This memorable game from the 2013/14 season saw Rotherham Titans host newly relegated Premiership side London Welsh in round 4 of the Greene King IPA Championship.
The game turned out to be Titans first loss of the season, with an interception, finished off by Tom May midway through the second half proving to be a pivotal moment in the game.
Titans did outscore the visitors by four tries to two, with their dot downs coming from Curtis Wilson, Juan Pablo Socino, Ali Birch and Michael Keating, with Socino also adding seven points from the tee.
Check out all the scores from the game HERE
Post-Match Coaches Comments:
Titans Lee Blackett: “I feel disappointed because for me the game was there for us to take. I thought our game management in the final quarter let us down a little, but the positive is we scored 4 tries against one of the best teams in the league and we gave ourselves a chance of winning. Our supporters were awesome and we’ll now go away and prepare for Bedford Blues next week.”
London Welsh’s Justin Burnell: “They’ve got a lot of physicality. But you’ve got to maintain it for 80 minutes. I never thought we were going to lose the game.”
Attendance: 1828
Referee: Tom Foley
Yellow Card: Quigley (Titans)
Titans: Wilson (T), Birch (T), Keating (T), Socino (T, 2C, P)
London Welsh: Kirwan (T), May (T), Ross (2C, 4P), Davies (2P).
Titans: 15 Michael Keating, 14 Jamie Broadley, 13 Joel Gill (Roberts 68), 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Curtis Wilson, 10 Dallan Murphy, 9 Charlie Mulchrone (Capt.) (White 60), 1 Marshall Gadd (Dias 74), 2 Tom Cruse (Sowrey 74), 3 Colin Quigley (Tampin 47), 4 Ben Thomas (Maddison 58), 5 Dan Sanderson, 6 Ed Williamson (Preece 74), 7 Ali Birch, 8 Laurence Pearce.
Replacements: 16 Ben Sowrey, 17 Mark Tampin, 18 Mike Dias, 19 Barney Maddison, 20 Jack Preece, 21 Dan White, 22 Jack Roberts.
London Welsh: 15 Seb Jewell, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 James Lewis (Davies 56), 12 Tom May (Capt.), 11 Nick Scott, 10 Gordon Ross, 9 Rob Lewis, 1 Nathan Trevett (Hepburn 52), 2 Andy Titterrell (Davis 73), 3 Peter Edwards (Tideswell 52), 4 Matt Corker, 5 Peter Browne, 6 Mitch Lees (Denbee 57), 7 Carl Kirwan, 8 Ollie Stedman (Pienaar 45).
Replacements: 16 Kevin Davis, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 James Tideswell, 19 Ben Pienaar, 20 Mike Denbee, 21 Alex Davies, 22 Dante Mama.
Check out all the scores from the game HERE
