Mother Ruckers in hard fought draw at Camberley

Sunday 1st December 2019
Camberley Ladies 5 – 5 Horsham Ladies
Report by Simon Leadbeatter

The 'Horsham Mother Ruckers' travelled to Camberley today to play the 'Camberley Cocktails'. Horsham started fast and made some early hard tackles to let Camberley know this was not going to be a walk over. With the mother ruckers taking the game to the cocktails they were parked permanently in their half. With all the possession it was hard to believe Horsham didn't score a try, unfortunately for them Camberley had put up a brick wall and they were not letting anyone get inside the ten yard line! 30 minutes in and Horsham had a penalty, which Kate took with her trusted right foot and came agonisingly close but put it 3 feet wide of the posts. With what felt like Camberley’s first bit of play they broke loose with a solo effort and scored the first try of the day. Horsham couldn't quite believe what had happened. 1st half 5-0.

It was a great start to the second half with Jorden Zivilik-Firth showing her speed and power to score her first try of the season. 5-5!
This certainly woke the cocktails up and they seemed to get a second wind with some fast attacks as the mother ruckers stood firm, defended well and stayed strong. Camberley looked like a different team in the second half and it was Horsham’s turn to defend and prevent Camberley from scoring.

A well fought game which ended with a fair result. 5-5.