Lacklustre Thirds lose to Burnage

Buxton 5, Burnage 31

This was a lacklustre and at times spineless performance by the thirds. Their attitude was exemplified by the opening moments of the game when Burnage’s kick failed to make the ten metres. Buxton stood still waiting for the referee to give them the option of a scrum back or the kick off again. The ref did not blow straight away and as Buxton ambled towards the centre for the scrum the Burnage loose head picked up the ball and ran at empty space. Fortunately for the Thirds the ref had spotted the miss kick and eventually blew up in favour for a Buxton scrum but it set the tone for much of the game. The saving grace was the attitude of the young guns that to a man gave outstanding performances whilst their older more experienced peers took the afternoon off. Simon Hodson who scored Buxton’s only try was a beacon of effort and courage and Matt Austin playing out of position in the centre looked like a veteran requiring two or three defenders to take him down. Nick Ritchie was tireless in running out of defence and Ben and Gaz played their hearts out when they were given the opportunity. Apart from the effort and endeavour of the youngsters nothing really seemed to go right for the thirds. Some of the decisions were difficult to fathom. Dilworth leaked penalties only because he was omnipresent and always in the thick of it. Ali Bearman had his best game in open play, running at the heart of the Burnage defence all afternoon but even he was frustrated by some of the decisions. The Buxton scrum had its moments but crucially having won all its own set piece and taken two against the head contrived to lose one against the head twenty meters from the line allowing Burnage to score. That and an unfortunate miss kick just after half time that gifted Burnage a seven pointer swung the game.

The try came form the best passage of play that the thirds strung together. Charles and Bosley drove up field, and ran into traffic. The ball was recycled quickly Cavanagh took the ball on and off loaded to Hodson who first glided then smashed his way over. A the second half progressed so the thirds gave glimpses of how they can play. Gyte bulldozed his way through a few defenders, Bosley made some powerful runs, Poole made a couple of half breaks and Graham and Preece used all their experience to try and set things going. Taylor put himself about effectively until an ankle injury forced him off, but there was not enough urgency and in the end Burnage wanted the game more.

Buxton were; Rose, Fussell, Bearman, Cavanagh, Taylor, Bosely (R Sole), Dilworth, Charles, Preece, Stratford, N Ritchie, Graham, Weston, Ritchie, Hodson, Bennison, Austin, Gyte, Henderson, Henlan,Ben and Gaz

Apres Match

Man of the Match - Simon Hodson

Twat in the Hat - Could have been one from many, but it was Pooley by a short head.

Quote of the Day - "Your're a fucking arsehole" the ref to Brendan.

I heard

I heard that Dale McNicholas cried off on the Tuesday before the game because he had a cold. I heard that he was spotted in the Royal Oak in Chapel at the weekend looking pink and healthy.

I heard that Tim Charles devised a new penalty move and explained it to everyone before the game. I heard that in showing the players how it was done he fell flat on his face.

I heard that Mike Barber was playing. I heard that Mike Barber lost his temper with their smallest player and was sent to the Creche for ten minutes to cool down.

I heard that Tim Charles has been having boxing lessons down at Village Spartans. I heard that during the match he unleashed a gay slap at one of the Stockport players. I heard that Sir laughed so much that he forgot to send him to the the sin bin.

I heard that Geoff has been watching to much rugby on tele. I heard that he took a quick throw in to himself five metres from his own line. I heard that things didn't work out to well.

I heard that Captain our Captain can't count. I heard that he thought Buxton were two points ahead when they scored the final try. I heard he told TC not to worry about his kick. (That's what TC is saying anyway)

I heard that Gytie had to order court back into session. I heard that he was not happy about the quality of the Jack Daniels that a certain traffic cop had brought with him. I heard that when asked to taste it Scottie said straight away "its tastes of piss". I heard that Mr Scrimshaw confessed that it was piss he had collected from his dog. I heard that he was made to drink it.

Sounds like a great day, I'm only sorry I missed it.

England vs South Africa, disallowed try

Judge for yourself. Does anyone know Dickinson's address?

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

Is this the next English Rugby Anthem?

How to Shower: Women vs. Men

A little bit of light entertainment before saturday nights tension.

France VS England (update) defeat

Carrington 2nds v Buxton 3rds

Buxton 3rds arrived at Carrington with hopes of lifting their game after last week's disappointment. The opening 5 minutes saw the Buxton pack dominate in the loose and the backs gaining territory each time the ball was passed wide. Carrington defended well kicking from inside the twenty two at every opportunity setting the tone for the rest of the game. A knock on from Buxton gave the opposition clean ball from the scrum and a break away try was scored against the run of play. With points on the board Carrington played with increasing confidence scoring twice more before the interval. Buxton began the second half with renewed vigour Uprichard, Austin and Bearman taking complete control of the scrum and Charles claiming ball after ball from the line out. Buxton kept possession with Henderson, Bird, Dilworth and Allen driving ball after ball forward. When Carrington had the chance to kick, touch was rarely found with Bennison and Gyte in particular not missing an opportunity to catch the ball and run back aggressively into the opponents half. Poole, Graham and Weston joined by Wilson after the break kept the ball moving along the line and together with Ritchie defended well when the opposition took the ball in hand. First Bird followed by Austin then Wilson looked as though they would score being held just short of the line. Finally Preece with a trade mark dummy gave Buxton their first deserved points, Charles narrowly missing the conversion. Taylor and Annison joined the battle and immediately found themselves in the heart of the action. With the clock ticking and Buxton in need of points a penalty kick was declined and a scrum taken. The ball again was knocked forward, Carrington won the subsequent scrum, the ball was kicked over the tiring Buxton defence and a try scored.
A final score of 24-5 did not do justice for the effort that the Buxton team put into this game particularly in the second half. However, heart should be taken from the game and carried forward to next week when Stockport 4ths visit Sunnyfields.
Buxton would like to wish Carrington well for the next round of the Halbro Plate Competition.
The team was - Bearman, Austin, Uprichard, Dilworth, Bird, Taylor, Henderson, Charles, Allen (c), Preece, Poole, Graham, Weston, Wilson, Ritchie, Gyte Bennison and Annison.

SuperJohnnykickedfantasticbeauxiswasatrocious

Awesome fucking awesome. Allez les blancs. Bring on the South Africans, Bring on the Argies, bring on both of them at the same time. It just proves if you have the belief you can do anything. William the Conqueror, Petain, Foch, Clemenceau, Mitterand, Louis XIV your boys took a hell of beating.

Match Report v Buxton

DERBYSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
RUGBY SECTION

Saturday 16th August 2007, Buxton 3rds (/2nds/1sts) 12 V DRFRS 21

Derbyshire FRS began the ’07 –’08 season with a friendly (oxymoron!) game against Buxton, itching for revenge from their defeat last season! Typical Buxton weather of rain and wind made you forget it was summer!
Fire started without many of the faces from last season, due to shifts and holidays we had an embarrassment of forwards but not many known backs. This proved to be our making!
The game started with Fire receiving the kick and instantly making their mark on the game, our forwards constantly driving thru’ the middle of Buxton and having several exciting passages of play, sometimes having 6, 7, 8, or more phases and gaining ground like billy-ho! Lets here it for the extinct but yet strangely arisen DODO’s, a second row of Divisional Officers Drew and Curry with a combined age of 92!! They saw off their much younger and fitter Buxton counterparts, Dave Drew turning a great ‘Lawrence Dallaglio’ like resurrection after several years away from the game and Bob Curry ‘accidentally’ turning an opponents nose into a very red and sore garish chocolate fountain look-alike! The same could be said of Retained Firefighter Paul Boon from Bakewell (flanker and second row), Val Morrel (No. 8 and scrum half) and Mark Leatherland (second row) both from Ascot Drive, all away from the game for a while, but still turning in excellent performances.
This concentrated effort very soon paid off with Silvano Francisco deservedly scoring Fire’s first try with yet great individual break, Jim Barber’s svelte kicking making the score a deserved 7- 0.
With the pack making so much ground it was a long wait for the backs to receive any ball, notwithstanding that when the ball did go wide, Andy Holmes, Andy Rowse, Stan Williamson and Wayne Dilworth all made excellent runs. A mention must be made here to Tristan Nesbitt from Graphics, hasn’t played since school, endured the weather on the wing and had a terrific game; we need more support staff to join us!
Yet more concentrated effort from the pack saw a 2nd and then a 3rd try both from Chris Bailey, these again converted by Jim Barber. Fire overwhelmed Buxton in the first half, with only 1 incursion of any depth into our half and this firmly stopped by solid defensive work.
Several changes during the break for both teams saw Fire a little lacking in fluency to begin with and Buxton bringing on numerous 1st team players, this apparent straight after the restart when their tasty fly-half collected our kick and ran a mean streak thru’ fire to score an excellent goal, this was converted to make the scores 7 – 21, and it looked as though the Buxton changes were going to make a game of 2 contrasting half’s. Worry thee not dear reader, for as ever, Fire’s defence began to solidify and although Buxton enjoyed more possession and territorial advantage than the first half, only one more try came from them, this conversion being missed to make the final score Buxton 15 V DFRS 21.
What a brilliant effort from all involved, no training, no tactics (as such) and no time to gel, though gel we did! And several old warhorses being admirable in effort and execution!
And it must be remembered that everyone ENJOYED IT!

A performance to reassure all and sundry that this team goes from strength to strength.

Further positive news is that:
Ben Heanue (Fixtures secretary) has several games planned and we hope to print a fixtures list to allow players and supporters more time to organise joining in.

Ben Smart, Silv Francisco, Matt Shimwell, Rob Leverton and Nigel Measures have been invited down to England Fire Service Rugby Section Trials on the 26th September at Stourbridge RFC in the West Midlands; with the potential of joining Chris Bailey and John Heggie who are existing England Rugby Section players.
Succeed or otherwise, let’s wish these lads good fortune.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."
Billy the Bard – Twelfth Night, circa 1600AD

With shifts, family and other commitments, we still need more people from retained, support staff, in fact ALL parts of the service, to come along and try us out, most people come back for more! So………….
Please contact:
Captain - Chris Bailey, Blue Watch, Chesterfield
Vice Captains – Ben Smart, White Watch, Ascot Drive For
Wayne Dilworth, Red Watch, Buxton more
Rob Leverton, Green Watch, Alfreton information or advice!
Greg Fletcher, Blue Watch, Chesterfield

Rugby Fact:”The only way to gain ground is to run or kick. Throwing or knocking the ball forward is not permissible.”

The Greatest Moment in Rugby History

Full time as England beat Australia, again.

Newport beat the All Blacks

Smiling on the other side of the World!

Um. Good job he wasn't playing for us last saturday.

Thirds go down heavily to Spartans

Buxton 7 Village Spartans 65

Buxton travelled to Village Spartans on the back of two successive wins and looking to make it three in a row. They came unstuck from the kick off as Spartans exploited their superior pace out wide to run in a try and the Thirds realised that they were in for a long hard afternoon and some backs to the wall defence.

There was little passion in the way that Buxton played. Though they were dominant in the set pieces they could not capitalise on this. Time and time again good set piece ball was turned over by the Spartans who were dangerous on the counter attack, and the game was over as a contest after twenty minutes. Buxton then had their best passage of play either side of half time, getting stuck into the opposition and taking the ball back at them through the forwards. Charles set up an opportunity for Graham offloading out of the tackle but the ball was spilled forward. Dilworth tackled for all he was worth and Poole pulled off some try saving hits. Buxton got some relief as they drove the Spartans scrum back on their twenty-two and Preece exploited the narrowest of gaps threaded his way through to score under the posts. The try was converted. It was a short-lived revival though as Spartans came back and only some brave defending from Allen and Henderson keep them out.

Rose, Uprichard and Fussell exploited their strength upfront and the Spartans front row was forced to go down on numerous occasions and Uprichard found Charles every time as Buxton won all their line out ball.

Graham had one of his trademark breaks but with a three to one overlap outside he chose to come inside and the move withered. Weston Ritchie and Stratford did what they could to stem the tide and Weston had one strong break before the move died for lack of support.

It was the thirds worst performance of the season, with little passion or commitment shown. They were out played by a fitter and on the day better side and it will take a major change in attitude to turn things round.


Buxton were; Rose,Uprichard,Fussell,Barber,Dilworth, Allen, Charles,Henderson,Preece,Poole,Ritchie,Weston,Graham,Harrison, Stratford

Overheard

"Thats the biggest dicking I've ever had" Captain our Captain

Twat in the hat - lots of candidates, Mick Barber came close for getting locked in the club house before we left but in the end it had to be Howard Graham.

Buxton 7 Village Spartans a hell of a lot more

Oh Dear. We did not really get out of the changing room (closet?). We were well beaten, usual excuses.

They were;

Younger
Faster
Fitter
Sir was a little bit bias towards them.


Full report to follow. And we are bottom now as Sandbach beat somebody.

Pics of the home game 29/09/07

Buxton Win but score nil points

Buxton Thirds 29 Old Bedians 10

The Thirds recorded their second win on the trot with a convincing victory against an Old Bedians side that arrived with only eleven players and a under strength front row. Buxton lent them players to make the game fifteen aside, and then had to shore up their front row in the opening minutes due to an injury. With superior firepower up front, Buxton squeezed the Bedians scrum at every opportunity. Rose, Bearman and Pearce combined well, with the power of Dilworth and Barber driving Bedians back at every opportunity.

Buxton dominated the opening exchanges, and through a series of drives and aggressive set pieces gained territory. The back row was quick to the breakdown, Wain in particular turning over a lot of ball. From a five-metre scrum on the Old Bedians line Buxton forced the scrum back. As the scrum began to disintegrate, instead of driving over the line the quick thinking Preece darted for the line and when he was held ,Allen drove over to open the Thirds account.

With Baker, Barber and Dilworth running at the heart of the defence Bedians were having to defend with everything they had. A sweeping backs move saw first Graham make some ground before Wilson came into the line at pace to score Buxtons second.

Old Bedians hit back with a try of their own and a penalty, but Buxton upped the pressure. Another five-metre scrum destroyed the Bedians pack and Charles touched down, converting his own score.

The second half brought little relief for Bedians. Buxton’s tackling was aggressive and the ball was consistently turned over to provide opportunities to run the ball back. Poole had an exemplary kicking game and knew when to release his backs. Dan Gyte chased everything and was unlucky not to score. Eventually Buxton’s power told and man of the match Wain powered over to score Buxton’s fourth.

Not to be out done, Poole finished off a sweeping backs move, converted by Turner and Bedians were buried. This was another good performance from the thirds, who travel to Village Spartans this Saturday in confident mood.. A big thank you to the players who played for Bedians; Ian Henderson, Toby Stuart Jervis, Ryan, Matt Slimming, Brendan Bosley, Ollie Chelton, Simon Fussell, Dan Rose and John Baker Pearce.

Despite the win the Thirds have been docked 4 points by the league. I guess we expected it. All the more important to go and beat Village Spartans on Saturday.

Man of the Match was Kieran Wain.





Buxton were; Rose (Fussell 40m), Bearman, Baker Pearce (S Gyte 60min), Fussell (Barber 5m), Dilworth, Wain, Allen, Charles, Preece, Poole, Ritchie (Turner 55m) D Gyte, Graham, Dawson, Bennison, (Wilson 15m)