Ravens bitten by the crazed Bulldogs

Kent Ravens… 8

Hainault Bulldogs…      66

With a number of injuries to key ravens personnel prior an emotional match which will be remembered more for the hits and aggression rather than any rugby skills on displayed turned nasty after 20 minutes of the first half when one of the Bulldogs players suffered concussion from a powerful Correira run off his wing, though up that point the visit side from Essex were deeply in control as they pulled out a 36 vs. 0 lead as the Ravens failed to get started, though Forwards Gary Sargeant and Carl Morgan put in some big tackles to then get the ball back for the Ravens, it was left to Captain Oakley to or castrate a fine move down the left for debutant Nick McPherson to bundle of the line and add the first points of the match. The Ravens were clearly controlling the match but Hainault worked hard to keep Kent at Bay until the Half time whistle.

The second half was much for of a heated affair as tempers flared resulting in a sin binning for one of the opposition but it wasn’t enough for the Ravens even though another debutant Andre Karon was able to power his way over for his first try, the Ravens were still on the end of a 66 vs. 8 scoreline. This more the Ravens out of their second place in the league table but with it still early in the season hopes are high for the premier Kent club to turn this around and be back on top when they meet South London Storm back at Princes Park stadium on Saturday 7^th June.

On the same day the Junior Ravens under 14s kicked off their Junior league season by taking on a big Brixton Bulls outfit, The under 14s looked dangerous every time they had the ball in their hands in attack using the forwards perfectly in the centre of the pitch then the back to race around the outside towards the try line, though a lot of work in defence mounted up for the Ravens and have a bad effect as the Bulls found holes and were able to produce a 40 vs. 22 score line.

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