Ely Tigers welcomed Norwich Union to the Cambridge Commodities Park for their opening London 3 Eastern Counties League fixture.
Tigers welcomed new faces to the starting 15, but it was one of the old guard that took the scoring honours, with Joel Scott Paul scoring the opening points with a penalty, Scott Paul extended the lead soon after as he crossed the line to score the opening try, and completed the scoring with the added conversion, Scott Paul doubled his try scoring record soon after, going over the line under the posts, having been found by captain Matt McCarthy, again the conversion was added, the visitors pulled a try back, going over in the corner, however the visitors were unable to add the conversion
From a poor restart Ely recovered the ball, where Charlie Coupland picked up a loose ball, he in turn fed Scott Paul, who found debutant George Newman who crossed the line for a try, again Scott Paul had no trouble adding the extra points
The start of the second half saw the visitors pinned in the Ely half, with the home side unable to clear their lines, and moment after the restart the visitors breached the home sides try line as they crossed over the try line in the corner, again the conversion went amiss, Ely managed to add some further day light to score board as Scott Paul added another penalty, the visitors came back again, with another try to keep the pressure on the home side, but again the conversion was missed.
As the game drew to a close, Tigers managed to put some daylight on the score, a kick forward by Jake Alsop bounced kindly away from the Norwich player and into the arms of Coupland who freed Scott Paul to score once more, another try for the home side from Newman after a break, put the game beyond the visitors but there was still time for another home try to secure a bonus point win, as Alfie Ramswell broke free where he handed the ball inside to McCarthy who crossed over the try line to complete the afternoon’s scoring.
Press release from Ely Tigers Rugby Club
Photo credit: Steve Wells
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