Actoniand 1XV v Finsbury park 1XV

After watching the second team beat Finsbury park 2s in an intense battle of skill the first XV start getting warmed up to play Finsbury park XV for the second game in the double header at home.

Energy was high in the warm up for the first team with lineouts and team unity looking strong. But in the end the line-outs left more to be desired and the energy and tackle hight and soft defence around the rucks from the team and 3 yellows for Actonians through the match left Actonians losing to Finsbury park 22-27

Number 10 Zak Taylor takes the kickoff to start the game but slices it short and wide giving possession to Finsbury right off the bat who elect for a scrum leading to actonians being under pressure for the start of the match.

7.30
After winning a penalty Actonians see them almost go 5-0 down as they fail to win their line-out Finsbury ship the ball to the opposite wing and kick towards the Actonians try line with the chaser being a fraction to slow and just missing the put down for a try luckily for Actonians it's still 0-0

16.00
After a well placed kick off a penalty and we'll executed line out actonians have Finsbury under pressure in their 22 with well executed passes for No 9 ollie poulter and fancy foot work from No 14 ted Kenny on the wing and strong forward pods the ball is shipped wide to the left and a well placed pass from Tom Knight allows No 15 jon perks to score the first try of the game. Zak Taylor converts
7-0 actonians

29.00
After a misplaced kick from Finsbury park leads to an Actonians line out on the oppositions 22 a quick reaction collection by No 6 mark Stuart off a poorly executed A’s line-out leads to Actonians keeping possession and winning a penalty for a high tackle. Zak Taylor elects to kick for posts and converts the penalty with a well placed kick from just over 10 meters into the oppositions half
Actionians 10 - 0 Finsbury park

33.30
With Actonians losing another of their own line-outs Finsbury put on the pressure after a ball comes loose in a Finsbury carried ruck dog legs and sparse disjointed defence from Actonians leaves a huge gap for the Finsbury 9 to collect the ball and break through with a quick strong carry and a well executed offload Actonians are pushed back from the half way to their 22 with all but 3 Actonians players set up to defend on on the left hand side of a ruck Finsbury easily find on Actonians right and carry through for a try
Actonians 10 - 7 Finsbury park

40.00
After a cluster of A’s penalties for tackle hight and collapsing the maul and soft line out defence, Finsbury push Actonians back to their 5 where they executed strong pick and go's off the rucks leading to a try as Actonians fail to guard the edge of the ruck
Actonians 10 - 14 Finsbury park

*HALF TIME*

Actonians start the second half lit up with strong carries from no1 Daniel “The Head” Cussons and no12 Tom Knight gaining ground to start the half but after a few mistakes and poorly placed passes they are pushed back into their own half.

46.00
A Finsbury knock on leads to Actonians winning the scrum and kicking down field and incredible chase from No 11 JT manages to keep the ball on the pitch and fool the two Finsbury players trying to cover allowing No 13 matt callow to collect the ball for an Actonians try to start the second half
Actonians 15 - 14 Finsbury park

61.30
Yellow card
David james
High tackle
Actonians down to 14

63.00
After another Actonians penalty this time for not rolling away in the ruck Finsbury kick out to touch and again they win the line-out form a strong maul taking advantage of the yellow card sucking in the Actonians forwards who in a cluster fall over each other allowing a small Finsbury pod to peel off the maul and shoddy defence allows Finsbury to push through the tackles for a try with a well taken conversion
Actonians 15 - 19 Finsbury park

67.00
Yellow card
No 3 Luke Taylor
high tackle
Actonians down to 13 men

71.00
Actonians give away another penalty in their 22 Finsbury forwards tap and head towards the posts getting tackled they pick and go and once again soft defence around the ruck allows them to go over and score
Actonians 15 - 24 Finsbury park

78.00
Actonians win a penalty for offside on the oppositions 5 meter line after a well placed kick from zak taylor from an earlier penalty. Actonians set up No 7 Tim Mitchell carries hard towards the posts surround by support and then captain no 8 Fearghal Cooke runs for the corner receiving the pass from ollie poulter to put the ball down in the corner.
Zak Taylor kicks an incredible conversion
Actonians 22 - 24 Finsbury park

79.00
Yellow card
Ben Bracknell
Shouting at the ref
Actonians down to 14 men

79.00
Finsbury park kick off after the try Ben Bracknell goes up to get the ball a Finsbury player goes up to get the ball Ben is hit to the ground as the Finsbury player challenges ben argues is sent off and a penalty is awarded to Finsbury
Finsbury convert the penalty
Actonians 22 - 27 Finsbury park

Actonians have a fire lit in their bellies they know they can win the match if they just keep the ball and carry well in the last play of the game. Zak Taylor takes the kickoff every blue and white shirt chases but cannot collect the ball Finsbury kick the ball out. Final whistle blows

Final score
Actonians 22 - 27 Finsbury park

Try scorers
Jon perks
Matt callow
Fearghal Cooke

Conversions
Zak Taylor x2

Penalties
Zak taylor

MOTM
Zak taylor

Match Report provided by Daniel Cussons