Longlevens RFC

Sunday 30th January 2022

It was a lovely sunny day in Longlevens perfect conditions for running rugby. There was a debut for Backrower Rob Ockleton in Sunday's match. Celtic rail only had 8 players initially so each half they were loaned some players from Longlevens. The players who Celtic loaned for the first half were Mark Ellis, Jack Giles, Jez Wilson, Daf Brown, Shane Daley and Sam Tindal.

With the very first play of the match Longlevens full back Connor Scantlebury ran through the whole Celtic defence with some delightful steps in there. Conversion added Then the ball bounced out from the kickoff and miscommunication from the Griffins allowed celtic rail to pounce on the ball and score the try. Conversion added Then longlevens got back on the ball. Zack Fisher did a delightful grubber kick behind the defence he picked it up himself and scored. Conversion added. Then Celtic got into the 22 again and they got the ball to their on loan winger Jack Giles who finished in the corner expertly well. Then Zack Fisher used his instinct to intercept the ball and found James Marshall running a really good support line to score under the posts. Conversion added Then Celtic got back on the ball they got the ball out to their on loan winger Samuel Tindal who used his lightning speed to score in the corner. Then Longlevens got the ball into the 22 again and after some really good backs play they got the ball to winger Sam Galliers who dived and scored in the corner.

The players that Celtic loaned in the second half were Sam Galliers, Zack Fisher, Mark Ellis, Rob Ockleton, Jordan rankingwoodhouse and Connor Scantlebury. Daf brown also played for Celtic some of the second half. The start of the second half started like the first with Connor Scantlebury running through the Longlevens defence and scoring under the posts. Conversion added. Then Longlevens got into the 22 again and Jack Giles finished in the corner. Conversion added. Celtic Rails centre then weaved his way through the longlevens defence, backed up by an incredible supporting line by on loan winger Sam Galliers who received the ball and scored under the posts against his parent club. Conversion added Then Longlevens got the ball to their winger James Marshall who finished from inside the 22. Conversion added A Celtic player chipped the ball in behind and gathered to score. Conversion added by Sam Galliers. Celtic did a really good backs move and it was finished off by on loan full back Mark Ellis Then Longlevens Hooker Hayden Price ran 55 meters to score for longlevens, conversion was added. By this point no one including the ref really knew what the final score was but in the spirit of the game both teams decided on a 50-50 draw. Man of the match Longlevens winger Jack Giles. He played so well for both teams well done jack incredible in attack and defense. We would all like to thank the players from Celtic Railway who came down and played against us and gave us a really tight match. We would also like to thank all those who went on loan to Celtic for one match only. We look forward to playing Celtic again soon. Report by Sam Galliers

By this point no one including the ref really knew what the final score was but in the spirit of the game both teams decided on a 50-50 draw.

Man of the match Longlevens winger Jack Giles. He played so well for both teams well done jack incredible in attack and defense. We would all like to thank the players from Celtic Railway who came down and played against us and gave us a really tight match. We would also like to thank all those who went on loan to Celtic for one match only. We look forward to playing Celtic again soon.

Report by Sam Galliers