After seeing off strong opposition from Norwich school in Round 3, Wymondham had all to play for after being drawn against Gresham’s.
Going into the match as underdogs, after an earlier defeat in the season, Wymondham made sure they held possession as much as possible in the first half. They used the wind behind them to good advantage and earned an early try, by Toby Fletcher, making a box kick into the Gresham’s corner. A Wymondham line-out was awarded as the Gresham’s wing had touched the ball with his foot off the pitch. As a result, Wymondham won their own lineout and Ben Rossi delivered a clinical pass to Nick Moore, who crashed over from 5 metres out. Fletcher converted and put Wymondham 0-7 ahead. The rest of the second half was mainly dominated by Wymondham with a predominantly kicking game. However, Gresham’s did put some pressure on Wymondham in the final 5 minutes of the half by managing to get into the Wymondham 22 yard area. Wymondham were strong in defence and kept Gresham’s out until half time.
The second half was always likely to be a struggle to see any flowing rugby with the playing conditions. Gresham’s had large periods of time with the ball but Wymondham were very strong in defence with Zander Youngman and Charlie Taylor in particular soaking up large periods of pressure. Hon Sang Lee, had stepped in at Outside Half, for the injured Rossi, and managed to make some great breaks and earn hard yards. 20 minutes into the second half and Gresham’s managed to crash over after several phases of play making the score 5-7. They failed to convert, and despite some great positional play from Gresham’s in the final 9 minutes Wymondham hung on for a terrific win.
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