27 - 24. Good effort Moseley lads. After leading for most of the game Moseley conceded a long range penalty at the death and come away with just a losing bonus point. Chinnor got the try bonus.
Pity about just 3 tries .. but I'm sure we'd have gone for this result before ko. Yellows do count when they mount up . The pleasing thing is that we are becoming a nuisance to these table toppers and we're almost with them nowadays. Reason? We've built up a good strong squad. So for Xmas and the New Year we'll be back to winning ways on the road next week!
I agree with all your points grooveavenue. My only additional point would be that we now need to work on our game management. We don’t seem to be able to close games out in the last 10 mins when we have narrow leads. Whether that’s through ill-discipline and yellow cards or trying to be too adventurous. We need to learn just to run the clock down with possession. The last 2 away games, admittedly I wasn’t there had to rely on twitter commentary, but seemed to concur with my thoughts. The last home game against Blackheath, which I was at, I know we won but last 10 was a bit hairy and we gave them a losing bonus point, like try BPs they all add up at the end of the season. The better sides will punish you as we’ve found out. Notwithstanding all that we have made great strides this season.
Following Bruces twitter I was getting quite excited about a half decent lead and the possible win - but then it seems the yellow and penalties kicked and that didn't help at all.
Still Come on Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
Tricky conditions at Chinnor this afternoon, with a gusty wind blowing down the field, Moseley just didn’t take advantage in the first half despite having lots of possession. 2 yellow cards didn’t help. Even when Chinnor drew level, a draw would have been a fair result, but in time added on, the referee gave them a penalty, apparently for a late dip into the tackle….a new law ! The wind played a massive part in this game, lineout throwing tricky and kicks into the wind going nowhere. As mentioned, these teams above us are not that far ahead. Onward to Sedgley Park next week.
It felt like another one that got away, but probably demonstrates why Chinnor are where they are - although for context their points difference of +238 (next highest Rams at +102) only grew by 3 today.
Close game as already said a game that got away. Conditions made it a bit of a lottery yellow cards are costing us otherwise a great effort from the team and we came away with a losing bonus point. Can't fault the shift put in by the lads. Chinnor's defence being possibly the difference between the sides. Need a big performance against Sedgeley next week after two narrow losses. Come on Mose!!
Tricky conditions at Chinnor this afternoon, with a gusty wind blowing down the field, Moseley just didn’t take advantage in the first half despite having lots of possession. 2 yellow cards didn’t help. Even when Chinnor drew level, a draw would have been a fair result, but in time added on, the referee gave them a penalty, apparently for a late dip into the tackle….a new law ! The wind played a massive part in this game, lineout throwing tricky and kicks into the wind going nowhere. As mentioned, these teams above us are not that far ahead. Onward to Sedgley Park next week.
The home game against Sedgley in September was a real downer - I never really understood why we were so poor that day - but we are a very different outfit now. Great shame we couldn't close it out against Chinnor yesterday but it seems the yellows were probably decisive. Whatever happens, we will give Sedgley a much better run for our - and their - money next week. Come on Mose - a win would be stupendous and show just how far we have come.
Tricky conditions at Chinnor this afternoon, with a gusty wind blowing down the field, Moseley just didn’t take advantage in the first half despite having lots of possession. 2 yellow cards didn’t help. Even when Chinnor drew level, a draw would have been a fair result, but in time added on, the referee gave them a penalty, apparently for a late dip into the tackle….a new law ! The wind played a massive part in this game, lineout throwing tricky and kicks into the wind going nowhere. As mentioned, these teams above us are not that far ahead. Onward to Sedgley Park next week.
Yes agreed that the conditions were very tricky. Mose played first half going down the slope with the wind in our favour although it was blowing diagonally to the right hand near corner. The lineout which has improved significantly from last season let us down with at least 2 being lost after kicks to the corner. The conditions dictated a short throw rather than to the end of the line. Not sure why Morgan French got a yellow card 10 mins before half time but think we may have got on the wrong side of the ref. Plenty of pressure in the first half but we felt we needed more than the 9 points advantage when the sides turned round. Chinnor played the wind a lot better and had at least 2 50/22 kicks ( we had none). Our defence was resolute but was let down by a ridiculous tap down by Jack Jolly right under the nose of the ref and he duly got a yellow card. Freddie came on whilst Jolly was off and played a lot better so we were bemused when he went off when Jolly's sin bin finished. Someone has mentioned game management and they are spot on. Having secured a penalty which Tighe did really well to convert we then drop the ball from Chinnor's kick off when the smarter thing to have done was to let the ball fly over the by line. We had the chance to draw the game but instead of playing "up the jumper rugby" we got penalised for ducking into a tackle and their 10 held his nerve and slotted it over. Thought Henry Joule had a good game at 15 and was surprised he was substituted (not sure if he was injured). Ben Morris went off late in the game - hope the injury is not serious.
