Billingham 20 Tynedale 17

Match Report taken from “The Rugby Paper”.
The heat was on for these sides after losing in round one, with Sam Heron’s boot making the difference.
Billingham drew first blood, with as Peter Youll crashed over for the opening score.

After 19 minutes a Tynedale scrum allowed Cam Grant to step through the Billingham defence to score. Jake Rodgers kicked the extras.
Billingham then pushed into the Tynedale 22. A penalty was called, and a tap and go from Heron saw him crash over the line and add the extras.

Both teams returned to the field and as Tynedale pushed for a score, the ball was turned over by John Padley.
A chip over the top from Peter Evans saw Joe Ross regather. Holding off three defenders, he off-loaded to Evans who found substitute Louis Groark who sprinted in from 55 metres to score.

Scrum Half Ben Douglas made a great outside break, rounding the defending full-back to score after 55 minutes. The conversion was missed and it was 17-17.
With five minutes remaining Tynedale were penalised for not rolling away and Heron kicked the penalty.
Tynedale had a chance to level in the last minute, but Jake Rodgers was unable to score with a penalty from 30 metres.

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