Bees 30-22 Henley
By Elliott Josypenko
January 2 2005
At a cold and blustery Sharmans Cross Road, there was a battle between two teams currently out of form, fighting for a victory to spark their season.
By Elliott Josypenko
January 2 2005
At a cold and blustery Sharmans Cross Road, there was a battle between two teams currently out of form, fighting for a victory to spark their season.
Pertemps Bees 30-22 Henley Hawks
With just 9 minutes on the clock Bees had let in their first try to England Sevens star Nammdi Obi just minutes after Tim Walsh had given them a three-nil penalty lead.
Bees then managed to cross the Henley line themselves after Tom Richardson took a sneaky tap penalty and scampered over the line injuring his neck in the process. Tim Walsh added the extras well in a blustery wind.
The first half ended ten apiece after a Henley penalty was scored.
The Bees really struggled in the first half and seemed to lack concentration. Basic ball skills seemed to be severally lacking. Defending was quite good on the whole but attacking was most definitely not. Bees were shoddy, unimaginative and technically poor, and in truth were probably very lucky to go in all square at the break.
They weren't helped by some poor refereeing. This was the first visit of Llyr Apgeraint-Jones and he certainly lived up to his reputation. He missed a lot of obvious decisions such as offsides and killing the ball, although he clearly wasn't helped by his touchjudges. Nick Baxter was binned after a few minutes although it was uncertain to all around me (including coaches) the reason
The second half was far more positive for the Bees as the backs cut some great lines, handling improved and people looked far more positive.
Bees ran in two early tries, the first when the forwards setup some good possesion in the Henley 22, Tim Walsh cut a diagonal run, scissoring with Mike Davies who beat the full back and ran under the posts.
Just five minutes later Nick Baxter came on a huge crash ball straight from a scrum, beat the first line of defence and dummied the full-back to crash over the line setting up a fourteen point margin.
At this point it looked like Bees would pull away from a tiring Henley, but the visitors held their heads high and scored two tries from Ali James and Mike Tamati.
Bees just about held on when the second conversion hit the posts and Tim Walsh hit two penalties to give an eight point gap.
Bees probably could have had it sewn up earlier when they threatened to score a few times, but poor finishing and pure bad luck at times meant that Henley were in it to the death.
It was a bit of a shame not to see Mark Woodrow used as a subsitute. It would have been nice for him to have one last fling in the blue and white of the Bees.
Special mention today for Matt Miles- Had an absolute stormer as usual today. By far the best Bee on the pitch.
With just 9 minutes on the clock Bees had let in their first try to England Sevens star Nammdi Obi just minutes after Tim Walsh had given them a three-nil penalty lead.
Bees then managed to cross the Henley line themselves after Tom Richardson took a sneaky tap penalty and scampered over the line injuring his neck in the process. Tim Walsh added the extras well in a blustery wind.
The first half ended ten apiece after a Henley penalty was scored.
The Bees really struggled in the first half and seemed to lack concentration. Basic ball skills seemed to be severally lacking. Defending was quite good on the whole but attacking was most definitely not. Bees were shoddy, unimaginative and technically poor, and in truth were probably very lucky to go in all square at the break.
They weren't helped by some poor refereeing. This was the first visit of Llyr Apgeraint-Jones and he certainly lived up to his reputation. He missed a lot of obvious decisions such as offsides and killing the ball, although he clearly wasn't helped by his touchjudges. Nick Baxter was binned after a few minutes although it was uncertain to all around me (including coaches) the reason
The second half was far more positive for the Bees as the backs cut some great lines, handling improved and people looked far more positive.
Bees ran in two early tries, the first when the forwards setup some good possesion in the Henley 22, Tim Walsh cut a diagonal run, scissoring with Mike Davies who beat the full back and ran under the posts.
Just five minutes later Nick Baxter came on a huge crash ball straight from a scrum, beat the first line of defence and dummied the full-back to crash over the line setting up a fourteen point margin.
At this point it looked like Bees would pull away from a tiring Henley, but the visitors held their heads high and scored two tries from Ali James and Mike Tamati.
Bees just about held on when the second conversion hit the posts and Tim Walsh hit two penalties to give an eight point gap.
Bees probably could have had it sewn up earlier when they threatened to score a few times, but poor finishing and pure bad luck at times meant that Henley were in it to the death.
It was a bit of a shame not to see Mark Woodrow used as a subsitute. It would have been nice for him to have one last fling in the blue and white of the Bees.
Special mention today for Matt Miles- Had an absolute stormer as usual today. By far the best Bee on the pitch.
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