Pulborough maintain perfect start but it’s three defeats from three for Holbrook
It was a closer game then the result suggested, with the game scoreless at half-time, but home side Boro’s superior fitness told as they ran in five unanswered second half tries.
Skipper Richard Nicholls said: “I’d say it was our best performance so far. We defended really well as a team and squeezed the life out of them, built pressure in defence and attack and our fitness came through in the last 20 minutes.”
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Hide AdA physical Crawley side had the wind at their backs in the first half and reduced the hosts to few chances before the break.
Pulborough remained confident and with fly-half Simon Burfiend using the ball well and pinning the visitors back with some excellent kicks they got on top, and well-worked tries came from Will Truscott, Nicholls, two from Ollie Combe-Tennent and a fifth from Ewan Calloway all well converted by Frazer Oliphant-Hope.
Table-topping Pulborough go to second placed Hove III this Saturday and Nicholls added: “They’ve also won three out of three so we’re expecting our toughest game.”
Holbrook suffered their third straight defeat with a battling but fruitless display against a much slicker Hove III side, who ran out 44-13 winners.
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Hide AdWith a depleted side due to injuries Holbrook had to call on a number of second team players and they began the first half brightly. Once Hove managed to get service to their backs their class showed and they ran in a number of tries to lead 29-0 at half-time.
Holbrook did stage a mini revival in the second half with a Glenn Westoby penalty and two tries from Greg Holt before Hove’s 13 unanswered points put paid to any comeback.
Longer reports from both matches are online at: www.wscountytimes.co.uk