This Saturday we host our third home league match of the season when we extend a very warm welcome to our guests from North Yorkshire, Otley.
PREVIOUS TYNEDALE/OTLEY MEETINGS
The two clubs first played each other in a friendly on the 16th February 1980 at Cross Green, with Otley winning by a point.
1979-1980 Otley 14 Tynedale 13
Another four friendly club matches between the clubs, pre-dating the introduction of league rugby in England in 1987, resulted in four further victories for Otley.
On the 12th September 1987 the very first league match for Tynedale was against Otley, and took place at Cross Green in North Division One. Otley won 24-0; their sixth successive win against Tynedale.
THEN THE TIDE TURNED SLIGHTLY:-.
1988-89 Tynedale 19 Otley 16
1989-90 Otley 13 Tynedale 9
Pilkington Cup
The two clubs met in the Pilkington Cup (National Cup) on 8th October 1994.
Tynedale were still in North Division One whilst Otley, by then, had risen three levels higher, to National League Three, yet Tynedale won 29-28 at Tynedale Park.
National Division One
Tynedale and Otley next met in National Division One in the 2009-2010 season, on 12th September 2009, after Tynedale had won promotion in 2000 and again in 2008.
Tynedale held the upperhand in National One with three Tynedale wins and one draw.
2009-2010 Otley 23 Tynedale 23
2009-2010 Tynedale 40 Otley 17
2010-2011 Tynedale 25 Otley 18
2010-2011 Otley 24 Tynedale 38
Otley were relegated from National One in 2011 along with Launceston and Redruth. Tynedale suffered a similar fate in 2015 – so, the two clubs met again in National Two (North) in the 2015-2016 season..
National Two (North)
2015-2016 Otley 12 Tynedale 13
2015-2016 Tynedale 50 Otley 17
2016-2017 Otley 39 Tynedale 21
2016-2017 Tynedale 38 Otley 20
2017-2018 Tynedale 69 Otley 10
2017-2018 Otley 27 Tynedale 38
2018-2019 Otley 32 Tynedale 17
2018-2019 Tynedale 25 Otley 22
2019-2020 Tynedale 34 Otley 34
2019-2020 Otley 16 Tynedale 13
In league matches, to date, Tynedale have won 10, Otley have won 5 with 2 matches drawn.
At the end of the Covid truncated 2019-2020 season Otley were perhaps unfortunate to be relegated from National 2 North along with Scunthorpe and Preston but they hastily returned when they finished Northern Premier champions last season.
The last time the two teams met at Tynedale Park was on 21st September 2019 when the result ended as a 34-34 draw.
Powerful attacking combined with calamitous defending resulted in the points being shared, the lead changing hands several times.
The Tynedale squad that day was :-
Forwards: Haigh, Batey, Caudle, Dunn, Snowdon, Cousin, Bell, Clarke
Backs: Outson, Haydon-Wood, McCallum, Burden, Checksfield, Pascoe, Leslie
Replacements: Lowdon, Carmichael, J Richards, C Richards, Rodgers
Otley have made a decent start to the season winning both their home matches but suffering two away defeats. Another hard match is on the cards.
The Otley results this season have been:-
Sedgley Park 38 Otley 15
Otley 25 Huddersfield 22
Sheffield 20 Otley 18
Otley 24 Sheffield Tigers 8
Officials
Referee: David Charlton
AR1: Dean Lythgoe
AR2: Paul Fincken
Ball Boys
Tynedale Under 10’s
Weather Forecast
Dry, light cloud, gentle westerly breeze, 14 degrees
Selected Squad
To be announced