Redruth 1st XV
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Sat 21 Aug 2021
Redruth Rugby Football Club
Redruth 1st XV
24
19
Taunton
Redruth  24 - 19  Taunton

Redruth 24 - 19 Taunton

Alan Nettle22 Aug 2021 - 09:53
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On a day that saw the launch of the Terry Prior Trust the Redruth side did him proud with an excellent victory.

Prior to this match Redruth RFC paid Tribute to the life of Terry Pryor, who did so much for the club, school and town of Redruth by naming the Grandstand in his honour. This was followed by a minute’s applause from the large crowd who had gathered to remember one of Redruth’s favourite sons.

In an evenly contested contest that included an intense battle at scrum time that would have pleased Terry the Reds overcame their National 1 opponents by 5 points withstanding a late Taunton fight-back.

It was Taunton who kicked off in the sunshine playing towards the Camborne end and after some mid-filed skirmishes a quickly taken tap penalty near the Reds line followed by a series of pick-an-goes saw C.Wright dive over under the post for a converted try after 10 minutes.
The Reds hit back quickly with a sustained period of pressure in the Taunton 22, finally the dam broke with a clever Jack Oulton grubber kick being pounced on by Joel Matavesi for an unconverted try in Hellfire Corner. Midway through the half the Reds struck again when after stealing a Taunton line-out in the Piggy Lane corner the Reds got their maul moving and drove over the line for a Richard Brown try, well converted by Fraser Honey. A few minutes later though Brown was show a yellow card for illegal entry into the ruck, crucially Taunton were unable to make the extra man tell being met with stern Redruth defence. Taunton pressure in the Reds half was repulsed and the Reds launched an audacious break out from their own 22 taking play deep into Taunton territory, after a series of phases Will Trewin dived over for an unconverted try in the Piggy Lane corner. Half-time came with the score 17 – 7 in the Reds favour.

Taunton started the 2nd half with a bang playing with purpose and power and it came as no surprise when J.Walsh went over for an unconverted try on 47 minutes to close to within 5 points. Neither team thereafter could establish any sustained dominance with the defences of both sides being determined and well organised, both teams were also guilty of giving away penalties at crucial times. On 60 mins the Reds increased their lead with a catch and drive in front of the Tribute Suite, Richard Brown again dotting the ball down with Fraser Honey converting. With time running out Taunton mounted an assault on the Reds line finally breaking the red wall for a converted try with just a few mins left on the clock. Despite further Taunton pressure in time added on excellent tackling from the Reds managed to keep the line intact to enable the Reds to run out narrow victors.
Redruth open their league season with a home match against Leicester Lions on September 4th.

Redruth
1.Luke Barnes, 2.Richard Brown, 3.Craig Williams, 4.Todd Prisk, 5.Steele Barker, 6.Ben Fox, 7. Mark Grubb, 8.Sam Stevens, 9.Jack Oulton, 10.Frazer Honey, 11.Matt Blee, 12.Joel Matavesi, 13.Sam Parsons, 14.Kyle Bradley, 15.Will Trewin.
Replacements: 16.Mackenzie Oliver, 17.Dylan Arthur, 18.Cam Leigh, 19.Ed Pascoe, 20.Jack King, 21.Luke Hattam, 22.Richard Kevern, 23.Conor Gilbert, 24.Jack Simmons, 25.Dean Bonds.
Tries: Richard Brown (2), Will Trewin, Joel Matavesi.
Conv: Fraser Honey (2)

Taunton
1.Connor Baker, 2.George Gosling, 3.Isaac Dalton, 4.Sam Leeworthy, 5.Charlie Williams, 6.Dan Swain, 7.Charlie Wright, 8.Sam Prior,
9.Sam Maunder, 10.Jack Walsh, 11.Freddie Fraser, 12.James Keay, 13.Nick Mason, 14.Greg Kitson, 15.Sam Baker.
Replacements: Gary Kingdom, Harry Tarling, Frankie Dart, Ollie Massy-Birch, Will Norton, Ratuvu Vatalukali, Joe Elsworthy, Alex Spurdle Andy England, Matt Johnson.
Tries: C.Wright, J.Walsh, W.Norton.
Conv: J.Walsh (2)

Match details

Match date

Sat 21 Aug 2021

Kickoff

15:00
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