Kilburn 10 - Cheshunt 19
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Kilburn Cosmos 1st XV vs Old Abbotstonians - 15th November 2008
Kilburn Cosmos 25 - Old Abbotstonians 30
Kilburn Cosmos were sunk by a last minute try in a close encounter with Old Abbotstonians on Saturday at Tiverton Green.
Despite dominating the set piece, stealing much of the oppositions’ ball, and generally getting off to a good start, Kilburn could not capitalise and failed to put points on the board early.
In a physical, end to end game, Kilburn’s opening play saw them push the visitors right back to their own line, only to lose the ball and quickly be driven back to their own 22 where an eagle-eyed Abbotstonian player took sharp chance at a drop goal and put the home side three points down.
Kilburn hit back straight away and levelled with a penalty kick from 30 metres, slotted by fly half Chris Garvey. With the upper hand in the set pieces thanks to hooker Declan McGee, props Scott Hughes and Phil Morgan and lock John Fenlon, Kilburn were establishing a dominant position in the game and were quickly up to 6-3 when the visitors conceded another penalty in range of Garvey’s boot.
Kilburn lost their edge though after notching up another 7 points when Garvey converted McGee’s brilliant solo try which came from a powerful burst through the middle of a ruck on the Abbots 22m line, giving him a clear run at their try line. Almost as soon as Kilburn sat back, the visitors fought their way up the field and took two soft tries and a penalty. Kilburn rallied, with a Hayden Wilson try from long range, again converted by Garvey.
With the narrowest of leads running up to the interval, Kilburn suffered the loss of Garvey and Fenlon in an unlucky head clash, both being hospitalised. The scores at half time were a precarious 20 points to 18.
Kilburn toiled in the start of the second half, their scrum weakened by the loss of Hughes and Fenlon. Replacement prop Ben Zaug and McGee put in a huge effort to shore up the scrum and eventually Cosmos were firing again after a decidedly shaky third quarter. Aly Bursey answered the visitors opening score of the second half with an uncoverted effort of his own, keeping the home side up 25-23.
For the last 20 minutes the game reached a rare level of intensity, with everything still to play for. The ball moved from end to end with everyone putting in everything they had. Kilburn came close to scoring again when prop Phil Morgan made a 30 metre break down field to set up a move well inside the opposition’s half who had to scramble back to stop a try. In the end though it was the visitors who found the extra energy to burst over with a last gasp try to sink Cosmos 25-30 in the dying seconds.
Kilburn 25 (D Magee, H Wilson, A Bursey tries, C Garvey 2 conversions, 1 penalty, S Whyte penalty) Old Abbotstonians 30
Team: P Morgan, D Magee(C), S Hughes, J Fenlon, A Butcher, J Trout, A Bursey, K Shrubsole, L MacManus, C Garvey, M Taguri, H Dawkins, H Wilson, C Coane, D Riley. Reserve: B Zaug, M King, S Whyte
Kilburn Cosmos were sunk by a last minute try in a close encounter with Old Abbotstonians on Saturday at Tiverton Green.
Despite dominating the set piece, stealing much of the oppositions’ ball, and generally getting off to a good start, Kilburn could not capitalise and failed to put points on the board early.
In a physical, end to end game, Kilburn’s opening play saw them push the visitors right back to their own line, only to lose the ball and quickly be driven back to their own 22 where an eagle-eyed Abbotstonian player took sharp chance at a drop goal and put the home side three points down.
Kilburn hit back straight away and levelled with a penalty kick from 30 metres, slotted by fly half Chris Garvey. With the upper hand in the set pieces thanks to hooker Declan McGee, props Scott Hughes and Phil Morgan and lock John Fenlon, Kilburn were establishing a dominant position in the game and were quickly up to 6-3 when the visitors conceded another penalty in range of Garvey’s boot.
Kilburn lost their edge though after notching up another 7 points when Garvey converted McGee’s brilliant solo try which came from a powerful burst through the middle of a ruck on the Abbots 22m line, giving him a clear run at their try line. Almost as soon as Kilburn sat back, the visitors fought their way up the field and took two soft tries and a penalty. Kilburn rallied, with a Hayden Wilson try from long range, again converted by Garvey.
With the narrowest of leads running up to the interval, Kilburn suffered the loss of Garvey and Fenlon in an unlucky head clash, both being hospitalised. The scores at half time were a precarious 20 points to 18.
Kilburn toiled in the start of the second half, their scrum weakened by the loss of Hughes and Fenlon. Replacement prop Ben Zaug and McGee put in a huge effort to shore up the scrum and eventually Cosmos were firing again after a decidedly shaky third quarter. Aly Bursey answered the visitors opening score of the second half with an uncoverted effort of his own, keeping the home side up 25-23.
For the last 20 minutes the game reached a rare level of intensity, with everything still to play for. The ball moved from end to end with everyone putting in everything they had. Kilburn came close to scoring again when prop Phil Morgan made a 30 metre break down field to set up a move well inside the opposition’s half who had to scramble back to stop a try. In the end though it was the visitors who found the extra energy to burst over with a last gasp try to sink Cosmos 25-30 in the dying seconds.
Kilburn 25 (D Magee, H Wilson, A Bursey tries, C Garvey 2 conversions, 1 penalty, S Whyte penalty) Old Abbotstonians 30
Team: P Morgan, D Magee(C), S Hughes, J Fenlon, A Butcher, J Trout, A Bursey, K Shrubsole, L MacManus, C Garvey, M Taguri, H Dawkins, H Wilson, C Coane, D Riley. Reserve: B Zaug, M King, S Whyte
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Kilburn Cosmos 2nd XV vs Chiswick IIs - 8th Nov 2008
Kilburn 12 - Chiswick 38
Kilburn 12(J Horsfall, H Wilson tries, Horsfall con)
Team: C Smith, E Horn-Smith, B Zaug, L Porter, J Trout, D Magee, D Loftus, K Shrubsole, L MacManus, J Horsfall, T Ross, H Dawkins, G Bothomley, A Gbinigie, H Wilson. Reserves: R Cunninghame, A Nolan, A Koporo, N Coghlan
Kilburn 12(J Horsfall, H Wilson tries, Horsfall con)
Team: C Smith, E Horn-Smith, B Zaug, L Porter, J Trout, D Magee, D Loftus, K Shrubsole, L MacManus, J Horsfall, T Ross, H Dawkins, G Bothomley, A Gbinigie, H Wilson. Reserves: R Cunninghame, A Nolan, A Koporo, N Coghlan
Friday, November 7, 2008
Kilburn Cosmos 2nd XV vs Old Actonians IIs - 1st November 2008
Kilburn Cosmos 5 - Old Actonians IIs 45
The 2nd XV lost heavily to a good Old Actonians side in terrible conditions at Tiverton Green.
Gary Bothomley scored Kilburns try and Mike King was judged Man of the match
Kilburn 5(Gary Bothomley try)
Team: Chris Smith, Jon Church, Phil Brides, Andy Butcher, Kurt Shrubsole, Ed Horn-Smith, Mike King, Shayne Whyte, Jesse Foden, Willie Wyrill, Andy Gbinigie, Hayden Dawkins, Gary Bothomley, JP Le Rouzic, Hamish Harris, Ben Larby, Leon Dunn, Anthony Koporo
The 2nd XV lost heavily to a good Old Actonians side in terrible conditions at Tiverton Green.
Gary Bothomley scored Kilburns try and Mike King was judged Man of the match
Kilburn 5(Gary Bothomley try)
Team: Chris Smith, Jon Church, Phil Brides, Andy Butcher, Kurt Shrubsole, Ed Horn-Smith, Mike King, Shayne Whyte, Jesse Foden, Willie Wyrill, Andy Gbinigie, Hayden Dawkins, Gary Bothomley, JP Le Rouzic, Hamish Harris, Ben Larby, Leon Dunn, Anthony Koporo
Kilburn Cosmos 1st XV vs Old Millhillians - 1st Nov 2008
Kilburn Cosmos 63 - Old Millhillians 7
Rampant Kilburn ran in 11 tries as they finally notched their first league win of the season by thrashing basement side Old Millhillians 63-7 on Saturday.
The Cosmos were clearly the stronger side in all areas, dominating the scrums and taking a record 13 tightheads, while their handling was excellent in difficult conditions.
Almost every put-in by an understrength Millhillians side ended up at the feet of Kilburn No 8 Tom O'Connor and the locks and loose forwards all sparkled with the ball in hand.
O'Connor and Aly Bursey made numerous breaks and the Kilburn backs all used the ball to good effect, moving it wide for the wingers to score - even if sloppy forward passes cost them the chance to run in even more tries.
John Fenlon dominated the lineout, ably supported by Ben Zaug and Ehi Alonge, while Mo Taguri was the Cosmos' top points-scorer with a hat-trick of tries.
Declan Magee added two, while Andy Allan, Chris Garvey, Chris Coane, Peter Donaldson, Paul Ledington and Matt Fenlon all got their names on the scoresheet and Garvey completed four conversions.
Millhillians never gave up but, although their staunch defending at the start of the second half denied Kilburn for nearly a quarter of the game, they were thoroughly outclassed by the visitors' superior team effort.
Fly-half Andy Allan was voted MVP for an excellent game directing the team around the paddock while Mo Taguri and John Fenlon were equal 2nd
Kilburn 63 (Mohammed Taguri 3, Declan Magee 2, Andy Allan, Chris Garvey, Peter Donaldson, Chris Coane, Paul Ledington, Matt Fenlon tries, Garvey 4 conversions) Old Millhillians 7
Team: Zaug, Magee, Alonge, J Fenlon, Ledington, Bursey, Aitken(C), O'Connor, MacManus, Allan, Taguri, Cunninghame, Donaldson, Coane, Garvey. Replacements: Trout, Riley, M Fenlon.
Rampant Kilburn ran in 11 tries as they finally notched their first league win of the season by thrashing basement side Old Millhillians 63-7 on Saturday.
The Cosmos were clearly the stronger side in all areas, dominating the scrums and taking a record 13 tightheads, while their handling was excellent in difficult conditions.
Almost every put-in by an understrength Millhillians side ended up at the feet of Kilburn No 8 Tom O'Connor and the locks and loose forwards all sparkled with the ball in hand.
O'Connor and Aly Bursey made numerous breaks and the Kilburn backs all used the ball to good effect, moving it wide for the wingers to score - even if sloppy forward passes cost them the chance to run in even more tries.
John Fenlon dominated the lineout, ably supported by Ben Zaug and Ehi Alonge, while Mo Taguri was the Cosmos' top points-scorer with a hat-trick of tries.
Declan Magee added two, while Andy Allan, Chris Garvey, Chris Coane, Peter Donaldson, Paul Ledington and Matt Fenlon all got their names on the scoresheet and Garvey completed four conversions.
Millhillians never gave up but, although their staunch defending at the start of the second half denied Kilburn for nearly a quarter of the game, they were thoroughly outclassed by the visitors' superior team effort.
Fly-half Andy Allan was voted MVP for an excellent game directing the team around the paddock while Mo Taguri and John Fenlon were equal 2nd
Kilburn 63 (Mohammed Taguri 3, Declan Magee 2, Andy Allan, Chris Garvey, Peter Donaldson, Chris Coane, Paul Ledington, Matt Fenlon tries, Garvey 4 conversions) Old Millhillians 7
Team: Zaug, Magee, Alonge, J Fenlon, Ledington, Bursey, Aitken(C), O'Connor, MacManus, Allan, Taguri, Cunninghame, Donaldson, Coane, Garvey. Replacements: Trout, Riley, M Fenlon.
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