1st XV
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Sat 26 Oct 2019  ·  North One East
Kendal R.U.F.C.
1st XV
Tries: B Dixon, C Evans, J Robinson, M CarruthersConversions: G Weightman (3)
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Moortown

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Mark Hodgkiss25 Oct 2019 - 18:11
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After wins in the last two weeks against teams below us, this weekend seems a stiffer challenge against a Moortown team which sit in sixth place, five places and seven points ahead of us. A little analysis however shows that three of their four victories have come against the same teams as us, with their other points coming against teams we have yet to play. So it should be an interesting contest.

Whilst the team had to work hard at Pocklington last week, they should previously have won at 4th placed Morley, and could have beaten 2nd place Scarborough. League leaders Driffield blew us away (but even then, there was some hope just after half-time) and whilst Durham seem to have come back down to earth after their great start, we could go above them with a win this weekend.

Only five of this weekend’s team played there, with a much strong backline now available, which can only get better as it plays more together. So the team should be up to the challenge.

Last weekend Moortown won by six points in a game of eighty points, away at Huddersfield YMCA (which backs my view that Huddersfield looked good in attack, but their defence is not to the same standard as the rest of the teams we have seen so far)

Once regular visitors to Kendal in the Sixties and Seventies, this is the first meeting with Moortown since 1978.

TEAM : No 4 or 9 named. Changes at prop with Glenn Chesher and Jack Lashley coming in and Dane Blenkharn moving onto the bench. James Gough comes in at scrum half and Joe Robinson, in his thrid spell at the club comes in at lock. Chris Park and Nathan Wooff swapping places.

WEATHER : Sun and Showers after a wet morning
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If you cannot make the game, just a warning that the early report may not be so early this weekend but a report should be there by mid-evening.

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North One East Fixtures

Sat 26 Oct 2019KO: 15:00
Driffield
28
Cleckheaton
37
Sat 26 Oct 2019KO: 15:00
Durham City
13
Scarborough
14
Sat 26 Oct 2019KO: 15:00
Bradford & Bingley
P
Morley
P
Sat 26 Oct 2019KO: 15:00
Pocklington
23
Malton and Norton
14
Sat 26 Oct 2019KO: 15:00
West Hartlepool
22
Huddersfield Y.M.C.A.
14
Sat 26 Oct 2019KO: 15:00
York
15
Percy Park
35

Match details

Match date

Sat 26 Oct 2019

Kickoff

15:00

Location

Competition

North One East

League position

4
Moortown
11
Kendal
Team overview
Further reading

Team Sponsors

Club Sponsor - Kentdale  Jaguar Land Rover
Match Ball Sponsor - Rathbones Investment Management
Shirt & Shorts Sponsor - Kendalife
Club Sponsor - Lakeland
Club Sponsor - Saint & Co
Club Sponsor - MTP Media
Casual Shirt Sponsor - Bainbridge Electrical Ltd
Shirt & Position Sponsor - Steve Selby Building Contractors
Next Door Neighbours - Camping & Caravanning Club: Kendal
Shirt Sponsor - MGD Commercial and Motor Services
Club Sponsor - Crema Catering Supplies Ltd.