This memorable game from the 2014/15 season saw Rotherham travel to Goldington Road to take on Bedford Blues, in round 2 of the Greene King IPA Championship.
Following an opening weekend defeat at London Scottish, Rotherham bounced back with this terrific performance against the Blues, as they scored an impressive 8 tries in their 42-15 victory.
Rotherham tries came via a hat trick for Curtis Wilson and a brace from Tom Cruse, with Jamie Broadley, Jack Roberts and Chris Harris all chipping in with a try apiece; Tom Barrett added a conversion.
Check out all the scores from the game HERE
Post match coaches comments:
Lee Blackett: “I can’t remember the last time we came to Bedford and got 5 points, never mind scoring eight tries. I was really proud of the way the boys reacted after last week’s game against London Scottish. We arrived at the ground late after hitting a big traffic jam, but the best thing about these boys is they don’t make excuses.
“The way we fronted up from the outset pleased me and I think we deserved the victory and the score line. The boys worked very hard from the first minute to the last and I think that shows what a good team we have.
“We knew we had to have a reaction and we knew we were under a little bit of pressure this week. We don’t lie, we are very honest within the club and we knew after last week we needed a win and the boys came out firing. We just need to make sure we now back that performance up with another one next week against Plymouth Albion.
“I think Lloyd Hayes, who was making his first Championship start, had a really good game, particularly in the first half. It was a tough choice really because Sean Scanlon could have potentially played, but we have so much belief in Lloyd and we think he could go far in the game. So for Lloyd to come in and play the way he did on his Championship debut shows what a great player he will be.”
Referee: Steve Lee
Attendance: 2,117
Yellow Card: None
Titans: Curtis Wilson (3T), Tom Cruse (2T), Jamie Broadley (T), Jack Roberts (T), Chris Harris (T), Tom Barrett (1C).
Bedford: Darryl Veenendaal (T), James Pritchard (T, C), Steffan Jones (P).
Rotherham: 1 Marshall Gadd (Toby Williams 47), 2 Tom Cruse, 3 Mark Tampin (Lewis Thiede 47), 4 Perry Parker (Ben Morris 64), 5 Tom Holmes (Capt.), 6 Ali Birch (Ryan William 51), 7 Jack Preece, 8 Alex Rieder; 9 Dan White (Andy Davies 49), 10 James McKinney (Tom Barrett 62), 11 Curtis Wilson, 12 Chris Harris, 13 Jack Roberts (Jordan Davies 32), 14 Jamie Broadley, 15 Lloyd Hayes.
Replacements: 16 Ben Morris, 17 Toby Williams, 18 Lewis Thiede, 19 William Ryan, 20 Jordan Davies, 21 Andy Davies, 22 Tom Barrett.
Bedford: 1 Tom Williams (Billy Moss 49), 2 Charlie Clare (Jared Saunders 49), 3 James Currie (Phil Boulton 49), 4 Mike Howard (Ben Gulliver 49), 5 Paul Tupai, 6 Hayden Thompson-Stringer, 7 Josh Buggea (Harry Wells 49), 8 Nick Fenton-Wells (Capt.); 9 Darryl Veenendaal (Pete White 62), 10 Steffan Jones, 11 Henry Staff, 12 Ollie Dodge (Jake Sharp 55), 13 Mike Le Bourgeois, 14 Pat Tapley, 15 James Pritchard.
Replacements: 16 Jared Saunders, 17 Billy Moss, 18 Phil Boulton, 19 Ben Gulliver, 20 Harry Wells, 21 Pete White, 22 Jake Sharp.
Check out all the scores from the game HERE
