NOTTINGHAM Rugby finished tenth in the Championship after being thrashed 64-12 at runners-up London Welsh on Saturday.
The Green and Whites went into the game having ensured they beat the drop by beating Moseley in their previous outing – and it was a good job as it took 65 minutes to get on the scoreboard at Old Deer Park.
By that point Martin Haag’s men were 57-0 down as they were out-classed by an impressive side.
Haag made two changes to the Nottingham starting line-up. Campese Ma’afu came back in at prop in place of Ryan Bower while Joe Burton was in the back row with Tom Calladine ruled out following the knock he picked up against Moseley.
There were nine changes to the hosts’ side. In the backs, Alan Awcock, James Tincknell and Nick Scott started alongside Gordon Ross and Chris Cook, who formed a new half back pairing, taking over from Alex Davies and Tyson Keats.
In the forwards, Nathan Trevett, and Cai Griffiths were named at loosehead and tighthead respectively, while in the back row Carl Kirwan moved from openside to blindside flanker, with John Quill taking over the number seven jersey.
It took just two minutes for Welsh to open the scoring as Scott’s try was converted by Ross.
Nottingham stemmed the tide somewhat as the game approached half-time. Two Tincknell tries took the score to 17-0 after half an hour.
The Green and Whites were blown out of the water either side of the break though as Ross converted tries from Nathan Vella and Ross in added time before the interval.
Welsh took their tally to 50 within 10 minutes of the restart as John Quill and Seb Stegmann scored tries, Ross converting the latter.
Stegmann got his second try, again converted by Ross, before Alun Walker finally gave the travelling support something to cheer with a Greens try.
With two minutes of normal time to go Matthew Jarvis converted his own score to make it 57-12 but there was still room for Welsh to score again.
In the sixth minute of added time, Trevett scored and Davies converted to make the final score 64-12.
The Greens lost 17 of 23 games, winning five and drawing one as they overcame off the pitch uncertainties to secure another season in English rugby’s second tier.
London Welsh: Awcock, Stegmann, Tincknell, Tonga’uiha, Scott, Ross, Cook, Trevett, Vella, Griffiths, Corker, Spencer, Kirwan, Quill, Browne; Reps: Hepburn, Bristow, Edwards, West, Pienaar, Davies, Parker
Nottingham: Purdy, Hough, Munro Pohe, Catchpole, Jarvis, Lee-Everton, Ma’afu, Vickers, Holford, Freeman, Montagu, Cooper, Burton, Shaw, Reps: Bower, Walker, Williams, Eames, Romans, Molloy, Knight
Article source: http://www.irb.com/jwc/news/newsid=2067275.html
London Welsh 64 Nottingham Rugby 12: Match report
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