Eight-try Cinderford coast to cup glory

CINDERFORD 54 CONEY HILL 7

CINDERFORD showed the gulf in class between National Two and South West One with an eight-try demolition of Coney Hill in the County Cup final at the Prince of Wales Stadium.

Cinderford scored five tries in an exciting first period, but the second half was a stale affair.

Coney Hill tried hard to break through – Rory Baker showing some neat touches – but the Foresters were far too strong.

The scoring started as early as the first minute as Jaike Carter finished a sweeping move, the pace and power of which had Hill chasing shadows.
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After seven minutes, lovely work from Dewi Scourfield put James Copsey over for a well-worked try.

Danny Trigg missed a penalty attempt before Chris Hall barrelled over.

It was all Cinderford as Darren Wright’s strength saw him force the ball down after 14 minutes.

Hill stemmed the flow and, with former Cinderford player Mark Rimmer prominent, created some half chances.

However, normal service resumed after 22 minutes. Paul Knight skipped through to feed Copsey and a simple draw and pass put Nicholls over.

Just past the half hour mark, lovely football from Freddie Burns created a gap for himself and he was able to sidestep the full-back to score.

Four conversions from Trigg helped Cinderford to move 33-0 ahead.

Hill declined an easy three points in favour of a scrum under the Cinderford posts and their courage was rewarded when Leon Liggett twisted through and Rory Baker converted.

Good defensive work from Hill was ruined by a poor pass and Scourfield accepted the gift to score easily.

Trigg’s conversion had 40 points on the board minutes before the break.

Coney Hill began a rather flat second period strongly and camped on the Cinderford line.

However, they were unable to break through some solid defence.

Cinderford’s pace on the break-out posed problems and only some over-indulgent passing denied them further scores.

On the hour mark, a simple move saw Paul Knight scramble over to get the scoreboard moving again.

Ten minutes later, fast hands created an overlap for Toby Wilson to score.

Burns took over the kicking duties to convert.

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