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The Dalesmen played up the slope into the wind in the first half.  There was well executed attack and defence by both sides in what can only be described as terrible conditions in which we saw powerful, blow by blow rugby.  Hard running from Yarnbury’s back line saw a converted try which broke the stalemate and meant that they went into the break with a lead.

The second half started in the same vein.  The Greens had made several changes and early probing attacks saw Ellison cross the line with Rhodes converting.  Sadly, an injury to Wharfedale’s Ellison saw the …

A superb first half display by the Dale saw a bonus point secured after 21 minutes and a hat trick for Rian Hamilton before the break. The very strong wind made conditions difficult; the journey up to the North East had been treacherous with the A1 littered with overturned lorries and long hold ups which meant the team and the faithful being delayed.

The first try came when Blaydon spilled the ball and Dan Stockdale cleaned it up and fed Hamilton who burst clear from Dale’s 10 metre line to score. Tom Davidson added the conversion. Blaydon replied minutes later …

Dale exploded into this match with a try in the 1^st minute. Ryan Carlson fielded the kick off and made some progress before going to ground. The ball was quickly recycled and passed by Sam Gaudie to Josh Burridge. Burridge found Ryan Hamilton who burst through Bournville’s line. Hamilton had the speed and strength to beat all the cover to score an unconverted try.

Bournville tried to get into the game but a 5-metre line out failed and Dale won a penalty at the resulting scrum. A series of penalties against Dale, a warning was issued to skipper, Dan …

After a lengthy lay off, the Rams took the field against their old rivals the Beavers in decent winter conditions.  Taking the option of playing down the slope first, the Dalesmen made hard work of it for the first 15 minutes, taking their time converting early pressure into points.

The deadlock was broken by scrum half Hayton, who opened the scoring.  Minutes later, Hayton crossed the line again and this time Rhodes converted, as he was to do after every score which followed.  Fast, open play saw Booth scoring next and then Hayton completed his hat trick.  It was, therefore, …

The Travelling Faithful were rewarded with a great game of rugby in which Wharfedale played a massive part. After the home match against Sheffield Tigers there was a few of the faithful that thought long and hard about making the journey to Manchester. This is the strength of the Faithful. They looked forward and a host of Wharfedale supporters battled through Colne and made it down the M66 to Whitefield.

There was more rugby played in the first 10 minutes than was witnessed in 80 minutes the week before. Tigers took the kick off and spread the ball left and …

Could we start that for the benefit of those who don`t really appreciate these reports, a quote from Socrates “ I only know that I know nothing “

This was a game played in dire conditions with uncontested scrums and the players from both sides did extremely well in providing a competitive (despite the score line ) game of rugby. The Foresters also used this game to fully test two of their players who have been absent through injury. Both came through with flying colours.

The Greens were undoubtedly the better side but there were times when Harrogate showed fine …