Dronfield 30 Casuals 15

Midlands 2 East North
Dronfield 30 Casuals 15

Casuals fielded a much changed side, and it was a pretty good result considering, and it could have been just a bit better.

If Casuals had managed a 4th try, and not gifted Dronfield an interception try very late on, going for the score, this could have been so different.
But at least the guys who played acquitted themselves well, and gave some the experience of a 1st team run out.
Disappointing, yes, but not disheartening.
Tries from Dan Clarke, Alastair Shaw, and James Wood gave Casuals their 3 scores, but Dronfield held on to their 1st half lead, earning them the try bonus point, and depriving Casuals of 2 potential league points.

Starting line up

1. Stephen Baraniak
2 Alastair Shaw (Try)
3 Alex Hawkins
4 Joe Barton
5 Kieran Maisonnet
6. Antonios Alexiou (1st time at flanker for 1sts??)
7 Matthew Fox
8 Stu Williams
9 Kristianas Jakuba
10 Mark Higgins
11 Daniel Clarke (Try - 1st try for the 1st team)
12 James Wood (Try)
13 Andrew Harris
14 Antony Jeffery (1sts debut)
15 Emanuele Cammarata
Substitutes
Lewis Brown
Jon Ackroyd
Stephen Naylor (was due to start, but a bit late due to long journey back from Toulouse)