to 13-0, as they once more wasted the conversion start, on 32 minutes the Tigers went down to 14 as they received a yellow card for a late tackle.
First half injury time, the home side score again, as Ely fail to make their tackles count, with the conversion added to lead at the break 20-0
The second half started with e penalty to Ely, Matt McCarthy opting to kick but the ball fell short, A list of errors while Tigers were pushing towards the Walsham try line, saw Walsham break free, adding another try to the scoreboard as the score under the posts, conversion added, another penalty to Ely, saw them opt for the kick, this time McCarthy added the points, more missed tackles saw the home side add to the scoreboard with another try and conversion saw a further try and conversion, the final score of the afternoon came as full time closed in, and it came from another mistake from the Tigers, as the home side added a further try and conversion to run out 39-3 winners
Tigers face league leaders, Norwich, this coming weekend at the Cambridge Commodities Park, as the injury list continues to grow for Des Lloyds side as he’ll need once again to make changes.
Photo – Mitch Kennett
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