Burnham 2s 17- Wells 2s 14

“Burnham a force to be reckoned with”

Burnham 2s entertained league 1 relegated side Wells at the BASC on Saturday; a much looked forward encounter to test the force of a nearly full 2s squad. In contract to the previous week Burnham were thick on the ground and even at that still had squad members absent on other duty.

Matt Slater pulled on the armband of Captain for the day and set about planning how to lay out his stall.

The pre match build up was positive and constructive the captain ED Lewis was upbeat which reverberated through the entire squad; Burnham knew they were up against it; but they were certainly up for it with no disillusions as to the task in hand.

Yet more changes were made and during a desperate piece of defending Will Astil was taken out and had to leave the field; he had contributed an enormous amount to the attack in the game; linking superbly with Matt Mitchell and Will Conway.

For the next phase Burnham were very much in the trenches as Morgs capitalised on their superior weigh advantage to add to their score line.

It was however Burnham who had the last call with a late rally into the home sides half which saw the game come to a close.

This had been a very spirited performance by the Burnham side who had stuck to the task admirably; all are to be congratulated for a job well done especially under the unforeseen circumstances that came of player availability; hopefully this will not be repeated.

The seconds have opened their account extremely well this season and are well capable of maintain the momentum; but it does need commitment from all.

Saturday 05 October sees the seconds at home to Wells 11, a big player turnout is required.