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   Eccles RUFC 41 Ruskin Park RUFC 5
Well lordy lordy, a rare sight indeed, a friendly game of rugby. More importantly I actually saw this one so there’s more opportunity of being factually correct for once. Why the friendly should be against Ruskin Park who we are already playing twice in the league, I don’t know. Fielding a strong side Eccles dominated the first half moving, recycling and supporting the ball well to run in tries by Jimmy Lucas, Glenda Cahill, and 2 by Danny Nicholas, one of which he converted. We also had a young Lee Morris moving up from the thirds to make his 2nd team debut at fly half and enjoying the luxury of the wise head of Martin Thompson just outside him. All the good work by the Eccles team took the score at half time to 22 – 0. With the odd change in personnel at half time and just after Eccles were able to maintain their dominance and extend their lead with tries by captain for the day Mark Greenhalgh and Will Parkinson, the latter being converted by Lee Morris. We then had the turning point of the game with a rare cameo appearance by a young and slim looking winger making it a triumvirate of Parkinsons on the field. The appearance by Parkinson Senior ruining in a stroke Mis-kick Gaz’s claim to be the eldest 2nd team player this season. At least he has the 1st team record to aim for. After a bit of argee bargee between the two sets of forwards, Ruskin Park were able to register their own points with an unconverted try. As we would expect Eccles responded well and from a counter-attacking move Wayne Williams ran in a well deserved try which was again converted by Lee Morris. A good performance by all but most of all by young Lee proving to all the faith they have in him to make the step up is not ill-founded, a player for the future. A close second came Wayne who ran his heart out all day and has perfected the art of never being tackled, he just throws himself at the oppositions’ feet whenever they get too close. Source: Eccles RUFC. Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
