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Percy Park Panthers start well with two wins on the road
A little bit of history as Rockliff RFC hosted Percy Park RFC for the first time in a ladies game.
This is Rockliff’s first senior season in women’s rugby and they welcomed Percy Park Panthers and Ponteland Tigers to a three way 10’s tournament at Lovaine Ave.
Rockliff kicked off and quickly put the Panthers under pressure.
Despite some fantastic cover tackling Rockliff scored, forcing their way over in the right hand corner to the delight of their supporters.
Such was Rockliff’s pressure at that stage that no one would have guessed that that would be the last time the Panthers conceded for the rest of the day.
Park slowly clawed their way back into the game and a brace of tries from Vicki Moxom either side of half-time settled the Park nerves.
The second half saw the Panthers take control with some strong tackling in midfield and great hands resulting in tries for Bethany Milne, Leonie Denley , and Sheona McIntyre converted by Dom Hepples to leave the final score Whitley Bay Rockliff 5 Percy Park Panthers 27. Player of the game Vicki Moxom.
After a short break the Panthers kicked off against Ponteland Tigers who ran the ball back at them hard to signal their attacking intent and the first 6 mins saw the Panthers fighting hard to contain the fresh Tigers attack.
As the half progressed the Panthers slowly began to take control and eventually scores followed with Vicki Moxom crossing to score her third try of the day and Dom Hepple converting her own try with a darting 40m run on the right hand side of the pitch.
Tries then started to arrive regularly as Mel Castanares, Rachel White and Caitlin Monteath-Stokoe crossed the line after some excellent hands to create space wide out and a further conversion from Dom Hepples sealed the win in what was a hard fought game against the Tigers Championship 3 side.
Final score Percy Park Panthers 29 Ponteland Tigers 0.
Player of the game Dom Hepples.
