Coventry vs Ealing Trailfinders

Coventry came out on top against Ealing Trailfinders in a tense clash at Butts Park Arena this afternoon, winning 34-32.

Tries from Jonah Holmes, James Cordy-Redden, Craig Hampson and a brace from Nathan Earle meant Trailfinders travelled back to West London with two points.

Trailfinders remain top of the Championship table, ten points clear of Coventry in second.

It was an electric start from the visitors as they crossed the whitewash twice in the opening ten minutes. First on the scoresheet was Jonah Holmes, the full back went over untouched on the left hand side after some neat handling from the back line.

James Cordy-Redden doubled the lead minutes later, the ball was moved to the far left, he crashed over his opposite man and dotted down with an outstretched arm.

Coventry hit back with two tries of their own. Ollie Betterridge received the ball ten metres out and spotted a gap in the Trailfinders’ defensive line to score underneath the sticks and make it a straight forward seven pointer.

An overthrown Trailfinders’ line out collected by Jordon Poole put Coventry into the lead, with a try that was easier to score than not.

Nathan Earle scored his first of the afternoon when Craig Hampson sent a looping miss pass out to the right wing beating the cover defence.

After an assist five minutes before, it was time for Hampson to score a try of his own. The second rows combined as Bobby Dee charged down the field and passed out wide to Andrew Davidson, who eventually popped it inside to the scrum half.

Coventry had the last say in the first half, Jordon Poole scored his second of the match to make it a one point game at the break.

The West London outfit headed into the changing rooms 22-21 up.

Pat Pellegrini helped his side regain the lead shortly after the match resumed with a shot at goal from a relatively straight forward angle.

Ten minutes later, the Championship’s leading try scorer Matt Cornish added to his tally as he burrowed his way over after he broke from the back of a rolling maul.

The hosts put themselves back into the lead through James Martin, before Pellegrini added a further three points to extend their lead to seven.

With only two minutes remaining on the clock, Earle crossed the whitewash to get Trailfinders back within two points. The kick was pushed wide, but there was time for the restart and a final chance for the visitors.

After two successive penalties to get them into their opponents 22, Trailfinders knocked the ball on and Coventry kicked the ball out of the ground, which left the final score Coventry 34-32 Ealing

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Sale Sharks vs Trailfinders Women

Trailfinders Women took all the points from the Salford Community Stadium with a 26-10 victory over Sale Sharks.

Kate Zackary’s brace, along with tries from Emma Swords and Rosie Inman, secured the victory away from home.

The five points mean Trailfinders move within one point of Harlequins, remaining seventh in the table heading into the Six Nations break.

Zackary gave the travellers the perfect start just a minute into the contest. The American picked the ball from the base of the ruck and completed a barnstorming run from 40m out to score a contender for the Allianz PWR’s Try of the Week.

Elie Green added the extras with a remarkable conversion from the left touchline, continuing her red-hot form this year.

Trailfinders stayed on top with a concoction of cross kicks and grubbers, pinning the Sharks in their 22.

From one such grubber, Sale dropkicked poorly from their try line, and Trailfinders put together some beautiful phases, allowing Inman to finish brilliantly in the right corner.

Trailfinders continued to create chances but failed to convert until Swords jumped on a loose Sale lineout, only 5m from their line, crashing over with ease.

As a result, Trailfinders went in at the break 19-0 in the ascendency, searching for the try-bonus in the second term.

The second half, however, did not start in such a free-flowing fashion as the first.

Both sides struggled with accuracy, and most of the rugby was played between the two 22s.

So much so that we had to wait until the 69th minute for the first score of the second half. Sale with their first of the contest, crossing from short range.

Then came Zackary’s second, pouncing on another loose Sharks lineout and stretching out to reach the whitewash.

A Sharks consolation score followed, leaving the final score 26-10 to Trailfinders, with a lot of smiles on faces as the away side started the long trip back from the North West.

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Trailfinders Women vs Bristol Bears

Trailfinders Women lost 38-10 to Bristol Bears Women in their PWR clash at TFSC.

Tries from Cristina Blanco and Vicky Laflin were not enough on a tough outing under the lights, which leaves Trailfinders Women seventh in the PWR table.

The home side opened the scoring from a brilliant one-two move off the lineout which left Cristina Blanco free to cruise over the line in the corner. The conversion was missed.

Bristol hit back as they capitalised on successive Trailfinders penalties, with Gwenllian Pyrs crashing over the whitewash off the pick and go. Amber Reed added the extras.

Discipline continued to be costly for the home side, and Bristol took full advantage again as Lark Atkin-Davis scored a try off the rolling maul. Reed was unable to convert.

Bears were then reduced to 14 as Hannah Botterman was sent to the sin bin.

Trailfinders Women took full advantage as Julia Schell put in a delightful cross-field kick to Laflin, who used her burst of pace to outrun the last defender and score superbly. The conversion was missed.

Just before the stroke of halftime, Bristol extended their lead through Lark Atkin-Davis again, as she burst through a defender to crash over the line. Reed added the conversion to leave the score 12-19 at the break.

Atkin-Davis started the second half just as she finished the first, this time scoring off the rolling maul for her third of the day. Reed couldn’t add the extras.

The rest of the second half was a cagey affair, with Trailfinders consistently threatening and much the better side, but unable to reduce the deficit.

In the closing stages Bristol scored yet another try off the rolling maul, this time from Lana Skeldon. Meryl Smith’s conversion was successful.

Bristol Bears finished the game off ruthlessly with a try from the last play of the game, as a big breakaway set up the away side on Trailfinders five-metre line, and Skeldon scored her second in a matter of minutes off the pick and go. Smith added the extras to leave the final score 38-10.

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Ealing Trailfinders vs Nottingham

Ealing Trailfinders stamped their authority on a resilient Nottingham side with a 52-26 victory at TFSC.

 

Tries from Billy Twelvetrees, Matt Cornish (3), Biyi Alo, Angus Kernohan and Jonah Holmes secured all five points for the home side to extend their lead at the top of the Championship to 13 points.

 

Twelvetrees opened the scoring with a classy interception, reading the pass with ease inside the Nottingham 22, leaving him free to saunter over the line and dot down under the posts. He converted the extras.

 

The Archers hit back as a looping pass on the Trailfinders five-metre line managed to elude three players and Ryan Olowofela was able to cruise over in the corner. The conversion was missed.

 

Trailfinders’ Richard Hardwick was then sent to the sin bin midway through the first half.

 

Nottingham capitalised on their player advantage through Beltus Nonleh, who bundled over the whitewash having been put in great territory by a slick 50-22 from Ellis Mee. Matt Arden converted.

 

The scoring pendulum swung again as Matt Cornish did what he does best, crashing down over the line off the back of a rolling maul. Twelvetrees missed the conversion.

 

Within a matter of minutes however, the away side retook the lead as Joe Woodward sliced through the Trailfinders line far too easily to score under the posts. Arden converted.

 

With the pendulum failing to halt, the combination of Matt Cornish and a rolling maul resulted in the inevitable just before half time. Twelvetrees missed the conversion to leave the score 17-19 at the break.

 

Jordan Burns ensured the home side started the second half in the ascendancy with an immaculate 50-22, and after successive penalties the referee had no choice but to award a penalty try. With the extras guaranteed, Nottingham were also reduced to 14.

 

Despite their handicap, the Archers spread the ball swiftly across the field, opening space for Dafydd Tiueti to burst down the left flank and dot over the line. Arden’s conversion was good.

 

Trailfinders response was emphatic, with Alo scoring the first five of 28 unanswered points as he bulldozed his way over the line off a stiffened rolling maul. Twelvetrees converted.

 

Cornish secured his hattrick of tries just as he had scored his first two, off the back of the unstoppable Trailfinders rolling maul. Twelvetrees converted again.

 

Trailfinders next try had a bit more flair to it, with both wingers combining beautifully to allow Kernohan to power through a gap in the line and score on his return to TFSC. Twelvetrees nailed the extras.

 

Only on the pitch for a matter of minutes, Holmes was the next beneficiary of some swift hands in the build-up as he was freed down the right flank, using his pace and strength to finish brilliantly in the corner. Twelvetrees maintained his perfect second half from the tee to leave the final score 52-26.

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Cambridge vs Ealing Trailfinders

Ealing Trailfinders secured a commanding 7-57 bonus point victory over Cambridge this afternoon.

Tries from Biyi Alo, Matt Cornish, Lloyd Williams, Ollie Newman, Andrew Davidson, Bobby De Wee, Reuben Bird-Tulloch, Mike Willemse and Dan O’Brien helped them to their tenth win in the league this season.

Trailfinders moved 12 points clear at the top of the Championship table after this weekend’s action.

The hosts started the brighter of the two teams. Turnover ball on halfway allowed Kwaku Asiedu to take advantage down the left wing and run round under the posts to make it a straight forward seven pointer.

This would prove to be Cambridge’s best moment of the half as Ealing Trailfinders went on to score five unanswered tries. Biyi Alo opened the scoring for the visitors, powering himself over from just a couple of metres out. Five minutes later, Matt Cornish scored Trailfinders’ second. It was smart thinking from the hooker, as the forwards were counter rucking, he picked the ball up and dived over the line.

Lloyd Williams would provide the next try of the game. A mazy run from Reuben Bird-Tulloch following a broken tackle on halfway allowed him to gift the Welshman a five pointer. Bird-Tulloch popping it up to him from two metres out after a great covering tackle from the Cambridge defence. Minutes later, Ollie Newman secured the bonus point. He broke from the driving maul to dot down out wide.

40 minutes was up on the clock, however Andrew Davidson wasn’t ready to head to the sheds just yet. The second-row hit a short line off Williams and crashed through the defensive line to score, making the half-time score 7-31 in favour of Ealing Trailfinders.

The West Londoners’ physically dominant display would continue in the second half, with Bobby De Wee first to get his name on the score sheet. De Wee had defenders hanging from him as he fell over the line to extend the lead.

With a quarter of the match to play, Reuben Bird-Tulloch raced away to score the eighth try of the contest. He intercepted a miss pass and dotted down underneath the sticks. Ten minutes later, replacement hooker Mike Willemse would break through the Blood and Sand’s defensive line after a pick and go, to bring up a half-century of points for Trailfinders.

Dan O’Brien would have the final say in this encounter. A huge hit from Will Montgomery knocked the ball loose allowing O’Brien to pick up inside his own half and run away to the try line.

An emphatic performance and second half clean sheet meant Ealing Trailfinders took all five points back to West London.

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Leicester Tigers vs Trailfinders Women

Trailfinders Women took their Allianz PWR points tally to 18 with a thunderous 29-14 victory over Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.

A brace from Liz Crake tries from Julia Schell and Abby Dow, and a Schell penalty gave the travelling side their third win in the league.

They move two points behind Harlequins in sixth with a game in hand on the Fellow West London outfit.

The match started slowly, with the first ten minutes featuring more kicking than usual in the Women’s game; both sides reacting to the damp Welford Road pitch, making the ball skid off the turf.

Trailfinders’ first opportunity would come 12 minutes in as Vicky Laflin broke down the right wing, only to be corralled just short of the Tiger’s line.

The home side were penalised as they scrambled to stop Trailfinders, who took the quick tap, and Crake crashed over the line to open the scoring.

The second try came just five minutes later. Laflin picked a sharp line off a scrum, breaking through untouched, and the winger fed Schell, who broke through two half tackles to score.

Trailfinders continued to dominate the play as Tigers struggled to get out of their half.

Then Trailfinders again broke through the Leicester line, held just short of the try line by the scrambling defence. However, Tigers were called for a knock-on and, due to an early shove from the home side, Trailfinders quick-tapped the free kick, and Dow finished clinically in the right corner.

Tigers answered right back through Elis Martin just two minutes later as Trailfinders momentarily took their collective feet off the gas. However, this was a minor blip.

Crake finished the second half perfectly for Trailfinders, smashing through Tigers’ wall at the end of a series of pick-and-go’s.

As a result, the teams would enter the sheds with the scoreboard reading 26-7 Trailfinders.

Despite the first half dominance of the team in purple, Leicester would be the ones to come flying out of the break.

Tahlia Brody scored just three minutes after the restart, giving Trailfinders a worrying wake-up call.

However, Trailfinders quickly took the reins back, and Schell’s right boot would widen the gap to more than two scores after eight minutes of the second term.

The away side continued to toil and had multiple opportunities to score for the rest of the second half. However, the scorers were not troubled for the remainder of the game.

As a result, Trailfinders took all of the points in what was arguably their most complete performance in their maiden Allianz PWR voyage.

Ealing Trailfinders vs Leicester Tigers

Ealing Trailfinders fell just short in their phenomenal efforts to tame the Tigers, losing 29-21 in the semi-final of the Premiership Cup at TFSC.

Tries from Will Goodrick-Clarke and Mike Willemse, and three penalties from Billy Twelvetrees were not enough in a valiant performance.

Trailfinders started the stronger side as they dominated the scrum, forcing two Leicester penalties in kicking range, which Billy Twelvetrees dispatched with ease.

A yellow card for Bobby De Wee for a professional foul turned the tide of the game slightly, as the English rugby powerhouse capitalised on their player advantage.

Tigers’ Phil Cokanasiga scored the first try of the game as he burst through a gap in the Trailfinders defence, dragging two men with him to dot the ball over the line. Jamie Shillcock converted.

The away side then further extended the lead with their player advantage still intact, as Finn Theobald-Thomas drove over the line off the rolling maul. Shillcock missed the extras leaving the score 6-12 at half time.

Trailfinders started brilliantly in the second half and should have taken the lead through Craig Hampson, after a delightfully delayed pass from Dan Lancaster played in Max Bodilly, who weaved behind the Leicester line to tee up Hampson, but he could only knock on.

Leicester continued to be penalised for various infringements and Twelvetrees nailed a penalty through the posts to reduce the score to 12-9.

The dominance at the scrum continued for Trailfinders, and Leicester had Dan Richardson sent to the sin bin as a result.

In a moment of jubilation around TFSC, Goodrick-Clarke bundled over the whitewash for the home side’s first try of the game after successive Tigers penalties had them crunched onto their line. Twelvetrees conversion rattled the posts and missed, however.

Against the run of play Leicester managed to tally up 10 points in quick succession, as an interception-led try from Phil Cokanasiga and a penalty from Shillcock made it 22-14.

With their resilience never fading however, Trailfinders came back again through Willemse, who scored off a pick and go after successive phases. Twelvetrees slotted home the conversion to reduce the deficit to just one point with seven minutes to go.

In a heart-breaking conclusion, another interception in the Trailfinders half led to Matt Scott running freely through the Trailfinders line to score under the posts to kill off the game. Shillcock converted to leave the final score 29-21.

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Ealing Trailfinders vs Cornish Pirates

Ealing Trailfinders increased their lead at the top of the Championship table with their 40-12 victory over Cornish Pirates at TFSC.

A brace from James Cordy Redden and tries from Matt Cornish, Jonah Holmes, Reuben Bird-Tulloch, and Dan O’Brien meant Trailfinders took all the points from this top-of-the-table clash.

The win leaves Trailfinders eight points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand on Pirates in second.

The match started perfectly for Trailfinders. A couple of early penalties against Pirates gave Billy Twelvetrees the opportunity to kick the Homeside down to the opposition 5m line, and Cornish opened the scoring from the back of the resulting maul.

The second came quickly after, as Jonah Holmes crashed over in the right corner to stretch the score to 14-0 in as many minutes with Twelvetrees’ conversion.

Pirates replied just three minutes later as the scorers struggled to keep up. Will Trewin latched onto the end of a Ruaridh Dawson break to score under the sticks.

Then Bird-Tulloch, on his 50th game in Green and White, carried hard from short range to score under the posts after a period of sustained Trailfinders pressure in the Pirates’ red zone.

Sustained pressure was the feauture of the next ten minutes of the game, as Trailfinders had chance after chance in opposition territory but failed to convert.

The pressure was somewhat self-inflicted by Pirates who kept giving penalties away, resulting in two yellow cards in the 31st and 34th minutes.

These sin-bins led to Cordy-Redden wrapping up the first-half bonus point just before halftime, meaning the two sides went into the shed with the scoreboard reading 26-7.

The second term would not start as quickly as the first with a few passes going to floor, but Pirates would make their job even harder as Joe Elderkin was yellow carded for a high tackle.

JCR would capitalise once more, as a lovely first-phase set play gave him an easy run down the left wing.

The Pirates then battled back well and managed to keep the ball much better than they had for the rest of the game. They went on to score in the 63rd minute, making the score 33-12.

Trailfinders then killed off the game with some brilliant line speed and a sensible kicking game, slowing the pace of the match.

The occasion was then capped off by O’Brien latching on to an Ollie Newman grubber hacked through into the backfield, leaving the final score 40-12.

Ealing Trailfinders vs Hartpury RFC

Ealing Trailfinders were able to secure a tense 36-20 victory against Hartpury University RFC at TFSC.

 

Tries from Tom Collins (2), Matt Cornish (2), Craig Hampson and a penalty from Billy Twelvetrees secured an important bonus point victory for Trailfinders, which sees them remain top of the Championship table.

 

The home side made an electric start to the game, scoring within two minutes as a two on one down the left flank allowed Collins in to score in the corner. Craig Willis missed the conversion.

 

Hartpury’s fly-half Harry Bazalgette reduced the deficit to two with a penalty in front of the posts.

 

Trailfinders answered emphatically as Cornish drove off the back of the maul inside the Hartpury 5-metre line and crashed over the whitewash. Willis nailed the extras.

 

Collins then scored his second of the day after an impressive breakthrough by Hampson, who fed in Collins to score with ease under the posts. Twelvetrees, on for Willis, converted.

 

Cornish emulated the form of Collins to also score his second, bursting through the line off a lineout on the 5-metre line and bundling his way over just before the half. Twelvetrees’ conversion was good to make it 26-8 at half time.

 

Trailfinders started the second half in the same fashion as the first, as man of the match Richard Hardwick made a brilliant 20-metre breakaway from the halfway line to set up Hampson for an easy finish under the sticks. Twelvetrees conversion was good.

 

Hartpury found themselves back in the game after sustained pressure inside the Trailfinders 5-metre line led to Will Montgomery collapsing the maul, resulting in him being sent to the sin bin and a penalty try.

 

The home side found themselves down to 13 or 14 for a lot of the second half, as two subsequent high tackles led to Pat Howard and Will Goodrick-Clarke being sent to the sin-bin also.

 

Hartpury were rarely able to take advantage of the varying men advantage but did manage to capitalise off a rolling maul as Harry Short crashed over to reduce the deficit to 13 points. Bazalgette missed the extras.

 

After holding up several waves of Hartpury attack, some effective defence turned into brilliant offense which then set up Twelvetrees to kill the game, nailing a penalty through the posts to leave the final score 36-20.

Saracens vs Trailfinders Women

Trailfinders Women were defeated 48-17 by Saracens at the StoneX Stadium in Round 10 of the Allianz PWR.

Tries from Megan Barwick, Abby Dow and Rosie Inman were not enough to give Trailfinders any points from their trip to Barnet.

The result leaves them 7th in the Allianz PWR after nine games in their new competition.

The first half was much closer than many would have predicted before the first whistle, with the home side entering the occasion as heavy favourites.

Three early scores gave Saracens the start they would have expected, with the scoreboard reading 17-0 after 14 minutes. However, Trailfinders did not just roll over.

The first meaningful possession for Trailfinders gave Barwick the opportunity to crash over the line from close range.

Two minutes later, Vicky Laflin broke free down the right-hand side, unselfishly feeding Dow under the sticks to put Trailfinders back in the contest at 17-12.

Saracens would be next to cross the whitewash with a trademark rolling maul score, meaning Trailfinders went in at halftime 22-12, behind but still very much in the game.

However, the three-time league champions clearly got the team talk right, and Trailfinders’ second half would not be as fruitful as the first.

Three unanswered tries for the North London outfit put Trailfinders’ hopes of a famous upset out of reach, making it 41-12 with 15 minutes to play.

Despite the scoreboard deficit, Trailfinders kept battling, and Rosie Inman finished off a well-worked try after a Cristina Blanco break.

One more try for Saracens would close the game out, leaving the final score 48-17, and Trailfinders 7th in the table before they travel to Welford Road to face Leicester Tigers.

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