Cinderford 58 Blaydon 22

Nov 6 2011 Sunday Sun

BLAYDON crashed to a fifth consecutive defeat, their biggest so far, with all the fireworks coming from the home side and in particular fly-half Rory Teague who contributed 23 points with two tries, a penalty and five conversions.

Not having beaten Cinderford in any of the last six encounters the Crow Trees side had little reason to be optimistic, and contributed much to their own downfall by often kicking away good possession.

The start could not have been much worse for them as Cinderford hit the blocks running and had notched up 17 points after just 16 minutes. Teague, skipper Adam Nichols and prop Joe Smart all crossing the Blaydon line.

When Blaydon did get their hands on the ball they hung on to it in the forwards and after good work by Matt Hall, scrum half Matt Mellish crossed and Andrew Baggett added the conversion.

The revival continued with Matt Clark adding a second score, but by the interval Cinderford had run in two more tries through Bill Foden and Rob Winchel, taking it to 29-12.

Teague added a penalty to the home score but Blaydon, with the forwards well on top, took control for the first time and were rewarded with a try in each corner by lock Chris Wearmouth and blindside flanker Ben Morris. With the deficit down to 10 points Blaydon then moved it through 15 pairs of hands in the best move of the game only to lose possession to an interception when a try looked certain.

Crucially Cinderford ran it back from one line to the other for Simon James to touch down. Teague, James and Wilson hammered home the Cinderford advantage with further scores, leaving Blaydon to lick their wounds.