Bude vs Pirates Amateurs: Match Report

Photo: Sam Carroll, son of Cornwall rugby legend Richard, was the adjudged Man of the Match – Photo Credit: Jack Nicholas

Great Win for the ‘Ams’

by Phil Westren

Bude: 24 – Pirates Amateurs: 43

Travelling to Bude’s Bencoolen Meadow ground on Saturday for this Counties 1 Tribute Western West encounter, a stirring second half performance delivered an ultimate fine victory.

24-12 down at the break, the Pirates lifted their performance in style for the second period, and in total scored seven tries in the match.

Full-back Ben Wragg and hooker Eli Williams – his fifth in two games – scored tries in the first half, with Wragg adding a conversion, whilst in the second half tries were scored by hooker Ted Hocking, scrum half Sam Carter, skipper Stan Somers, prop Joe Best, and Wragg again, who also kicked a further three conversions.

Speaking after the game, happy Pirates Amateurs’ head coach Murray Westren said:

“This was ultimately a great win us, in which we attacked well for much of the game. However, we weren’t quite clinical enough in the first half, and coughing up the ball our opponents also found us too easy to score against. There was though a huge shift in the second half, where we were very dominant and scored some lovely tries.”

 

Pirates Amateurs:   15 Ben Wragg 14 Sam Cahill 13 Morgan Holman 12 Harris Eddy 11 John Tyler 10 Oscar Marr 9 Sam Carter; 1 Dave Penrose 2 Eli Williams 3 Joe Best 4 Toby Osborne 5 Ben Martin 6 Charlie Dalkins 7 Sam Carroll 8 Stan Somers (captain).

Replacements:   16 Ted Hocking 17 Tom Hutton 18 Josh Semmens.

Photo: Sam Carroll, son of Cornwall rugby legend Richard, was the adjudged Man of the Match – Photo Credit: Jack Nicholas