Late try sinks Cinderford
REDRUTH 21 CINDERFORD 20
REDRUTH ended Cinderford’s good run of form in National One in the cruellest of fashions.
The Foresters were on a high after winning their last three games in a row and tasted success in three out of their last four road trips. But Redruth winger Nathan Pedley broke Cinderford hearts when he crossed the whitewash in the dying moments of the game to snatch victory away. One of Cinderford’s best players in that run of wins, New Zealand fly-half Matty James, will also kick himself for missing two crucial penalties which proved costly.
The margin between victory and defeat can be a fine one and James’ two attempts struck the woodwork on each occasion. The home team took the lead when Cinderford were caught napping and a quickly-taken penalty gave Chris Fuca an easy try. Aaron Penberthy converted for a 7-0 advantage but England Under-20 prop Shaun Knight then got his side on the scoreboard. Following a period of sustained pressure on the Redruth line by Cinderford’s forwards, Knight was driven over from close quarters. Penberthy then pushed his side ahead again with a well-struck penalty shortly after half-time. He then extended that gap even further with another penalty when Adryan Winnan was brought down by Cinderford centre Dewi Scourfield. Scourfield was given 10 minutes in the sin-bin.
However, the 14 men rallied and set up another series of phases on Redruth’s line for Knight to go over again. Cinderford then stepped up the pressure with James chipping ahead to the corner and tefan Hawley touching down to give his side the lead. Penberthy pegged the lead back to a single point with a penalty, only to see his score cancelled out by the boot of his opposite man James. The referee deemed the Kiwi had been obstructed while chasing his own kick ahead and he gladly took advantage. But the Cornishmen had the last word when space opened up for Pedley to skirt through.
REDRUTH: Winnan; Morris, Bonds, Thirlby, Pedley; Penberthy, Simmons; Jacques, Gidlow, Joyce; Cook, Carroll; Duncan, Fuca, Bright. Reps: Goddfellow, Cowan-Dickie, Stupple, Heard, Rule.
CINDERFORD: Hawley; Winchle, Boston, Scourfield, Palm; James, P Knight; Smart, Duncan, S Knight; Bufton, King; Foden, Brown, Panaho. Reps: Meadows, Hall, Jones, Elisara, Pointon.
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Foresters hope to continue away day success
CINDERFORD travel to Redruth tomorrow with renewed confidence after winning three out of their last four away games in National One.
Last season the Cornish outfit boasted a formidable home record but the Foresters are in sparkling form on the road at the moment.
Following wins at Otley and Cambridge in the last two weeks, head coach Phil Greenaway says there is no secret to their improved upturn in fortunes.
“We are getting used to the away trips now,” he said.
“We have done well recently and won three out of four.
“We are going well at the minute and we got a good win at Cambridge and an equally good win at Olney which gives ourselves a bit of breathing space so we want to push on now.
“It is just hard work that we have put in. We have had no real changes in personnel, everyone is just working hard and things are starting to come together.
“We have had a few guys back from injury. George Evans is back in so there is no secret to the success otherwise I would be earning a lot more money.”
Just five points separate Cinderford in 12th and Redruth in ninth and Greenaway says his troops are looking up the table now rather than down it.
Cinderford have the luxury of being able to select their England Under-20s pair for this week, second row Danny Wright and prop Shaun Knight.
And Greenaway says they will try to freshen things up for Redruth after so many long trips recently.
“We are hoping we have dragged ourselves away from the bottom now and we can push on towards the higher end of the table,” added Greenaway.
“We have got a couple of games in hand on the other teams and we will be looking to target those.
“It is always a tough place to go so we know we will get a physical encounter so we have to try and match that and box clever and keep the ball away from their pack.”
? NEV Codlin scored twice against his old club as Cinderford United recorded a comfortable 33-8 Merit Table victory over Coney Hill II.
Alan Bryan, Danny Trigg and Tim Stevenson scored the other tries with Stevenson also landing four conversions.
Cinderford make it three in a row
CINDERFORD RFC 23 – 15 REDRUTH RFC
CINDERFORD survived a late onslaught from the visitors to record their third victory in a row.
Redruth’s Mark Scrivener missed a relatively straightforward penalty five minutes from the end when his side were trailing 16-15.
The Cornishmen then literally threw away the bonus point – hastily tossing a line-out throw straight to Cinderford second-row Chris Jones, who gratefully took the chance to stroll beneath the posts. Brett Turner converted to end the match.
It was Turner who put Cinderford in front in the third minute with a long-range penalty.
The young full-back, who looked assured in all aspects of the game, made it 6-0 with a second penalty when Redruth were caught offside.
Cinderford, playing with a strong wind behind them, extended their lead with a third Turner penalty after some powerful driving play down the line from MIke Panoho and George Evans.
However, on the stroke of half-time, Richard Carroll drove over in the corner to give the visitors the first try of the game.
With the wind now against them and only a four-point lead in the bag, Cinderford had it all to do in the second-half. They started strongly though, despite having nothing to show for a good spell of pressure.
Eventually, they turned their possession into points with a try from winger Reuben Haile, who collected a pass down the line from Luke Plummer and brushed off a tackle to go in. Turner added a good conversion.
Redruth responded with their strongest spell of the match.
Scrivener reduced the deficit to 16-8 with a penalty, then full-back Paul Thirlby went in unopposed for his side’s second try. Cinderford’s Reuben Haile was scuffling on the floor with two Redruth players to leave Cinderford wide open on the right flank.
Scrivener’s conversion made it 15-8, but the fly-half’s bad penalty miss just minutes later threw Cinderford a lifeline.
The game still hung in the balance but Redruth’s gamble on a quick line-out deep inside their own half backfired spectacularly – much to the delight of try-scorer Jones and the Cinderford fans.
Cinderford: Brett Turner, Rob Winchle, Luke Plummer, Dewi Scourfield, Reuben Haile, Phil Greenaway, Paul Knight (capt), Phil Kennedy, Chris Hall, Andy Deacon, David Bufton, Chris Jones, Mike Panoho, Will Foden, George Evans. Reps used: Joe Smart (for Andy Deacon), Nigel Matthews (for Chris Hall), Chris McNeil (for Will Foden), Danny Pointon (for Phil Greenaway). Not used: Alistair Bressington. Attendance: 215.
