Ealing Trailfinders vs Macclesfield

Ealing Trailfinders consolidated their place at the top of National 1 with a strong performance against bottom of the table Macclesfield.

Ben Ward’s team secured the four-try bonus point before halftime after scoring six tries in the first half and then added five more after the break. Wings Phil Chesters and James Love ran in a brace of tries and fly-half Matt Jarvis scored a try and nine conversions.

Macclesfield showed great fighting spirit and scored two tries by Elliott Brierley and Elliott Millar-Mills, while their fly-half Tom Morton scored a penalty and conversion.

Flanker Redford Pennycock made his first appearance since joining Ealing Trailfinders over the summer and he was named STORM Watches man of the match in an impressive appearance.

It didn’t take long for Ealing Trailfinders to start the scoring when Love escaped down the right wing to score within the first minute and five minutes later captain Danny Kenny added a second when he picked up and ran home from the back of a scrum.

Macclesfield hit back though when a clever chip from Morton was collected by Brierley who scored between the posts.

Centre Sam Wardingley broke through the midfield defence just before the 10 minute mark to score Ealing Trailfinders third of the match and his first of the season, Steve Pape then used his power to score his first time in over a year and Love scored his second to stretch Ealing Trailfinders’ lead further.

Morton knocked over a penalty to take Macclesfield into double figures, but Chesters ran in his first of the match just before the halftime whistle

Prop Alex Penny scored his second of the season on the 48th minute and he then teamed up with the rest of the pack to score a penalty try from a rolling maul.

Macclesfield didn’t throw in the towel though and grabbed their second try when a tricky bounce caught out the Ealing Trailfinders defence and Hearn collected the ball to race home from a few yards out.

Loose-head prop Jamie Kilbane became the fourth player in the match to score his first try of the season and as the match wore down Jarvis added a try to his conversions and five minutes from time Chesters ran in his ninth try of the season to take him to joint top of the National 1 try-scorers chart.

Ealing Trailfinders
Will Harries, James Love, Sam Wardingley, Ronnie McLean, Phil Chesters, Matt Jarvis, Morgan Thompson; Kevin Davis, Alun Walker, Alex Penny, Steve Pape, Michael Walker-Fitton, Redford Pennycock, Arthur Ellis, Danny Kenny (captain)
Reserves
Jamie Kilbane, Will Davis, Gary Johnson, Llewelyn Jones, Ben Ward

Macclesfield
Matthew O’Reagan, Matthew King, Elliott Brierley, Greg Newton, Josh Fowles, Tom Morton, Tom Eaton; Shane Hefferman, Sam Moss, Will Robinson, David Marwick, Oliver Macaulay, Max Smith, Phil Williams, Mike Finnemore
Reserves
Ryan Jackson, Elliott Millar-Mills, Josh Hearns, Matt Thorp, Ashley Platt-Hughes

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Love 1, 29, Kenny 5, Wardingley 9, Pape 36, Chesters 37, 75, Penny 48, Penalty 58, Kilbane 66, Jarvis 68), Conversions (Jarvis 2, 5, 10, 36, 49, 59, 67, 69, 76)
Macclesfield
Tries (Brierley 5, Millar-Mills 64), Conversions (Morton 8), Penalties (Morton 31)

Man of the match – Redford Pennycock
Referee – James Sullivan
Attendance – 312

Richmond vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders laid down a marker of their promotion ambitions with a bonus point win away to Richmond.

The match was a clash between the top two clubs in National One and Ben Ward’s side extended their lead over their rivals from across Kew Bridge with a convincing win in which they scored four tries and kept out the league’s leading scorers until the last minute.

Richmond took the early initiative and were rewarded for their strong early start when National 1 leading scorer Rob Kirby added to his tally with a simple penalty from in front of the posts.

The fullback then came close to breaking away, but was stopped at the last by his opposite number Matt Jarvis.

Ealing Trailfinders began to work their way back into the match and while Jarvis was unable to land his first penalty attempt of the afternoon he linked up with Phil Chesters on the 20 minute mark to release the wing for his seventh try of the season, which he then converted.

Kirby closed the gap to a point with his second penalty soon after but Ealing Trailfinders continued to enjoy the majority of possession and territory with centres Sam Wardingley and Ronnie McLean making ground from which the rest of the team could attack.

Ealing Trailfinders immediately went on the attack as the second half got underway and Chesters came close to adding his second of the match, but he was bundled into touch as the Richmond defence scrambled.

Will Davis also went close after a rolling maul from a lineout, but he lost control of the ball as he went for the line and Richmond were able to clear the danger from the scrum.

Steve Pape came off the bench and immediately made an impact with a storming run and link with Arthur Ellis. After setting up camp in Richmond’s half Alun Walker marker his return to action by diving over for Ealing Trailfinders second try of the afternoon.

Richmond hit back though when Kirby slotted his, but Ealing Trailfinders responded in fine style to release former Richmond youth player Ellis raced away for his fifth of the season.

William Warden showed that the hosts weren’t finished with a powerful run to the line, but Ealing Trailfinders’ defence swarmed round him to hold him up and allow Jarvis the chance to clear.

Ealing Trailfinders secured the four try-bonus point 12 minutes from time when second row Michael Walker-Fitton picked a perfect line off an Alex Walker pass to run in for his first in Ealing Trailfinders colours.

The home side grabbed their try just before the full time whistle when prop Jeremy Cunnew crashed over for a try that former Ealing Trailfinders’ fly-half Andy Hall converted.

Richmond
Rob Kirby, William Browne, James Falconer, Matt Keville, Adam Gadsby, Chris Surman, Jamie Gibbs, Jeremy Cunnew, Jason Phipps, Dan Parkinson, Will Warden, Chukwuma Osazuma, Tom Sargent, Simon Ackroyd, Chris Davies
Reserves
Simon Edwards, Tim Walford, Joseph Burton, James Kyle, Andy Hall

Ealing Trailfinders
Matt Jarvis, Chris Kinloch, Sam Wardingley, Ronnie McLean, Phil Chesters, Ben Ward, Alex Walker; Jamie Kilbane, Alun Walker, Nathan Buck, Carwyn Jones, Mike Walker-Fitton, Anders Nilsson, Arthur Ellis, Danny Kenny (captain)
Reserves
Will Davis, Andrei Radoi, Steve Pape, Llewelyn Jones, Andy Reay

Scorers
Richmond
Tries (Cunnew 79), Conversions (Hall 79), Penalties (Kirby 7, 26, 57 )
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (Chesters 20, Alun Walker 53, Ellis 59, Walker-Fitton 68), Conversions (Jarvis 20, 60, 69)

Referee – Shane Lewis
Attendance – 1, 403

Ealing Trailfinders vs Cinderford

Ealing Trailfinders had to be patient to claim the four-try bonus point against a Cinderford side that came to Vallis Way in determined mood and who showed that they can cause problems for many teams in National 1.

It was an emotional day in W13 as the Club raised funds for Jack Fishwick, a former player who suffered a rugby accident that left him quadriplegic earlier in the year and who was among the fans to cheer the team on.

Cinderford began on the attack and for the first five minutes the West Country side enjoyed the bulk of possession with former Ealing Trailfinders hooker Sam Wilkes finding plenty of work in the tight and loose areas.

When Ealing Trailfinders eventually got hold of the ball it went wide to Phil Chesters who was bundled into touch just short of the line.

For next first 20 minutes Ealing Trailfinders continued to pressure the Cinderford line, but without success either in the forwards or the backs. Eventually though the pressure paid off when Sean O’Connell touched down after a scrum was driven over the line for a try that Matt Jarvis converted.

Cinderford went straight back on the attack, but a powerful tackle by Sam Wardingley in the three-quarters showed the determination in the side on a special day for the Club.

O’Connell nearly put Chesters away, but it was Cinderford who struck next when wing Henry Bird had a free run in on the right after good work by the Cinderford forwards had opened the space in Ealing Trailfinders’ defence.

Ealing Trailfinders hit back just before halftime to extend their lead. Chesters pounced on a loose pass on the Cinderford 22 to race home for his fifth try of the season, which Jarvis had little problem converting.

Captain Danny Kenny returned to the fray after halftime having gone off with a blood injury and immediate made his mark with a thumping tackle from kickoff. His fellow back-rower Arthur Ellis then went narrowly short to adding to the score as Ealing Trailfinders sought to take an early grip on the second half.

Cinderford fly-half Mark Davies struck a penalty narrowly wide and while Ealing Trailfinders enjoyed the bulk of possession and territory they had to be patient before Tom Wheatcroft picked a strong line off Ben Ward’s shoulder to score.

From kickoff Ealing Trailfinders’ defence was again called in to action when Kenny and wing Chris Kinloch teamed up to stop Cinderford wing Sam Baker.

Soon after, Ealing Trailfinders counter-attacked from deep and only failed to fully capitalise when Chesters failed to gather his kick ahead. Kinloch, Jarvis and Wardingley then came close to claiming the four-try bonus point, but were stopped by desperate Cinderford defence.

Eventually the fourth try came. Wardingley nudged a loose ball ahead, gathered and off-loaded to Chesters for the wing to score his second of the match. Jarvis’s yet again converted.

Once again Cinderford showed good heart to fight back and fly-half Davies wiggled over and converted his effort.

Ealing Trailfinders
Matt Jarvis, Chris Kinloch, Sam Wardingley, Tom Wheatcroft, Phil Chesters, Ben Ward, Tom Parker; Jamie Kilbane, Andrei Radoi, Nathan Buck, Carwyn Jones, Michael Walker-Fitton, Anders Nilsson, Arthur Ellis, Danny Kenny (captain)
Reserves
Kevin Davis, Ignas Darkintis, Stephen Pape, Sean O’Connell, Alex Walker

Cinderford
Michael Wilcox (captain), Henry Bird, Charles Norman, Samuel Hanks, Mark Davies, Daniel Pointon; Joseph Smart, Sam Wilkes, Elliot Booley, Lance Randall, Roger Birkin, George Mills, Christopher McNeil, George Evans
Reserves
Alexander Frame, James Brooks, Luke Cole, Stefan Hawley, Milo Reynolds

Scorers
Ealing Trailfinders
Tries (O’Connell 23, Chesters 39, 74 Wheatcroft 61), Conversions (Jarvis 24, 40, 62, 75)
Cinderford
Tries (Bird 32, Davies 76), Conversions (Davies 77)

Referee – Matthew O’Grady
Attendance – 498

Wharfedale vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders fought back from trailing at half-time for their fourth win of the season, but despite scoring 21 unanswered points in the second half they were unable to score a fourth try for the four-try bonus point.

After the initial early exchanges it was the home team that took an iron grip on proceedings in the first half.

With the wind behind them and the slope in their favour Wharfedale enjoyed the bulk of possession and territory, but went in at halftime only 8-0 ahead.

They made the first breakthrough on 12 minutes when fullback Taylor Prell ran a strong line from a move off a scrum to break through the Ealing Trailfinders line and score.

The Wharfedale pack were in fiery mood and continued to dominate the set-piece. From another scrum centre Tom Davidson appeared to have stretched their lead further, but the hosts were pulled back and try disallowed after Carwyn Jones was tackled off the ball in the lead up to the try.

Oliver Cicognini came close to adding another try as he chased Will Bell’s grubber kick into the in-goal area, but Alex Walker got back to clear the danger. Kevin Davis and Arthur Ellis were then sent to the sin bin, but despite their numerical inferiority the Ealing Trailfinders defence held out.

Davidson added a penalty five minutes before the break, but before the teams went in it was Ealing Trailfinders who ended the half on the attack.

The visitors continued in that vein from the restart and soon after Sean O’Connell went close after Michael Walker-Fitton had pinched a Wharfedale lineout. The team maintained their pressure and James Love opened their account with a penalty.

The fullback then scored Ealing Trailfinders’ first try of the match and his first in a competitive fixture when he raced away down the left wing.

Wharfedale hit back, but when they appeared set to attack the Ealing Trailfinders line O’Connell stole their lineout, which gave the backs the chance to clear the danger.

On the hour mark Wharfedale captain James Doherty was sent off and minutes later Ealing Trailfinders made their numerical superiority count when they took the lead for the first time in the match when Love slotted his second penalty.

Phil Chesters then had a try denied by a deliberate knock-on by his opposite number Scott Jordan, but the penalty was kicked to touch and Arthur Ellis was driven over for his fourth try of the season.

With five minutes to go Welsh international Will Harries marked his debut with a try when he popped up on Ronnie McLean’s shoulder to race home.

Ealing Trailfinders
James Love, Will Harries, Ronnie McLean, Andy Reay, Phil Chesters, Ben Ward, Alex Walker; Will Davis, Kevin Davis, Alex Penny, Carwyn Jones, Michael Walker-Fitton, Sean O’Connell, Arthur Ellis, Danny Kenny (captain)
Reserves
Karl Gibson, Ignas Darkintis, Steve Pape, Anders Nilsson, Matt Jarvis
Scorers
Tries (Love 48, Ellis 63, Harries 75), Penalties (Love 43, 63)

Wharfedale
Taylor Prell, Scott Jordan, Matt Van Sertima, Tom Davidson, Oliver Cicognini, Will Bell, James Doherty (captain); Matt Beesley, Dan Stockdale, Jake Armstrong, Simon Willet, Richard Rhodes, Josh Burridge, Chris Howick, Rob Baldwin
Reserves
Adam Howard, Joe Altham, Ian Larkin, Jim Mason, Josh Prell
Scorers
Tries (T.Prell 12), Penalties (Davidson 35)

Referee – Jamie Leahy
Attendance – 610

Ealing Trailfinders vs Blaydon RFC

Ealing, London, 20 September, 2014 – Ealing Trailfinders ensured that they ended the day with a full 15 points and top of National 1 after running in five tries against Blaydon.

Captain Tom Brown set the tone when he caught the kickoff and went on a charge through the Blaydon defence that immediately put Ealing Trailfinders on the front foot.

Chris Kinloch carried on the momentum and after he was stopped Ben Ward picked out Phil Chesters with a crosskick, but he and Ronnie were unable to control the ball.

The hosts won a penalty from the resulting scrum and after a catch and drive from the lineout hooker Andrei Radoi burrowed over to open the scoring.

Minutes later Ealing Trailfinders extended the lead further still. Tom Wheatcroft intercepted a loose pass, broke into the Blaydon 22 and sent through a grubber to Chesters, who had the simple job of picking up and flopping over the line for his third of the season, which James Love converted.

Arthur Ellis then grabbed his third try of the season when he latched onto the back of a rolling maul, before Blaydon fought back through their pack.

Local lad Ellis grabbed his third of the season when he attached himself to the back of a rolling maul, but Blaydon were next on the scoresheet when fullback Nathan Bailey ran a sharp line to cross the line for a try that centre Andrew Baggett’s converted.

Ealing Trailfinders came close to hitting back immediately, but after nifty footwork by Love, his opposite number Bailey tackled him into touch.

They managed to wrap up the bonus point before the break though. Wheatcroft again latched onto a loose pass, raced away and McLean kept the move going by finding Chesters out wide and he scored in the corner.

The first half scoring didn’t end there though and Love knocked over a penalty on the stroke of halftime to stretch the lead further still.

Chris Kinloch carried on the scoring eight minutes into the second half with his first try of the season and with Love’s conversion from the touchline it put the hosts 30 points ahead.

Blaydon continued to battle and pressure Ealing Trailfinders’ defence, but were unable to find a way through. Then when Ealing Trailfinders went on attack their defence was in dogged mood and kept the hosts out.

It continued in that vein as the match drew to a close, both teams unable to find a way through determined tackling, though Ellis came close to adding a second when he was stopped on the line.

Ealing Trailfinders

James Love, Chris Kinloch, Ronnie McLean, Tom Wheatcroft, Phil Chesters, Ben Ward, Alex Walker; Jamie Kilbane, Andrei Radoi, Nathan Buck, Carwyn Jones, Llewelyn Jones, Danny Kenny, Arthur Ellis, Tom Brown (captain)

Reserves

Kevin Davis, Alex Penny, Steve Pape, Sean O’Connell, Matt Jarvis

Scorers

Tries (Radoi 7, Chesters 10, 38, Ellis 17, Kinloch 48), Conversions (Love 11, 18, 39, 49), Penalties (Love 40)

Blaydon

Nathan Bailey, Sean Brown, Thomas Small, Andrew Baggett, Thomas Jeffery, Craig Willis, Rhodri Adamson; Robert Kalbraier, Francis Entressengle, Andrew Foster, Christopher Wearmouth, Shaun English, Keith Laughlin, Harry Bate, Gavin Jones

Reserves

Trevor Davison, Victor Guignourd, Andrew Archibald, Oliver Wood, Frazer Wilson

Scorers

Try (Bailey 25), Conversion (Baggett 25)

Referee – Shane Lewis

Attendance – 275

Old Albanian vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders scored seven tries on their way to a convincing win against Old Albanian on Saturday.

Ben Ward’s side scored four times before halftime to ensure that they returned home with a bonus point win, though OA’s fightback midway through the second half meant they had to maintain their focus to the end when captain Tom Brown wrapped up the victory with a try on the stroke of the fulltime whistle.

Former Ealing Trailfinders player and youth team product Will Magie started the match and moments later opened the score with a well struck penalty.

Ealing Trailfinders’ scrum carried on their excellent work from a year ago and from one squeeze won a penalty that James Love struck narrowly wide from the OA 10-metre line.

After both teams enjoyed the chance to attack Ealing took the lead through more good work by the forward pack.

Debutant Michael Walker-Fitton caught the line out and as the pack drove forward with Arthur Ellis tucked in the back, ready to add to his two tries from last week, the OA pack infringed, brought down the maul and the referee awarded a penalty try that Love had no problem converting.

Good attacking play by the OA three-quarters took them close to Ealing’s 22 and after an infringement at a ruck Magie hit his second penalty to bring the hosts to within one point.

From the restart Tom Wheatcroft broke the OA line with some sharp footwork, but after linking up with Ellis was adjudged to have passed forward to Brown.

Soon after though Brown scored his first try for the club when he picked up from the back of the scrum and powered his way through the OA defence.

Phil Chesters grabbed his first try of the season with a classic poacher’s effort when he picked off a loose pass to run in unopposed. He added a second soon after when Alex Walker took a quick tap from a penalty, flung the ball wide to his left from where Chesters raced home to the corner from the halfway line.

Ealing Trailfinders picked up where they left off after halftime and almost immediately Love broke the line and while he off-loaded to Brown, the captain was unable to control the pass with the line beckoning.

However, Danny Kenny scored the visitor’s fifth minutes later. Matt Jarvis wiggled free in midfield to pop a pass that allowed the Dubliner a straightforward run in to score.

OA hit back immediately when Billy Johnson charged down Walker’s kick and had the easy task of collecting the ball to drop over the line for a score that Elliott Reeder converted.

It boosted OA’s confidence and Johnson was again the beneficiary when he found a kink in Ealing Trailfinders to add another try that Reeder again converted. Wing Mike Allan then found space to go over and with Reeder adding a conversion and penalty the hosts drew to within three points.

Ealing calmed down and began to build their phases. It was a plan that worked well and twice the pack managed to gain valuable yards with the driving maul. On the second the ball went through the hands and prop Alex Penny was popped up on Wheatcroft’s shoulder to plunge over the line.

As the clock wound down there was one last chance for the forwards to flex their muscles and drive their opposite numbers backwards to allow Brown to score his second.

Old Albanian
Ollie Marchon, Chris May, Jimmy Spiers, Max Wilkins, Mike Allan, Will Magie, Jordi Pasqualin; Charlie Hughes, George Warner, Biyi Alo, Ross Hamilton, Billy Johnson (captain), Jacob Conner, Ollie Copper-Millar, Don Barrell
Reserves
Mungo Strachan, Andy Berry, Nick Stevens, Jack Daly, Elliott Reeder
Scorers
Tries (Johnson 47, 51, Allan 60), Conversions (Reeder 48, 52, 61), Penalties (Magie 2, 22)

Ealing Trailfinders
James Love, Chris Kinloch, Ronnie McLean, Tom Wheatcroft, Phil Chesters, Matt Jarvis, Alex Walker; Will Davis, Andrei Radoi, Nathan Buck, Carwyn Jones, Michael Walker-Fitton, Danny Kenny, Arthur Ellis, Tom Brown (captain)
Reserves
Kevin Davis, Alex Penny, Llewelyn Jones, Alex Bradley, Ben Ward
Scorers
Tries (Penalty 17, Brown 26, 78, Chesters 30, 32, Kenny 45, Penny 69), Conversions (Love 18, 28, 30, 70, 78)

Referee – Veryan Boscawen

Ealing Trailfinders vs Loughborough Students

Ealing Trailfinders started their season with a five-point win over a dogged Loughborough Students side who fought hard for the entire 80 minutes and ensured that Ben Ward’s side couldn’t relax at all throughout the match.

After the match settled down following the initial exchanges it was the home side that scored first and they did so in simple fashion. Carwyn Jones took a good lineout catch, the pack drove him towards the line and with the ball working its way back local lad Arthur Ellis had the simple task of touching down.

Loughborough responded immediately though. Centre Rhys Owen broke through the Ealing defence and while he was stopped from reaching the line by Alex Walker, England U20 scrum-half Henry Taylor was on hand to fire the recycled ball wide to wing William Edwards who had an easy run into the corner.

Owen then increased their lead when he swooped onto a Ben Ward pass and raced away from his 22 to score.

Ealing Trailfinders settled down though and began to attack through the phases with the forwards leading the way and eventually their efforts were rewarded.

The pack won a penalty from a scrum when they managed to gather momentum with their drive. Gary Johnson caught Andrei Radoi’s lineout throw and again Ellis was at the back of the drive to dot down.

As the half wore on Edwards came close to racing away after he had wiggled free from Ealing’s defence, but Walker and Phil Chesters bundled him into touch.

It was then Chesters who went close when he chased down a Danny Kenny clearance, but he was unable to gather the ball with the line at his mercy and the teams went in at half-time tied at 10 apiece.

Ealing’s forwards again took an early grip on proceedings and three times they came close to a third catch and drive try having won a scrum penalty.

However, after Nathan Buck showed a good turn of pace his front row partner Kevin Davis was on hand to collect the recycled ball and drive over.

The pack continued to exert their dominance and from another catch and drive they mauled their way from the halfway line, but after crossing the Loughborough whitewash Danny Kenny was ruled to have been held up.

From the scrum they twice tried to push their opposite numbers over for a score and on the second attempt the referee whistled for a penalty try that James Love converted easily to wrap up the result.

Ealing Trailfinders
Matt Jarvis, Chris Kinloch, Ronnie McLean, Tom Wheatcroft, Phil Chesters, Ben Ward, Alex Walker; Jamie Kilbane, Andrei Radoi, Alex Penny, Carwyn Jones, Gary Johnson, Sean O’Connell, Arthur Ellis, Tom Brown (captain)
Reserves
Kevin Davis, Nathan Buck, Llewelyn Jones, Danny Kenny, James Love

Loughborough Students
Jack Pons, William Edwards, Rhys Owen, Jack Bradford, Jonny Short, Joshua Sharp, Henry Taylor; Harry Rudkin, Isaac Miller, Harry Elrington, Jacob Albon, John Collister, Matthew Rogerson, James Freeman (captain), Edward Taylor
Reserves
Jacon Fields, Nathan Higgins, Adam Peters, Simon Sexton, Jack Wardle

Referee – Robert Warburton
Attendance – 320

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