1st XV
Matches
Sat 01 Dec 2007
Purley John Fisher Rugby
1st XV
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12
London Cornish
PJF v London Cornish

PJF v London Cornish

Richard Cebreiro19 Jul 2014 - 22:37
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Purley John Fisher went about this match with a workmanlike efficiency and repelled the Cornish invasion by outscoring their opponents by 5 tries to 2. PJF kept the game plan simple and ground down the visitors through their hard grafting forwards and elu

Dan Leidecker at fly half is the epitome of the side as his fluid rugby footballing skills links the supply to the demand.

This might not have been the case in the early exchanges as PJF again failed to carry out kick off drills and allowed the ball to bobble about; the Cornish fly half capitalised on this dithering and flew in unchallenged under the posts. With this as a kick start PJF released Ruiari Campbell-Carson to retaliate and peg the score at 5-7 for 20 minutes. After this the power of the homeside's eight told and a strike against the head saw Steve Alvarez score from number eight.

Another steal of the opponents ball in the tight saw Leidecker faint to go outside but cutting back inside he scored under the posts, Stuart Sorrel converted. A period of pressure had PJF attack the line aggressively and second row Mike Lorraine emerged from the bottom of the heap that had breached the line with ball in hand. Just reward for on of the side's unsung heroes of the pack.

PJF started the second half in a determined mood; a sublime move saw Nick Owen step in off his wing with sufficient momentum to score under the posts with Sorrel's conversion PJF sat comfortable 29-7 in the lead. There followed a period of Cornish possession which was assisted by PJF's indiscretions yielding penalties and territory. Despite the constant bombardment of PJF's line and the yellow carding of Alvarez, Cornish were unable to capitalise until 5 minutes from the end when they scored a consolation 7 points.

PJF remain second as a result in London 3 South West with Cobham still on top and Guernsey snapping hard on the heels in third.

Match details

Match date

Sat 01 Dec 2007

Kickoff

14:15
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