By Birmingham Post
March 30 2009

It is ironic that in Doncaster, the home of famous steam locomotive the Flying Scotsman, Moseley coach Ian Smith should condemn his team for not producing an adequate head of steam. “Both teams looked totally disinterested in the first half,” Smith said, “But Doncaster upped their game after the break and used the wind much better than we did. They deserved their win. “Our performance was a damp squib. We played without tempo and made no mark whatsoever. We found it impossible to replicate the standards we produced last week, playing without energy or drive.”

Probably most hurtful of all to the former all-action flanker was how Moseley were dominated at the breakdown.

“We were totally lacking emotional input to the contact area,” the disappointed coach added

Despite Smith’s frustration, no one should be overly surprised by this result. Doncaster’s only reverse at Castle Park this season came at the hands of promotion challengers Exeter while Moseley have managed only two victorious away days, at relegated Newbury and Sedgley Park.

But with expectations heightened by last week’s historic double-headed league and cup victory over the self-same Exeter Chiefs, Moseley followers hoped for better.

A biting wind blew directly down the pitch to play a crucial part in proceedings, although given that Chicago finishes a distant second to Billesley Common on the Beaufort Scale, perhaps Moseley should have adapted better than they did.

Even with the elements in their favour for the opening half, Moseley could only muster a one-point lead at the break – three Ollie Thomas penalties and a Richard Vasey drop goal against two kicks from the prolific Jamie Lennard and a Hudson Tonga’uiha try on the stroke of half time.

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DONCASTER KNIGHTS 41 MOSELEY 17

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