Match Details

 

Venue	Billesley	Attendance
Referee	Simon Rees	Kick Off	7.30

 

Teams

 

	Moseley	13 - 12	London Scottish
	Billy Robinson	15	Jim Thompson
	Brad Hunt	14	James Love	P P P P
	Greg King	13	Andy Reay
T	Charlie Hayter	12	PJ Gidlow
	Simon Hunt	11	Ollie Grove
P P C	Glyn Hughes	10	Phil Godman
	Sam Brown	9	Jamie Stevenson
	Ethan Waller	1	Nic Mayhew
	Adam Caves	2	Adam Kwasnicki
	Ben Evans	3	Colin Quigley
	Addison Lockley	4	Tyler Hotson
	Tom Hicks	5	Josh Thomas-Brown
	Neil Mason	6	Joe Trayfoot
	Oliver Robinson	7	Chevvy Pennycook
	Ben Pienaar	8	Mark Bright
	Replacements
	Sam Wilkes	16	Mark Irish
	Steffan Thorpe	17	Harry Allen
	Danny Herriott	18	Alex Mackenzie
	Buster Lawrence	19	Sam Twomey
	Mike Powell	20	Lewis Calder
	Anthony Carter	21	Richard Bolt
	Oliver Thomas	22	Dan Mugford

 

Match Report

Birmingham Post – Brian Dick

 

A major tenet of Moseley's pre-season bluster was their oft-stated desire to turn Billesley Common into a place none of their Championship rivals wanted to come.

 

With their sloping pitch, basic changing rooms, sporadic hot water and partisan supporters they had most of the components needed to achieve that aim without even setting foot on the pitch.

 

Unfortunately for the last few months that's been when the problems have started. Between the white lines Chillesley has been as accommodating a venue as there is in the second tier.

 

As there is in Birmingham in fact, as welcoming and obliging as Hotel du Vin.

 

Inexperienced players, tactical errors, individual mistakes and a thin squad further weakened by injuries to key performers, meant home victories came along as often as blue moons and that guests found their appointments to be pretty profitable occasions.

 

Until now.

 

Friday evening Billesley was about the last place you'd want to be a visiting team, even if several of your number had been anesthetised to the elements at various stages during their careers.

 

Yet even former captain and ex-player of the year Andy Reay and Chevvy Pennycook found their old stomping ground to be the definition of inhospitable as Moseley tore into Scottish with a vigour that suggested their self-belief is back.

 

In the first half they played up the hill yet rocked Scottish back on their heels and seized an initiative they were never to lose once Charlie Hayter scored the only try of the game.

 

Even at 9-6 down, after three penalties from the Exiles' James Love cancelled out two from Glyn Hughes, it looked as this match meant more to Moseley than it did the visitors.

 

Their line speed was far more enthusiastic in defence and in attack their work around the corner was much more aggressive and it was thoroughly deserved when at 9-6 down just before half-time, Hayter worked his magic.

 

In fact the magic really belonged to Sam Brown and Billy Robinson, the scrum half who opted to explore the short side and the full back who sped into the line and produced arguably the most adroit off-load of the season.

 

Hayter took it in full stride and curved his way 40m to the Scottish line for his second try in as many games. Hughes's conversion made it 13-9 at the interval.

 

After which the game descended into an arm wrestle. For 20 minutes after the restart Moseley dominated the possession and territory yet they were unable to bash their way over.

 

On four occasions they had outstanding positions within the Scottish 22 but to their credit the Londoners' line held firm.

 

They were both organised and committed as they waited for Moseley to break down.

 

By contrast Scottish's only visit to the home 22 in the second period, inspired by a break from Pennycook, came 14 minutes from time and produced Love's fourth penalty which cut the arrears to a single point.

 

But Moseley resumed their stranglehold and spent the final ten minutes refusing to let Scottish off their leash by pinning them back at the bottom of the hill and that meant they secured a result that puts them nine points clear at the top of Pool Six with only two rounds to complete.

 

They are almost certain to go through to the quarter finals and after three successive successes at home, none of their rivals for the British and Irish Cup will fancy coming to Billesley Common in the last eight.

 

Moseley's home ground is at last a place none of their rivals will want to visit.

 

The Game as it Happened

 

Moseley	Min	Score	London Scottish
Pen Glyn Hughes	08	3 - 0
	10	3 - 3	Pen James Love
Pen Glyn Hughes	13	6 - 3
	18	6 - 6	Pen James Love
	24	6 - 9	Pen James Love
Try Charlie Hayter	36	11 - 9
Con Glyn Hughes	36	13 - 9
Rep Anthony Carter For Brad Hunt (Tactical)	42	13 - 9
	46	13 - 9	Rep Alex Mackenzie For Colin Quigley (Tactical)
	46	13 - 9	Rep Mark Irish For Nic Mayhew (Tactical)
Rep Mike Powell For Addison Lockley (Tactical)	51	13 - 9
	52	13 - 9	Rep Sam Twomey For Paul Spivey (Tactical)
Rep Sam Wilkes For Adam Caves (Tactical)	57	13 - 9
Rep Buster Lawrence For Ben Pienaar (Tactical)	59	13 - 9
	59	13 - 9	Rep Richard Bolt For Andy Reay (Tactical)
	70	13 - 12	Pen James Love
Rep Danny Herriott For Ben Evans (Tactical)	70	13 - 12
Rep Oliver Thomas For Glyn Hughes (Tactical)	70	13 - 12