St Jacques 17, Les Quennevais 5
ST JACQUES overcame an edgy start on Sunday to register victory over Les Quennevais.
The visitors used their big pack to power over from close range to open the scoring after 10 minutes, with Saints having knocked on from the kick-off, but Les Q would not add to that five-pointer.
Tom Chamberlain (pictured) settled the home side’s nerves with a 25-yard penalty and they took the lead when the ball found its way out to Ed Blewett, who used his pace to outstrip three defenders down the left touchline for a superb solo try, which began inside his own 22.
Chamberlain converted the try from the touchline to make it 10-5.
Both sides were putting in some big tackles before, moments from half-time, Chamberlain broke the line near the opposition’s 22 and offloaded to scrum-half Andy Will.
He beat a couple of men before passing to his captain, No. 8 Tim Pond, who cut back inside to score under the posts.
That try was also converted to establish a 17-5 half-time lead.
A scrappy second half with no clean phases of play meant that the scoreline did not change further.
‘We are very pleased with the win, which is especially important when playing at home, but we felt that we really should have made more of our chances and could have killed the game off in both the first and second halves on numerous occasions,’ said St Jacques head coach Chris Griffiths.
‘It was our intention to try and gain the bonus point for scoring four tries, but we just never found the cutting edge to get over the line despite the number of times we ventured into their 22.
‘It is something we will work on in training this week in preparation for our Hampshire Cup qualifier versus Banks in Jersey on Sunday.
‘Last week we had over 40 players at training and are hoping this continues to grow and we continue to develop and improve as a squad.’JRA League: Les Quennevais beaten
Article posted on 19th November, 2008 - 2.29pm
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