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Ravens shot down Spitfires in Nail biter
It did not look good for the Ravens twenty minutes into the match against fifth placed Southampton Spitfires, they were down by two ties already and had not been anywhere near the opposition try line and worse was to come when the visitors found scoring at ease second nature to rake up a tally of twenty points with five minutes until half time when on the sound of the referees whistle the Ravens were able to bag a consolation try for their efforts in the half when Manbir Mann went over for his first try of the season, but heads were down at the teams headed for the changing rooms.
The Kentish side emerged from a grilling by head coach Kenny Bell for the second half looking like a different side, tactics were changed and the ball was kept with the Ravens until an opportunity to use the wide spaces came available and this produced so fantastic rugby to watch and the crowd of 131 were making themselves heard and they sensed some special on the cards, when Kent got the momentum with three quick tries from winger Chris Bolton, Stand off Tom White and centre Nick McPherson and the Raven took to lead for the first time 22 – 20.
Southampton never looked out of the match as they replied with a powerful burst down the middle to add another four points to their tally, unlike the first half this actually spurred the Ravens on and with only ten minutes left to go they got themselves a distance in front with tries coming from Joe Oxford and again from Nick McPherson while captain Oakley added both conversation with a sound display with the boot, Raven up by 34v24.
The Spitfires came back at the Ravens pack who could waste any time thinking they had this one and the points in the bag, as some how the travelling opposition got with two points of the lead again as Kent continued to be brushed aside with tackles that were to high, 34v32, Tactics came into play again as the men in gold attacked down the left side drawing in the opposition and giving debutant winger Lee Woollard the room to score in the right hand corner, but the conversation was missed to leave a nail biting finish with the Ravens up 38v32 and with only seconds left on the clock that seemed like a life time to on looking audience, Southampton shrugged off tackles to crash over under the posts for another try but luckily for Kent they missed the resulting kick 38v36 to Ravens.. The kick off came again and the Ravens held on for the last two tackles of the match with great tackling from full back Alex Hatzidiakis (Sponsored by Faithron Farrell Timms llp) to produce two wins in a row.
With this win the Kent Ravens cemented their place in the league end of season play offs for the title as they moved up to fourth, the winning on the day for the Kent club did not stop there as the under 14s also beat an experience Brixton bulls outfit 22 to 16.
Next Saturday will see the run away league leaders Bedford Tigers visit Princes Park Stadium at 2:30pm is what will be one of the biggest matches this season; can the Ravens continue their winning streak and get closer to becoming Champions? Tickets are only £5 at the Gate, we hope you can become a part of this historic season for the Ravens too.
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