1st XV
Matches
Sat 09 Sep 2017  ·  Yorkshire Division One
Selby
14
17
Keighley RUFC
1st XV
Selby 14  Keighley 17

Selby 14 Keighley 17

Russ Gibson11 Sep 2017 - 07:13
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Keighley were made to work very hard for their victory against a determined Selby.

Selby 14 Keighley 17

Keighley were made to work very hard for their victory against a determined Selby. The home team came very quickly out of the blocks; some excellent attacking play caused the visitors defence a great deal of difficulty. When Keighley managed to get possession they were unable to put enough phases together, and were robbed too often at the breakdown by Selby’s excellent back row. After twenty minutes Selby’s driving play and skilful work from outside half Scott Hunt led to a try for full back George Stoker who crossed in the corner, Hunt added the difficult conversion. Keighley managed against the run of play to capitalise on a number of the opposition’s handling errors. Rob Baldwin and Dan Snowden to the fore managed to drive play up field, a mazy run from winger Joe Copperwaite and quick hands from the backs found centre Adam Horsfall in full flow and a try wide out, Alex Brown added the extras. Not to be outdone Selby were soon back in opposition territory, a strong scrum gave number eight Charlie Cicero the chance to sell an outrageous dummy before sending scrum half Danny Wilkinson over near the posts, Hunt added the conversion.

Selby started the second half strongly, and had the confidence to move the ball around, often changing the point of contact which caused the Keighley defence problems. However, centre Adam Horsfall leading the defence in midfield was awesome, the shear ferocity of his tackling managed to keep Selby at bay. Eventually the visitors managed some decent possession and raised the tempo of the game, some intelligent play from Alex Brown created space and a second try for Horsfall, converted by Brown. Slowly Keighley with substitute Hamish Pratt making a big impression in all phases of play managed to maintain the tempo and pressure, which led to a long range penalty that Alex Brown converted. Selby attempted to raise their game, however, Keighley with their noses in front closed the game down holding onto the ball which starved Selby of possession and field position. Although Selby had played really well, being combatative throughout they were forced to accept defeat in a game that could have gone either way. Keighley having made improvements on last weeks performance still have some way to go to make an impression on this notoriously difficult league.

Match details

Match date

Sat 09 Sep 2017

Kickoff

TBC

Competition

Yorkshire Division One

League position

11
Keighley
12
Selby
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