Bristol Ladies 2nd XV vs Hove Ladies – 19th October 2014

BRISTOL LADIES RUGBY MATCH REPORT

Bristol Ladies 2^nd XV vs Hove Ladies – 19^th October 2014

Bristol Ladies 2nd XV succumbed to a 0-29 defeat as they faced Hove Ladies at home this afternoon.

The first half saw the visitors score 3 unconverted tries taking the half time score to 15 – 0 (5m Teague (14), 22m Turnbull (10) and 40m Smith (11)).

After camping out in the Bristol half for the majority of the game, Hove put two more passed the Bristol ladies with two converted scores to end the game with a 0 -29 victory (63m Turnbull (10) and 66m Mayne (6)).

Forward of the match: Natalie Lewis

Back of the match: Tatyana Heard

A special mention to Ellie Marshall, who played her first match in Bristol colours today having worked her way up through the framework at SGS College.

Coach Matt Belbin spoke after the game ‘We tried to play a really up tempo style of rugby today, but basic errors and lack of accuracy results in cheap turnovers and loss of possession. It was a very frustrating game, and the whole team could have performed better. The positive is that we know exactly what went wrong and how to avoid it in the future. We didn’t push them at all. We’ll get back out on that training field, work on amending those errors and come back fighting, like we always do’.