LASTTIMEOUT SLOG ON THE TYNE: IN-TUNE A depleted and somewhat subdued Fylde suffered just their third defeat of the season at the hands of an honest, hardworking Tynedale team who ran hard, box-kicked cleverly and tackled tenaciously. Tynedale’s simple but effective tactics frustrated a Fylde team that, despite unavailability and injuries, still had the personnel and skills to win the game. The fact they were unable to raise their game to the tempo required to stress the home defence for long enough showed just how hard Tynedale worked. Fylde were not able to locate their missing mojo often enough to finish off their scoring opportunities and looked a bit weary, which is not a surprise given the number of players missing, and the amount of knocks some of those playing are carrying, a tough campaign is starting to take its toll. With Sedgley winning their 18th straight game, Fylde now sit 6 points behind the league leaders, who also have a game in hand. Fylde remain 15 points clear of third placed Otley, but Otley do have 2 games in hand. have a speedster in support and the move broke down 5 yards out. Fylde did have the scrum but conceded the penalty on their own put in, allowing Tynedale to clear their lines. This early failure to convert good scoring opportunities was to become a theme that Fylde would come to regret. They did, however, manage to restore parity at 5-5 in the 19th minute when Conor Wilkinson forced his way over after some patient build up play. In the 24th minute Tynedale edged ahead again. First, they forced a turnover penalty as Fylde struggled to exit their own half. This was marched back a further 10 yards by the ref due to too much Fylde chatter, again something that was too prevalent on the day. This made TYNEDALE 23 V FYLDE 12: MATCH REPORT BY SIMON TAYLOR
The good news in midweek was that Dave Fairbrother’s red card from the week before was downgraded to a yellow by the disciplinary panel, and that Tom Carleton was available for the first time in a veritable age, for only his seventh game of the season. The bad news was that Zach Barrow, the durable Oli Parkinson and Sam Stott were added to the injury list. This meant both Harlan Corrie and Toby Harrison were asked to play out of position at second row. Henry Higginson came back into the back row with the reprieved Fairbrother and Sam Parker, once again playing out of position as the other wing forward. Joe Higgins joined Patreece Bell as the replacement props with Scott Rawlings starting in place of Stott, Jordan Dorrington moving to the wing to accommodate Carleton’s return. Fylde started in the worst possible fashion. In a carbon copy of the home game against Hoppers, they received the kick off but failed to exit effectively, knocking on and turning over ball. Six phases later Tynedale winger Alex Dryden crossed in the corner. Fylde were 5-0 down and Tynedale’s dander was well and truly up. Fylde had a chance to respond immediately when Tynedale’s box-kick exit was a bit too long, probably the only time that happened all day. Fairbrother fielded and fed Tom Carleton who showed no rustiness as he scythed through the middle. Unfortunately, he did not
the kick easier, and Tynedale’s full back Rob Parker knocked it over to make it 8-5. On 35 minutes Fylde had a disastrous 90 seconds of play. Good pressure on the Tynedale line was undone as Tynedale counter- rucked Fylde off the ball and kicked to touch. The Fylde lineout was overthrown, they then lost their own scrum, conceded another penalty and Tynedale ended up with a scrum 5 yards out. With the scrum inching forward and the Fylde back row tied in, Tynedale spun the ball left and stand off Josh Leslie touched down, allowing Tynedale to take a 13-5 lead into the break. Early in the second half Fylde made a break out of nowhere but an excellent cover tackle forced Jordan Dorrington into touch just short of the try line. In the next few minutes another misfired line out then a penalty followed and 2 hefty kicks later Tynedale had pinned Fylde deep in their own territory again. A series of penalties in Fylde’s 22 saw Tynedale choose the scrum option repeatedly. Finally, the pressure told as
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