Sedgley Park topple Rams in nailbiter

By Tom Markham 

Sedgley Park …….. 34

Rams …………………… 33

Sedgley Park just held on to celebrate a nailbiting triumph.

The game was quite close to call as both sides were locked in a stalemate for the first 20 minutes.

However, Rams centre Axel Kalling-Smith found some room and broke away for the first score of the game.

Rams turned up the heat with tries from Zach Clow and Dan Swain to extend the lead.

But the Tigers did end the half with some reward as Lewis Bradley bundled home to score.

Rams started the second half brightly with a try scored by Andrew Lamb under the posts.

The tide then began to turn for Sedgley as tries from Matt Sturgess and Ben Gregory brought Tigers back into the game.

A penalty kick from Warren Seals was converted and the restart kick-off was collected by Nathan Pope who managed to take the ball all the way to take the score within three. Tigers then took the lead with Austin Downham scoring in the corner.

But there was to be drama as a try from Oli Rhoades gave Fraser Honey the chance to kick for the game. Hon-ey, whose kicking had been perfect throughout, dragged the kick wide giving Sedgley the win.