and brought to a close a fast flowing tough first half 20-10. Some words were had at half time, and not between the lads, with the referee having to explain to West Park coaches on high and other forms of dangerous tackling. The second half began with some end to end play from both teams. Tackles coming in thick and fast with some great shifts coming in from the engine room in the form of Jack S, Manny E, Henry L and their merry men. Monty M, Will H and Henry F continued to prod and test the West Park line culminating in one of the West Park centres losing the plot and earning himself a yellow card. At least he knew he had done wrong and accepted it graciously (unlike some of the travelling support). The game moved on with it bouncing between the teams 22s but tries from Hugo H and Will H settled any doubt of the result, even when West Park went over for one more try at the death. So brought to a close a game that if West Park had had a game plan might have been closer but in the end it finished Fylde 30 – 15 West Park.
whole seemingly still wanting to be in their beds. This nervy start and an initial high tempo from West Park allowed them to score two easy tries within the first 10 minutes. Fylde passes were not sticking and the Fylde lads had a desire to just keep running into traffic even though there was plenty of space out wide if only they had gone through the hands quickly. Maybe it was the lack of game plan from West Park, other than trying to inflict damage on their opposite numbers that unnerved the Fylde lads initially, or was it just a hangover from the NZ v Ireland game the night before …. who knows. Thankfully some home
MoM: Manny E and Jack S
truths from the coaches woke the Fylde pack up a bit along with the tough tackling coming in brought the lads to their senses and Fylde came back strong with quick tries form Tom C, Henry F and Harvey A to get us back on track and into a commanding position. A further try from Manny E settled the nerves
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