Chester 32 West 0

By A Special Correspondent - October 16 2011
Chester 32 West 0
Mallinson Debut
THREE consecutive wins have been followed by three defeats in a row as a much-altered West Hartlepool lost at unbeaten league leaders Chester.On the face of it, a whitewash looks a depressing day but West showed plenty of spirit, especially after being 32-0 down at the break ..

West started and finished like a train at Hare Lane but, in between, Chester scored a series of outstanding tries to make it seven wins from seven.
On this form, the league leaders will take some stopping at the top of the table but West were far from disgraced.
The side put plenty of pressure on in the second period but did not get the rewards their play deserved.
West arrived at Hare Lane showing a number of changes to the side which battered away at another Cheshire team the previous Saturday but could not knock the Lymm door down.
Out in the backs were Colin Cheslin, Scott Butcher, Adam Larkin and Andy Foreman, while Stephen Stockdale missed out up front because of illness.
Darren Thomas and Greg Edwards came into the backline while there was a change in position for Stuart Waites and Gareth Foreman.
West were out of the blocks in Usain Bolt fashion, taking the game to Chester straight from the drop-kick start by fly-half Waites.
Lively West raced straight into the home 22 via a break by Waites and a run down the right wing by Andy Cheslin. A try looked on for Andrew Davies but the second row was tackled just a few metres short.
It would be the closest West would come to scoring in the first half.
Tom Seddon raced through for Chester’s first try on eight minutes after swift handling in the backs. Liam McGovern converted and added a long-range penalty.
Lock Ross White celebrated being featured as the front cover of the programme with Chester’s second try after more good home handling.
McGovern’s conversion looked an excellent one and West touch judge Tony Wilson seemed to think so and duly raised his flag. The home linesman thought otherwise and referee McGaffney ruled it had missed.
Chester finished the half with a bang, scoring three times in five minutes. All three were beauties, captain Andrew Moore, scrum-half Joshua Leach and winger Tomn Evans finishing off great attacks.
It looked like being a landslide but West dug in.
They started the second half strongly but despite going through upteen phases and winning several penalties they could not score.
Chester were not as dangerous but when they did reach the away 22, Davies made an excellent tackle to halt Ben Latham.
Davies put in a tremendous shift for West and was unlucky not to score at the end, Mr McGaffney ruling he had not grounded the ball.
Jon Boatman’s comeback was a major positive for West while young Luke Mallinson came on for his debut as a sub.
There was more injury woe, however, with Tom Dixon limping off with a hamstring strain.
Chester: Green, Lyon, Seddon, Hayes, Evans, McGovern, Leach, Shirley, Gill, Williams, Jones, White, Martin, Moore, Bown. Reps: Latham, Griffith, Coy
West: Darren Thomas [Luke Mallinson], Andy Cheslin, Gavin Robinson, Luke Watson, Greg Edwards, Stuart Waites, Gareth Foreman, Anth Carr, Liam Bailey, Adam Coates, Tom Dixon [Michael Hogan, Ross Wood], Andrew Davies, Dan Boatman, Michael Taylor, Jon Boatman.

 
Chester 32 West 0
Posted by: Official West Hartlepool RFC (IP Logged)
Date: 16/10/2011 10:40


Re: Chester 32 West 0
Posted by: Interested..... (IP Logged)
Date: 16/10/2011 16:48

Why was the decision made for a third team player to jump straight in at first team level when there were available backs in the second team? No disrespect to Mallinson as he is too good to be playing third team anyway.

Re: Chester 32 West 0
Posted by: Lighten Up (IP Logged)
Date: 16/10/2011 17:14

So people like you & WPA can moan and you can point a finger away from your sacred cow 1st team.

Nice to see you wished him all the best on his 1st team debut.

Ps - congratulations & well done Mallo in helping your club at such short notice

Re: Chester 32 West 0
Posted by: Lightened Up (IP Logged)
Date: 16/10/2011 18:26

This was not intended to cause trouble at all, it was just a simple question. All the best to Mallo. Well done.

Re: Chester 32 West 0
Posted by: Chocky's Butler (IP Logged)
Date: 16/10/2011 21:17

Sounds like stirring to me. Hate to be a coach on a Friday night trying to get a team together when players drop out. Well done to hogey and mallo for answering the call.

Re: Chester 32 West 0
Posted by: KOlly (IP Logged)
Date: 17/10/2011 09:37

Interested,

Dont make comments on subjects you have absolutely no information or knowledge on.

Please tell me who the available second team backs were on Saturday? Because someone has been lying to me.

Friday was rediculous, Luke answered the call late on Friday night and I am so pleased he did, his attitude was excellent, some others should take note. When he got on the field he didnt look out of place at all, nor did Hogan and Greg.

There are a lot of long away trips this season and if people are not willing to put themselves out, then this will be a very long season.

I know there were genuine reasons for some on Saturday, but the phrase "home only" is already becoming very boring.

Rant over!!

Re: Chester 32 West 0
Posted by: West Park Allotment (IP Logged)
Date: 17/10/2011 10:36


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