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Tynedale Centurions
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Sat 29 Feb 2020
Ashington II
12
52
Tynedale RFC
Tynedale Centurions
Ashington II 12 Tynedale Centurions 52

Ashington II 12 Tynedale Centurions 52

Wallace Cousin1 Mar 2020 - 14:52

Centurions into Cup Final

The Centurions reached the final of the Northumberland number 3 cup with an impressive semi final win over a spirited Ashington side who never gave up until the final whistle. The visitors took the lead after five minutes when Dicky Hall finished off a move involving Jake Sloan and Andy Harvey to burst away to score near the posts, he added the conversion after removing his safety headgear to great effect. The lead was extended on 12 minutes through young wing Dan Hepple, the novice player with only a handful of games behind him, mesmerised the Ashington defence to jinks his way over the line to complete the move started by Ollie Hillary and Rory Dixon.
On 20 mins Hall added his second try after Ian Charlton and Jason Armstrong combined well to produce quality ball, Dixon added the conversion. Full back Dixon continued his good vein of form to score a try five minutes later which he converted himself. The home side refused to lie down and reduced the arrears when their forward power was rewarded with a try on 30 mins.
Before the break Tynedale went further ahead after good work by Rory Craney and Ed Weir allowed Rob Earnshaw to score, fitting reward for the impressive performance he had produced on a heavy field, his numerous line breaking carries had kept Tynedale on the front foot, Hall converted, taking over the kicking duties from the injured Rory Dixon. With another strong bench available, Martyn Hutton had replaced Dixon to add his powerful presence to the Tynedale attack and at the break Tynedale held a 33 - 5 lead.
Three changes were made at the break with Phil Scandle, Callum Foxcroft and the inspirational George Hendry all taking the field with the heavy conditions taking its toll on the hard working Tynedale pack. It took a little period for the side to get again with the changes but seven minutes after the turnaround, the versatile Josh Turnbull broke from a set piece to score the first try of the half after great work by the prop Johnny Pape, Hall converted. The next try saw Hall complete his hat trick, he converted his own effort.
With the heavy conditions taking its toll on both sets of players, Tynedale brought on Joe Mathews, Simon Patterson, Jon Gormley and Josh Hodgson from the strong and talented replacement line up.
The final Centurion try came from replacement full back Rich Moreland who used his pace to great effect to outstrip the tiring home defence to score. Much to their credit Ashington produced the final score of the contest with a converted try which their never say die attitude deserved, having contributed so much to a well contested cup tie, decided by some great individual performances on the day but every player on the field had contributed to an entertaining fixture in testing underfoot conditions.
The man of the match was shared between Johnny Pape and Dan Hepple. The final will be against Novos on Apr 4th.

Match details

Match date

Sat 29 Feb 2020

Kickoff

14:15
Further reading

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