Wellington vs Penzance & Newlyn – Match Report

Big Win at Wellington

By Phil Westren

Wellington 0 – Penzance & Newlyn 52

Travelling to the Athletic Ground at Wellington on Saturday, Penzance & Newlyn negotiated Storm Amy to record this convincing win in Tribute Regional 2 SW.

Yellow-carded at St. Ives in a pre-season friendly, the Pirates welcomed back available again skipper Stan Somers for what was his first league game of the season. Also featuring was man of the match hooker Kenny Jones, who duly celebrated his appearance by scoring a hat-trick, and selected at scrum half was recent stand-in captain Oscar Marr, who previously this season has worn the ‘10’ shirt.

Scoring four first half tries the Pirates led 20-0 at the break, whilst in the second forty they added four more, three of which were converted by full-back Ben Wragg, who also slotted two successful penalty kicks to record an impressive 22 personal points tally.

Commenting after the game, Penzance & Newlyn’s head coach Murray Westren said:

“Credit to the lads who didn’t have it all their own way but played some very good rugby in the difficult conditions to ultimately record a convincing victory.”

📷Man of the match hat-trick hooker Kenny Jones pictured wit Martyn Bodilly - Photo credit: Jack Nicholas

Wellington:   15 Mike Taylor 14 Charlie Higgs 13 George Hodgson 12 Billy Brooks 11 Evan Greening 10 Brad Field 9 Charlie Snow; 1 Jason Rowland 2 Johnathon Clist 3 Callum Warren 4 George Griffin 5 Alistair Cameron 6 Oliver Price 7 Louie Justice 8 William Hodgson.

Replacements:   16 Thomas Gill 17 Liam Symons 18 Regan Walker.

Penzance & Newlyn:   15 Ben Wragg 14 Joey Norways 13 Harris Eddy 12 Josh Semmens 11 Jack Keogh 10 Rhys Brownfield 9 Oscar Marr; 1 Ben Taylor 2 Kenny Jones 3 Dec Prowse 4 Nick Nowell 5 Ben Martin 6 Tom Hutton 7 Sam Carroll 8 Stan Somers (captain).

Replacements:   16 Joe Best 17 Wes Eddy 18 Dan Rhys Evans.

Scorers:

Penzance & Newlyn – tries: Jones (3), Wragg (2), Norways, Harris Eddy, Evans; cons: Wragg (3); pens: Wragg (2).

This coming Saturday, the 11^th October, the Pirates are at home to Winscombe in what will be a 7^th versus 5^th clash in the league. Kick-off is at 3pm. Having won 49-14 at home to Crediton this past weekend, Winscombe will clearly provide tough opposition.

(Back to last Saturday, Penzance & Newlyn’s 2^nd team also recorded a big win in a C3 Cornwall League Cup encounter, when they won 60-0 at home to Falmouth II.)

📷Pirates' full-back Ben Wragg who scored 22 points in the match - Photo credit: Brian Tempest