Worthing 5ths 46 v 0 Shoreham 2nds

With the season so far not going that well for the 5ths, a much needed moral boost was required for the troops. With the 5ths game cancelled at the beginning of the week, things where not looking good. So it was great relief, early Friday morning, when Rus advised me that Shoreham 2’s where looking for a fixture……game on!



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Worthing 5th XV Spirited Performance

A warm sunny Saturday saw Chichester 4’s return to Worthing for the 2nd time in as many weeks, this time to take on the 5ths. Having already put the Worthing 4’s to the sword the previous week, the 5ths (containing some players who had played in that game) where keen to make amends and return the favour to Chi 4’s – sadly that didn’t go quite to plan! However, with a number of players still not back with the lower seniors yet, fielding a team for Saturday’s fixture was a victory in itself. Helped out greatly by a number of players who where willing to ‘put their boots back on’ (Andy, Burkey, Daz, Derek, Lee and Mark - Cheers guys!), the 5ths fielded a full team for the first time this season. Playing with such a ‘disjointed’ team was never going to be easy, but despite this, Worthing where the dominate team for the first 10mins, until a mistake by Worthing let Chi through for the first (of many) tries. Worthing quickly responded and some great back play cut open the Chi defence to see Andy score. At this stage the game was evenly balanced at 7 all and despite a drop goal 5mins later by Chi (7-10) there was all to play for. That was the first 20mins. The remaining 60mins didn’t go so well. Chi picked up the pace (surprising given there size) and with numerous mistakes and ill-discipline by Worthing, the 5ths struggled to get back in the game and Chi repeatedly broke the Worthing defence to score regularly. The final score being 7-69.



However, a number of good points can be taken form the game, with some good tackling by the backs (Matt Thompson, Martin Lawrence, John Spencer & Sam Thatcher – playing full back for the first time ever!), a much more solid scrum than the previous week against Chi (so I was told) and spirit – we kept attacking right to the end in order to try and get a 2nd try. More training and especially more players will be needed before the 5ths are able to hold there own in this league, but it is doable. See you all on Tuesday!

5th XV 48 - 0 @ Horsham III

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5th XV 19 - 0 Crawley IV

A last minute friendly - as the League game @ Holbrook 2nd XV was rearranged for Sat 28th Feb @ Worthing due to unfit pitches

5th XV 53 - 5 Pulborough III

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5th XV 24 - 14 Holbrook II

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5th XV 7 - 7 @ Ditchling

Top of Sussex Three West met top of Sussex Three Central as Worthing 5ths travelled to Ditchling for a hard fought contest in slippery conditions.

Both the weather and the narrowness of the pitch made this a game one played mostly around the fringes and both teams took their turns at dominating this area.

The first 40mins were very much Worthing’s as it was played almost entirely in the home team’s half of the field. Ditchling found it hard to cope with the speed of the Worthing back row at getting away from the breakdown and that same speed meant for quick support in attack from all the forwards.
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5th XV 51 - 5 Bognor IV

5th XV 51 - 5 @ Shoreham II

St Francis IIs - Worthing Vs

Worthing Vs win by Walkover in the League Play offs more...