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10.11.2007 Uxbridge 10 – HAC 32

Uxbridge:

10 Tries: Steven Reid, Brian Ranns

Uxbridge fail to impress as their run of being undefeated at home in the league comes to a sorry end.

HAC started well and within 20 minutes had a 10 nil lead. Uxbridge came back into the game and could’ve gone in at halftime with 6 points but sadly the wind dragged Ian Hambley’s penalty kick attempts wide of the mark.

In the second half Uxbridge knew that they had to score first to stay in the game but sadly, due to a dubious penalty call against them, they failed to do so.

On the 55 minute mark Brian Ranns managed to wrestle his was over for the try from the side of a penetrating rolling maul. This glimmer of hope was ruthlessly snuffed out, just 2 minutes later, as a mix up in defense left a gaping hole for the HAC flyhalf to sprint through for an all too easy try.

At 20 points to 5 down there was still a game to be won, but an atrocious call from the referee gave HAC another try that killed the game as a contest. 2 Uxbridge players dived on a ball bobbling in their try area before a HAC hand finally got near it and yet the referee gave the try. Dejected and running out of time and ideas Uxbridge failed to find touch with a clearance, HAC showed some good passing and offloading to send one of the HAC back row players in under the posts for a well earned try.

About 5 minutes from the end Uxbridge got a deserved consolation try. The Uxbridge pack took the ball close to the opposition line with some hard yard short gains before Hambley decided to run down the blindside, putting the telling pass in to Stevie Reid to score in the corner. Uxbridge face an even sterner test away at Harlequins Amateurs on the 24th November and will be hoping for a return to form to keep their promotion dream alive.