Tom Blair
3:22
20 l Who else? Channon dots down at the back of a brutal maul! Great response from the boys. Robson's kick is wide.
12-8 #COYP
12-8 #COYP
3:21
3:20
18 l Penalty now for a high shot. Kessell goes quick, but is pulled back. Robson takes us to 10m out.
12-3 #COYP
12-3 #COYP
3:19
3:13
11 l Coventry are in again straight from the restart. Johnson scores, Fenner can't convert.
12-3 #COYP
12-3 #COYP
3:12
HALF TIME | A wind-interrupted first half for both sides comes to an end with the hosts holding a narrow lead.
Still a big second half to come at Castle Park.
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
Still a big second half to come at Castle Park.
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
3:11
3:11
40' | A miss-communication from McBryde to Roberts give Ampthill the ball but they knock-on at the breakdown, bringing an end to the first half.
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
3:10
38' | A Knights lineout inside the Ampthill half taken well by Peters as Volpi then clatters into contact in the middle of the field. Big carries going in here.
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
3:09
38' | The kick goes wide, so also just the 5 points for Ampthill.
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
3:08
3:08
37' | Try Ampthill. After a re-set it's a solid scrum to the Knights but a fumbled ball and butter fingers in the scramble backwards allows Goodchild a relatively easy run-in for the visitors.
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
⚔️ 12 - 5 🏔
3:08
3:06
05 l Sirker under pressure, but he recovers well and it ends up with a Pirates penalty. Robson works the line.
0-0 #COYP
0-0 #COYP
3:06
35' | Restart carried out on the full by the wind again. So scrum on the halfway once more.
⚔️ 12 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 12 - 0 🏔
3:05
35' | Olver's conversion is a hairs-breadth short of the crossbar, so just the 5 points.
⚔️ 12 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 12 - 0 🏔
3:05
34' | TRYYYY!!! Trick plays a-plenty off the back of that scrum and they come off as Graham breaks on the wing. His hand-off out the back is taken well by Best who runs in the score.
⚔️ 12 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 12 - 0 🏔
3:04
03 l Pirates with the scrum advantage, but just as it's called over Coventry get the penalty. The home side clear.
0-0 #COYP
0-0 #COYP
3:02
32' | We'll have a reset here for not driving straight.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
3:02
30' | A knock-on in their own half halts Ampthill's attack and awards the Knights the scrum put-in.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
3:01
29' | Margetts takes off on a beautiful line and looks to have been taken high but Ampthill get the penalty for not releasing. Again Bragman can't find touch though, so we're off again.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
3:01
3:00
29' | Olver chips a grubber ball through the legs and so it's an Ampthill lineout on the halfway but the throw isn't straight so Knights take the penalty and will have the scrum put-in.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
2:59
2:59
28' | Ampthill get the breakdown penalty and kick for touch but it misses by a mile and is claimed by McBryde who takes off at speed.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
2:58
27' | Some very hard hits into contact being put in by the Knights here. Dolly then puts in a long box kick which Goodchild has to scramble to claim as Evans bears down on him.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
2:57
2:56
25' | Knights try a smart play off the back of the scrum but the wind claims McBryde's kick out on the full. Ampthill lineout on halfway but it's stolen by a Knights hand!
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
2:55
24' | Ampthill's restart goes out on the full, so we'll have a scrum on the halfway.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
2:55
24' | Olver finds the posts and it's a converted score on the board for the Knights.
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 7 - 0 🏔
2:54
23' |TRYYYY!!! Classy phase of play there. Lovely offload from Best releases Murphy who passes to Dolly. Olver eventually whips a long pass to Margetts who canters through and over for the opening score.
⚔️ 5 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 5 - 0 🏔
2:52
22' | Donny penalty, looked to be for in at the side. Dolly kicks to touch for a Knights lineout on the Ampthill 22.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:51
20' | This time it's Ampthill's turn to have their kick fly out on the full. Donny lineout on the halfway.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:50
19' | Dolly tries to get some territory but his kick is collected by the wind and sent out on the full. Ampthill lineout inside the Knights half.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:49
18' | Donny think they have the try but the ref blows for no try before looking to his linesman. After a second of confusion, it's a 22 drop out for Ampthill (which doesn't reach touch so we're off again).
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:48
18' | Knights lineout deep in the Ampthill 22 and the maul drives on with everyone but the two wingers involved.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:48
17' | Knights lineout well-collected by Josh Peters and Dolly slows play to put in a box-kick. It's well waited and lands in the Ampthill half for an opposition lineout but there must have been a little bit of chat as the ref awards the Knights a penalty instead.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:47
16' | A couple of kicks traded there but it's a nasty bounce of the ball today with the wind, as Bragman finds out when his is caught on the bounce and sent into touch.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:45
14' | The wind takes hold of the ball and pulls it just wide of the posts.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
2:44
13' | A penalty at the breakdown is awarded to the Knights and, despite the conditions, Olver points to the posts.
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
⚔️ 0 - 0 🏔
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