Heath shine under Friday night lights at Sandal
Heath’s First XV claimed a superb 30-5 win at Sandal under the Friday night lights.
Heath kicked off and when Tom Owen made a break his passtothesupportingCallum Harriott-Brown fell just short and the chance had gone.
From a scrum to the home side the Heath pack turned the screw and Harvey KeighleyPaynegatheredtheballand went over for a try, converted by Chris Johnson after six minutes.
From a huge clearance from Johnson they gave chase and the hosts had no option but to find touch. Heath won ball and runs from Elliott Spiers, Joe Morrison and Ben Stringer resulted in Sandal concedingapenaltyandChris Johnson converted.
Thesecondhalfbeganwith Sandal looking for a score but when the ball came to Chris Johnson from the kick-off, his huge booming clearance and chase from the Heath players put the hosts back on the defence.
Heath were just too quick for the Sandal side and from a couple of drives Spiers was on hand to scoop the ball up and score a try, converted by Johnson for a 17-0 lead on 45 minutes.
An injury to Moore saw Rondene Johnson return to the action and as Heath re-adjusted Sandal took advantage whencentreJoelAllottscored a try but the conversion was missed.
This seemed to inspire the
home team who continued to press and with another score imminent the referee, quite rightly, blew his whistle to halt the game following an injury to Matthew Hallett. Owen returned as Hallett left the field.
Sandal continued to press but Heath were determined
nottoconcedeandwhenChris Johnson put in yet another clearance the ball was chased down with Sam Fletcher leading the rest who robbed the ballanddancedoverforathird try on the hour mark, 22- 5
Back came Sandal and after yet another onslaught
on the visitors defence Matt Beasty was sin-binned. Despite the hosts’ efforts they could not break through the Heathdefenceandinarareattack Heath wingman Callum Harriott-Brown collected the ball on halfway and sprinted his way to the try-line, roared on by the large Heath following, to score the bonus point fourth try.
This seemed to deflate the home side and Chris Johnson addedapenaltytomakeafinal score of 30-5.
Saturday’s home game is against Scunthorpe.