This memorable game from the 2013/14 season saw Rotherham travel to Goldington Road to take on Bedford Blues, in round 6 of the British & Irish Cup.
The game saw Titans round off their B&I Cup pool campaign with an impressive 32-24 bonus point win.
The victory was Titans first away win at Bedford for 7 seasons and it left the South Yorkshire side as pool winners, but ultimately they narrowly missed out on securing a home quarter final.
Titans’ scored 4 tries through Laurence Pearce, Dallan Murphy, Jamie Broadley and Charlie Mulchrone, with Juan Pablo Socino adding 12 points from the tee.
Check out all the scores from the game HERE
Post Match Coaches Comments:
Lee Blackett: “It was a mixed performance, I thought we were very good in attack but we were very disappointed with our defence as we can’t concede that many points. We knew coming here we had to get 5 points from the game to give ourselves any chance of a home tie in the quarters, ultimately other results now mean we’ll have to wait for the draw to see where we go.
“Obviously we’re delighted to come to a club like Bedford and collect 5 points, especially when you consider their recent home form. But if we are being honest, we are going to have to be much better next week when we go to Jersey. That will be a monster test for us!
“Our set piece was outstanding today and that’s probably the biggest positive that we’ll take from the game. Scoring 4 tries is also very pleasing and that’s the fourth game in a row that we’ve done that. But we’ll have a close look at our defence because we shouldn’t be conceding that many tries.”
Attendance: 1944
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
Yellow Card: Tom Jubb (Bedford)
Titans: Pearce (T), Murphy (T), Broadley (T), Mulchrone (T), Socino (2P, 3C)
Bedford: Le Bourgeois (T), Tapley (2T), Hircock (T), Sharp (2C)
Titans: 15 Michael Keating, 14 Jamie Broadley, 13 Lloyd Hayes (Roberts 64), 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Curtis Wilson, 10 Dallan Murphy, 9 Dan White (Mulchrone 53), 1 Robin Hislop (Williams 53), 2 Tom Cruse (Capt.) (Thomas-Brown 64), 3 Mark Tampin (Quigley 53), 4 Ed Williamson, 5 Dan Sanderson, 6 Laurence Pearce (Rieder 21), 7 Ali Birch, 8 Alfie To’oala (Sowrey 55).
Replacements: 16 Ben Sowrey, 17 Toby Williams, 18 Colin Quigley, 19 Josh Thomas-Brown, 20 Alex Rieder, 21 Charlie Mulchrone, 22 Jack Roberts.
Bedford: 15 Michael Le Bourgeois (Burke 19), 14 Pat Tapley, 13 Corey Hircock, 12 Mark Atkinson (Capt.), 11 Neville Edwards, 10 Jake Sharp, 9 Harry Peck (Veenendaal 68), 1 Nico Steenkamp (Cooper 64), 2 Scott Spurling, 3 Phil Boulton (Gilardon Paz 55), 4 Eoin Sheriff, 5 Tom Jubb, 6 Gregor Gillanders 7 Sacha Harding (Harris 68), 8 Don Barrell (Armes 7) (Gulliver 41).
Replacements: 16. TJ Harris, 17. Ben Cooper, 18. Tomas Gilardon Paz, 19. Ben Gulliver, 20. Tom Armes, 21. Darryl Veenendaal, 22. Brendan Burke.
Check out all the scores from the game HERE
