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Sat 16 Feb 2019 · London 3 Essex
1st XVCanvey Island
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GREAT TEAM PERFORMANCE BY THE LONDONERS
Eddie Gooby17 Feb 2019 - 20:55
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Tough game against Canvey but Londoners score some outstanding team tries
East London up to second in league
East London moved up to second in London 3 Essex division with a convincing 53-17 win over Canvey Island on Saturday (16 February).
Nine tries from eight different players saw off determined opposition. Coach Eddie Gooby said: “After some tough weeks against top sides we were able to cut free and score some outstanding team tries.”
East London took an early lead. After a penalty was missed on five minutes, left wing Bill Brown scored in the corner after being set up by the forwards. The conversion was missed.
Canvey took the lead on 20 minutes with a converted try but the home side then began to dominate. On 24 minutes right wing Sean Cooper scored after a flowing move across the back line. Fly-half Ryan Billinghurst converted.
The home side should have added another four minutes but the ball was ripped on the try line. The respite lasted only two minutes with a try from number eight Dan Bracken. The conversion fell short.
A marauding break by flanker Rob Yiannakou on 34 minutes set up outside centre Kevin O’Donoghue for a try which Billinghurst converted. A scrum against the head saw scrum-half Will Brown go on a charge but he was foiled short of the line. Two minutes before the break Bracken slipped a pass to prop Mantas Urbonavicius to score and Billinghurst converted for a 31-7 lead at the break.
Wounded Canvey started fast in the second half with an unconverted try before East London began to dominate again. Hooker Lewis Bourke was adjudged to have been held up over the try line on 45 minutes but Cooper scored his second try soon after when Bracken slipped him a pass from the back of the scrum on the five-metre line. The conversion was short.
Canvey added an unconverted try on the hour before full-back Jack Roach scored five minutes later after a flowing move across the backs again. The conversion was missed.
They thought they had another on 71 minutes when inside centre Lachlan McKenzie intercepted a pass. The move was taken on by Yiannakou and then back to McKenzie but his effort was ruled out because of an infringement. An effort by Bracken was similarly chalked off two minutes later with the forward adjudged to have been held up over the line.
Yiannakou added try number eight with five minutes remaining after a fine burst. Billinghurst converted. Prop Ben Hogan rounded off the scoring with a try in the final minute. The conversion was missed.
East London have a fortnight’s rest before a visit to Old Cooperians on 2 March.
East London 1st XV versus Canvey Island: 1. Ben Hogan; 2. Lewis Bourke; 3. Mantas Urbonavicius; 4. Matt Schofield; 5. Luke Staples-Preston; 6. Nick Parrott; 7. Rob Yiannakou; 8. Dan Bracken; 9. Will Brown; 10. Ryan Billinghurst; 11. Bill Brown; 12. Lachlan McKenzie; 13. Kevin O’Donoghue; 14. Sean Cooper; 15. Jack Roach. Replacements: 16. Paddy Coman; 17. Dave Gibson; 18. Ben Stern.
East London moved up to second in London 3 Essex division with a convincing 53-17 win over Canvey Island on Saturday (16 February).
Nine tries from eight different players saw off determined opposition. Coach Eddie Gooby said: “After some tough weeks against top sides we were able to cut free and score some outstanding team tries.”
East London took an early lead. After a penalty was missed on five minutes, left wing Bill Brown scored in the corner after being set up by the forwards. The conversion was missed.
Canvey took the lead on 20 minutes with a converted try but the home side then began to dominate. On 24 minutes right wing Sean Cooper scored after a flowing move across the back line. Fly-half Ryan Billinghurst converted.
The home side should have added another four minutes but the ball was ripped on the try line. The respite lasted only two minutes with a try from number eight Dan Bracken. The conversion fell short.
A marauding break by flanker Rob Yiannakou on 34 minutes set up outside centre Kevin O’Donoghue for a try which Billinghurst converted. A scrum against the head saw scrum-half Will Brown go on a charge but he was foiled short of the line. Two minutes before the break Bracken slipped a pass to prop Mantas Urbonavicius to score and Billinghurst converted for a 31-7 lead at the break.
Wounded Canvey started fast in the second half with an unconverted try before East London began to dominate again. Hooker Lewis Bourke was adjudged to have been held up over the try line on 45 minutes but Cooper scored his second try soon after when Bracken slipped him a pass from the back of the scrum on the five-metre line. The conversion was short.
Canvey added an unconverted try on the hour before full-back Jack Roach scored five minutes later after a flowing move across the backs again. The conversion was missed.
They thought they had another on 71 minutes when inside centre Lachlan McKenzie intercepted a pass. The move was taken on by Yiannakou and then back to McKenzie but his effort was ruled out because of an infringement. An effort by Bracken was similarly chalked off two minutes later with the forward adjudged to have been held up over the line.
Yiannakou added try number eight with five minutes remaining after a fine burst. Billinghurst converted. Prop Ben Hogan rounded off the scoring with a try in the final minute. The conversion was missed.
East London have a fortnight’s rest before a visit to Old Cooperians on 2 March.
East London 1st XV versus Canvey Island: 1. Ben Hogan; 2. Lewis Bourke; 3. Mantas Urbonavicius; 4. Matt Schofield; 5. Luke Staples-Preston; 6. Nick Parrott; 7. Rob Yiannakou; 8. Dan Bracken; 9. Will Brown; 10. Ryan Billinghurst; 11. Bill Brown; 12. Lachlan McKenzie; 13. Kevin O’Donoghue; 14. Sean Cooper; 15. Jack Roach. Replacements: 16. Paddy Coman; 17. Dave Gibson; 18. Ben Stern.
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