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| 1st xv result – Caldy 7 – 34 Ealing Trailfinders |
| The Championship The Rugby Paper, match report – Luke Jarmyn Caldy ………….. 7pts Tries: Gallagher 51 Conversions: Davies 52 Ealing Trailfinders … 34pts Tries: Hampson 2, Moore 14, Kernohan 41, Willis 55, Willemse 60, Farrar 65 Conversions: Willis 3, 56 Clapping their travelling fans and enjoying jugs of beer in the sun were the order of the day for Ealing after they wrapped up their third Championship title in four years. The celebrations flowed after the champions made it back-to-back titles with a professional six-try victory over Caldy led by their try-scoring skipper Mike Willemse. Ealing director of rugby Ben Ward said: “I’m delighted for the boys more than anything. There’s quite a bit of relief to get the job done. It was a tough game, Caldy are a dangerous side. “Mikey’s led the side really well all season, he did so again today. Craig Hampson and Craig Willis both put in really strong performances, as did Jordan Holgate and Rob Farrar. They’ve been tremendous all season, it’s a younger group and they deserve the plaudits as they’re a real credit to English rugby.” It took Ealing barely two minutes to open the scoring. After earning a line-out 10 metres from Caldy’s try line, the Middlesex men whipped the ball crossfield where scrum-half Hampson slipped round two defenders to dot down right of the posts. Ealing dominated early on with their breakdown laying the platform before Hampson set-up outside-centre Francis Moore to double the visitors’ lead. Caldy went up a gear to put in their best half-an hour of the season, pinning the green shirts into their own 22 area. But despite the referee blowing for eight Ealing fouls, no cards were shown and the Middlesex men kept their defensive record intact. An injury to Caldy blindside Jos Gilmore saw the game halted for 15 minutes just before half-time as he was stretchered off. Ealing restarted sharply after half-time. Within two minutes Holgate charged through on the right before full-back Tobi Wilson’s looping pass set up wing Angus Kernohan to score. Caldy broke their white line fever with hooker Matt Gallagher dashing over from a well-worked training ground move.   Images – Barry Macdonald But then it was all Ealing. Willis handed off two defenders to wrestle over before Willemse scored from a driving maul and Farrar powered over from 25 metres out. Caldy head coach Matt Cairns said: “The scoreline doesn’t reflect the performances. After the first five minutes we dominated large spells of territory and possession. We didn’t get our reward for that dominance which was disappointing.” “The second half was a bit different and, fair play to Ealing, they showed why they’re champions.”    Images – Barry Macdonald Caldy : Hyde, Royle, Mitchell (Barlow 67), Wilkinson, Robinson, Davies (Attis 69), Hanson (Wynn 55), Weatherby (Rabbette 67), Gallagher (Ellam 67), Rushton (c) (Higginson 55), Stevenson (Parry 59), Sanders, Gilmore (Olyott 38), Woodman, Ridgway Ealing : Wilson, Kernohan, Moore, Holgate, Dykes (Bird-Tulloch 51), Willis (Jones 69), Hampson (Stronge 69), Zigkiriadis (Whyte 55), Willemse (c) (Cornish 65), Nicol (Davis 46), Bridge, Lonsdale (Jurevicius 40), Farrar, Reid (Whyte 46), Montgomery (Taylor 55) Referee : Andrew Jackson Attendance : 1,678 The Rugby Paper Star player – Mike Willemse – Ealing – Rugby coming up next weekend : Caldy 1st xv away at Richmond Athletic Ground Saturday 24th May The Championship London Scottish v Caldy kick off 3.00pm – Final round of Championship Rugby the following weekend : Caldy 1st xv at Paton Field Saturday 31st May The Championship Caldy v Bedford Blues kick off 3.00pm Tickets are available to buy via our club website : https://caldyrugbyclub.com/buy-tickets-membership/ – Men’s Mental Health Boot Camp at Caldy RFC Every Wednesday 7:30pm Please feel free to join Duncan Hendry’s Men’s Mental Health Boot Camp at the club. There is no charge and it is open to all, members or not. The activities cater for a wide range of abilities and people can work as hard or little as they like. Clearly there are the physical health benefits but more importantly are the mental and social benefits as it connects men and provides an opportunity to talk. Duncan is a semi retired PE teacher, now coaching sport at Calday Grange Grammar School and former Caldy 1st xv player who still laces up his boots occasionally on a Saturday at Caldy RFC.  Image – Duncan Hendry |
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