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Sat 29 Oct 2022  ·  National League 1
Rams Rugby Football Club
RAMS 1st XV
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25
Birmingham Moseley
MATCH REPORT: EIGHT STRAIGHT AS RAMS CONTINUE PERFECT START

MATCH REPORT: EIGHT STRAIGHT AS RAMS CONTINUE PERFECT START

Rich Ashton29 Oct 2022 - 16:31
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Hosts hit half century to repel gallant Moseley!

RAMS racked up a half century as they recorded an eighth straight National One win with a 50-25 home success against Birmingham Moseley.

For the second week in a row, the hosts started poorly as they fell behind to an early Sam McNulty try, the hooker touching down at the back of a rolling maul.

Yet RAMS replied almost immediately, a beautifully dinked kick from skipper Drew Humberstone collected by Henry Bird to dive over on the left.

A fine Alex Seers conversion nudged his side in front, but the helter-skelter nature of the early stages continued as Moseley hit back with an Elliott Creed try started with an interception in midfield.

Ollie Allsopp knocked over the conversion for 12-7, but the hosts rallied again as their rolling maul got to work before Ben Henderson off-loaded to Jak Rossiter for his 10th of the season.

Seers landed another cracking conversion, but Allsopp replied with a penalty as the lead swapped hands again.

RAMS took control, though, as the maul contributed two more tries finished by Ollie Taylor and Ross Crame, Seers adding the extras to the second for 26-15.

A second Allsopp penalty cut the deficit to eight points at the interval, but RAMS roared out of the blocks at the start of the second period, the maul this time halted only for Ant Marris to cut a fine line to touch down to the left off the posts.

Seers made no mistake, and the home side moved further in front shortly after as some terrifically patient play near the goal line ended with a long pass to Bird to double his tally.

Ellis Jones then scythed through in midfield for his side’s seventh try of the afternoon, and the half-century was brought up when replacement Michael Dykes raced through before chipping ahead.

And while the London Irish loanee was unable to touch down, Rossiter was as he restored his name to the top of the division’s scoring charts.

Moseley continued to battle gamely, and struck the final blow as Jide Ajayi burrowed over from close range, Allsopp drop-kicking the conversion as the clock wound down.

Final Score: RAMS 50-25 Birmingham Moseley

Half-time score: RAMS 26-18 Birmingham Moseley

Scorers:

RAMS

Tries: Bird 5, 51, Rossiter 12, 68, Taylor 25, Crame 31, Marris 45, Jones 63

Conversions: Seers 6, 13, 32, 46, 69

Birmingham Moseley

Tries: S McNulty 2, Creed 9, Ajayi 79

Conversions: Allsopp 10, 80

Penalties: Allsopp 20, 36

Star Player: Josh Collis (RAMS)

Referee: Alan Chandrachud

Attendance: 927

RAMS

(15-9, 1-8) Robson, Rossiter, Jones, Humberstone ©, Bird, Seers, Cole; Marris, Henderson, Englezos, Taylor, Swain, Collis, Everitt, Crame.
Substitutes: Moffitt, Baker, Brooke, Allan, Dykes.

Birmingham Moseley

(15-9, 1-8) Benjamin, Smith, Creed, I McNulty, Egodo, Allsopp, Pointon; Tideswell, S McNulty, Langley, Barnes, Butler, Le Roux, Zindi, Stedman ©

Substitutes: Ajayi, Roach, Thomas, Obano, Palmer.

Match details

Match date

Sat 29 Oct 2022

Kickoff

TBC

Attendance

927

Competition

National League 1

League position

1
Rams
9
Birmingham Moseley
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