RBS 6 NATIONS 2016

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PERCY PARK 52 – 21 PONTELAND

Durham and Northumberland 1 side Ponteland travelled to Preston Avenue with a squad of players for a warm up game against the Park senior squad, with both clubs still missing some key players due to holidays and unavailability.

The game, played over 4 quarters in brilliant sunshine was a good work out for both sides, with Pont having been promoted as champions of D&N 2 looking to test themselves against higher league opposition in the run up the league season proper on 5^th September. The players were also glad of the 24 hour downpour the previous day which made the playing surface a little more yielding.

The Percy Park forwards dominated the first quarter, starving the visitors of any meaningful possession and opened the scoring on 7 minutes as George Purdy barged over for the try. Seven minutes later Ethan Wilson, playing at number 8 scored a try converted by Alex Richards.

Pont hit back with a try by their inside centre who cut through a gap in the Park midfield to score under the posts, and with the conversion the home side led 12 – 7 at the first break.

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PERCY PARK 25 – 38 GUISBOROUGH

Despite opening the scoring with a Craig Smith try on 12 minutes, Park’s season finale was a disappointing one as they went down to a lively and spirited Guisborough side. Conditions were good for running rugby as the pitch had dried out well from last week’s downpour.

Over 140 former players, guests, sponsors and officials enjoyed a pre- match lunch and although neither Park nor Guisborough could improve on their current league position, both sides were out to end their season on a high.

After the early exchanges, it was clear that this was going to be a high scoring game, and so it proved, although Percy Park dominated the set piece. When Guisborough did have possession, their pacey back line had the hosts in all sorts of trouble, particularly fly half Will Muir who opened the scoring with an unconverted try for the visitors a minute after Park had gone into a 7 – 0 lead.

Two minutes later Guisborough were ahead when number 8 Michael MacDougall scored in the corner, and once again the conversion was wide. Paul Spowart’s 25^th minute penalty kick levelled the scores at 10 – 10.

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BEVERLEY 25 – 31 PERCY PARK

Park completed the double over Beverley leaving it late once again, with a Davy Kay 80^th minute try from the final play of the game with the referee playing advantage as the hosts were unable withstand the Percy Park onslaught.

Beaver Park, home of the East Yorkshire side is well known for being somewhat boggy and an overnight deluge put the game in doubt. The home side’s ground staff volunteers, moved heaven and earth and a good deal of the wet stuff to ensure the game could be played, but in the end the teams had to settle for playing the game on the second team pitch.

Phil Doublay for Beverley and Paul Spowart for Park traded penalty kicks in the first 3 minutes before the visitors edged ahead with another Spowart goal on 6 minutes. Park had the wind and slope in the first half as squally shower bleached across the pitch making handling tricky. Nevertheless Beverley’s young back line looked effective with ball in hand and crossed the Park line with a try by centre Jack Garvin on the quarter hour mark. Doublay was wide with the conversion, but the home side now led 8 – 6.