Opposition Run Out Of Front Row Again !
For the second time this season Broadstreet have had their match go to uncontested scrums.With barely 4 minutes of the second half gone Newport ran out of front row players to contest in the scrums and at that point the game became a no contest with the score at 20-0. Streets pack were well on top throughout this game and putting the Newport scrum under considerable pressure. Street came out of the starting blocks and made good inroads early on and were awarded a penalty on 3 minutes which Dan Richards accepted. The game continued at pace with both teams making some handling errors which seemed to go unnoticed by the referee. both teams were in an attacking mood with street having the better of it. An extremely clever piece of play by winger Jordan Simpson on 17 minutes saw him win the race for the touchdown after chipping the ball ahead to score wide out on the left.The try went unconverted as Richards kick just shaved the post. Street continued to dominate but for some excellent defence from Newport would have been further behind following good breaks from Mcgrory,Greevy and Mukarati. On 30 minutes came the best try of the game when after some good passages of play Lindsey Bishop scored his first league try of the season after superbly catching an excellent cross field kick by Richards and beating the covering defender to score out wide on the right.Again Richards was just shy of the posts. Street were straight back on the attack and outstanding back row Nigel Mukarati crashed over under the posts on 34 minutes.Richards duly added the the conversion. half Time 20-0
The beginning of the second half was very much a stop start affair with the Newport physio working overtime to keep the front row on the pitch,but to no avail.After only 4 minutes the last front row left the pitch for the game to go to uncontested scrums. At this point Broaqdstreet seemed to switch off and let their opponents back into the game and but for some handling errors on the street line could have easily scored a couple of tries. With the game petering out Nigel Mukarati scored his second try of the game wide out on the left.At this point the referee issued his 3 rd yellow card to the visitors for persistent offences in the red zone. with just one minute remaining man of the match Mark Challis scored a well deserved try under the posts after some excellent handling by the forwards especially Greevy who delivered the final pass.Richards added the conversion.
Street will now await the decision to be rubber stamped from the RFU that the game will be awarded at the time of the game when the scrum became uncontested which was 20-0.