RUGBY UNION Sandbach 24 v 37 Wirral - Brooks kicks Wirral to victory
Sandbach had a large crowd watching this game as they needed to win to reduce their chances of being relegated from this league. They started confidently with a converted try after 6 minutes, although Wirral quickly drew level with a try from Rhys James. In the period leading up to half time Sandbach scored two more tries and a penalty to lead 24-14 at half time, having taken advantage of playing with the wind and the slope and also aided by 3 yellow cards against Wirral. In the second half Wirral applied more pressure on Sandbach and after 20 minutes had equalised following a converted try by Ben Brooks and a penalty from Mark Williams. With greater pressure from Wirral play was now contained in the Sandbach half and a bonus try from Adam Don combined with 2 long drop goals from Ben Brooks took the game away from Sandbach. In the end the visiting referee had given out 9 yellow cards (5 to Sandbach) yet the game had been played in a good spirit and the result was not helpful to Sandbach in their quest to stay in the league. Next week Wirral are at home to Penrith with a 3.00pm kick off