Theres No Place Like Burnham
Sully RFC 28 - 20 Machen RFC II
Sullys home campaign got off to a great start last Saturday with a victory
over our visitors Machen RFC II. With Sully Captain
Rhys John busy sunning himself on his honeymoon, the leadership duties were
handed to Russell Welch for the friendly tie.
With a limited number of available players, it was a big ask
of the Sully team to put on a performance, but that is exactly what they did.
The Machen pack was arguably the most organised pack
Sully have faced so far this season, so our control of the scrum and breakdown
area was a real credit to all the hard working forwards. Gareth Lakein made his first start for Sully and was looking good
until an unfortunate bang on the head left Gareth a little worse for wear and
with a free trip to the Heath hospital. It was also encouraging seeing new
player Dom Marshman adapting well to his role at blindside
flanker and fitting in well with Jason Denton and Russell Welch at the back of
the scrum.
The Sully back line easily had the beating of the Machen
backs. With Richard Rego and Tom Evans back in the
line there was more control and pace which we have been missing in recent
games. John Waters stepped into the fly half position and was later replaced my
Richard Phelps, both players controlled play well through Tom Curtis and Tom
Evans in the centre. Gavin Walters and Mark Rossa had
great games at number nine, both ensuring quick ball for the backs and
forwards.
Sully scored Four tries through Keith Williams, Mike Rabiotti,
Tom Evans and Richard Rego, who incidentally kicked
all four conversions successfully ( It’s about
time).
We are always looking to add strength and depth to our player base, even more
so in light of recent injuries. If
anybody is interested in playing rugby for Sully
RFC, please feel free to attend one of our training sessions at Burnham Avenue
in Sully. Training takes place on both Tuesdays and Thursdays at
Please see out website for information about Sully RFC at http://www.sullyrfc.net
*** On another note I would like to pass my congratulations on to one of our
new players Simon Dorken, who proposed to his
girlfriend Rachel last weekend… She said yes so well done from everyone at
Sully RFC.