Panthers 31 - 22 mosbourough

The Panthers entertained local yorkshire league club mosbourough in there first home game of the season, with the pitch in excellent condition and a capacity crowd to entertain the only ingredient left was an entertaining game of rugby this could have been spoils by a strong wind blowing across the pitch and certainly gave a big advantage to the team with the wind at there backs!
It was mosbourough who got the wind advantage in the first half they took full advantage of this pinning Panthers back in there own half resulting in a well worked try within 4 minutes this set the tone for the first quarter of the game mosbourough dominating possession creating two more trys one converted both coming from scrums , this was a mixture of mosbourough big powerful pack and several key players missing from the Panthers engine room. The turning point came when Panthers again pinned back in there own 22 started to generate quick ball moving the big mosbourough pack around two simple quick passes gave Steve hatt a sniff of a chance out on the wing with nearly the whole pitch in front of him he showed that pace to beat his opposite wing and fullback scoring in the corner pedders slotting a great conversion from a tight angle and into the wind. The next score came from the Panthers and is credit to the work jeffo and G have been putting in on the training ground , again with the forewards generating quick ball the backs cut loose braking tackles and offloading the passes were accurate the support play was timed to perfection after at least 5 backs were involved jordan Grayson received the final pass to score under the posts again pedders converting.mosbourough responded with a great backs try of there own this also resulting in a yellow card for the Panthers fullback .

Half time score Panthers 14 - 22 mosbourough

With the wind at there backs the Panthers needed to take advantage of this and hopefully reduce the halftime lead gained by mosbourough the breakthrough came 5minutes into the second half Jake Blair getting on the end of some slick backs moves to score in the corner, with the wind in their faces the big mosbourough pack looked to be tiring with the Panthers now breaking the gain line Leon Owen an inside centre playing 8 crashed through to score under the posts peders converting. At this stage mosbourough rallied Panthers having to defend for a stint this backs to the wall stuff just kept out the away team keeping them to a zero score line in the second half !
The game was sealed when again slick hands from the backs put Steve hatt in the corner for his second try of the day.

Final score Panthers 31 - 22 mosbourough

A great game and perfect preparation for the incoming season played in the right spirit good look to mosbourough in your oncoming league campaign.

Man of the match Isaac tuckley the young 19 year old hooker was thrown into his first top level game against a big pack and in a retreating scrum for much of the game ! delivered some bone crunching tackles covering this pitch like an open side

1 - Ryan Hanes another player stepping up for a taste of top level rugby excellent performance in tight and loose from the tibby tank.
2 - Isaac tuckley mom
3 - Lee Whitmore this guy is a pleasure to coach and watch .class
4 - John askew- another player making the jump into the big league great disciplined performance from the big man
5 - Jamie Barnett again an aggressive powerful performance from this ever maturing young man
6 - pat holleworth the 2nd row having to play 6 put in a sterling in the loose and lineout
7 - rich keeling this guy is becoming mr consistent solid defence from the club captain and stand in captain on the day
8 - Leon Owen the big Welsh centre stood in at 8 and delivered a scott quinnell performance
9 - jordan Grayson underestimate the wee man at your peril he injected the pace into the game turning it in our favour
10 - Adam pedley used his backs well bossed the line great conversions
11 - Steve hatt another debutante in the big league two trys gas to burn
12 - Scott widdowson big tackles big carries from the dependable and consistent centre
13 - james Marshall big strong aggressive silky skills and hips created at least two trys
14 - Jake Blair big tackles strong carries and a try from the wing
15 - mature display several try saving tackles supporting his backs at every opportunity
Subs - Alex Hughes returning from injury came on at 8 using all his experience to slow down the game and gain control good to have the big man back
Sean Hatfield - another man returning from injury absolutely chomping at the bit to get on got a short run at the end a few more weeks Sean enjoy that holiday mate come back bigger and stronger not fatter please x.

A great game lads we could have buckled going 17 - 0 down but showed real character and team spirit to not only get back in the the game but execute training ground moves
Thanks from the coaching team.