Burnham 2nd 0 Crewkerne 87 5th Jan 13
“Burnham get a Rugby lesson from Div 2’s Top drawer”
Burnham seconds travelled to Crewkerne on Sat 05 Jan to take on Div two league leaders Crewkerne. The Burnham side were still on Xmas Holidays for this encounter and were not well prepared for this top of the table clash they were to be made to pay dearly for their lack of preparation. The skipper Matt Slater and his Deputy Lee Berry had received a very poor response regarding player availability to make this fixture but in the true spirit of the game and the fact that Burnham have a reputation of not shying away from adversity; a side was put together; most were regular 2s players but were in some cases playing out of position.
It was clear from the kick off that Crewkerne were a comprehensive unit they were very fluent in their interaction between the two divisions of backs and forwards and were quick to exploit the deficiencies in the Burnham side; they linked up extremely well much credit to key players who were dictating the flow of play, this frustrated Burnham as they could not settle into their game mode. Their play paid off and they soon began to rack the points up. This was brought about by playing simple basic rugby and exploiting the mistakes made by the Burnham Side.
Burnham as is often the normal paid to much respect to the home side and allowed them to dictate the pace of play it was not until Burnham began to put there stamp in the game that headway was made, this resulted in sporadic phases of good cohesive play from the Burnham side, unfortunately this effort could not be sustained for any length of time to reap the benefits of the effort put in; in the mean time the Home side continued to carry out point demolition of Burnham.
The Crewkerne pack were instrumental in most of the emulating passages of play and provided Burnham with lots of learning accounts to take away from this game, albeit the Burnham side did not shirk from the task meeting them head on in all areas.
In the passages of play where Burnham got it together some really concentrated effort came out Chris Lee and Will Conway who continually penetrated into the home sides defence, Forward play in many cases complimented the effort by the backs and in numerous cases the home side were pinned down in their own 22, unfortunately Burnham could not break in and cross the line despite some extremely determined effort.
It is difficult to find accolade to the Burnham side with such a devastating score line but all credit to the side who did not roll over and retained a high level of interaction right up to the final whistle; all those who played are to be congratulated for sustaining the effort against the odds that faced them. Well done.
Their are many learning accounts to take away from this game, these will be discussed before the next match, the lessons from these must be learnt this will enable Burnham to improve in the areas where they lost so much ground on Saturday. The main point of effort is not on the field of play it lays in the area of commitment to the side. Burnham 2nds are well capable of finishing in the upper echelons of this league that in its self is high tribute coming up in their first season on promotion; the question to be asked of us all is do we have the credibility to achieve this position. This can be achieved but needs for the rest of this season total commitment from all squad members to focus on support to the side week in week out.
We have now played our two most difficult games; we need to put these behind us and look forward; all remaining games on the fixture list are winnable by the squad that we have; all that remains for us to is JUST DO IT!!
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