2nd XV
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Fri 04 Oct 2019
Aspatria Eagles
8
17
Penrith RUFC Ltd
2nd XV
Penrith 2nd XV come out on top in a  competitive match.

Penrith 2nd XV come out on top in a competitive match.

Nigel Beaty5 Oct 2019 - 14:11
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Youngsters Dylan Cowperthwaite, Alex Jackson and Ryan Hunter scored the tries with one conversion by Ross Donald.

ASPATRIA EAGLES 8 PENRITH “A” 17
The Cumbria 2 League gives an opportunity for local rugby with games being played on a Friday night for those Clubs who have floodlights and with this in mind a Penrith side consisting of a mixture of youth and experience made the trip west to Aspatria last Friday to play a similarly mixed home side.
Penriths experience came in the form of coach Dennis Bibby ,evergreen “Beef “ Robinson and even more evergreen Julian Parry who was playing his first game for 20 years; youth came in the form of ex Colts players Olly Batey, Dylan Cowperthwaite and Jack Mason with football speedster Alex Jackson on the wing.
In a full on, highly competitive game, the visitors came away with a well-earned win with tries from Cowperthwaite, Ryan Hunter and Jackson with one outrageous conversion by Ross Donald.
There were good performances all round against a 20 man Aspatria side that had a good proportion of ex First team players albeit of yesteryear and First team coach Dave Preston along with new Director of Rugby Development James Lund were impressed with some particular performances .Men of the match was shared between Ryan Hunter and Dylan Cowperthwaite but there is no doubt that given some commitment to training and playing there are players in the team that could aspire to greater things.
The format of Friday night rugby certainly has benefits at this level in terms of convenience and player availability and games have already been arranged with Aspatria and Workington for the next few months.
The Squad was;
Lydon,Jenkinson,Parry,Hope,Robinson,Hunter,Geranshoab,Batey,Hodgson,Donald,Jackson,Leah,Cowperthwaite,Mason,Morland,Adams,Bibby.

Match details

Match date

Fri 04 Oct 2019

Kickoff

19:30
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