THERE was a bumper crowd at Paton Field, as Caldy opened their second season in National 1 with a fantastic second half comeback to beat Birmingham Moseley.

It was the visitors who started the better, spending the majority of the first five minutes in the Caldy 22, the pressure was rewarded with a penalty converted expertly by James Williams.

Caldy were caught cold again for the second time in the first 10 minutes as Moseley's Taraiasi Wara crossed to score the first try of the afternoon.

The 10-point lead seemed to inspire the home side with Ben Jones scoring a penalty to reduce the arrears to just seven points.

Going into the second quarter Caldy got into their stride with a wonderful move and got the ball to Nick Royle, who showed his skill and speed to score a fantastic try. Jones slotted away the conversion to bring the scores level.

The home side's joy was short lived as Joshua Poole crossed to give Moseley the lead at half-time.

Moseley came out in the second half in the same vein as they finished the first, Poole crossed the try line again within the first minutes, with Williams adding the extra two points, giving the visitors a 17-point lead going into the final half hour.

Once again this, along with a vocal support, seemed to inspire the home side who benefited as the game ebbed and flowed.

Despite having Derek Salisbury carded on 52 minutes, Jones slotted a penalty away.

Moseley didn't make the most of the man advantage and when Salisbury returned Caldy moved into top gear with Royle again finishing a wonderful move to make the score 18-27 and a very tense last quarter hour.

Another penalty from Jones brought the home side within a converted try away from victory going into the final ten minutes.

You could sense that the home side believed victory could be theirs with the returning Salisbury using his strength to cause problems for the Moseley defence.

With less than five minutes left on the watch, good work in the midfield resulted in the ball getting to JJ Dickinson who crossed to give Caldy the lead for the most crucial point of the afternoon and Jones converted once more.

In a tense final few minutes, Moseley missed the chance to take away all four points as Williams failed to convert a penalty for the first time in the afternoon.

At the final whistle the relief could be felt from the home side who will be looking to build on this victory away at Sale FC next Saturday (kick off 3pm) at Heywood Road.