St Albans Centurions 38 -v- 16 St Ives Roosters
Home sweet home. After four consecutive away games, the Centurions returned to Toulmin Drive and to winning ways. The pitch side thermometer showed 30 degrees, but it was a great, freeflowing game that saw the Cents get revenge on the Roosters for last weekends defeat. Under a scorching sun, Centurions were on fire. Within four minutes, Andy Stewart, making his senior debut after progressing through the junior ranks, took an exquisite pass from Joe Shaw and raced down the left wing breaking three tackles to score the opening try. Jake Lawrence added the first of three conversions. Ten minutes later, more smart handling down the left allowed Shaw to crash over himself. Another ten minutes and another try, this time a quick switch creating an overlap on the right for Alex Curtis to touchdown. Close to half-time and a quick tap penalty from the visitors caught the Centurions napping to grab a try close to the posts. In response, and with half-time signalled, the home side kept the ball alive, offloading from tackle after tackle until Coach Simba Mupamhanga somehow crossed the line. Half-time 20-4. The second half brought no relief for St Ives. Mupamhanga scored his second try before Scott Clewlow burst through to score one of his own. The excellent Callum Porter topped off a powerful performance with a well-deserved try before Centurions’ try-scoring ended as it begun with young Stewart’s 70-yard breakaway. In the last 10 minutes, the resolute visitors somehow rallied with two converted tries to leave the final score 38-16. Mupamhanga was delighted with the team performance. “It’s been coming. Over recent weeks we’ve been excellent in patches but always managed to let the opposition in either side of half-time. This time, we dominated that period, too. Now the lads have set the bar at this height, we’ve got to keep it there for the rest of the season.” Photos now on our photo web site. Comments are closed.
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