Hammers 2s bounce back to score an important win

An exciting day for 2s rugby, as the sun was beaming down from the get-go; this promised some beautiful Hammers joue rugby and the boys looking to set things right after their heavy defeat to Dorking the week before.

Disappointingly, Ironsides had similar ideas, and with the Hammers scrum under the cosh from the offset, they managed to skip under the posts for an early try. Hammers – determined that this early setback would not echo the previous week’s fixture – skipped back to the line for the restart, aided by the early arrival of Jacob Poulton at tight head to shore up the scrum

The Hammers were allowed to play, leading to the remainder of the half happening almost exclusively in the opposition 50 and the boys achingly close to crossing the white chalk. Eventually this led to a roar of ‘Dog!’ from Hammers 10, Ollie Weaver, allowing scrum half, Adam Howell, to see a gap at the ruck fringes and dot down off a typical forward’s maneuver. Weaver conversation! Before the close of the half, a penalty in front of the posts allowed Hammers to take a 10 to 7 lead, again through the boot of Weaver.

As the second half began it was clear Ironsides were firing. However, this was matched by a huge Hammers defensive set, particularly from Hammers 7, Marcus McNeill and his backline chohort of captain Jack McGregor and Kioke eventually leading to a monster 113 total team tackles for the game. Amongst the defense!

Hammers also, of course, had time for some staple joue, leading to Oscar Norman to dance round defenders through the middle of the park, dotting under the posts for a simple Weaver conversion. Game sealed. 7-17 Hammers and the first win of the season for the bastard 2s!