REPORT: London Scottish 16-21 Bristol Rugby

Saturday, April 2nd 2016

Match Report

Saturday, April 2nd 2016

The Championship

London Scottish 16 - 21 Bristol Rugby*

HT 6-16

Bright (2)	Tries	Lam, Wallace
	Conversions	Wallace
Lydon (2)	Penalties	Morgan (2)

KO: 3PM

Att: 1850

Venue: Athletic Ground

Ref: John Meredith

Lineups

London Scottish

1 James Hallam
2 David Murdoch Campbell Cherry
3 Max Henry Maidment
4 Rory Oliver Bartle
5 Joshua Thomas Brown
6 Evan D. Olmstead
7 Tinus du Plessis
8 Mark Roy Bright
9 Matthew Heeks
10 Peter Lydon
11 Howard Frank Packman
12 Jason Mark Harries
13 Robert Alexander James Fergusson
14 Samuel David Smith
15 Lee Millar

Substitutes

16 James Thomas Litchfield
17 Jack Cosgrove
18 Adam James Eric Kwasnicki
19 Neale Lawrie Patrick
20 Alex Brown
21 Russell Weir
22 Alec Coombes

Bristol Rugby

1 Kyle Traynor
2 Peter Ross McMillan
3 Rodrigo Gaston Cortes
4 Joseph John Joyce
5 Mark Richard Sorenson
6 Marco Yanda Nason Mama
7 Jack Tafa Lam
8 Rayn Smid
9 Martin Roberts
10 Matthew James Morgan
11 Jack Edward Wallace
12 Nicholas David Carpenter
13 Tommaso Benvenuti
14 Ryan Luke Edwards
15 Luke Arscott

Substitutes

16 Christopher Leslie Brooker
17 Jamal Michael Ford-Robinson
18 Anthony Isaac Perenise
19 Max Christopher Crumpton
20 James Montague Phillips
21 Andrew William Uren
22 Callum Michael Sheedy

Bristol Rugby guaranteed top spot in the Championship with a hard-fought 21-16 victory over London Scottish on Saturday.

Jack Wallace and Jack Lam scored either side of half-time as Robinson’s men extended their season-long unbeaten run away from home.

Two Matthew Morgan penalties in the opening fifteen minutes put Bristol ahead, before London Scottish responded through the boot of Peter Lydon.

Morgan saw a penalty attempt ricochet off the post, but it was the visitors who extend their lead on the half hour.

Jack Wallace reacted to a quickly taken penalty, racing in over the whitewash for a converted try, moving Bristol into 3-13 ahead.

Rayn Smid was yellow carded before the interval, as Peter Lydon landed a second successful penalty goal to keep the home side in touch.

Tinus Du Plessis’s sin-binning reduced London Scottish to fourteen, before Matthew Morgan’s cool drop goal handed Bristol a ten point advantage at half-time.

And the visitors notched a second try almost immediately after the restart when Jack Lam muscled his way over in the corner for an unconverted score.

Mark Bright hit back for the Exiles with a close-range effort on the hour mark, while Ryan Edwards came close for the men in red during a tightly-contested second period.

Scottish captain Bright rumbled over again late in the game, but Bristol held out to record an eleventh straight league win.

London Scottish:

Lee Millar; Howard Packman, Robbie Fergusson, Jason Harries, Sam Smith; Peter Lydon, Matt Heeks; James Hallam, David Cherry, Max Maidment, Rory Bartle, Josh Thomas Brown, Evan Olmstead, Tinus du Plessis, Mark Bright (c).

Replacements: Adam Kwasnicki (for David Cherry, 47 mins), Jack Cosgrove (for James Hallam, 47 mins), Jimmy Litchfield, Neale Patrick (for Evan Olmstead, 47 mins), Alex Brown (for Tinus Du Plessis, 61 mins), Russell Weir (for Matthew Heeks, 55 mins), Alec Coombes (for Sam Smith, 16 mins).

Bristol Rugby:

Luke Arscott; Ryan Edwards, Tommaso Benvenuti, Nick Carpenter, Jack Wallace; Matthew Morgan, Martin Roberts; Kyle Traynor, Ross McMillan, Gaston Cortes, Joe Joyce, Mark Sorenson (c), Jack Lam, Marco Mama, Rayn Smid.

Replacements: Chris Brooker (for Ross McMillan, 64 mins), Jamal Ford-Robinson (for Kyle Traynor, 64 mins), Anthony Perenise (for Gaston Cortes, 67 mins), Max Crumpton (for Jack Lam, 67 mins), James Phillips (for Mark Sorenson, 54 mins), Andy Uren (for Martin Roberts, 77 mins), Callum Sheedy (for Jack Wallace, 73 mins).

Referee: John Meredith

Attendance: 1,850