Bees battle to derby delight against Moseley
By By Roger Clarke, Birmingham Mail October 4 2006
BEES won 35-30 in their full-blooded National One local derby at Billesley Common but Moseley gave them more than one scare along the way.
By By Roger Clarke, Birmingham Mail October 4 2006
BEES won 35-30 in their full-blooded National One local derby at Billesley Common but Moseley gave them more than one scare along the way.
Moseley had the better of the first half as they chased and harried Bees out of the game after Bees took the lead with a fifth-minute penalty from fly-half Jon Higgins. A minute later Moseley went ahead when scrum-half Paul Knight scored against the club he left in the summer and Thomas added the extras.
A Higgins penalty narrowed the gap and on 22 minutes a spell of Bees possession saw full-back Jon Goodridge score the first of his two tries. Higgins added the extras,
Thomas landed another penalty for 13-10 and in injury time, with Bees skipper Mark Cornwell in the sin bin, Moseley hooker Adam Caves was driven over and Thomas made it 17-13 at the break.
Bees overwhelmed the Moseley defence from the restart and replacement centre Tristan Davies scored with Higgins converting.
Thomas and Higgins traded penalties and on 50 minutes Thomas made it five out of five to level again.
Two minutes later, though, Davies added his second try and before Moseley could regroup Goodridge had sprinted 60 metres for his second.
The conversion made it 35-23 but to their credit Moseley battled back and in injury time prop Christopher Hall was driven over with Thomas collecting the bonus point.
Bees coach Steve Williams said: "In the first half we were probably a bit too nervous and put a bit too much pressure on ourselves.
"But to be fair to them they really came at us and gave it to us but we took it and gave it back with a bit more in the second half. We got maximum points and they got a bonus point and good luck to them. If you score points you deserve it."
Moseley coach Ian Smith said: "Things were going well but at the start of the second half we had 10 to 15 minutes of no show.
"We were a bit inaccurate with what we were doing and allowed Pertemps to have a couple of easy runs at us and get behind our defensive line.
"To our credit, towards the end, we slightly redeemed ourselves but we have to performa and concentrate for a lot longer."
A Higgins penalty narrowed the gap and on 22 minutes a spell of Bees possession saw full-back Jon Goodridge score the first of his two tries. Higgins added the extras,
Thomas landed another penalty for 13-10 and in injury time, with Bees skipper Mark Cornwell in the sin bin, Moseley hooker Adam Caves was driven over and Thomas made it 17-13 at the break.
Bees overwhelmed the Moseley defence from the restart and replacement centre Tristan Davies scored with Higgins converting.
Thomas and Higgins traded penalties and on 50 minutes Thomas made it five out of five to level again.
Two minutes later, though, Davies added his second try and before Moseley could regroup Goodridge had sprinted 60 metres for his second.
The conversion made it 35-23 but to their credit Moseley battled back and in injury time prop Christopher Hall was driven over with Thomas collecting the bonus point.
Bees coach Steve Williams said: "In the first half we were probably a bit too nervous and put a bit too much pressure on ourselves.
"But to be fair to them they really came at us and gave it to us but we took it and gave it back with a bit more in the second half. We got maximum points and they got a bonus point and good luck to them. If you score points you deserve it."
Moseley coach Ian Smith said: "Things were going well but at the start of the second half we had 10 to 15 minutes of no show.
"We were a bit inaccurate with what we were doing and allowed Pertemps to have a couple of easy runs at us and get behind our defensive line.
"To our credit, towards the end, we slightly redeemed ourselves but we have to performa and concentrate for a lot longer."
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