Titans Chat

I'm not sure about Rugby in general, but with the Titans a Drop Goal is has rare as the Proverbial Rocking Horse S**T.
When looking at 2 of our 3 losses this season we lost the games by 1 pt.  Coming towards the end of the game you would have expected our Lads to try and work the Ball Forwards and have an attempt at a Drop Goal.
In season 2015 /16 we converted 3 Drop Goals, since then we have only converted another 2.  In the last 20 seasons we've converted 30 DG's.

Ollivent       7 - 12 - 24       
Hayes         5 - 11 - 22
Davies        24 - 10 - 15
Barrett       26 - 09 - 15
Barrett       13 - 09 - 15
Barrett       06 - 09 - 15
Davies       01 - 02 - 15
Mckinney  27 - 09 - 14
Law           11 - 11 - 12
Law           18 - 03 - 12
Law           19 - 11 - 11
Hodgson  12 - 11 - 11 
Hodgson  08 - 10 - 11
Law          03 - 09 - 11
Socino     19 - 01 - 11
West        27 - 02 - 10
West        31 - 10 - 09
Whitehead  32 - 10 - 09
West         17 - 10 - 09
West         13 - 09 -  09
Whitehead   04 - 01 - 09
Whitehead   08 - 03 - 08
Leonard       29 - 12 - 07
Steenson    22 - 04 - 07
Whitehead   18 - 02 - 06
Whitehead    04 - 02 - 06
Blackett        09 - 10 - 05
Whitehead    10 - 09 - 05
Pez                02 - 10 - 04
Keyter          25 - 09 - 04

The one that will always be in my memory was kicked on 22 - 04 - 07.   We were playing Leeds at Headingley. It had been a really entertaining game with the Lead changing hands several times.   With just minutes to go ( we had scored 2T   2C   5P )  and the score was  29  -  29.    We  had worked the Ball forward  towards the Right Corner.
Our player was tackled, we won the Breakdown and the Ball was passed out, it landed in the hands of Gareth Steenson who was standing just 2 metres forward of the Centre Spot.  He looked up, steadied himself, then Dropped the Ball and Drop-Kicked it.  The Crowd were silent has the Ball sailed High and True and between the Posts,  the Cheer that went up was probably heard back in Rotherham. We Won the game 32 -- 29. Many people will remember Jonny Wilkinson's Drop-Kick that Won England the World Cup, that was Great,  but Steenson's was truly Fantastic.

If we could have done that against Plymouth,  or / and  Leeds,  look at the difference that would have made.


Also over that 20 Yr period we only Failed to Score any points in 5 games -------------

Doncaster         09 - 09 - 17    A    44 -- 0

Nottingham      09 - 10 - 09    A    46 -- 0

Northampton   01- 03 - 08     A    73 -- 0

Northampton   03 - 11 - 07    H     0 -  41

Plymouth          27 - 10 - 07    A     15 -  0



 

 
They only Won 1 of their first 8 games, but after bringing in several New Players they have Won  5 of their last 7.  Wonder where got those Players from ?.

Would love to see the Lads come Home with 5 pts,  if they do they will have been Hard Won.

With Plymouth and Blackheath ahead of us in the Table, and playing well, we can't afford to drop much further behind.

  Today wasn't all bad News,  at least we came Home with the YORKSHIRE REGIMENT TROPHY

  As both Clubs have Won One game each,  i assume we've got it on points difference  over the Two games.        Roth  70 ---- 31  Leeds 

Played   14      Won  11    Lost   3        Pts For   514       Pts Ags    317      Pts  Diff    +197      Bonus Pts   12      League Pts   56        League Pos   1st

   The Club have scored         75  Try's       52  Cons      12  Pens

   Try Scorers   Barling  14     Veness   9     Shaw   7      Okafor   6     Bruzulier   5     Babalola   4     Hayes   4     Gordon   4     Bustin  3     Norman  3     Broad  3

                          Cole  2     Newborn   2     Povey   1     Maguire  1     Metcalfe   1     Thomas  1     Valentine   1     Foster  1     Sableman-Blue   1       Pen Try's   2

     Cons         Hayes   48      Ollivent      4

     Pens         Hayes   11       Povey    1 

 
   

   

 Leeds  12 ------ 11  Roth 

   Rosslyn  12  ---- 17  Juddians

              Rosslyn  5 ----- 5  Juddians 

              Rosslyn 5  -----  7 Juddians