With Josh Bingham’s late call off due to illness and the absence of the three Loughborough students, Derby had to show flexibility in rearranging selection and keep the team spirit in tact. This hard fought win lifts Derby to second place in the league. However, it was not as easy as the score line suggests. The Visitors looked an all
A breath-taking game, with 2 committed sides giving everything, saw the lead change hands 3 times in the final 6 minutes. Derby kicked off, on a dry, cool day, playing with the wind in the first half. 2 minutes later they were in front. Derby stole a Market Harborough line out and moved the ball quickly to the wing, allowing
It was an express start by Derby displaying an air of confidence in the way they moved the ball quickly to the close support. Kettering looked stunned for 10 minutes but quickly found their rhythm as they were prepared to run the ball from anywhere. Happily, Derby’s strong defence tackles blunted their enthusiasm as every ball receiver was expecting a
Derby travelled to Waverley Road, looking to bounce back from consecutive home defeats and continue a 100% away record. Derby kicked off, playing towards Kettering’s impressive clubhouse. Derby started well and soon took the led with a Josh Bingham penalty. Shortly afterwards, penetrating runs from Andy Brown and Lewis Hancock created space for Patrick Burke to score with a spectacular
The performance of a much improved and streetwise Dronfield somewhat dimmed the “Friday Night Lights” at Haslams Lane. It was obvious from the start that this was going to be a very competitive game by two evenly matched sides. Derby welcomed back Jack Waggott and Josh Tizzard with Peter Wilcox on the bench. However, from an early lineout, Dronfield flyhalf
Josh Tizard failed a fitness test so Derby were forced into late changes, with Jake Roome moving to scrum half and Callum Slater starting in the centre. Rain greeted the players and continued throughout the majority of the match, making handling difficult. West Bridgford kicked off and Derby had some early territory. It was West Bridgford who opened the scoring
It was a scrappy game in every sense of the word as Derby came up against a much bigger pack ready and able to use their weight advantage opting several times for a scrum rather than a penalty. However, their Backs failed to use the possession to good effect. This was largely due to the speed of Derby’s Backs getting
Derby 22 Bedford Athletic 26 18/9/21 Derby made 4 changes to the starting XV that beat Towcestrians the previous week, with Jeri Oldfield, Josh Ridley, Josh McCallion and Will Town all coming in. Derby were again led out by Charlie Barker for a game against a Bedford side that had already won twice. Bedford kicked off, on a lovely sunny
Derby finally got their league season underway at Greens Norton Road and they swept Towcestrians aside with an exciting display of running rugby, crossing the try line 10 times. Charlie Barker led out a Derby team, containing a number of new faces, on a pleasant September afternoon. Derby didn’t have long to wait to begin the scoring. After 3 minutes
