DK seal wooden spoon

9:44am Thursday 17th April 2008

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Dudley Kingswinford 24 Scunthorpe 49.

Already Midlands Division One wooden spoonists, Dudley Kingswinford duly confirmed their status at the bottom of the pile by being soundly beaten at home by second bottom club Scunthorpe who are also relegated.

With both teams condemned to relegation and with only pride at stake the ball was chucked about giving the spectators a feast of open rugby. The only surprise was that it took until the 20th minute for the opening score to arrive. Although Scunthorpe had the better of possession and territory, it was the home side that crossed the line first when an overlap was created on the left wing for Nigel Francis to cross for an unconverted try.

It only took three minutes for the visitors to respond when Rewiti Viamoso received possession on half way and evaded all pursuers for a converted try.

On the half hour Viamoso again created havoc from possession inside his own half before feeding Tom Foster who ran in the try, which Tom Robinson converted. The same combination struck again four minutes later but this time Robinson was unable to convert. Dudley got themsleves back into the match when Nigel Francis got away down the left flank to finish under the posts for an easy conversion for Tom Bissell. As half-time approached, Foster completed his hat-trick for the visitors when once more he combined with Viamoso for another outstanding converted try to take his team into the break leading by 26 points to 12.

The home team came out for the second half with added conviction and their reward was a try after just two minutes of play for replacement centre Simon Fletcher. Tom Bissell kicked the conversion and at 26 points to 19 it was game on with only one score separating the two sided. Robinson kicked a penalty after eleven minutes before Viamoso again made his presence felt and scored after 15 minutes. Robinson tagged on the extras and Scunthorpe had a cushion at 36 points to 19.

DK refused to lie down and once more Fletcher crossed following a powerful run down the left touchline with little margin for error.

Scunthorpe did however close out the game with another Robinson penalty and late tries from James Fisher and Benn Fawcett.