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Sudbury RUFC bounce back with a win against Luton

Author: Don Reekie

Published: 24th September 2018 05:53

Rugby

Sudbury RUFC bounce back with a win against Luton

Sudbury bounced back with a decisive win at home against a big Luton side two places ahead of them in the league.

Sudbury controlled the first half taking play to the visitors from the off, they were dominant in the lineout, took their own scrums and disrupted the opposition scrums and had great success in the loose. Luton never looked like challenging the Sudbury line but two intercepted passes as Sudbury threw the ball around in the backs gave Luton two gifted tries via their swift full back Davies.

Sudbury scored first with a wide move finished off by Shaun Smith after three minutes of play which was converted by Sam Rust, the first of his seven successful kicks on the day. Sudbury continued to handle well with some well worked moves and Will Ponty was next to cross the line with only seven minutes on the clock.

With Sudbury still on the charge Luton intercepted a pass on their twenty two and the full back ran sixty metres to score. He repeated this again within minutes, levelling the score with two gifted tries.

Sudbury countered immediately, Tom Dain after several phases of play in the twenty two crossed the paintwork, Rusty then broke from a scrum midway in the field to put Chris Whybrow clear and he then claimed a second as from a lineout the ball moved right across the park for him to touch down as the half time whistle sounded.

The second half saw Luton use their weight in the forwards to slow the game down, rolling the maul to greater effect but it did little to put them in scoring positions. Charles Jackson scored after ten minutes of the half from scrum on the twenty two and two pairs of hands to create space; he doubled his tally almost immediately when from a line out on the twenty two the ball crossed the pitch through the backs for Jackson to finish.

Luton were now trying to employ their forwards at every opportunity and secured a five scrum and trundled over for a pushover try with the no.8, Strachan claiming the points and the first time in the match the Sudbury line had been threatened.

Deep into time added on Sudbury secured turnover ball in the Luton twenty two and Jake Sumner darted over to score behind the posts to complete a strong performance by the blues.

SUDBURY 54 LUTON 21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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