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| 3rd xv result – Caldy 43 – 15 Wallasey |
| Match report – Steve Bishop Rob Welsh and his experienced Wallasey side made the short trip from Cross Lane to Paton Field, to play the Rav3rs under the lights on Friday night. A bumper crowd came along to witness a well fought fixture. Wallasey having only lost to table topping Ellesmere Port so far. Caldy thirds is made up of a blend of current and former Colts, bolstered by a number of wiser, older heads, not ready or willing to hang up their boots – just yet. But still with lots to offer in helping guide the youngsters into adult rugby. The game started in frantic fashion. Opposite numbers keen to signal their intent. Half backs sussing out game plans. The game was 10 minutes when the referee first had to intervene. Will McCraig drove the ball towards the Caldy posts, the Rav3rs too slow to clear the ruck. No advantage gained and Wallasey took the 3 points with Danny Rich. Perhaps a sign that Wallasey, having thrown some considerable effort into breaking the gain line, thought visits into Caldy’s 22 may be limited. How right they were. The majority of the next 30 minutes were spent at the other end of the paddock. On 17 minutes and after several warnings, the referee awarded a penalty try and Wallasey went down to 14. On 25 minutes, Noah Griffiths charged in from a well worked catch and drive to extend the lead. Then Wallasey showed the resolve that’s earned them 5 wins. They dug in, saw out the sin bin and stood firm until just before half time, when an aimless pass landed kindly for Lucas Wiggins and he ran in unopposed from the 10m. Sooty took the 2 points. 19 – 3 to the Rav3rs at the break. The half time message was to be calm, to be confident, to play OUR game. It wasn’t long before that message paid dividends. Wallasey started to struggle to contain the speed round the corner. Sooty marshalling the back line. The spaces began to appear and in went Lucas Wiggins for his second try. The pressure continued and it wasn’t long before the Rav3rs were in again. Liam Devaney sniffing out a gap to score, the evergreen Sooty kicked the 2 points. Next in was Big Tony Hirons for his first senior score. Followed by Andy Ridgway and another 2 points from Sooty. 74 minutes gone and the Rav3rs appeared to be coasting. 43 – 3. Wallasey however don’t go out like that. They forced their way down the field, driven on by Johnny Francis and Dave Morgan at 9 and 10. They forced errors in the left corner and in went the energetic back row Andy Mason to tap down. 43 – 8. From the kick off Wallasey went straight back to the same corner and after Danny Rich made good ground from centre, the front row did the rest. 43-15 after Danny Rich put the extras over. That was the final score. Wallasey certainly came to play. They embodied the TREDS values and we look forward to the return trip. Well done the Rav3rs. Next stop is away at top of the league Ellesmere Port on the Saturday 9th November. Let’s have it !  The victorious Rav3ers Image – Gareth Davies Caldy 1st xv next game – HOME at Paton Field Saturday 2nd November – Premiership Rugby Cup Caldy v Newcastle Falcons kicks off 2.00pm Caldy Director of Rugby, Gareth Davies – “This is another step up, it’s a Cup game, it’ll be really competitive and I’m sure Newcastle will want to put on a show after getting their first win two weeks ago.” “It’s massive for the club, everyone’s really excited already and hopefully we’ll have a huge crowd on the day” This will be Newcastle Falcons first ever visit to Paton Field so we need everyone at the game this Saturday to give them a typical Caldy welcome and encourage our lads on to a famous win. Please make every effort to come along, bring all your family, friends to support Caldy and help us raise the roof on this historic occasion ! Match tickets are available to buy via our club website – please go to https://caldyrugbyclub.com/buy-tickets-membership/ Caldy 2nd xv next game – HOME at Paton Field Saturday 9th November – Caldy v Fylde Hawks Caldy 3rd xv next game – AWAY at Whitby Sports & Social Club Saturday 9th November – Ellesmere Port v Caldy Rav3ers Junior Colts result – Caldy 17 – 22 Chester Match report – Paul Clark Caldy u17s Junior Colts lost their first home Halbro North West League A game of the season 17 – 22 to a strong top of the table Chester side. With 13 players out through injury and unavailability, and 3 players from our under 16s stepping up to make their Colts’ debut, the squad of 17 knew they would all need to step up with grit and determination and they did that in spades !!! Chester backs showed their class with 2 well taken tries in the first half. Caldy’s forwards took the battle to Chester and ended the first half 14 – 5 down. Try – Cameron Harper In the second half, it was more of the same with Caldy forward pressure securing two more tries ( Luke MacDonald and a penalty try ) and Chester’s backs firing one try back. A hard fought game, 3 tries a piece. The lads gave every last ounce of effort and all 17 can be proud of their performance. It will stand us in great stead for the rest of the season ! We will look forward to the return game in early January. u16s Girls results Caldy 0 – 22 Crewe & Nantwich Caldy 17 – 10 West Park Match report – Chris Green In only their second match together Caldy u16s lost 22 – 0 to a much more experienced and well drilled Crewe & Nantwich team. Caldy won their next match against West Park 17 – 10 with two tries from Daisy Cooper-Kelly. All the girls played really well and with a great team spirit. Player of the match – Kaydey Moss.  Caldy u16 Girls Image – Chris Green Caldy RFC presents “A Night with Rugby Legends” on Friday 22nd November All enquiries please contact Mary – details below |
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