Match Report

Farnborough hosted their first London Amateur Rugby League home match versus South London Storm II. The Storm are a club that Farnborough should be aiming to be like; and proved why they have been going strong and celebrating their tenth anniversary of playing rugby league, as they demonstrated some strong team plays. Although not the most stylish of teams, they pushed through tackles and had knowledge of their surrounding players; who to work off and help out. The Falcons started the game with an early try through their V6 engine man Ashby, who from what was said on the sideline has made somewhat of a name for himself within the Southern Leagues. Storm however regained some stability and got a touch down in the right corner. However, Ashby replied and notched another try onto his season tally. This was soon cancelled out with another half play getting another score for Storm in the right corner again. Just before the half time hooter the Falcons earned another try with a bomb put in the air by Newbury and gracefully plucked out of the hazy sky by Frost.

The Falcons rotated their players frequently to stay fresh, this paid off towards half time, although the scores remained tight the Falcons were just in front, courtesy of Newbury’s conversions.

The Falcons started the second half a different team after some wise words by team captain Parker and experienced debutant half Moore, telling the squad to keep shape so that the ball will come. As the rain flooded down at Tile Barn the Falcons surprisingly notched up the points in awful conditions; some expansive play from the back line on the left flanks saw debutant Burch go over for two tries. Stuart provided some strong running off Newbury and Moore and the 'Gaffer took to the conditions slotting some long distance passes. Hills and Timpson defended hard to provide the backbone for the Falcons victory.