St Ives vs Brackley – 30th October 2004 2004
St Ives 0 Brackley 32
Over 50% of the regular/semi-regular 1st team unavailable through injury or other issues (Blanchard, Jessop, Thompson, Sykes, Hazelwood, Woodward, Jessop, Jackson, Lake, Blackley, Howarth, Grieve)
Andy Frear back in at centre, as was Mark Dolard - Fullback, Jamie Noble - Centre (1st appearance for 1sts), Rob Marland - 2nd row, John Luckhurst - Flanker (1st appearance this season), Dan Beaumont - Centre, Gez Gilburt - Hooker (1st appearance this season).
Several good phases from St Ives, but fell to well worked try's from Brackley. Their kicking wasn't particularly good, which kept the socre down a little. They took 5 try's, 1 drop goal and 2 conversions to win 32 v 0.
I all fairness a 'brand new' St Ives team performed better than i would have expected, but we need to work more on set plays, namely lineouts and penalties.