Report: Moseley Oak 41 - 28 Ludlow

[Communications Team]

Saturday, 12 April 2014
Moseley Oak 41 - 28 Ludlow
Old Saltleians 24 - 17 Leek
Stafford 7 - 29 Crewe and Nantwich
Tamworth 13 - 26 Camp Hill
Willenhall 19 - 3 Aston Old Edwardians
Wolverhampton 5 - 60 Bridgnorth

Midlands 2 West (North)

Team                        P W D L Pts
Leek                         21 19 0 2 90                    Champions & Promoted
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Crewe and Nantwich 22 18 0 4 87                      Runners up and play off v Banbury
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Bridgnorth               21 16 0 5 78
Moseley Oak            20 15 0 5 74
Old Saltleians          21 12 0 9 54
Ludlow                    21 10 1 10 54
Wolverhampton       20 9 1 10 51
Camp Hill                21 7 0 14 39
Tamworth               22 6 1 15 35
Stafford                  22 6 1 15 34
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Willenhall                22 7 0 15 31                    Relegated
Aston Old Eds           21 0 0 21 -4                   Relegated

[Communications Team]

Moseley Oak play showbiz rugby

Moseley Oak beat Ludlow 41-28 on Billesley Common in a pulsating fixture.

On a pleasant spring day both sides threw the ball around adventurously – it could almost have been end of season sevens.
Lots of tries all helped by dreadful tackling.
Ultimately it did Moseley no good in the promotion stakes – Leek are up and Crewe & Nantwich clinched second and must beat the south division runners up if they too are to escape Midlands Two West (North).

A spirited performance by troubled Ludlow beset by financial irregularities and a loss of players.
Moseley Oak got on the score sheet first as both wingers combined.

Antonio Solomon was hauled down after an enterprising break, the ball was recycled across the pitch and Jack McLaren crossed.
Ludlow, with a couple of classy three quarters themselves, hit back through Mark Williams.
Next Moseley Oak’s Charley Thomas barged his way through, handing off three adversaries.

With the home team hampered by a yellow card for hooker Jonathan Duckers, Ludlow capitalised via Alex Wallace.
But then Moseley Oak grabbed two scores while with just 14 players.
A Jack Richards-Jon Perks-Adrian Courtney move; then Nyasha Maphusa bulldozed his way over.
Williams responded before Maphusa grabbed a second.

Which left a half time score of 31-21.

It was Moseley Oak first in the second period as a Perks break put in McLaren.
Jim Alderson cut the arrears after a Moseley error in bringing the ball out of defence.
Then McLaren ran from deep inside his 22 to go all the way.

But, with Moseley Oak down to 14 again, with Maphusa in the bin, we never got the finale.
With an injury to Courtney requiring an ambulance and the 60th minute mark having passed, the referee blew for full time, with Moseley Oak on five points and Ludlow getting a bonus point for four tries.

For Moseley Oak, Perks notched three conversions while Ludlow managed all four.
Terrific play from Maphusa and Greg Cox, both back after long spells of unavailability.