Saturday, 23 September 2017



Bexley Rugby Club


Bexley Presidents XV
1:30 pm




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Bexley Rugby Club
Calvert Dr, Dartford DA2 7GA, UK
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Jake Voce Scores for Bexley RFC
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60th Anniversary Day Match Report
Bexley come from behind to edge out Presidents Team.
On the last weekend of summer, Bexley celebrated their 60th anniversary season by welcoming a Presidents Team of former Bexley players, captained by former/future Bexley player Richard Desmond!
The Presidents team kicked off and Bexley responded with the traditional ‘dead ants’. The sight of 15 of South-east England’s finest lying on their backs waving their arms and legs in the air so stunned the old boys, that Bexley were still, somehow, able to secure the ball. Simultaneously, the bar experienced a sudden rush as spectators downed their drinks in an effort to forget a sight that will no doubt haunt them for several long years.
With the advantage of having trained together over the summer, Bexley had the better of a scrappy opening 10 minutes with a couple of breaks from Bryce and Little Liam testing the defence of the Presidents side. Bexley continued to up the pressure and began to pin the Old boys back in their own 22. Strong tackles by the Pres team on Karl ‘Shrek’ Ansell, giving him another shiner to add to his collection of deformities, kept Bexley out, but their pressure finally paid dividends in the 17th minute. The ball came out left following a break and Harry ‘Stavros’ King, used his considerable bulk to shrug off a couple of tackles and offload to Pretty Liam, who blasted between the centres to score. Fijian Jack’s conversion was deflected off a passing butterfly, so Bexley remained only 5 – 0 up.
Stung by this, the Presidents team began to impose themselves more on the game, with strong running from the forwards beginning to push back Bexley’s defence, until a moment of madness allowed Bexley to increase their lead. A speculative pass by Ross ‘Wreck it Ralph’ Fowler floated so long in the air, that even Jim Peerless would have turned his head away in disgust at such a hospital pass. If he wasn’t enjoying the delights of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich that is. There was plenty of time for Bryce to intercept, find his phone, make a call on that very phone, lose it again and still put the ball down to score between the posts. Dean ‘Mademoiselle’ Fisher scared all the insect life away and Fijian Jack was free to make the score 12 – 0 to Bexley.
Only a minute later, Pretty Liam broke through the Presidents defence again but either his pass was too short or the Bexley captain, Scott King Henry 8th, was too riddled by gout to run quickly enough to receive the pass. We shall never, truly know the answer, but due to a barrage of threats I feel as if I have no choice but to blame Liam, as Bumpy wasn’t there to take the fall for this one!
With only 10 minutes of the first half left, Bexley fell into their classic error of sitting back and letting the other team come to them. The Presidents side were only too happy to take the opportunity and as the half closed Bexley were coming under heavy pressure in their own 22. Ross Fowler and what seemed like the whole Sanderson clan battered away at Bexley’s defence and only a last ditch tackle by Lank’s firstborn son Jack managed to prevent Tommy Sanderson from scoring in the near corner. A chip over the top by Harry Essex was prevented by AJ, who was nearly flattened by Harry’s follow-up tackle and Hamley surely would have scored as well if he’d ever learned to catch anything but a cold! It seemed as though Bexley had weathered the storm but, in the last minute of the half, disaster struck. All of Bexley’s previously good work in defence was undone as they played pass the soap with the ball in their own 22. Even a let off for Bexley when Andy Powis did a Hamley and put the ball down on the 5 metre line, thinking it was a try line, wasn’t enough and with the last play of the half, Stuart Johnson finally broke through to score. No conversion, so Bexley went into half-time 12 - 5 up.
The second half started exactly how the first half finished, with the Presidents team on the attack and Bexley seemingly unable to turnover the ball. In desperation, Karl Ansell decided he wanted to even up his black eyes and kept shoving his blocky head into every ruck and maul going. Unfortunately, he was perhaps a little too enthusiastic and had to come off the pitch with a cut on his head. Luckily, it there’s no danger of it affecting any of his looks! The Presidents team continued to press and Bexley were slowly pushed back behind their own 5 metre line. On 53 minutes, the damn broke. Tommy Sanderson, using his abnormal limbs and canoe shaped hands, barrelled his way over the line to get a try, thankfully missing the conversion to leave the score at 12 – 10 to Bexley.
Bexley tried to reassert the dominance that they had enjoyed at the beginning of the day, but a moment of magic on the Presidents team gave them the lead. Hipster Andreas, on loan from Bexley side-stepped out of a tackle by Little Liam and broke down the wing. After handing off ‘Gentle’ Jim Moore, he raced down the wing, dodging the tzatziki stained plates Harry ‘Stavros’ King was throwing at him, to score in the corner. When Gentle Jim Moore had finally picked himself up off the floor, where he had laid stunned after the hand-off, Andreas compounded his betrayal by getting the President’s team’s first conversion of the match to put them in the lead at 12 - 17.
Fortunately, this had the effect of finally shocking Bexley out of their malaise. They came back strongly and only some last ditch tackling prevented both Pretty and Little Liam from scoring. Bexley looked like a different team and after a period of sustained pressure Scott Henry finally barged over the line to give the home side a narrow 19 - 17 lead once Fijian Jack had converted. With only 10 minutes left it was anybody’s game, and both teams went all into all out attacking mode.
After a last ditch Bexley defence had prevented Bill from scoring, Bexley chased down a clearance and secured the ball. A quick passage through hands gave the ball to Scott Henry in his usual position on the wing. Like a falling building can only obey gravity, he instinctively knew that he only had the energy for just one more run and he tore down the wing like a crazed buffalo. Unable to change direction, he sold enough dummies to the President’s defence to open his own toy shop, curving around the outside of the wing to score. Energy spent and job done, he wisely substituted himself for a well-earned rest, whilst Fijian Jack converted to give Bexley a 26 - 17 lead and some breathing space.
The Presidents side were not finished though and had virtually all of the ball for the remaining few minutes as Bexley endured the last few waves of attack on their own try line. They just managed to hold firm and enjoyed a well-deserved victory in a very enjoyable game. If they can avoid the tendency to sit back after scoring a try or two this season, then the games will be just as enjoyable, but perhaps a bit less stressful for the players and fans!
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