Coulson's Chatter - Worthing College Performance XV vs. Christs Hospital XV - Daily Mail Cup

Worthing travelled the short journey to the Horsham to face one of Sussexʼs premier sides
in round 3 of the Daily Mail cup. The visitors started well and it was immediately clear that
they were going to be in the ascendancy if they continued in the manner.

The forwards were winning ball and the backs were a constant threat running wide.
Maslen got Fastnedge and Lyons moving quickly and this made defending impossible for
CH side. It was soon clear that the forward domination was to be the key to allowing the
backs to do their thing. the Worthing mid field was linking up well, while the back three
were a constant threat with the CH giving plenty of opportunity to counter attack. Duffield
stressed his opposite man while Ware was regularly beating the first and second defender
with Pegg linking them brilliantly.

The front row was dominating the scrum and the line out was functioning on the few
occasions it was given chance to do so. Trencher, Short and Mee were working well over
the ball and making the life of the half backs very difficult and Herron and Thompson were
carrying well. So by the end of the first half Pegg crossed and with Fastnedge scoring two
so Worthing 15-0 at the half.

With changes being made at the half Worthing came out and Leeming crossed, more
exciting rugby and there was only going to be one winner. Ware crossed to finish some
good work from the team to make it 25-0 Worthing. OʼNeill, Calleja and Connolly added go
forward in the forward pack and Baker made meters in the midfield with Bath and debutant
Al-Dahimi used footwork to beat defenders at will. Dixon was the last player on and his
energy and speed from the base worried the CH 10 and pressured mistakes constantly.
CH continued to work hard and to their credit scored a try of their own 25-5 Worthing. This
was not good enough for Worthing and they worked the final try very well with good
offloading work Sam Bath was able to score under the posts, Pegg converted for 32-5.

A good result well played all.

Ben