St Albans Centurions 60 -v- 4 Bath Rugby League With both teams having a free weekend due to cancelled games, St Albans Centurions from The East Rugby League took on Bath Rugby League from the West League. The game was played half way between the two towns at Oxford Rugby Club, home of the Oxford Cavaliers. St Albans ran out comfortable winner in a very free flowing and enjoyable game. Match day photos now on the photo site. Match report - On neutral ground in Oxford, St Albans from the East League took on Bath from the equivalent league in the West and destroyed them. Picking up from where they left off against Brentwood the week before, the Centurions raced into an early lead when Josh Lawrence powered through some weak tacking to cross the line. Within 10 minutes a second was added when Callum Porter ran a great line to split the defence and register his first of the season. The Bath outfit found the Cents’ strong, direct running impossible to live with and Josh Lawrence crossed twice more before the break following more powerful running. In between, Will Curtis picked up his own grubber kick to touchdown and Captain Joe Baker rounded off a lightning breakaway following an intercept from Alex Powdrell. 28 – 0 at half-time an it could have been more if Jake Lawrence had brought his kicking boots. With their coach’s word ringing in their ear, Bath flew out of the blocks to score an unconverted try of their own after 46 minutes. But that was as good as it got for them. Baker, Scott Clewlow and Baker again for his hat-trick, put the contest well and truly to bed before Jake Lawrence joined the party with two late tries. The best of the lot though was scored by debutant Hallam Chapman, capping a barnstorming performance with a well-deserved try of his own. Baker was delighted with the inter-league victory: “This was all about maintaining the momentum from last week’s cup win. There’s still room for improvement, of course, but there’s real structure in everything we do and a growing sense of confidence in the squad. We’re beginning to click and Bath just couldn’t live with our pace and power.” Comments are closed.
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