Match Reports 2009-10

Grove 37 - Milton Keynes 29 – Saturday 12 September 2009

The 1st half from Grove was exceptional, with the forwards working very hard and dominating 
the MK pack at the ruck. The scoring opened in th 4th minute, with George Rautenbach running 
off Roger Sevier’s inside shoulder from a lineout and scything through to score near the posts. 
An MK player was sin-binned for a late challenge on Rautenbach after he had scored. Grove’s 
second try came 10 minutes later from a lineout 5 metres from the MK line. Prop Richard Keen 
orced his way over the line, carrying several defenders with him and this was quickly followed 
by a try from No.8 Jamie Fredericks, who latched on to a pass following a break by flanker 
Guy Nichol, who was outstanding throughout the game. MK hit back just before the break with a 
try from winger Dan Walker to get them on the scoreboard, but the 1st half was convincing from 
Grove and they turned around 27-5 up, with Roger Sevier’s boot unerring in its accuracy, kicking 
all 3 conversions and 2 penalties.

The 2nd half saw MK come into the game a bit more, with stern words from their coaches obviously 
having an effect on them, but it wasn't until both Nichol and McKenzie were off the field that 
their possession counted for points. Tries from scrum-half Dan Pearson and captain Richard Hill 
closed the scoreline briefly before the try of the match from Ben Law. Big 2nd row Rob Weaving 
took an inside pass from Jamie Burns and sprinted through a huge hole in the MK midfield, before
drawing the cover defence to himself and sending the supporting centre Law in under the posts. 
MK hit back with a try from hard running centre Dave Matthews but once Grove had all 15 players back 
on the field they managed to see out the last few minutes without incident.


The whole Grove team deserve praise for an outstanding start to the season, but Roger Sevier was 
Man of the Match for a great all round game and kicking - 7 from 7 to give himself 17 points.

Team 1-18; Subs in brackets.

T Eltham (G Eltham), North, Keen, Maryon (c) (Brooks), Weaving, Kerr, Nichol, Fredericks, Mckenzie, 
R Sevier, Rautenbach (Law), Burns, N Sevier, Grant, Shephard, G Eltham, Brooks, Law

Tries: Rautenbach, Fredericks, Keen, Law Conversions: R.Sevier (4)

Penalties: R.Sevier (3)

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Newbury Stags RFC 22 - 24 Grove RFC – Saturday 26th September 2009

In a triumph of determination, skill and fitness Grove snatched victory from the jaws of defeat
overcoming Newbury Stags 22 - 24 at Newbury in the first Southern Counties (North) league 
encounter between the two teams this season. It was the Stags larger forwards and slick set 
of backs that started the stronger and Grove who were making a lot of unforced errors in the 
early exchanges. Grove full back Paul Shephard launched two early attacks from his own half 
with the scant possession Grove enjoyed in this period, but the home defence held firm and 
indeed spent long periods in the Grove half. The referee gave most advantage to the attacking
side throughout the game and it came as no surprise that after only 5 minutes one of a number
of penalties already awarded against the visitors was given on the 22 metre line and in front
of the posts. Amazingly the Newbury kicker missed the easy three points on offer but they 
kept the pressure up from the ensuing 22 drop out. Lock Lee Wright left the field with a blood
injury to be replaced by Rob Weaving and Grove continued trying to attack Newbury but to no 
avail.
Grove then lost prop Richard Keen with a blood injury, replaced by Gary Eltham but this was 
short-lived and Keen soon returned to the field as did Wright. Clever attacks from Newbury 
and a further series of penalties against Grove gave Newbury a second chance to get points on
the board, which this time they did through fly half Dave Jones to take the lead at 3 : 0. 
This was soon followed by a try from centre Phil Simmons between the posts, converted by Jones,
to take Newbury to 10:0.
Just before half time however, and from the first serious foray into the Newbury half, a series 
of forward thrusts by Grove enabled scrum half Will Mackenzie to touch down following a very 
alert break by flanker Jamie Fredericks. Fly half Roger Sevier's conversion brought Grove back 
into the game at 10:7 down. Newbury struck back immediately however and thanks to a missed tackle
by Grove, full back Danny Williams scored in the corner to leave Newbury leading at half time
by 15:7.
As the second half progressed the penalty count against Grove continued to rise as the seemingly
impenetrable Newbury defence held firm despite a number of good attacks by Grove. It was however
the Stags who scored next with a try from Byrne and converted by Jones from a wheeled scrum on 
the Grove line. The scrum had gone round significantly more than the 90 degrees allowed and 
should have been reformed and to make matters worse the ref awarded a penalty to Newbury from 
the kick off following the Grove players protestations. With the score now at 22:7 it looked
like all was lost for Grove but then following great work by forwards and taken on by the backs, 
left wing Zach Grant sailed over for another Grove try which was not converted. The score was
now 22:12 and there was just a glimmer of hope for Grove. Then in an explosion of pace and
agility centre Nick Sevier destroyed the Newbury defence with a solo side-stepping run down the
left wing and leaving the Newbury full back for dead ran in to score between the posts. Brother
Roger Sevier's conversion was then a formality and Grove were really back in the game at 22:19 
but with little time remaining. It was becoming clear at this stage that Newbury's big forwards
were wilting in the heat and Grove's superior fitness was beginning to tell. This transferred 
into advantage being given by the referee to Grove as the team going forward. From a scrum on 
the Newbury 5 metre line, Jamie Fredericks was then adjudged to have knocked on as he dived over 
for what looked to everyone like a good try, but the ref gave a 5 metre scrum to Newbury instead. 
With only a clearance kick from the Newbury fly half needed he amazingly dropped the ball and 
with tremendous alertness, scrum half Mackenzie was there to touch down putting Grove 2 points 
clear for the first time in the match.
From the restart, Newbury attacked with all the energy they could muster, and with the last 
play of the game the ref awarded a penalty to Newbury 40 metres out and in front of the Grove
posts. Heartbreakingly for Newbury but joyously for Grove, this was missed and Grove had gained
a momentous victory. A lot has to be said for Newbury, who played exceptionally well for the 
most part, but the Grove side proved they have the legs for the campaign and lots of character 
to come back so strongly in the last quarter.

Teams Grove
Keen, North, T Eltham (G Eltham), Wright (Weaving), Maryon, Fredericks, G Nichol, B Nichol, 
McKenzie, R Sevier, Grant, Burns, N Sevier,Harrington, Shephard (Law) Reps: G Eltham, Law, 
Weaving.


Newbury Stags
Louisson, Weston, Stuart, Bull, Taylor, Smith, Sanders, Reeves, Mather,
Jones, Denner, Riley, Simmons, Mansbridge, Williams, Reps: Thomas,Byrne, Halley

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Saturday 3rd October 2009 - Grove 72 Bicester 0
Grove RFC handed out a 72:0 (actually it was 74:0 but the ref got the score wrong) thrashing to bottom of the table Bicester
on Saturday and in so doing went to the top of the table themselves. The game was played in a very strong wind throughout 
which for the first half was in the face of the Grove players. Despite this they racked up 34:0 half time score thanks to tries
from prop Richard Keen, debutante full back John Barrett, centre Nick Sevier, centre Jamie Burns, No. 8 Ben Nicholl, 
flanker Guy Nicholl and two conversions from fly half Roger Sevier. During the first half Bicester had a couple of opportunities 
to score tries but the first was thwarted by No 8 Ben Nicholl who blasted his way out of defence to alleviate the danger 
and the second failed following a good break by Bicester scrum half Craig Smith who unfortunately then dropped the ball 
over the Grove try line. A Bicester penalty shot at goal was also missed.

Immediately following Bicester's second half kick off Grove left wing Tom Harrington gathered and sprinted half the length 
of the field to score between the posts for a try converted by Roger Sevier. Next, great interplay between Harrington and 
Barrett, allowed the full back to score his second try of the match. Then hooker Jon North got on the scoresheet with a neat
try, converted by Roger Sevier. At this point Grove seemed to take their foot off the gas for about 10 minutes during which
time there was no further scoring but then both Roger Sevier and Tom Harrington were unlucky not to score tries when 
firstly Sevier was called back by the referee for a dubious knock on having gone clear followed by Harrington being taken out 
with a high tackle right on the try line. Jason Evans then made his first appearance for Grove this season, substituting for 
right wing Paul Shephard and immediately scored a simple try with his first touch of the ball. This was converted by Roger 
Sevier to give Grove an unassailable 60:0 lead.



Almost immediately Evans was back over the Bicester try line but unfortunately dropped the ball from what looked like
being a certain second try for the substitute. Scrum half Will Mackenzie then scored a try, converted by Roger Sevier and 
then Evans made amends for his earlier faux pas with a neat kick to the corner which Nick Sevier sprinted after to bag his 
second and Grove's final try of the match. 



Unfortunately the match was called to a halt some eight minutes early, by mutual consent of both captains, after a Bicester
player was left unconscious following a hard but legal Grove tackle for which an ambulance had to be called to the field.



Although Bicester were not able to put up the strongest of challenges in this match, Grove were awesome in both attack 
and defence, particularly the back row and scrum half combination which constantly destroyed anything Bicester attempted.
The Grove backs showed what they could do with good possession and new boy John Barrett was outstanding in attack.

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Saturday 10th October 2009 - Swindon 18 - 22 Grove

Centre Jamie Burns scored a marvellous hat trick of tries with fly half Roger Sevier converting two and scoring a penalty
 to edge out home side Swindon 18 : 22 on Saturday. This was despite Grove missing some 6 first choice players for the 
match.
Away league confrontations with Swindon over the last few seasons have shown that they are never an easy side to beat 
at Greenbridge Road and this match proved no exception with the lead changing hands a number of times during the game. 
Swindon started well and it was clear from the outset that their pack was as big and strong as ever and indeed they took 
a 3:0 lead from a penalty after just five minutes. Within ten minutes the scores were levelled however, when Sevier slotted 
a long range penalty for Grove. Swindon replied in kind and went 6:3 ahead shortly after but Swindon's pack were now 
beginning to dominate their opposite numbers in both scrums and lines out. Grove always looked dangerous once the ball
 was moved to their backs and Burns side stepped his way to the first of his tries to nudge Grove into a 6:8 lead following
 a great line break by full back John Barrett. Just before half time Swindon missed the chance to go ahead when a penalty
 kick went wide of the posts. On the stroke of half time Grove lost centre Jason Evans to a hamstring pull.

Evans was replaced by Simon Cramp who went to the wing position with Zach Grant moving into centre for the 2nd half. 
A Sevier penalty attempt from the half way line 5 minutes into the half went just wide and the resultant knock on from the 
defenders attempted run out of defence went unpunished. Grove lost prop Richard Keen to a head injury at this point with 
Gary Eltham coming on to prop the other side of the scrum from his twin brother. Then Swindon scored a try down the right 
wing, which was the result of 3 missed tackles and some controversy on the sideline over a possible foot in touch. The 
conversion attempt was missed from wide out, but Swindon were back in the lead at 11:8. In an attempt to level the scores 
Sevier made another very long range penalty attempt at goal but this again was just wide of the mark. Sevier was unlucky
 again when a quick tap penalty by Mackenzie enabled the fly half to break through the Swindon defence and go clear for
 the try line only to be called back by the referee in order to have the penalty re-taken. Then with just ten minutes remaining
Burns scored his second try following superb inter-passing build up by all of the Grove backs and in particular great running 
from Barrett and a neat inside ball from winger Harrington,

Sevier's conversion putting Grove into an 11:15 lead. The Swindon pack then came into their own, mauling Grove back
several metres from a lineout before feeding their backs, who put the inside centre in for a try under the posts after some
 mazy individual running. Their conversion put Swindon back into what looked like a winning position of 18:15 but not to
be outdone and with only 90 seconds left on the clock, Burns scored his hat-trick try after a very alert and quick break 
by Grant had taken the visitors right to the Swindon try line and another slick passing move had put Burns clear. Sevier's
 touch line conversion meant the home side needed at least a try to win and with virtually no time left they were unable to 
score and victory from an unlikely position was secured.

This had been a very tough match for both sides but the close win enabled Grove to stay top of the league by virtue of
 having scored more points than Witney. Both sides remain unbeaten but level on points difference.

Grove team
T Eltham, Goldsworthy, Keen (G Eltham), Maryon, Chapman (Brooks), Kerr, Nicholl, Frdericks, Mackenzie, Sevier, 
Grant, Evans (Cramp), Burns, Harrington, Barrett
Reps - G Eltham, Brooks, Cramp

Scorers
Tries: Burns (3), Conversions: Sevier (2), Penalty: Sevier.

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 Saturday 17th October - Grove 20 - 19 Windsor

Grove scraped a single point win over visitors Windsor to remain unbeaten after five league 
matches thanks to two superbly taken tries by debutant scrum half Nick Hayes and No. 8 Ben 
Nicholl and the flawless boot of fly half Roger Sevier, who kicked both conversions and two
penalties from two attempts.

Windsor started this match very strongly, consistently attacking Grove through some well- 
worked moves in the backs and some uncharacteristic poor tackling from Grove allowed them 
time and space to exploit this. It was therefore no real surprise when the visitors took an 
early lead through an unconverted try although the score was more due to Grove's lack of 
attention than anything else when a very quick line out was taken five metres from the Grove 
line and Windsor were able to run in a try with ridiculous ease from hooker Owen Oxlade.


Sevier put Grove on the scoreboard with a well struck penalty kick shortly after, but continued 
pressure from the visitors lead to their second try from centre Paul Nunn following a break 
and offload from fly half van Terheyden which this time was converted to give them a 12-3 lead. 
The Grove tackling continued to misfire, and the Windsor back line attacks continued throughout 
the first half but despite their dominance in the field Windsor's kicker van Terheyden was having
a nightmare. Having missed his first conversion in front of the posts he then managed to hit 
the upright from a penalty kick, also in front of the posts. Grove managed to conjure up solid 
defence to prevent Windsor from scoring again in the half and had several chances themselves, 
but bad decisions with ball in hand meant at least 2 scoring chances were wasted. Sevier kept 
Grove in touch with a second long range penalty kick to provide a half time score of 12- 6 to the 
visitors. 

As the second half began Windsor still looked the stronger team but then they had a player 
sin binned following another awful penalty attempt in front of the sticks, which once again 
rebounded off the upright. Against the run of play it was Nick Hayes who then really brought 
Grove back into the game with a superbly taken try from a full 60 metres out following a 
lung-busting passage of play which changed hands 3 times. This was converted with ease by 
Sevier to give Grove a single point lead at 13-12. Windsor strove to recapture the lead and 
were helped when hooker Jon North was sin-binned, but it was Grove who scored again quickly 
when Ben Nicholl intercepted a stray pass in the Windsor back line to run a try in from 30 metres.
Sevier's conversion took the score to 20-12 meaning Windsor now had to score twice to regain 
the lead. The visitors lifted themselves to score a final forwards try driven into the corner 
from replacement Pete Wright which van Terheyden converted from the touch line. This was the 
final score and Windsor can rightly consider themselves unlucky to go back to Berkshire with 
nothing to show for their massive effort, but this Grove side has learned how to win even 
when playing poorly and had just enough to win this highly competitive match. 

Roger Sevier was named as Grove's Man of the Match but Ben Nicholl also had a magnificent game 
in attack and defense and Nick Hayes shone on his debut

Grove team: Eltham, North, Keen, Maryon, Chapman, Fredericks, Kerr, B Nicholl, Hayes, Sevier, 
Shephard, Burns, Grant, Harrington, Barrett Reps: Bashford, G Nicholl, Cramp

Windsor team: Lockhart, Oxlade, Cox, Fleming, McGurke, Flisher, Smith, Britton, Collins, 
van Terheyden, Howard, Nunn, Kennedy, Morgan, Daplyn Reps: Wright, Kelly, Driscoll

Scorers - Grove: Tries: Hayes, B Nicholl. Penalties: Sevier (2) Conversions: Sevier (2).

Scorers - Windsor: Tries: Oxdale, Nunn, Wright. Conversions: Van Terheyden (2).

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Southern Counties Intermediate Cup first round – Saturday 24th October 2009

Grove 27-18 Beaconsfield

Grove progress to the quarter-finals of the new Southern Counties Intermediate Cup with a 
27-18 win over Beaconsfield at Cane Lane.


Beaconsfield kicked off with a strong wind at their backs, and a lethargic Grove side were 
immediately behind when Beaconsfield scored a try within 2 minutes with their young captain 
and lock Callum Wilkinson running in untouched from 25 yards out. The wind enabled the 
Beaconsfield fly half, Nick Tappin to punish any Grove indiscretion and his kicks continued 
to pressure Grove. Beaconsfield were camped in the Grove half, and after ten minutes were 
awarded a penalty in front of the Grove posts from which kicker Ross Ritchie had no trouble 
scoring three points and added another 3 to the tally a short while later when Grove were 
penalised for offside. To make matters worse a 20 man brawl between the sides led to Grove's 
hooker, Gary Eltham being yellow carded (a case of mistaken identity apparently!). With the 
referee strangely not allowing Grove's front row replacement to take the field passive 
scrummaging ensued for ten minutes. Despite this setback, every time Grove had the ball, 
they attacked Beaconsfield vigorously with strong runs from centre Nick Sevier, No.8 
Ben Nicholl, lock Weaving, props Keen and Eltham and flankers Nicholl and Kerr. Each time 
however the attacks broke down and Beaconsfield used sensible kicks, assisted by the strong 
wind, to push Grove back into their own half. It was from one beautiful long Tappin kick to 
the corner that Beaconsfield were able to score again when their right winger Josh Rankin 
collected the ball from the kick and dived over for five points. With forty minutes having 
been played the referee then amazingly allowed play to continue for a further 18 minutes
before finally bringing the half to its end. During this period one of the Beaconsfield 
flankers and Keen from Grove were sin-binned and Grove turned around 18 points down


Grove started the second half far more positively and with the wind now in their favour, 
were able to set up camp in the Beaconsfield 22. Following a set move close to the Beaconsfield 
line Nick Sevier powered ,over for a touch down to bring Grove back into the game, brother 
Roger converting for 7-18. Grove wing Tom Harrington made a great break for the line but the 
Beaconsfield defence held firm. Grove's other wing Simon Cramp was replaced by John Gerring 
and then Grove were awarded a penalty which Roger Sevier blasted over to bring the score to 
10-18. At this point, Richie Revell, one of the Beaconsfield props, had to leave the field 
with a leg injury and passive scrummaging was ordered for the remainder of the game. Grove 
sensibly decided therefore to bring on back row player Jamie Fredericks as replacement for 
front row man Terry Eltham. Harrington then had another strong run before Grove found themselves 
defending again. A terrific cross field kick to touch by Roger Sevier alleviated the pressure 
and then Guy Nicholl had a super run to put Harrington in for a great Grove try which Sevier 
converted to leave the home side trailing by just one point. Grove were now playing at full 
steam and terrific running from Ben Nicholl and Jamie Fredericks lead to another Grove penalty 
out wide which Sevier again converted to put Grove into the lead for the first time at 20-18. 
Grove continued to pressure with huge kicks from both Roger Sevier and scrum half Dave Maryon 
and Gerring was unlucky not to score when he spilled the ball from a difficult pass. 
Unfortunately and very harshly the referee then yellow carded Gerring for cursing his own 
mistake! Despite this player shortfall Ben Nicholl completed a great run to score in the 
opposite corner following good pressure from Fredericks. Despite the wide angle, long distance 
and difficult wind conditions, Roger Sevier completed another 100% kicking performance by 
putting the conversion over to provide the final winning scoreline of 27-18 in a match which 
was slightly overshadowed by some strange refereeing decisions.

Scorers: 
Grove: Tries: N Sevier, Harrington, B Nicholls. Conversions: R Sevier (3) Penalties: R Sevier (2)


Beaconsfield: Tries: Wilkinson, Rankin. Conversion: Ritchie. Penalty: Ritchie (2).

Grove team: T Eltham (Fredericks), G Eltham, Keen, S Maryon, Weaving, Kerr, G Nicholl, 
B Nicholl, D Maryon, R Sevier, Cramp (Gerring), N Sevier, Grant, Harrington, Lane
Reps: Head, Brooks, Gerring, Fredericks

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Saturday 31st October 2009 - Amersham & Chiltern

Amersham & Chiltern 22 Grove 6

A somewhat depleted Grove team lost their unbeaten league record at Amersham & Chiltern on Saturday and in so doing dropped a place to 3rd in the league, behind Witney and Amersham respectively. The Amersham winning score of 22-6 was achieved by a combination of their superior set piece play, a superb 100% place kicking display by their full back and captain Dan Kinsey and far too much indiscipline by Grove. Grove were not helped when they found prop Richard Keen and lock Rob Weaving were unavailable on the morning of the match
 
Grove were behind in less than 3 minutes as Kinsey converted a penalty for a Grove player holding on to the ball on the ground. The same offence was almost immediately repeated but this time Amersham chose to kick for touch. They surprisingly lost their own line out which enabled Grove to launch an attack involving fly half Roger Sevier, centre Dave Maryon, full back John Barrett, lock Nathan Brooks, winger Zach Grant and finally No.8 Ben Nicholl who was taken into touch deep into the Amersham half. This gain was nullified however when, from another penalty, Amersham kicked long to touch. Amersham followed up some good pressure with a converted try by debutant winger George Mitchard to put the home side 10 points clear after 11 minutes. Grove however moved back into the Amersham half and were rewarded with a penalty of their own which Roger Sevier put over from distance to bring the score to 10-3. From the restart, Ben Nicholl put in a great pass to allow Nick Sevier to go for the line but the Amersham defenders managed to clear his kick and chase. Grove then launched another fine attack through Ben Nicholl, John Barrett and Grant only for it to be ended by a violent shoulder charge on Grant from the Amersham hooker and former Springbok trialist Stefaan Myburgh. Lucky not to receive a red card he was sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes but Grant also had to leave the field for treatment to his cut head, replaced temporarily by John Gerring. Without the presence of their influential hooker, Amersham were put under pressure from the visitors, but the defence held firm until his return to the pitch. Grove tried to launch further attacks through their backs for the remainder of the half, but with ball being delivered from a pack that was under pressure, these were not the flowing moves wished for. Despite the home side’s set piece dominance, great defence, particularly from the Grove half backs, meant that Amersham could not get over the try line to score again and the half ended with the score remaining at 10-3.
 
The second half started exactly as the first had with Amersham scoring from a long range penalty, again awarded within a minute of the kick off, but Grove struck back immediately themselves with a penalty kick from Roger Sevier to take the score to 13-6. As the second half progressed Amersham’s pack continued to dominate their counterparts in the set piece and it was only great scrambling defence from Grove that stopped 2 good breaks out wide from being scored. In particular wing Tom Harrington stood out and flanker Jamie Fredericks also repulsed a big attack virtually single-handedly. Ben Nicholl earned his Grove man of the match award with some strong running from scrums and open play but the home defence again held firm. Late replacements Gerring and Kerr contributed well when they had their chances but as the game stuttered though a series of penalties it was clear that some of the Grove players were becoming frustrated. This inexcusably resulted in back-chatting and dissent to the referee which just made matters worse and it was from three such incidents that Amersham were able to add another 9 penalty points from the unerring boot of their full back Kinsey. Both Grove and Amersham managed to muster up a couple of tired attacks near the end of the game, but none of them came to anything and Amersham deservedly finished ahead but the scoreline of 22-6 was slightly flattering due to Grove's indiscipline rather than ability on the day

Grove team

Eltham, North, T Eltham, S Maryon, Brooks, Fredericks, G Nicholl (Kerr), B Nicholl, James Barrett, R Sevier, Grant (Gerring), D Maryon, N Sevier, Harrington, John Barrett

Reps: Mack, Kerr, Gerring

Scorers

Grove

Penalties – R Sevier (2)

A+C

Try – Mitchard Conversion – Kinsey Penalties – Kinsey (5)

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Saturday 7th November 2009 - v Aylesbury

Grove 18 Aylesbury 6

Scintillating attacking play by 2 try winger John Barrett secured a home victory over Aylesbury for Grove on Saturday.

Grove overcame Aylesbury by 18 points to 6 in a match that was never allowed to flow by an incredibly 
zealous referee. The first penalty was awarded to Grove after just 6 minutes and was duly slotted 
by fly half Roger Sevier for a 3 point lead. Almost immediately Aylesbury were on level terms 
when their full back Gary Horne replied with a penalty following a Grove offside at a ruck. 
Before 10 minutes play, another penalty was awarded to Grove, duly slotted by Sevier. Dave Maryon
had to leave the field at this point with a broken nose caused by a swinging arm from Horne, and 
was replaced permanently by John Gerring when he could not continue. The Grove backs tried to 
run ball at Aylesbury on regular occasions, particularly through No. 8 Ben Nicholl, full back 
Nick Hayes and wing John Barrett but each time the attacks were halted by penalty awards to 
Aylesbury and it was from one of these that Horne levelled the score again. 
More penalties followed and the game became very fractured as the referee felt the need to blow 
his whistle at any and every opportunity. Aylesbury controlled the game for a short period 
but when Horne missed on his next attempt to kick for the lead, Grove started to assert themselves 
through the forwards and Aylesbury's game resorted to one of kicking for position every time 
they received the ball. With half time looming Horne was yellow carded for punching and 
was lucky not be sent off. This time Roger Sevier took a tap penalty resulting in a great run 
from John Barrett although had he realised centre Nick Sevier who was clear in space in support 
there would almost definitely have been a Grove try scored but instead a penalty was awarded to 
Aylesbury when Barrett took contact allowing them to clear the immediate danger. A dangerous 
moment for Grove then occurred when the Aylesbury hooker Graham Sale slipped a tackle attempt 
and had a fine run up the middle of the park but this was halted by good tackling and the 
half time score was 6-6.

From the 2nd half kick off, Aylesbury attacked but they were thwarted by a big tackle from 
captain Steve Maryon. Aylesbury then attempted an unsuccessful drop goal and Grove scrum half 
James Barrett took a very quick 22 metre restart followed up by a good run from flanker Guy Nicholl 
whose inexplicable chip ahead was then brought back with a strong run right to the Grove try line 
by one of the Aylesbury locks.

Grove played out of their half with a fine run from Gerring and play moved to the other end of 
the field. Grove then developed their best attack of the game so far with some great inter-passing 
between the backs and terrific driving from the Grove forwards which resulted finally in a try for 
John Barrett. Roger Sevier converted to put Grove seven points clear at 13-6 and Grove were now 
gaining the ascendancy. Another great Ben Nicholl run then occurred having been fed the ball by 
Hayes followed by a super run down the wing by James Barrett. Strong forwards pressure from 
Aylesbury took them back up the pitch but Grove's defence held firm and it was they who broke 
out with a huge kick from Ben Nicholl followed up by brother Guy which only ended when the ball 
was knocked forwards. Aylesbury then attacked strongly again but good work from hooker Jon North 
and a particularly big tackles from Roger Sevier and Nick Hayes held them at bay once more. 


Grove kept attacking whenever they could, and Aylesbury just about managed to keep them at bay, 
but the referee assisted by awarding penalties consistently against Grove when it appeared Aylesbury 
were the team at fault. Aylesbury pushed right back to the Grove try line when in possesion but 
again Grove broke out with great runs from John Barrett, Hayes and Gerring who was just stopped 
from scoring by a great Aylesbury tackle 5 metres short from the try line. Aylesbury then started
to have trouble with their lineout but further penalties to them kept Grove out from having the 
ball for any length of time. When Grove finally got the ball again from a stolen lineout ball by 
flanker James Kerr, it was moved very quickly across the field for John Barrett to run in his second 
try of the day and Grove were leading 18-6. Aylesbury did not give up however and strong running 
and a further series of penalties allowed them to approach the Grove try line once more but again 
big tackles from Steve Maryon and Jamie Fredericks held them out and another opportunistic break 
out by the Grove backs almost saw John Barrett go over for his hat-trick but a knock on stopped 
the move close to the Aylesbury line. Again Aylesbury pushed right back up the field but a smashing 
tackle from Guy Nicholl halted their progress and the game came to a close with Grove as the 
deserved winners despite the vast number of penalty against them

Scorers:Grove Tries - John Barrett (2); Conversion - R Sevier; Penalties - R Sevier (2).

Aylesbury Penalties - Horne (2);

Grove team: G Eltham (Bashford), North, T Eltham, S Maryon, Fredericks, Kerr, G Nicholl, B Nicholl, 
James Barrett, R Sevier, Grant, D Maryon (Gerring),N Sevier, John Barrett, Hayes

Reps - Basford, Brooks, Gerring

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Grove win at Beaconsfield 13-23 Saturday 14th November

Grove continued their winning ways with a 23-13 victory at Beaconsfield on Saturday and so kept
themselves in the promotion hunt, remaining in 3rd place in the league with only one loss from 
eight games played. This was always going to be a difficult game given atrocious weather 
conditions and in particular a gale force wind blowing from one end of the pitch. 


Grove played against the elements in the 1st half, and were regularly pinned back into their 
half with kicks from the Beaconsfield No 10 Nick Tappin. An early penalty to Beaconsfield 
was kicked wide from Tappin, but with lots of handling errors from both sides it was difficult 
for either side to gain the ascendency. Beaconsfield continued to kick given the wind advantage 
but to Grove's great credit they counter attacked after every kick. Several of these attacks 
from Guy Nicholl, Peel, Fredericks and Gary Eltham ensured Beaconsfield didn't get the field 
position they wanted. Grove continued to press into the home side's half of the field with good 
ball movement between fly half Roger Sevier and Ben Nicholl, playing out of position at inside 
centre. The biggest talking point of the half was when a 20 man brawl started following an 
altercation between Guy Nicholl and Beacs big lock Dave Parkes at the front of a line out, and 
with Nicholl, Terry Eltham and Beacs prop Wai Kwong Lin all sin binned as a result, a bit more 
space opened up on the field. Despite the numbers disadvantage Grove continued to counter-attack 
with particular effect from full back Nick Hayes but inevitably most of the play was in the Grove 
half of the field. With Tappin then off the field with concussion, Beacs changed their kicker to 
centre Ed Haslett who converted a simple penalty kick after 17 mins to put the home side in the 
lead by 3-0. 


With the return of the sin-binned players Grove began to apply more pressure with all the running
was now being done by the visitors although Beaconsfield continued to gain great territorial advantage
by using the wind well. A rare running attack from Beaconsfield lead to another penalty which was 
again converted by Haslett to give a 6-0 scoreline. Grove forced their way back into the Beaconsfield 
half through great forwards driving and strong running from wing John Barrett, centres Nick Sevier 
and Ben Nicholl in the backs. Eventually the Grove pressure told and they were awarded a penalty 
when a Beaconsfield player handled in the ruck in front of the posts. Despite the wind Roger Sevier 
elected to kick for goal and was successful to narrow the gap to three points at 6-3. Beaconsfield 
tried to apply some pressure to get some much needed points before half time, but were held out 
by some big tackles from Wright and Fredericks. A final big effort from Beaconsfield almost lead 
to a try between the Grove posts but their only reward was a kickable penalty which they decided 
to run instead of taking the easy 3 points, and knocked on to end the half from which Beacs 
would have hoped for more points, given the wind advantage.

With prop Richard Keen replacing bloodied Terry Eltham in the front row, Grove started the 2nd half 
confident that the wind offered more than the 3 point advantage Beacs had managed in the 1st half. 
The first decisive move came when Roger Sevier slipped a quick pass to hooker North who scampered
fully fifty metres down the wing before chipping ahead for touch deep into the Beacs 22. This was
quickly followed by a penalty to Grove from which Roger Sevier levelled the scores at 6-6. Grove's
tactics seemed now to be to keep the ball with the forwards rather than use the wind or their clearly 
superior backs and despite good work from locks Steve Maryon and Lee Wright no real progress was made 
until Hayes had a great run which should have resulted in a try for John Barrett if he had passed 
to the pacy winger. Beacs came into the game a bit more with strong running from their forwards and 
some assistance from Groves indiscipline allowing them a series of penalties, but with the wind 
still a huge factor, any turnover ball for Grove was punted downfield.

Grove once again began to assert pressure with their best attack of the day. With most of the back 
line involved in a move taken further forward by some strong running from Guy Nicholl, the ball 
was slipped to Nick Sevier who touched down to give Grove the lead for the first time. Roger 
Sevier converted to make the score 6-13 to Grove. Beaconsfield hit back with a strong attack but 
Grove were now beginning to steal most of their lineout ball with James Kerr a constant threat, 
and were so able to relieve the pressure. Following a great forwards drive and another big kick 
downfield Guy Nicholl scored Grove's second try after good inter-passing between Hayes, Fredericks, 
Keen, and James Barrett. Again this was converted by Roger Sevier to take Grove to a 6-20 lead. 
Another monster kick from Roger Sevier led to a Beaconsfield 22 metre drop out but they had a man
in front of the kicker followed by back chat to the referee so Sevier was presented with the easiest
of penalty kicks to complete another 100% kicking performance and increase Grove's lead to 6-23. 


Beaconsfield then made a monumental effort to force their way back into the Grove half and were 
finally rewarded from a series of rucks close to the Grove line when prop Kwong Lin forced his way 
over the line. The conversion from Haslett gave the final scoreline of 13-23, which flattered Beacs 
slightly as Grove were the dominant side for the most part.

Grove team: G Eltham, North, T Eltham (Keen), Maryon, Wright (Brooks), Kerr, G Nicholl, Fredericks, 
James Barrett, R Sevier, Peel (Harrington), B Nicholl, N Sevier, John Barrett, Hayes
Reps: Keen, Brooks, Harrington
Scorers: Grove - Tries: N Sevier, G Nicholl; Conversions: R Sevier (2); Penalties: R Sevier (3).

Beaconsfield - Try - Kwong Lin: Conversion: Haslett Penalties - Haslett (2).

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Southern Counties Cup – 1st Round - Saturday 21st November

Grove 12, Milton Keynes 13 

Grove exited the Southern Counties Intermediate Cup at the quarter-final stage after allowing Milton 
Keynes back into a match they could have closed out. Having led 12-3 at the break, Grove 
took their foot off the gas and the visitors' pack punished them with two well-worked tries. 

Fly half Roger Sevier, whose wild pass had contributed much to Milton Keynes' second try, 
had a chance to sneak victory for Grove with a penalty deep into stoppage time. But his effort 
drifted wide and the hosts were unable to get out of jail. 

Grove may prefer to have got a sloppy display out of the system in the cup so they can maintain
their promotion push in Southern Counties North. Milton Keynes' well-drilled pack were a force 
throughout the match and they began well despite playing into the wind. They took a deserved 
lead on 16 minutes with a penalty from full back James Dean. 


Grove won a messy line-out on 22 minutes and spun the ball over to the right where centre Jamie 
Burns was able to finish well. Burns's try showed Grove's greater firepower in the backs, but 
they were never fully able to cut loose. The same player made a try-saving tackle after 29 minutes, 
then Milton Keynes had lock Mark Austin sin-binned for dissent. Burns's centre partner Nick Sevier 
ran in a superb solo try on 38 minutes after receiving the ball on halfway and accelerating through 
Keynes' helpless defence. His brother Roger Sevier converted and there looked every chance Grove 
would build on their lead. 

Visiting scrum half Daniel Pearson came into the game after the break, but Dean's errant boot stopped 
them reducing the arrears. Nick Sevier had to pick up and clear well after his scrum half Dave Maryon 
threw a poor pass. 

Milton Keynes were now dominant up front, especially in the scrums, and scored on 63 minutes when 
loose-head prop Richard Hill ploughed over following some good handling. Ten minutes later, and 
after some sustained pressure stemming from Roger Sevier's injudicious pass, replacement tight-head 
prop Neil Forton touched down from a powerful driving maul. Grove had slightly more urgency after 
this, but did not help themselves when prop Gary Eltham was sin-binned. Indeed, Hill was held 
up as he sought his second try. 

Referee Keith Latham added on nine minutes for stoppages, but Grove's only chance came and went 
as Roger Sevier's penalty drifted wide. 

Grove: Hayes, Lane (Cramp 60), N Sevier, Burns, Harrington, R Sevier, D Maryon, T Eltham, Proctor, 
(Sherwood 40), G Eltham, S Maryon (capt),(Brooks 79), Fredericks (Mack 80), Kerr, G Nicholl, B Nicholl 
(Brooks) [blood] 48-55). 

Referee: K Latham (Oxfordshire). 

Grove Man-of-the-Match: N Sevier. 

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Saturday 28th November - Grove 15 - 10 Slough         


Grove 1st's defeated Slough at Grove with a relatively lacklustre  performance, particularly 
in the second half when they were unable to  score against their visitors, conceding the half
 7-0.Slough started strongly and took an early lead with a penalty kicked by  full back Kevin 
Dunne. Grove tried running the ball through their pacy  backs and were unlucky when flanker 
James Kerr was forced into touch  near the Slough try line. Grove's first points came after 
10 minutes  from a Roger Sevier penalty awarded for Slough's offside move which  levelled 
things up at 3 : 3. Slough pressed back into the Grove corner  but Grove's defence held firm. 
Against the odds Grove's pack had a  mighty drive against the much heavier Slough pack and drove
them fully  twenty metres before Nick Sevier fired out a quick pass to flanker Guy  Nicholl 
who outpaced the cover for a great try under the posts,  converted by Roger Sevier to put 
Grove in front by 10 : 3. Slough came  back strongly but Grove escaped when the Slough kicker 
missed a simple  penalty in front of the posts. Slough continued to pressure but Nick  Sevier
took a deep Slough kick from his own try line and side-stepped  his way to the middle of the 
park before taking contact. With Slough not  committing men to the breakdown, Grove's very astute 
hooker Jon North  went straight through the middle of the ruck, picked up the ball and ran  
fully 50 metres to score in the corner. This took Grove to half time and  a leading score of 15-3 
but not before the Slough hooker James  Flischer was sin binned and Jamie Fredericks and Ben Nicholl 
had a  couple of marauding runs at their visitors.          
In the early part of the second half Grove tried some adventurous moves  but largely these ended 
with the ball being dropped and possession being  lost. With Slough gaining in confidence they 
declined an extremely  kickable penalty to go for the line out in the corner but this backfired
when Grove were able to drive the Slough forwards off the ball after a  period of intense pressure
by Slough. The move finally stopped when the  Slough winger was penalised for holding the ball on 
the ground. With a  huge clearance kick from the fly half Grove were clear of danger and  Richard 
Keen substituted for fellow prop Terry Eltham. Grove captain  Steve Maryon and the Slough scrum 
half Ross Evans were then sin binned  together. At this point the game began to deteriorate with 
very little  decisive action from either side but Grove continually managed to lose  possession.

Grove's defences were good however with hard tackles being  put in by scrum half Dave Maryon and 
Richard Keen. Another monster penalty kick took Grove deep into the Slough half but even though 
the  resultant line out was won by Grove a careless knock on by the scrum  half gave the visitors 
the advantage again. With the game now very  scrappy one of Sloughs locks was sin-binned for 
illegally pushing one of  the Grove players. Grove continued to waste opportunities and Slough  
began to exert the more pressure but then Grove had one good attack  involving a break out by 
Guy Nicholl, Jamie Burns and Dave Maryon which  ended with the ball being kicked over the Slough 
try line for a 22 drop  out.  With the light fading badly Simon Peel replaced Ashley Lane on the
Grove wing. Grove's discipline also started to desert them and they were  marched up the field 
through a series of penalties the pressure only  being relieved by a huge clearance kick from 
full back Nick Hayes.  Richard Keen was then sin-binned before Slough pulled back a consolation  
try from big prop Matt Fenwick from a 5 metre penalty, converted by  Dunne to produce the final 
score of 15-10.         
Altogether, Grove were by far the superior team but need to start  proving this by putting sides 
to the sword more consistently. There were  several good individual performances but only flashes 
of what they are  capable of as a team.              


Grove team    G Eltham, North, T Eltham (Keen), S Maryon, Fredericks, Kerr, G Nicholl,  B Nicholl, 
D Maryon, R Sevier, Lane (Peel), Law, Burns, N Sevier, Hayes    Reps Keen, Brooks, Peel         
Scorers: Tries - G Nicholl, J North    Conversion - R Sevier    Penalty - R Sevier.

A strong Grove 2nd team achieved their first league win this season  defeating Windsor 3rds at 
Grove by 47 : 3. Grove scorers were John Barrett  (3 trys, 1 conversion, 1 penalty), Tom Harrington
(2 tries), Dan Bashford (1  try), Gareth Hudson (1 try), A.N. Other (1 try), Alex Morgan (1 conversion).     



Grove 3rds were heavily defeated 72 : 14 by Maidenhead 4ths at Maidenhead,  Groves try scorers 
were Andy Heath and Paul Chapman with conversions from  Lucas Hill.

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Saturday 5th December – Chipping Norton 8 Grove 10

Grove kept up their title challenge on Saturday but only just, when they beat Chipping Norton 
by 10 points to 8 at Chippy. Chippy started strongly, attacking Grove from the outset and 
gained a kickable penalty inside a minute. The kick from Adam Smith went wide of the posts 
but Chippy came back strongly from the restart and kept possession away from Grove for the next 
ten minutes. Grove's defence was good however and despite one or two missed tackles Chippy were 
unable to break through for a try. Prop Richard Keen was outstanding as he often single-handedly 
drove the Chippy forwards back in contact. Finally after 15 minutes of play and pressure Grove
did concede a penalty in front of the posts and Chippy took a deserved lead of 3 points. This 
time the restart worked much better for Grove with Ben Nicholl taking a clean catch from fly half 
Roger Sevier's kick. Then, burrowing deep into Chippy territory he passed to Hayes who moved the
ball to centre Ben Law. The big centre took the ball forward and after a chip through from scrum 
half Hayes, Chippy cleared their lines. With Flanker Guy Nicholl stealing ball from the Chippy 
line out and the scrum dominant, Grove continued the pressure. Chippy gamely ran the ball back 
at Grove whenever they could but several huge hits on both forwards and backs by Keen stopped 
them in their tracks. Late in the half, flanker Guy Nicholl, anticipating a pass that never came, 
took out the dummy runner which led to a harsh yellow card. The resultant penalty took Chippy 
right to the Grove try line and they had the platform for a try which came in the corner when 
Chris Dixon broke Nick Sevier's despairing tackle. With no conversion made, Chippy now had an
8 : 0 lead. The restart from Grove was poor but Chippy kicked long to Nick Sevier who ran the 
ball back strongly before being caught. Although Grove looked dangerous in attack, they kept 
turning the ball back over to Chippy with basic mistakes just when space was starting to open 
up which gave Chippy the chance to counter attack. In particular flanker Dawson was beginning
to look dangerous with ball in hand but great tackling from Keen and Roger Sevier in particular 
held them at bay. With Grove still under pressure Chippy attempted a drop goal which was missed. 
Grove got back into the Chippy half and with a penalty award Roger Sevier brought Grove back 
into the game with a good 3 point kick. With half time looming and with Chippy having had 
virtually all of the possession and pressure an amazing turnaround happened when, from his own 
22 metre line, Roger Sevier, seeing the Chippy centres were too far forward, threw out a huge 
long pass over their heads to brother Nick who collected and sprinted up the field, beating 
three men with superb side steps before passing to the supporting Burns who then scampered his 
way to the Chippy line and although tackled near the line, was able to touch down one handed for 
a terrific try. Roger Sevier's conversion giving Grove a somewhat unexpected half time 10 : 8 lead.

Grove started the second half still making mistakes with the Chippy handling by and large very 
efficient but Grove made up for it with superb defence and some colossal clearance kicks by Roger 
Sevier. Yet again Richard Keen was everywhere, tackling like a demon. When Grove's backs did cut 
loose however, they looked by far the more dangerous outfit. Centre Ben Law, using his undoubted 
strength, tried time and time again to crash through the Chippy back line but eventually should 
have passed to his supporting players. Eventually Law was replaced by Dave Maryon, who made a 
strong impact in both defence and attack. The Grove forwards continued the good approach work 
and pressed right to the Chippy line and lock Lee Wright in particular was unlucky not to crash
over. Grove's pack, ably led by skipper Steve Maryon, did manage to drive their counterparts over 
the try line but the referee brought them back for a 5 metre scrum. Despite continued pressure 
Grove eventually were turned over and with a couple of quick penalties and a number of missed 
Grove tackles Chippy were once again back in the Grove half. This time the Chippy pressure was 
relentless and immense and for fully ten minutes Chippy were camped on the Grove try line. Grove's 
defence was tremendous and equal to the pressure however, as the pressure from the Chippy forwards 
was relentless. Following one 5 metre scrum Fredericks was superb in single-handedly driving the 
Chippy attackers back from what looked like being a certain try. Eventually Chippy must count 
themselves unlucky when what looked like a definite try, was refused by the unsighted referee. 
Despite this setback Chippy again attacked ferociously this time through their backs but again 
some terrific tackling held them at bay. Finally Grove's Ben Nicholl fought for and won the ball 
and passed back to Roger Sevier who launched an absolute monster of a kick to take Grove deep into 
the Chippy half. After this it was Grove's turn to attack and again it was the ubiquitous Keen who
emerged with ball in hand, tearing up the park smashing opponents out of the way as he went. 
Grove's reward was a difficult penalty attempt from which Roger Sevier was unsuccessful. With time 
running out Chippy threw everything at Grove but again Grove's defence was superb and finally
this exiting game came to a close with no scoring in the second half but with Grove just doing 
enough to get the result to maintain their promotion challenge.

Man of the match Richard Keen

Grove team:G Eltham, J North, R Keen, S Maryon, L Wright, J Fredericks, G Nicholl, B Nicholl, 
Hayes, R Sevier, Peel, B Law (D Maryon), J Burns, B Lane, N Sevier

Reps, T Eltham, N Brooks, D Maryon

Scorers: Grove, Try - Burns, Conversion - R Sevier, Penalty - R Sevier.

Chipping Norton: Try - Dawson, Penalty - Smith.

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Saturday 12th December - Grove 15 Witney 19

Grove failed in their attempt to overhaul league leaders Witney on Saturday but had the game lasted another 5 minutes they 
could well have been successful.
With 4 changes from the previous week, including the whole front row, it was not ideal preparation but despite this setback 
Grove started very strongly and attacked Witney with vigour. After 12 minutes of continuous Grove pressure, when Witney 
were unable to get out of their 22 metre area, the home side were awarded a touch line penalty, fly half Roger Sevier just 
pushing it wide. Grove continued to apply pressure without any points reward and it was fully 20 minutes into the game befor e 
Witney ventured into the Grove half of the field. The Witney forwards mauled well and drove into the Grove 22. With a penalty 
awarded, Witney chose to go for a lineout and from another maul play was only stopped when Grove flanker James Kerr was 
yellow carded for illegally killing the ball within the 5 metre area. Witney then decided on a scrum with Grove a man down, and 
attempted a pushover try. The scrum broke up and from the restarted set piece Grove transgressed by going offside and the 
referee awarded a penalty try to the visitors which was converted in front of the posts by Ed Mitchem to give Witney a 0-7 lead.
Grove made a few handling mistakes and with frustration their discipline suffered and with some backchat from a penalty it brought 
Witney another 10 metres closer and presented them with a very kickable penalty which was then surprisingly missed by Mitchem. 
Grove pushed back but Witney developed the next good attack after first their forwards pushed Grove off the ball then their backs
 ran at Grove with a three man overlap but this was ruined by a forward pass to the winger. Half time score 0-7 in Witney's favour.

Witney started the 2nd half the brighter of the two sides, and with fly half Lamb starting to kick well, kept Grove pinned back in their half.
Grove hit back with a fine running attack from full back Nick Sevier who side-stepped several Witney players before being caught. The 
Grove pressure lead to a kickable penalty but instead Grove elected to run and several promising phases of play promised much but fizzled 
out. Witney then attacked through their forwards, and from another maul, the ball was spun wide to Lewis Collins who ran in with the overlap 
at his mercy, with the conversion from Mitchem making the score 0-14. Then shortly after, and following good forwards pressure again 
the Witney scrum half slipped over the line for a soft try which was not converted but which gave the visitors a seemingly unassailable 0-19
 lead. 

With Guy Nicholl replacing Kerr on the flank, Grove began to pressure Witney with a fine attack all the way to the Witney line but with Ben Law
 being penalised for holding the ball on the floor, Witney got the penalty to alleviate the pressure. Witney pushed back into the Grove half and 
again were awarded a kickable penalty but again this was missed. Dave Maryon substituted for Ashley Lane on the Grove wing and 
Grove again took play all the way back to the Witney try line and were unlucky not to get advantage from a charged down kick from Ben Nicholl 
on the Witney line when they almost certainly would have scored a try. Now under real pressure Witney's fly half Lamb was yellow carded from
another transgression. Grove were now playing with great determination and were starting to apply good pressure from their pack and eventually
 it was Ben Nicholl who scored following a great take at the lineout by lock Lee Wright and driving maul. Roger Sevier uncharacteristically
 missed the conversion to keep the score 5-19. The penalty awards now started to move in Grove's favour with the Witney forwards tiring, 
but it was too late to kick at the posts and so each penalty was run. Witney were lucky not to have more players sin binned with attempts to
 kill the ball at most rucks and with Grove now clearly dominating the game and playing with much more speed and gusto, they looked dangerous 
with ball in hand.

After another series of quick offloads it was Guy Nicholl who was able to dive over in the corner to take the scoreline to 10-19. Roger 
Sevier's conversion attempt, unluckily for Grove, rebounded off the upright so Grove still had to score at least twice to win the game. In 
desperation Grove were now frantically running everything even from their own try line and the handling was much improved as they moved
back into the Witney half. Witney now seemed to be in disarray and they were further hampered when their centre Lamb was yellow carded 
leave them with only 13 men on the pitch. Taking advantage Ben Nicholl set off on  a great run, knocking over 2 defenders before feeding Jamie 
Burns and the Grove centre was able to dive over in the corner to bring the score to 15-19, again the difficult conversion was just missed. 
Unfortunately for Grove that was the last action of the game and while on balance Witney just about deserved the win they can count themselves
lucky Grove didn't get their act together a few minutes sooner as the result would almost certainly have been different.

Grove Team: T Eltham, Sherwood, P Mack, S Maryon, L Wright, J Fredericks, J Kerr, B Nicholl, Hayes, R Sevier, Z Grant, B Law, J Burns, 
A Lane, N Sevier  Reps: Wallbridge, G Nicholl, D Maryon

Scorers: Grove - Tries:  B Nicholl, G Nicholl, J Burns

Witney - Tries:  Penalty Try, Campbell, L Collins. Conversions: Mitchem (2)

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 Saturday 2nd December 2010 - Aldermaston v 2nd XV

A strong Grove 2nd team travelled to Aldermaston on Saturday and on an extremely small 'juniors'
pitch thumped them 0 : 60. Aldermaston started strongly and went well for most of the first half 
only trailing by 0 : 15 at the break but in the second half Grove overwhelmed them with 45 points
scored against no reply, playing some 'champagne rugby' at the end. Grove scorers were :- 
Lee Nickell (2 tries), Ben Law (2 tries), Chas Boshell (2 tries), Ashley Lane (1 try), Gareth 
Hudson (1 try), Tom Harrington (1 try), John Xavier (1 pen + 1 conv), Steve Xavier (5 convs).

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 Saturday 23rd January - Windsor 14 - 34 Grove        
Grove got their season going again after a 6 week break with a pleasing 34-14 away win at 
4th place Windsor. Missing captain Steve Maryon with his first child expected, Ben Nicholl 
took over the captaincy for the  day. Grove got on the scoreboard early in the 1st half in a 
slightly fortuitous manner when a 55 metre penalty attempt by Roger Sevier bounced back from 
the crossbar into open play. Speedy winger Tom  Harrington made a crunching tackle on the 
gathering Windsor player and with the ball quickly being turned over by Grove, flanker Jamie  
Fredericks ran through to score from 25 yards. Sevier then proceeded to hit one of the uprights 
with the attempted conversion. Grove looked the  better side, and with the ball being controlled 
well in the loose and  the set piece working effectively, it was only handling mistakes and a  
few silly offsides at the breakdown which were keeping Windsor in the game. Windsor capitalised 
on one particular transgression with a penalty  kick for touch for a 5 metre lineout and then 
walked it over the line  with a well worked driving maul, flanker Jonny Hayhurst scoring the try.  
Van Terheyden missed the conversion to keep the scores level, and then  missed 3 relatively simple
penalty attempts in a row as Grove's  discipline let them down in dangerous areas of the pitch. 
Grove managed  to regain their composure and scored after 30 minutes with full back  Nick Sevier 
running through unopposed from a brilliantly worked backs  move on the Windsor 22. Brother Roger 
slotted the simple conversion for  a 12-5 lead. A further penalty conversion a short time later made 
the  score 15-5 and Grove were starting to exert a lot of pressure. Windsor  managed another penalty 
shot before half time, with winger James  Driscoll taking over and converting for a half time score 
of 15-8 to  Grove.         

Windsor started the 2nd half with a lot of purpose and with mistakes and  
transgressions once again creeping into an otherwise excellent Grove game,Driscoll once again stepped
up to convert 2 more penalties to make  the score 15-14 and give the home supporters something to 
shout about.  Significantly, at this point the Windsor no 8 was sin-binned for some  foul play and 
Grove took the opportunity to turn the screw, with some great handling through forwards and backs 
resulting in centre Jamie  Burns finding space wide on the right,wrong footing the full back and  
outpacing the cover to score near the posts, Sevier missing the  conversion for a 20-14 scoreline. 
Things got a little out of hand  shortly after,with prop Gary Eltham incorrectly sent off after a  
scuffle which the referee did not see, but bizarrely asking the home  touch judge his opinion and 
predictably pinpointing a Grove player for  some punishment. This should have handed the advantage to 
Windsor but  instead galvanised the aggrieved Grove team, who promptly recovered the  ball from a mistake 
at the scrum by the Windsor no 9. Outstanding no 8 Ben Nicholl picked up the loose ball and fed Roger 
Sevier for his first  try of the season, also converted by him for a 27-14 lead. With the game  almost 
up and Windsor playing for pride, another superb break through some tired tackling in midfield by 
Jamie Burns gave Grove the chance to  score,and with energetic flanker Guy Nicholl on hand for the pass 
from  the last move of the game, Sevier converted his try for the final score of 34-14 and a significant
away win for Grove.         

Grove Team:D Bashford, J North, G Eltham, J Kerr, L Wright, J Fredericks, G Nicholl, B  Nicholl, D Maryon, 
R Sevier, T Harrington, A Lane, J Burns, Z Grant, N Sevier.    Reps: S Sherwood, N Brooks, B Law         
Scorers,Grove:Tries - Fredericks, N Sevier, Burns, R Sevier, G Nicholl. Conversions - R Sevier (3)Penalty - R Sevier.         

Windsor: Try - Hayhurst.Penaties - Driscoll (3).  

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Grove 2nds beat Farnham Royal away by 38 points to 12.     

Farnham started strongly against a good Grove 2nds team and took an early 5  : 0 lead but it was soon 
clear that Grove were going to dominate this game.  Despite spirited resistance from the home side 
the visitors ran in six tries  before Farnham scored a converted consolation try right at the end 
of the  match.     Grove's try scorers were Simon Cramp (2),Ashley Lane (1 ),Jamie Burns  
(1), Gareth Hudson (1), Tom Harrington (1). Conversions - Roger Sevier (4).

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Saturday 30th January Grove 13 Amersham & Chiltern 48 No report


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Saturday 13th February Aylesbury 12 Grove 6 

Grove lost any realistic chance of catching the two league leaders in  Southern Counties 
(North) when they narrowly lost at Aylesbury in a very  closely contested match on Saturday. 
This was not the greatest performance  by Grove with some poor tactical decision making on 
he field but credit has  to be given to Aylesbury's dogged defence which could not be penetrated  
through the whole game.     The first half saw Aylesbury constantly attacking but Grove's 
defence was  resolute and the home side could not break the Grove line. Grove did manage  
to get into the Aylesbury half of the field a couple of times during the  half but two long 
range penalty attempts by fly half Roger Sevier were both  missed. Aylesbury definitely looked 
the stronger of the two sides although  both scrum half Dave Maryon and hooker Jon North stood 
out for Grove.  Aylesbury missed a kickable penalty and with half time looming the game was  
deadlocked at 0 : 0 but after 4 minutes of injury time Grove took a 3 : 0  lead with a Roger 
Sevier penalty which went over after hitting the crossbar.  At half time Grove lost flanker
Guy Nicholl with a dead leg replaced by John  Chapman and also lost Dave Maryon with a pulled 
hamstring. Maryon's position  was taken by Roger Sevier with centre Jamie Burns moving to fly 
half and  replacement Simon Cramp coming on to make up the full side. In this half it  was Grove 
who were the main attacking force for most of the time with  particularly good aggressive tackling
from lock James Kerr being noted but  it was Aylesbury who nudged 5 : 3 ahead when their outside
centre touched  down in the corner after a blindside break. No. 8 Ben Nicholl and centres  Nick 
Sevier and Jamie Burns for Grove then all managed to separately drive  over the Aylesbury line 
but none could touch the ball down. Grove kept up  the intense pressure but wrong options were 
taken and overlaps ignored so no  scoring resulted until Grove were awarded a penalty in front 
of the posts  which Roger Sevier cheerfully converted to put Grove 5 : 6 in front. Grove  continued 
to attack and Ben Nicholl in particular had a superb run up the  middle of the park but then somewhat 
against the run of play Aylesbury made  a terrific break out and ran in a very good try to the 
corner of the field.  The difficult conversion was put over and Grove were in trouble at 12 : 6  
behind. Aylesbury now resorted to a kicking game to give them territorial advantage and frankly should 
have scored another try but for a clear overlap  in their backs being ignored. With only minutes 
left Grove threw everything  at their hosts but again wrong options were taken and a very exciting 
game  ended with victory to the home side.

Saturday 20th February

Grove 19 : Beaconsfield 24     Grove effectively self-destructed on Saturday by giving away 
19 points in  the first half against lowly Beaconsfield with a mixture of poor play and  far 
too much indiscipline. Grove lost first choice scrum half Nick Hayes  before the match due to 
flu, John Neddlekoff making his first team debut  this season as his replacement.     Grove 
started reasonably brightly with a couple of good runs from flanker  Guy Nicholl but were badly 
hampered within the first five minutes when  flanker Lee Wright had to leave the field for 
hospital with suspected  concussion, after a particularly devastating tackle, James Kerr coming 
on as  replacement. After 20 minutes one of many penalties already awarded to the  visitors was 
hen turned into a 3 point lead by their full back. Within 5  minutes Grove transgressed again 
in front of their own posts and  Beaconsfield were 6 points in front, again through their full 
back. A  promising attack by Grove fell apart following a poor kick upfield which was  returned
with interest by Beaconsfield but Grove came straight back and were  awarded a penalty when the 
referee should have played advantage, given Grove  at the time had a four man overlap and possibly 
could have scored the first  try of the match. For the second time in the match Grove lost 
their own line  out following the penalty award. From the next Grove penalty awarded, fly  half 
Roger Sevier attempted a kick at the posts but this went just wide.  Grove smashed back into 
Beaconsfield through hooker Shaun Sherwood following  the 22 metre drop out and set up a great 
open side platform to run the ball  but the ball was lost after the wrong option to go blind was 
taken. Grove  then gave away another penalty plus a further 10 metres in front of their  own posts 
for backchat after captain and No. 8 Ben Nicholl was harshly  yellow carded for what the referee 
adjudged to be a dangerous tackle on a  Beaconsfield player, who had to leave the field permanently 
as a result of  damage to his arm or shoulder. The kick was put over and Grove were 9 points  behind. 
To make matters worse Grove gave away further penalties and taking  full advantage the Beaconsfield 
left wing neatly slipped the ball to their  centre on the loop who scored the first try of the match 
in the corner of  the field. With the difficult conversion being missed Grove were now 0 : 14  behind. 
As a result of a Grove player going down on the try scorer after he  had touched down the referee 
awarded Beaconsfield a penalty from the kick  off. With 55 minutes having been played in the first
half Beaconsfield  managed to score another unconverted try to leave Grove 0 : 19 down at the  break 
with a very large mountain to climb.     Grove started the second half much better having made some 
positional  reshuffles and launched straight into Beaconsfield with a good long run from  Guy Nicholl, 
leading to Grove retaining possession through several phases of  play, before winning a penalty. The 
penalty was taken quickly and the ball  spun wide to Nick Sevier on the left wing who barrelled his 
way through  three defenders, broke clear and ran in from the corner to score a good try  between 
the posts. Roger Sevier converted to take the score to 7 : 19. Grove  immediately gave away another 
penalty in front of their own posts but  amazingly the kick for the points was missed and Grove were 
let off. Nathan  Brooks came on as a replacement after full back Ashley Lane had to leave the  field 
with a hamstring injury. Grove's attacks now became more intensive  with good bludgeoning runs from 
centre Ben Law in particular but passes kept  going astray and the attacks broke down. Beaconsfield 
counter attacked and  following a scrummage scored on the wing while defending wing Sevier was  down 
receiving treatment for a bloodied nose. With the wing position  undefended this was an easy try for 
the visitors but it was debatable  whether the referee should have allowed play to restart while the 
Grove  player was incapable of playing. The conversion was missed but Beaconsfield  were now 7 : 24 in 
front. Again Grove stormed back into Beaconsfield and  again scoring opportunities were lost when final 
passes went astray. More  Grove indiscipline followed when prop Jimmy Wallbridge was yellow carded for  
retaliation, following a bout of 'handbags'. Despite being a man short  however great backs work, 
including a break from Ben Nicholl, now playing in  the centre, resulted in wing Simon Cramp going over 
in the right corner. The  difficult conversion was put over by Roger Sevier and Grove were now back in  
it at 14 : 24. but with only 10 minutes remaining. Further rampaging attacks  from Grove developed but 
again almost certain scoring opportunities were  lost with the ball being spilled at the last minute. 
Beaconsfield, now  visibly tiring, could only resort to kicks to get out of trouble. Another  bout of 
'handbags' occurred and one of the Beaconsfield locks, who should  have received a yellow card for 
persistently attacking a Grove player,  staggeringly went completely unpunished! Grove were now completely 
in the  ascendancy and throwing everything at Beaconsfield and this paid off when,  following a beautiful 
pass from Nathan Brooks, replacement hooker Jon North  raced over into the left corner to score from 
what was to be the last move  of the game. Roger Sevier's second difficult conversion attempt rebounded  
off the upright and the game was over with Beaconsfield the unlikely victors  at 19 : 24. This defeat 
has caused Grove to slip from 3rd to 4th place in  the league although they do have three games in hand 
over Milton Keynes, who  have replaced them.


Grove Team    T Eltham, S Sherwood, J Wallbridge, J Chapman, J Kerr, L Wright, G Nicholl, B  Nicholl,
J Needlekoff, R Sevier, S Cramp, B Law, N Sevier, J Burns, A Lane    Reps G Eltham, J North,N Brooks 
Scorers: Tries - N Sevier, S Cramp, J North  Conversions - R Sevier 2  

Slough 29 Grove 30 Saturday 6th  March 2010


Grove were almost robbed of a thoroughly deserved victory at Slough on Saturday when, 
having dominated their opponents for most of the match and having delivered one of their 
slickest performances this season, they fell foul of what they considered to be some odd refereeing 
decisions.
Unlike in some of their recent performances Grove really hit the ground running despite the 
referee missing a late tackle on full back Nick Sevier followed by clear offside play from Slough 
which resulted in a penalty to the home side! The attempt at goal was missed but Slough were then 
awarded three more penalties, the last of which was converted for them to take a 3 : 0 lead. Grove 
struck back immediately when No. 8 Ben Nicholl burst clear and fed the ball to his brother and 
fellow back row man Guy Nicholl who outpaced all of the opposition to score a great try, converted 
by fly half Roger Sevier and Grove were in the lead by 3 : 7. Grove continued to attack strongly 
and were very unlucky when hooker Jon North accidentally overran the bouncing ball, for which the 
referee awarded a penalty to Slough! It was Grove however who went further ahead from a Roger Sevier 
penalty, awarded against Slough's outside centre, who was also yellow carded. Grove now upped the 
pace and very fast passing between flanker James Kerr and Jon North followed leading to a Slough 
line out after Roger Sevier's huge clearance kick found touch. 
Very strangely the referee then refused to allow Slough's quickly taken throw in even though no line 
out had been formed! Great interplay between North, Ben Nicholl and centres Ben Law and Jamie Burns 
and finally winger Gareth Hudson ended when the ball went into touch but again it was Grove who 
continued to attack with Ben Law powering his way through the opposition backs. Hudson was unlucky 
in the next attack but Grove were awarded a penalty in front of the posts, which Roger Sevier put over 
for a 3 : 13 lead, when flanker Guy Nicholl was illegally felled by one of the Slough players. 
Slough came back strongly though their big pack and came close to scoring but were held out by the 
Grove defence. It was then Grove who immediately went on the offensive with further great running 
and very fast handling from Law, scrum half Nick Hayes, Roger Sevier, Guy Nicholl, wing Simon Peel 
and Jamie Burns only ending when a Slough defender was able to call a mark. Slough pushed back into 
Grove's half and were awarded a kickable penalty after a minor bout of fisticuffs between Slough's 
left wing and Nick Sevier. The kick went wide however and Grove retained their 3 : 13 lead and then 
increased it after prop Jimmy Wallbridge broke clear with the ball, feeding Burns who passed on to 
Kerr who fed Guy Nicholl for the flanker to again show a great turn of pace, racing in to score his 
second try close to the posts. Roger Sevier's conversion took Grove to a 3 : 20 lead and it looked like 
Slough were out of it. With half time looming Slough had another unsuccessful penalty kick attempt 
followed by a very difficult one for Grove but amazingly Roger Sevier maintained his 100% kicking 
performance by slotting it from distance to give Grove a 3 : 23 half time lead. During the break 
Grove substitutes Ed Church and Terry Eltham replaced  hooker North and prop Wallbridge respectively. 

It was Slough who attacked strongly at the start of the second half but great defensive work, particularly 
from Church and lock Jon Chapman held them at bay until a penalty came Grove's way after Roger Sevier 
was flattened by a completely illegal shoulder charge from the Slough No. 4. A period of aerial ping-pong 
followed before Slough scored their first try of the match following a line out close to the Grove 
try line from which they were able to power over and then convert to take the scoreline to 10 : 23. 
Slough were then amazingly awarded a scrum following a scuffle in which Jamie Fredericks was punched 
in the face by the Slough number 5 in full view of the referee. Undaunted it was Grove who came straight 
back when Fredericks, who had just replaced Jon Chapman in the second row, smashed his way over in the 
corner following terrific work by Guy Nicholl and Simon Peel. The difficult conversion was again 
slotted by Roger Sevier and Grove were in front with a seemingly unassailable score line of 10 : 30 
but then everything changed! Firstly Ben Law was yellow carded for not rolling away after a tackle 
almost immediately followed by Slough amazingly being awarded a penalty try when Jamie Fredericks apparently 
went offside following a scrum, stealing the ball from Slough, even though there was absolutely 
no certainty that Slough would have scored had this not happened and it was also debatable whether the 
ball had actually been released from the scrum and was therefore in open play. Fredericks also very harshly
received a yellow card for this alleged misdemeanour and Grove were suddenly down to 13 men with their 
lead reduced to 17 : 30. Despite this it was Grove who went on the attack but Slough sensibly changed 
tactics and kept the ball with their big forwards and moved back into Grove's half of the field. 
Slough were then very lucky when a clear knock on by them went unpunished and a penalty was awarded to 
Slough instead! This was followed by another penalty to Slough although no offence could be
detected and from the move that followed a try was then awarded to the home side seemingly on the insistence
of one of the Slough supporters, the referee appearing to be unsighted! The conversion was missed but 
the scoreline was now 22 : 30 and Grove and their supporters were extremely disgruntled. With time 
fast running out further penalties were awarded to Slough for offences that nobody could see leading 
to the Grove captain seriously questioning the referee about what was happening.
Finally Grove's numbers were restored to their full complement but with the referee allowing feeding to 
the scrum, crooked lines out, forward passes, obstruction and holding on to ball on the ground by Slough 
to all go unpunished it was clear that there was going to be another score to the home side soon even 
though Grove were still playing the better rugby. Things went from bad to worse for Grove when the referee 
then decided to yellow card Jamie Burns for what only he deemed as a knee to the body of the man he 
tackled when Burns was actually pushed from the Slough side and fell over. What then followed was a 
clear red card offence by Slough when following a clearance kick by Roger Sevier the Grove fly half was 
completely and very dangerously flattened by a flying feet first and very late illegal attack from one 
of the Slough forwards who received no punishment whatsoever!  Despite all this Grove went back on the 
attack through Fredericks and Roger Sevier who spun the ball to his winger but again the fly half was 
taken down by a late tackle and again no punishment for Slough resulted! Then with all the Slough backs 
clearly offside but not punished for it fighting broke out between the teams, the referee clearly having
lost control of the match.
Nevertheless once this subsided further penalties were awarded to Slough until they were on the Grove 
try line from where they actually touched down for a try but this was missed by the referee and play 
continued until a try was allowed following yet another penalty, which was quickly taken but illegally 
not through the mark and while Steve Maryon, the Grove captain, was lying injured on the ground. 
With the successful conversion Slough were now unbelievably within one point of Grove at 29:30. 
The resultant drop out was declared by the referee to be the last action of the game but with the 
ball being accidentally kicked directly into touch by Roger Sevier a penalty was then awarded to Slough
on the half way line which the Slough number 10 attempted to convert, thankfully without success.

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Grove 24 Swindon 31 Saturday 13th March 2010  

As is now becoming a home tradition Grove managed to go a long way  behind in the first half only to claw most of the 
points back in the  second half but not enough to secure a victory.         To be fair Swindon played the better rugby in the 
first half and were  deservedly in the lead at half time but it was largely Grove's  indiscipline and errors that caused the half
 time score to be as high as  it was in Swindon's favour. Grove's lock James Kerr was yellow carded  shortly after the 
start of the game for apparently killing the ball in a  scrum and the referee also awarded a penalty try to Swindon for the 
 transgression. With the successful conversion Grove were 0 : 7 down and  reduced to 14 men. Shortly after Grove were 
awarded a penalty but fly  half Roger Sevier's attempt to kick the points went wide. Scrum half  Nick Hayes, playing 
advantage, attempted a drop goal but this was missed  and Sevier was then unlucky when the resultant penalty kick from 
the  touchline hit the upright and rebounded into play. Swindon's full back  was next on the scorecard when a lack of Grove 
defence allowed him to  run through and touch down for 0 : 12 but the conversion attempt was  missed. Sevier's third attempt 
at a penalty was successful and the score  changed to 3 : 12. Flankers Jamie Fredericks and Guy Nicholl along with  centres 
Jamie Burns and Nick Sevier for Grove all had good runs at  Swindon but no scoring resulted. Following a period of forwards
 pressure  from Swindon they once again scored when a missed tackle at the base of  the scrum allowed the attacker through
 for a relatively easy try.  Swindon's fly half converted for 3 :19 and immediately Swindon struck  again when a massive gap 
between Grove's outside centre and wing was run  through by one of the Swindon centre's for a really soft try and Grove  
were virtually out of it at 3 : 24, the conversion attempt being missed.  Swindon continued to throw the ball about well and 
even though Grove won  penalties the resultant lines-out were generally lost. The Swindon  forwards were now definitely dominating 
their counterparts but Grove  were beginning to show signs of a fightback with strong attacks from Ben  Nicholl and Nick 
Sevier but the half time score remained at 3 : 24.         At half time Grove's Jon North replaced veteran prop Peter Mack, 
Paul  Miles replaced Jon Chapman at lock and Nick Sevier swapped his inside  centre position with full back Ashley Lane. 
Grove immediately attacked  and were rewarded when flanker Guy Nicholl went on a great solo run to  score. The relatively 
straightforward conversion attempt was  unexpectedly missed by Roger Sevier and the score was now 8 : 24. It was  then 
Nick Sevier who went on a terrific solo mazy run from within his  own half only for the ball to be knocked on following the
 pass that  should have lead to a Grove try. For Swindon their No. 8 was beginning  to stand out as having a very good game. 
Sadly Guy Nicholl had to leave  the field permanently after a bad accidental clash of heads with the  Swindon scrum half being 
replaced by Jimmy Wallbridge. Grove were now  pressing hard and were rewarded when Jamie Fredericks smashed his way  
over and Roger Sevier converted to take the score to 15 : 24 and their  was a glimmer of hope for the home side. Swindon 
had a player yellow  carded and Grove continued to improve with good attacks from Hayes and  hooker Ed Church their 
reward coming in the form of a penalty which  Roger Sevier slotted to take the score to 18 : 24 and Grove were within  a 
single try of taking the lead. This all fizzled however when scrum  half Nick Hayes tried to clear his lines when under pressure 
at a scrum.  His kick was charged down and pounced on by Swindon for another try to  the opposition which was also converted
 to take the score to 18 : 31.  Swindon stormed back through their No. 8 but he was held up by Jon North  and they were 
unable to score. Jamie Fredericks was then yellow carded  for not binding properly but after a long period of Swindon pressure  
Roger Sevier relieved the pressure with a long touch kick and then Ben  Nicholl launched a terrific solo attack from half way 
and ran over for a  try in the corner. The difficult conversion was missed and the final  score of 24 : 31 had been reached. 
Unfortunately for Grove they  continued to attack but had run out of time and yet again the mountain  Grove had given themselves
 to climb proved just too high.             
 Grove team    T Eltham, E Church, P Mack, J Chapman, J Kerr, J Fredericks, G Nicholl, B Nicholl,  N Hayes, G Hudson, J Burns, N Sevier, 
T Harrington, A Lane    Reps Miles, J North, J Wallbridge         
Scorers    Tries:    G Nicholl, B Nicholl, J Fredericks.    Conversions:    R Sevier 1    Penalties    R Sevier 2       
     

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