Candy League 2 North
Percy Park RFC Lions 40 v Berwick RFC 28
Wrigley manages to fill Walkers boots
In the absence of Team Manager Tim Walker, club stalwart Chris Wrigley took to the sidelines and barked instructions to a Lions team that named two younger Wrigley’s in its lineup. A proper Wrigley outing.
The game proved to be a hard fought encounter. Berwick lost a player to injury early on but the setback didn’t deter them, the visitors taking a deserved lead. Percy Park Lions responded well to hit back and go in front with a couple of well taken tries.
Berwick then came back into the game with some good handling and offloading and at 21 all the game could have gone either way. The Lions looked to have secured the win with two quick scores to make it 33 – 21.No to be deterred Berwick scored another converted try. It was close.
A yellow card meant the Lions had to play the last 10 minutes a man down but after some good defence made their way back into Berwick territory where a score, off the last play of the game, gave the Lions a hard fought victory at 40 points to 28
Try scorers Dan Jackson, Dan Wrigley, Jamie Wrigley, Ollie Ellis and Steve Turner x 2.
I am told by the intrepid reporter that Stevens’s tries were rather special
Many thanks to John Turner for reporting and Sue Walker for the photography.
Representing Percy Park RFC:
From 15: Jamie Wrigley, Robin Haughton, Joe Cassidy, Ben Anderson, Dan Jackson, Phil Morse and Steven Turner.
From 8: Connor Rogerson, Liam Walker, Dan Wrigley, Andrew Clyde, Josh Hedley, Steven Dryden, Mark Sanderson and Ben Morris
Finishers: Jason Hinds, Alex Midgely, Ollie Ellis and Danny Simpson.