*Starting Squad*
1. Dave Hales
2. ⁠Luke Mathews
3. ⁠George Hook
4. ⁠Elliot Martin
5. ⁠Lawrence Birkhead
6. ⁠Rob Tyreman
7. ⁠Alex Harris
8. ⁠James Monks
9. ⁠Ollie Nicholl
10. ⁠Charlie Roberts
11. ⁠Dylan Reeve
12. ⁠Dan Coombs
13. ⁠Michael Holden
14. Billy Haist
15. ⁠Matt Callaway

*Replacements*
16. ⁠Joe Cooper
17. Sam Cooper
18. Ben Hewer

1st Half Summary

10 Mins - Michael Holden penalised for an upright tackle inside Grove’s 22. Yellow card shown. Wallingford opt for an attempt at the post. Penalty kick good. Score: 0-3

12 Mins - From the Grove kick off, Lawrence Birkhead and Dave Hales chase well and put the Wallingford player under pressure forcing a knock on. Score: 0-3

18 Mins - Wallingford penalised for holding on in the tackle. Charlie Roberts kicks to touch to put Grove just inside the Wallingford 22. Score: 0-3

20 Mins - Grove move the ball out wide left and Matt Callaway finds a gap in the Wallingford defensive line to go through and score with a diving finish. Ollie Nicholl misses a difficult conversion attempt. Score: 5-3

Michael Holden sin bin ends.
Michael Holden subbed off due to a facial injury. Sam Cooper on.

24 Mins - Charlie Roberts kicks long to relieve the pressure on Grove. Grove have a good line in the chase and isolate the Wallingford player. Sam Cooper gets over the ball at the breakdown to win the pen. Score: 5-3

26 Mins - Wallingford pick off a Grove pass to break through the line, running 3/4’s of the length of the pitch to go in the score with the numbers. Conversion good. Score: 5-10

30 Mins - Grove win a penalty for Wallingford not rolling away in the tackle. Grove opt to kick at the posts. Ollie Nicholl conversion good. Score: 8-10

34 Mins - Grove shift the ball quickly wide to Dylan Reeves, who has open space to run into. Wallingford fullback puts him in touch in the tackle on the Wallingford 22. Score: 8-10

36 Mins - Dave Hales off with a knee injury. Joe Cooper On. Score: 8-10

39 Mins - Elliot Martin off with a hand injury. Ben Hewer On. Score: 8-10

HT Score: Grove RFC 1st XV 8-10 Wallingford 1st XV

2nd Half Summary

43 Mins - Grove get up off the line well putting pressure on Wallingford. They are penalised for being off feet at the breakdown and Grove kick up in Wallingford half. Score: 8-10

46 Mins - Wallingford push through the phases with the forwards. A Wallingford back at speed breaks the Grove line to power over and score. Conversion missed. Score: 8-15

50 Mins - Grove awarded a penalty for Wallingford not rolling away at the breakdown. Grove opt to kick at the posts. Ollie Nicholl conversion good. Score: 11-15

55 Mins - Under pressure from Dave Hales in the tackle Wallingford get the ball away wide and run in to score. Conversion good from out wide. Score: 11-22

60 Mins - Alex Harris gets over the ball at the breakdown on the halfway to win Grove a pen. Ollie Nicholl follows it up with a great kick to touch to put Grove 5 yards out. Score: 11-22

64 Mins - Grove dominate the scrum 5 yards out. Dave Hales picks and go’s from the base of the scrum but is stopped just short. Ollie Nicholl then picks up from the ruck and steps through to score out wide. Ollie Nicholl conversion attempt good from a difficult wide angle. Score: 18-22

67 Mins - Grove penalised for being offside at the ruck. Wallingford opt to kick at the posts. Attempt good. Score: 18-25

70 Mins - Grove dominate the scrum on the halfway to be awarded a penalty. Score: 18-25

74 Mins - Ben Hewer off for a shoulder injury. Grove down to 14 with no replacements available. Score: 18-25

75 Mins - With the numbers advantage, Wallingford put it through the hands to score on the wide left channel. Conversion missed. Score: 18-30

79 Mins - Luke Mathews get over the ball at the ruck to win Grove a penalty. Ollie Nicholl’s kick for touch goes out of bounds just over the try line. Score: 18-30

80 Mins - From a scrum Grove put the ball through the hands to James Monks who at pace broke the line to run in and score. Ollie Nicholl narrowly misses the kick. Score: 23-30

FT Score: Grove RFC 1st XV 23-30 Wallingford 1st XV

Tries: Matt Callaway, Ollie Nicholl, James Monks
Conv: Ollie Nicholl
Pens: Ollie Nicholl x2

Quarters
20: 5-3
HT: 8-10
60: 11-22
FT: 23-30

Opponents:
Tries: 4
Conv: 2
Pens: 3

League Position: 6th

MOM: James Monks - 8