Match Team List

 

Moseley		35 - 21	Esher Rugby
Team
	Anthony Carter	15	Robert Kirby	C C C
	William Robinson	14	Charlie Walker
	Greg King	13	Thomas Casson
	Andy Reay	12	Arran Cruickshanks
	Bradley Hunt	11	Thomas Loizides
DG P C	Bradley Davies	10	Richard Hill
	Samuel Brown	9	Christopher Cook
	Colin Quigley	1	Robin Boot
	Adam Caves	2	Robert Buchanan
	Anthony O'Donnell	3	Ricky Nebbett
T	Daniel Sanderson	4	Perry Parker	T
	Paul Spivey	5	Ian Kench
	Neil Mason	6	John Downey
T	Michael Maltman	7	Sam Stitcher
T T	Michael Ellery	8	Michael Macfarlane	T
Replacements
	Craig Voisey	16	Oliver Mines
	Thomas Warren	17	Matthew Symons
	Richard Stott	18	Christopher Goodman
	Charley Thomas	19	Stuart Mackie
	Jack Adams	20	Peter Synnott
	Ryan Glynn	21	Ollie Lyndsay-Hague
C C P	Oliver Thomas	22	Sam Edgerley	T
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Match Officials

 

Referee	Llyr Apgeraint-Roberts
Home Official	-	Away Official	-
Touch Judge 1	-	Touch Judge 2	-

Match Statistics

 

Moseley	35 - 21		Esher Rugby
	Min	Score
Try Michael Ellery	03	5 - 0
Con Bradley Davies	03	7 - 0
Pen Bradley Davies	06	10 - 0
	08	10 - 5	Try Michael Macfarlane
	08	10 - 7	Con Robert Kirby
DG Bradley Davies	17	13 - 7
	36	13 - 12	Try Perry Parker
	36	13 - 14	Con Robert Kirby
Pen Oliver Thomas	43	16 - 14
Try Daniel Sanderson	52	21 - 14
Con Oliver Thomas	52	23 - 14
Try Michael Ellery	56	28 - 14
Miss Con Oliver Thomas	56	28 - 14
Try Michael Maltman	68	33 - 14
Con Oliver Thomas	68	35 - 14
	73	35 - 19	Try Sam Edgerley
	73	35 - 21	Con Robert Kirby
1	Bonus		0

 

Match report

- Brian Dick,  The Sunday Mercury

 

MIKE Ellery revealed a half-time rollicking was the secret behind Moseley’s stunning second period turnaround.

 

The Red and Blacks went in at the break trailing 14-13 and having seemingly squandered the Billesley slope and wind. But they came out and put in a brilliant performance of controlled forward play that brought them 22 unanswered points.

 

It also brought a first Championship win of the season and confirmed the promise of the early weeks of Kevin Maggs’ tenure. However, Ellery admits they needed more than an isotonic drink and slice of orange at the break to wake them up.

 

“We started really well and I don’t think we are used to starting that well so we sat off a bit and let them back in,” the 22-year-old said.

 

“We got a bit of a telling-off at half-time and came out in the second half a changed team. All of the forwards put their hands up – in the first half we were being lazy, we were just getting hit back.”

 

That led to three more tries through the pack with Ellery adding to the one he scored in the first half, Dan Sanderson grabbing his first for Mose and Michael Maltman scoring the all important fourth.

 

Mose can now look forward to next Sunday’s trip to London Scottish with burgeoning confidence.

 

“It’s relief and jubilation. If we hadn’t won that, it would have been a long old season. But that’s definitely set us up because it was a must win, even only four games in.

 

“I thought we did alright with the first two, we took three points off two of the best teams in the league. Then last week was a bitter disappointment, so we put a load of pressure on ourselves for this week.”

 

Mose actually started really well after Esher made a mess receiving the opening kick-off. Ellery bashed over from a third minute ruck, Brad Davies converted and then added sixth minute penalty.

 

But after Mose haemorrhaged penalties and allowed Esher’s Mike MacFarlane to ride a 12th minute maul across their line. Rob Kirby converted for 10-7. Davies responded with a drop goal only for Perry Parker to score from another catch and drive. Kirby’s extras gave his side an interval lead.

 

Maggs was not happy and ripped into his players, an outburst that had the desired affect. Just three minutes after the restart Ollie Thomas’ penalty restored Mose’s initiative before Sanderson, Ellery and Maltman struck before Esher’s consolation through replacement Sam Edgerley