Henley …30 Canterbury .30
HENLEY and Canterbury shared 60 points at Dry Leas in an evenly-contested match in which both teams will feel they could have stolen the win.
Canterbury opened the scoring with a well-worked try for winger Jonathan Murray, before George Jackson's break allowed Jack Robinson to respond with an excellent try.
Another Henley attack was then rewarded with a penalty which Jackson converted to give the home side a 10-5 lead.
Harry Sayers struck back with a try resulting from a five-metre scrum, levelling the scores, before No.8 Jake Rigby finished off a maul to put the away side ahead once again.
Connor Hayhow made a break and outpaced the Canterbury defence to score and give Henley a slender half-time lead, then after the break Sayers pounced on a dropped ball to race in unopposed.
Penalties wre traded and back came the Hawks with Max Berry's try in the corner, but following a Henley yellow card, Canterbury kicked for touch and Jarvis Otto touched down from the resulting driving maul.
Jackson then levelled the scores with another penalty for Henley before a frantic final few minutes which saw the visitors awarded a penalty within kickable range.
Fortunately for the Hawks, the kick went wide to leave the sides to share the spoils.
TEAMS
HENLEY: Robinson, Andre, Awcock, Hayhow, Portland, Butler, Jackson, Cook, Emery, Ball, Hyde, Clements, White, Haynes, Lowe
Replacements: Manning, Wunder, Hall, Berry, O'Neill
CANTERBURY: Moss, Murray, Morgan, Sterling, Sayers, Best, Smart, Cooper, Rogers, Kenny, Cadman, Corker, Whetton, Clark, Rigby
Replacements: Wade-Smith, Otto, Townley, Mackintosh, Braithwaite
REFEREE: Charles Gayther
ATTENDANCE: 490
Star man
George Jackson – Henley
