Beavers Seconds Win Easily Against Goole

With one of the strongest sides Beverley 2nds have managed to field for quite some time, the outcome of their match against an obviously young and inexperienced Goole team, looked pretty obvious.

The game had only just started before Beverley had their 1st score on the board. Some excellent forward pressure and the ball was turned over far too easily and a simple try was scored. Beverley were clearly showing their intention of recording a big score and every player on the pitch seemed too want their piece of the action. Leading from the front was the immovable object that is Manu Kirkwood.

He made the scrum his own, and you had to take pity on his opposite number who struggled against the powerful scrummaging that he had to contend with throughout the game.

With quick ball being delivered by Ian Archibald at every given opportunity, the backs were able to run riot whenever they pleased. Although some almost comical handling errors throughout the game, meant that far too often, Beverley were denied clear scoring opportunities due to their inability to either catch the ball or not throw a forward pass!!

An impressive display by Captain Rob Vaux was capped off by his 3rd try, when he did his best impression of a leaping salmon to score underneath the posts. Most people were shocked and amazed that a man with his physique could look so graceful flying through the air. Several questions were asked as to why the dive, especially when there were no defenders in sight, but I think it was purely for the cameras.

Overall this was not a vintage display, but a good result none the less. It could have quite easily been 100-0 but, 59-0 is still a respectable result.

A special mention must go to Dale Hodgson and Adam McClatchie who were outstanding in the back row. Both their forward running and tackling was superb and clearly showed that they deserve their 1st team opportunities.

I have no doubt that Beverley 2nds won’t have it quite as easy over next week’s opposition Hullensians, but with this team, in this kind of form, anything is possible.