Championship round 17

agree 728, Reds were impressive after the break. Scrum hadn't got much change out of Mond in 1st period while LO had wobbled, but these areas were very efficient after HT, discipline good and when Mond tried to chase a late score, an error came and suddenly the margin was a wee bit flattering...

Agreed a good result for Jersey in the end but certainly made hard work by a robust Richmond.  It was a bit like the Ampthill game where possession and territory would indicate an easy win but it was far from that.  Fair play to Jersey for sticking with it like last week and grinding out the result.  Richmond were good value as ever and particularly disruptive at the line out and on another day....

That game at Castle Park today certainly wasn’t aesthetically pleasing!. It was a real slog of a game in extremely windy conditions. Donny did their best to lose the game by gifting Ampthill their two tries and squandering several chances in the red zone in the second half. That performance was not at the standards we’ve set at home this season. To their credit, Ampthill’s defence was excellent all game and their forwards more than matched a very good Donny pack. The A’s might feel that on another day they could have easily won the game. My overriding feeling is relief at the fact we got the W, it was too close for comfort. The best crowd of the season showed up today, well done to the 1,131 who braved the cold. It was freezing!. Still not totally warm now. 

Our one try was a lucky turnover from grubber through that got blocked, although very well finished by Adamson. Other than that I don’t think we threatened the try line, need to sort it out fast as I can’t see us even getting close in the next 3 matches, I hope I’m proved wrong.