St. Faiths vs Bishop's Stortford

The first half of this match was an absolute blowout.Four times the offense of Bishop’s Stortford snuck through the gaps in our defense to score.We were deep in Bishop’s Stortford’s half until their offense got the ball and crept up the pitch, breakdown by breakdown, play by play.Finally, a ruck near our posts resulted in their blonde full-back diving into the try zone, capping the outstanding play off.However, our star inside centre Ed Fairey bravely blocked their attempted conversion with his hands.We could still pull in the lead if we tried hard.
Try Number Two resulted in poor tackling from St. Faiths, with one of their men driving the swarm of red and black jerseys surrounding him until the ball came to rest just right of the posts in the try zone.
The third try occurred when one of our men handled the ball in a ruck 5 meters from the posts.This gave Bishop’s Stortford a penalty in which their man dodged and fought his way 5 meters for the try.
The final try of the first half happened when their full back intercepted a pass down our back line and ran almost 70 meters.Our brilliant fly half Dominic Lea pursued him the whole time and just before the opposition scored again, he attempted a last-gasp dive but he didn’t quite reach Bishop’s Stortford’s man, who slid under the posts in a wild celebration.It wasn’t a great start to the first half, but we knew that the only way we could go was up.St. Faiths was definitely right about going up.We held Bishop's Stortford at 0-0 for almost the whole second half, with some close calls here and there. Then, at the last moment, we fumbled a pass in the try zone due to handling errors from both the passer and the receiver and many jerseys scrambled for the ball, but Bishop’s Stortford touched it down for the final try.