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)