Beverley Rugby Club Kick Off New Season Away To Morley

Beverley RUFC start the new season in National League Division 3 (North) on Saturday with a visit to Morley in West Yorkshire.

Final pre-season preparations saw them defeat a Scunthorpe side in a friendly match at Beaver Park last Saturday by 40 points to 15.

The make up of the squad sees a number of comings and goings with the most notable losses being Dave Worrall and Gavin Gibson who have both retired.

Both of these outstanding club servants will be missed but replacements are in place and early signs are that they will fit in well with head coach Anthony Posa’s plans.

Saturday’s game will be a stiff test for the Beavers as they have never won at Morley and they will be keen to avenge last season’s shock defeat there when they managed, aided by some dubious refereeing decisions, to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory with some bad decision making in the dying minutes costing them the game.

Head Coach Anthony Posa said earlier this week speaking ahead of the big match said;

“We face a much different proposition this season than last. This league will be a lot stronger throughout than last year in North 1 and we will need to get used to tight, hard fought matches week in and week out.”

The last time the two sides met Beverley ran out easy winners beating Morley 37 points to 12 on a cold wet February afternoon. A repeat of that performance would no doubt please the manager while giving the Beavers a perfect start to the new season.

From:- Richard Bussey, T.Carr, L.Birch, T.Tanumi,Junior Tupai(capt), Goran Jelncic, Phil Duboulay, T.Steadman,S.Honey, Chris Infield, J.Sheperdson, K.Renwick, A.Keeton, S.Kerry, A.Ogilvie, S.Nel, P.Steadman, J.Thomson, J.Holland, J.Pickets, J.McKay