SCORES
17mins Tynedale 0 Sedgley Park 5
35 mins Tynedale 0 Sedgley Park 8
HALF TIME
43 mins Tynedale 0 Sedgley Park 11
71 mins Tynedale 7 Sedgley Park 11 - Try Seamus Hutton + Conv Jake Rodgers
76 mins Tynedale 14 Sedgley Park 11 - Try Jake Rodgers + Conv Jake Rodgers

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Winner of Half-Time 50/50 Draw - Chris Leslie (£163.50) - Ticket No 44652

Saturday 8am - Following an early morning pitch inspection the decision is GAME ON

Friday 1pm - Pitch Update.
An official pitch inspection at midday on Friday declared the pitches totally playable so Saturday's matches will depend on the effect of tonight's frost and how quickly it de-freezes tomorrow.
There will be a further pitch inspection early tomorrow morning.

This Saturday we extend the warmest of welcomes to the players, officials and supporters of Sedgley Park Tigers who will be looking to continue their excellent undefeated season and confirm their standing as “champions-elect”.

SEDGLEY TIGERS PROGRESS SINCE 1987 – AN AMAZING JOURNEY
When the Courage Leagues began Sedgley Park were placed in North West 2 (level 8), from which they gained promotion at the first attempt. They then remained in North West 1 for seven years. Promotions then followed for three successive years.
In Tynedale’s first season in Nat.3 (North) in season 2000-2001 the teams in the league were: Aspatria, Bedford Athletic, Doncaster, Dudley Kingswinford, Liverpool/St. Helens, Morley, New Brighton, Nuneaton, Sandal, Sedgley Park, Stourbridge, Tynedale, Walsall and Whitchurch.
Sedgley finished second in National 3 (North), behind Stourbridge, and were promoted after winning a play-off against Launceston by 40-23.
In 2003-2004 they won National 2 and were promoted with Nottingham to National 1 (now the Championship), their sixth promotion since 1987.

Between 2004-2009 the Tigers enjoyed five seasons at level 2, playing the likes of Northampton Saints, Harlequins, Exeter Chiefs, Bristol and Leeds Carnegie but in 2008/09 the RFU changed the rules halfway through the season, and decided to reduce the numbers of teams at level 2. Five teams were therefore relegated to National One at the end of the season. This meant that Esher (61 Points), Sedgley Park (34), Newbury (27), Otley (21) and Manchester (17) were all relegated.

In National One, at level three, the Tigers continued playing fixtures against Tynedale from 2009 until 2013 after Tynedale had been promoted in 2008.

In 2013-14 the Tigers were relegated. Tynedale just survived, but the clubs were re-united in 2015-2016 when Tynedale were also relegated.
Since being relegated Sedgley have narrowly missed out on promotion back to National One on several occasions and have twice lost out in end-of-season playoffs. In 2015-2016, having finished runners-up to Macclesfield, they lost 24-0 in a play-off, beaten by Old Albanians, and in 2017-2018, after Tigers had finished second to Sale, they lost 40-31 to Chinnor in the end-of-season play-off. Consequently Sedgley and Tynedale have now continued to play each other for seven successive seasons.
All in all an amazing story, with six promotions, one unfair relegation, one relegation and two lost play-offs. What a journey and look where they are now – headed for promotion!

A HISTORY OF TYNEDALE v SEDGLEY PARK MATCHES
Tynedale first played Sedgley Park on 21st September 1996 in a North 1 fixture which was the 100th league match that each of the clubs had played after leagues had been introduced in 1987. The game was away at Whitefield, Manchester, and Sedgley won that match 36-20. Sedgley Park had played against 43 opponents in that time, because of their quick promotions.

The results of all 24 matches between the two clubs since then have been:-

1996-97 Sedgley Park 36 Tynedale 20 North 1
1996-97 Tynedale 31 Sedgley Park 8 North 1
2000-01 Tynedale 8 Sedgley Park 18 Nat. Three (N)
2009-10 Sedgley Park 23 Tynedale 22 Nat. One
2009-10 Tynedale 41 Sedgley Park 0 Nat. One
2010-11 Tynedale 17 Sedgley Park 10 Nat. One
2010-11 Sedgley Park 30 Tynedale 65 Nat. One
2011-12 Sedgley Park 29 Tynedale 10 Nat. One
2011-12 Tynedale 61 Sedgley Park 17 Nat. One
2012-13 Tynedale 30 Sedgley Park 10 Nat. One
2012-13 Sedgley Park 9 Tynedale 19 Nat. One
2015-16 Sedgley Park 36 Tynedale 29 Nat. Two (N)
2015-16 Tynedale 13 Sedgley Park 15 Nat. Two (N)
2016-17 Sedgley Park 24 Tynedale 24 Nat. Two (N)
2016-17 Tynedale 35 Sedgley Park 24 Nat. Two (N)
2017-18 Tynedale 46 Sedgley Park 24 Nat. Two (N)
2017-18 Sedgley Park 23 Tynedale 22 Nat. Two (N)
2018-19 Tynedale 22 Sedgley Park 19 Nat. Two (N)
2018-19 Sedgley Park 28 Tynedale 48 Nat. Two (N)
2019-20 Sedgley Park 7 Tynedale 12 Nat. Two (N)
2019-20 Tynedale 15 Sedgley Park 8 Nat. Two (N)
2021-22 Sedgley Park 41 Tynedale 7 Nat. Two (N)
2021-22 Tynedale 14 Sedgley Park 45 Nat. Two (N)
2022-23 Sedgley Park 33 Tynedale 28 Nat. Two (N)
NB. The return match in Season 2000/01 in Nat.3 (North) was not played because of the Foot & Mouth outbreak that season.

TYNEDALE
Played 24 Won 13 Lost 10 Drawn 1 Points for - 639 Against - 508
Tynedale fared pretty well against Sedgley over the years, until 2021!

The last time the two teams met at Tynedale Park on 9th April 2022 Tynedale suffered a heavy 14-45 defeat.
The Tynedale squad that day was:-
Forwards White, Batey, Carmichael, Dunn, Wearmouth, Bell, Cousin, Blackburn
Backs Outson, Rodgers, Todhunter, Miller, Clark, West, Leslie

Replacements Caudle, Johnston, Stanwix, Robson, Scott

This Season

Tynedale gave one of their better performances when the two clubs met earlier this season on November 12th, losing 28-33. Tyne gave a storming second half performance after being 26-7 down at the break and were perhaps only denied victory when their attacking lineout uncharacteristically mal-functioned in the dying minutes.
This season the league leadership has been very much a two-horse race with Fylde competing with Sedgley Park for the one promotion spot. This race has, perhaps, been decided over the past two weeks with Tynedale defeating Fylde and the two contestants drawing their match last Saturday. Sedgley Park are now undefeated with only six games remaining and if not quite champions-elect they definitely are now firm favourites.

The Sedgley Park league results to date:-
Sedgley Park 38 Otley 15
Chester 19 Sedgley Park 20
Sedgley Park 50 Preston ‘Hoppers 8
Harrogate 10 Sedgley Park 41
Sedgley Park 18 Hull Ionians 10
Blaydon 15 Sedgley Park 42
Sedgley Park 25 Rotherham Titans 17
Wharfedale 6 Sedgley Park 15
Sedgley Park 30 Fylde 20
Sedgley Park 33 Tynedale 28
Huddersfield 26 Sedgley Park 38
Sedgley Park 47 Sheffield 17
Preston Grasshoppers 7 Sedgley Park 46
Sedgley Park 39 Harrogate 7
Sedgley Park 75 Blaydon 0
Sheffield Tigers 3 Sedgley Park 26
Sedgley Park 31 Chester 18
Rotherham 20 Sedgley Park 38
Sedgley Park 35 Wharfedale 31
Fylde 19 Sedgley Park 19

Sedgley Park Website
https://sedgley-tigers.com/https://sedgley-tigers.com/

Officials
Referee: Ben Davis
AR1: Paul Fincken
AR2: Mark Rose

Ball Boys
Tynedale Under 11’s

Weather Forecast
Light cloud and light south-easterly wind, five degrees

Selected Squad