If you're not travelling to watch the 1st XV tomorrow, Moseley Oak have their first home game of the season v Newent on the main pitch, 3pm ko and free entry. I'm sure they would love the support.
All the World Cup matches will also be on in the clubhouse.
It was 12-3 at half-time. Sam Pointon and Ollie Stedman scored tries in the second half (both converted) to put us 17-12 up, but RP scored a converted try to re-take the lead with about 8 minuted to go.
It was 12-3 at half-time. Sam Pointon and Ollie Stedman scored tries in the second half (both converted) to put us 17-12 up, but RP scored a converted try to re-take the lead with about 8 minuted to go.
But a late interception and long run to the line by Aquile Smith gives us the win !
That is one heck of a result! Well done to the team and coaches (and any supporters who made it to London).
The table shows what a topsy-turvy division this could be. Sale with null points? Only Rams on 100%?
This will be a league of fine margins and momentum. Arguably the latter will be just as important as the former and a home win against Taunton is essential if we're going to get going!
I see that Ollie Southgate played the whole of the second half. So he's the fourth Senior Academy player to make the first team in the last 12 months (after English, Painter and Rayworth-Brookes).
WELL DONE MOSELEY! I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo chuffed. idin't plan to go and watch partly because I didn't want to and partly because I had a bowls end of season / club presidents day arranged for today. I hope the the new West Mids chief constable is a happy chappie now because the first thing he did when he came to office was to kick all of us bowlers us off Tally Ho bowling greens. Ah well, thats over 100 years of bowls, tennis, rugby, cricket, football to name just 5 gone for good at the Tally Ho.
Never mind. I've always got Moseley.
Come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
A great result today! Well done guys! RP had previously beaten Richmond away and Plymouth at home! We need to follow this up though, with a win at home to Taunton, (who have lost all 3 games) next week!
What was good was that we looked stronger as the game went on, and were able to keep them out. They did cross the line late on but it was called back for a forward pass 😃
We dominated in the scrum and the lineout was very good (except when the ref judged it not straight a couple of times). Defence was massively improved on last week. Kicking from hand still needs practice, and Will Safe should never be allowed to kick the ball at all! A couple of penalties sailed wide, but we converted all our tries and slotted one pen. Both sides were still pinged for high tackles, that was about equal, but no cards dished out.
Don't think there were any serious knocks, though Ryan Roach had an ice pack on his shoulder at the end.
What was good was that we looked stronger as the game went on, and were able to keep them out. They did cross the line late on but it was called back for a forward pass 😃
We dominated in the scrum and the lineout was very good (except when the ref judged it not straight a couple of times). Defence was massively improved on last week. Kicking from hand still needs practice, and Will Safe should never be allowed to kick the ball at all! A couple of penalties sailed wide, but we converted all our tries and slotted one pen. Both sides were still pinged for high tackles, that was about equal, but no cards dished out.
Don't think there were any serious knocks, though Ryan Roach had an ice pack on his shoulder at the end.
Great summary, but looked like Will Safe picked up an injury too. Ollie's try was outrageously casual, and just goes to show what a talented and classy player he is! Defence, set piece and lineouts were excellent. Fantastic interception try for Aquile. Great response after last week and hopefully we can kick on from here, but this is already proving to be a very competitive league!
Well done to all yesterday. After last week, I didn’t feel confident going into this week, however massive improvement. Means nothing if we don’t take 5 points next week though. Sounds like the scrum is bossing it and this could become huge as the winter sets in.
Post by southernmose on Sept 17, 2023 14:50:14 GMT
I also liked (presumably) their match report in TRP today, which managed to abbreviate us to ‘Moseley’ rather than ‘Birmingham’ - makes my teeth grind when clubs do the latter.
I also liked (presumably) their match report in TRP today, which managed to abbreviate us to ‘Moseley’ rather than ‘Birmingham’ - makes my teeth grind when clubs do the latter.
Rosslyn Park are very old rivals. 70 years ago my grandfather took me to the Reddings every week and RP were regular opponents. They still think of us as Moseley. Good old Park! And a great win for Moseley!
Pam and I will have to miss next weeks home match against Taunton because we will be on hols. Those Taunton have been close games of late but if Moseley - always MOSELEY and always will be MOSELEY for me - play like they did at Rams and again on Saturday by all accounts then Saturday should be a cracker. So, although Pam and I will be winging our way by coach up to Bonnie Scotland ( Aberdeen ) on Saturday I for certain will be glued to my fully charged phone from 3:0 pm onwards, watching and waiting for Bruces twitter updates.
Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
