Match report v Crewe

Can be found here

Apres Match

Man of the Match - ?

Fuck up of the Day - ?

His Honour Gareth Stratford has set an example to us all with the ruthlessness of his judgements. Be warned!

Court Report

The Right Honourable The Lord Chief Justice Gareth Stratford KC, KMC, OBE, TWAT was in the chair and made a number of interesting legal decisions. Some of them may have consequences. In R v Bearman the matter has been postponed to next weeks hearing. In the matter R v Ritchie, an in absentia judgement has been delivered which will be made public at the next session.

Crewe 39 Buxton 3rd XV 5

It was a much better peformance than the score line suggests! Another warm afternoon, and a different looking Crewe side to the one that was beaten by Marple last week, but a massively improved effort from the thirds. Crewe knew and acknowledged that they had been in a game. Match report to follow.

The First Fifteen Rugby Babes ScrumOfTheEarth.com

Nothing to say really.

Tackling made simple

Hell of an incentive to make a tackle!

Buxton 3rd XV 0, Wilmslow 50

It was back to the bad old ways on Saturday as Buxton Thirds crashed to a 8 try to nothing defeat. It all began promisingly with the tight five exerting pressure on their opposite numbers and for five minutes Buxton were dominating both territory and possession. A steal from the lineout saw Cavanagh drag a couple of defenders with him but unable to sustain possession the move died out. Another Buxton attack resulted in quick turnover and Wilmslow fired the ball out to their wings who blasted past the cover defence to open their account. This seemed to drain Buxton and Wilmslow capitalised with a couple more tries, and effectively the match was dead as a contest. Allen stood out in terms of effort and was always driving at the heart of the defence, but the opportunities for possession were few and far and with Buxton's defence leaking like a sieve, it was a relief when they limped into half time. 33 – 0 adrift. The second half saw some changes in personal but Wilmslow scored another couple of quick tries before the Thirds woke up. Suddenly they began to want the ball and with Chapman and Rabbits securing the ball at the breakdown, Edge and Stratford found them selves with options. With five minutes to go Buxton launched a sustained attack and the ball was switched to Nichols. He made it to within a yard of the line and Sneddon racing up in support was just unable to hold the pass for what would have been a certain try. Buxton ended the match with a series of energy sapping drives that left the Wilmslow defence scrabbling to keep them out and one had to wonder why the Thirds had left it so late to start playing rugby.

On Saturday they travel to Crewe and Nantwich and with key personal absent they will need to start playing from the start if they are to turn their fortunes around.

Training on Tuesday 6.45pm up at the club.

Buxton were:

MacDonald, Rabbits, Fussell, Cavanagh (Dilworth), Rose, Dilworth (Sneddon), Allen, Henderson (Chapman), Preece (Edge), Stratford, Ritchie, Gardin, Nichols, Burton, Bennison (Packer) Woodward, Craig.

Apres Match

Man of the Match - Chris Allen, no contest really his was the standout performance

Fuck up of the day - Fussells throwing in at the lineout

Buxton Thirds wilt in heat!

Buxton Thirds 0 v Wilmslow Thirds 50.

Oh dear oh dear! If I can bare to do it a match report will follow, but like our play it won't be pretty.

A couple of things:

Training on Tuesday 6.45pm. Be there, we are going to work on our defense and do we need to!

We are away to Crewe and Nantwich next Saturday so let Chris know availability as soon as you get the text.

He has not changed a bit

Can you spot one of our team members? Extra points if you get the year and the Team he is playing for.

Thirds can take comfort from Narrow loss.

On a sweltering hot afternoon, it was a lack of self belief and confidence in the first half that cost Buxton Thirds the game. Hope Valley Firsts were well drilled and organised and were able to field five substitutes which given the conditions was a major advantage. They scored three well worked tries, but as the Thirds grew in confidence in the second half they began to demonstrate what they are capable of and finished the stronger side.
The opening exchanges were evenly matched, the Buxton front row of MacDonald, Fussell and Davies gained the upper hand and gave a solid platform for the backs. Pressure from the thirds forced Hope to concede a penalty and Charles's effort drifted just wide. After ten minutes a series of missed tackles and some poor organisation saw Hope launch a sweeping move from their own half. They attacked up the right hand side, the move was stopped by some big hits from the centres Nichols and Edge, but Hope were able to recycle and they found acres of space in front of them and scored under the posts.
From the kick off Buxton conceded a soft score and suddenly found themselves 14 – 0 a drift. This was the signal to dig deep. Using their superiority in the pack the Thirds set up a series of driving mauls capitalising on the outstanding line-out work of Dilworth. Deep in the Hope 22, Preece flicked the ball wide and Edge crashed through a couple of tackles to be driven to the line by Charles and Rose. It looked as if he had grounded the ball but the referee was unsighted. From the resulting scrum Buxton made mincemeat of the Hope effort and all they could do was to collapse the scrum. Hope managed to work their way out of their twenty two but the relief was temporary. Another five metre scrum, another Hope scrum destroyed and this time Chapman made sure of the touch down and Buxton were back in the game.
The second half was always going to be tough as Buxton had to play up the slope and things looked grim as after five minutes Hope scored and converted after another well worked back move. Rather than demoralising the thirds,this acted as a spur. With the Hope scrum gaining some parity with the introduction of fresh legs, Buxton had to dig deep. Allen took responsibility and with Davies drove into the heart of the defence. Charles ,Rose and Macdonald supported well, and Preece was able to get good second phase ball. Bennison made a series of half breaks, and Nichol was almost put away in the centre. The support play and defensive alignment was beginning to pay dividends. The ever improving Ritchie tackled his heart out and working with Gardin and Pollit the back three provided a solid defensive blanket.
A lose kick from Hope gave Gardin a chance to counter-attack . He flew down the wing and crashed into the last line of defence just being bundled into touch.
A series of moves took Buxton into the Hope half, Bennsion spotted a half chance and scorched down the wing to score in the corner. Back in the game and with a sniff of victory, the thirds upped their effort. Chapman came close to scoring and as the move continued first Edge then Davies drove for the line. The Hope defence was creaking and a scrum ten metres from their line set up a great position for Buxton. The referee warded the scrum to Buxton only to reverse it and yellow card a Buxton player for back chat. Buxton continued to batter away but time and Buxton's hopes ran out.


Buxton were:
MacDonald, Fussell, Davies, Dilworth, Rose, Allen, Chapman, Charles, Preece, Bennison, Ritchie, Nichols, Edge, Pollit, Gardin.

Training on Tuesday's up at Sunnyfield at 6.45pm.

Apres Match

There was no Fuck up of the day, so it will be carried over to next week and the forefeit doubled.

Man of the Match was Seth. He and Gaz got an even number of votes but Seth won the drink off. A tasty little number lovingly created and crafted by Steve Edge and the Barmaid at the Peaks hotel. He was so long getting it mind you I'm not sure that that was all he was doing.

Thirds lose narrowly in close encounter against Hope Valley

Hope Valley First XV 21, Buxton Third XV 10 (Chapman, Bennison)

Match report to follow.

AS CHRIS SAID AFTER THE GAME, IF WE TRAIN WE WILL WIN THESE CLOSE GAMES. OUR SELF BELIEF AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE LET US DOWN IN THE FIRST HALF. SO GET UP TO THE CLUB ON TUESDAYS AT 6.45pm.

TRAINING UPDATE

Third team will train with the club on Tuesdays at 6.45pm. After Saturday its important that we work on our game so be there if you can.

Thirds Away to Altringham Kersal for League Opener

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Altringham Kersal Fourth XV

GOOD LUCK, LETS START WITH A WIN!

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