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U15 Season 2005/2006
U15 Surrey League Division 1 Rosslyn Park Home Won 40 0 Esher Home Won 14 3 London Irish Away Lost 5 41 Chipstead Home Won 7 0 Warlingham Home Won 17 7 Richmond Away Drew 8 8 Old Cats Home Won 17 0 Cobham Away Lost 6 7 Guildford Away Lost 7 17 Played 9 Won 5 Drawn 1 Lost 3 121 83 U15 Surrey League Division 4 Cobham B Away Lost 12 20 Old Cats B Away Won 20 10 Mitcham Home Won 45 5 Haslemere Home Won 24 19 Played 4 Won 3 Drawn 0 Lost 1 101 54 Squad Friendlies Marlow Home Won 15 10 Bath Away Won 14 0 Horsham Home Won 47 5 Played 3 Won 3 Drawn 0 Lost 0 76 15 298 152
The league game against Cobham was abandoned in the second-half due to a serious looking back injury to Jonny Stephens. As Jonny was lying prostrate on the pitch, and as the match was played at Chelsea's training ground with only one rugby pitch, we were unable to move to another pitch, so Geoff and Jim thought it best in the circumstances to concede the match rather than expect everyone to wait around for the medics to arrive and deal with Jon before we could resume the game.
Both sides had key players missing but still served up an absorbing encounter that could have gone either way. Cobham dominated the first 15 minutes, scoring a try after only 3 minutes (albeit following a blatant knock-on that was somehow not spotted) which was very well converted from out wide. Dorking gradually forced their way back into the game and were in total control for the second half of the first period. Jamie slotted over a couple of penalties and the boys were held up on a couple of occasions over the opposition try-line but were unable to break through for that elusive score.
The second-half followed a similar pattern with Dorking in the ascendancy with only one or two forays up field from Cobham. Jamie missed a difficult penalty but although Dorking were mostly encamped in the opposition half I cannot recall any real clear scoring opportunities. Cobham's covering defence was excellent, closing us down effectively and limiting the space for us to move the ball.
I certainly do not think we deserved to lose today if territorial superiority is anything to go by but having said that we have scraped a few victories ourselves this season and these things work both ways. I recall us winning by around 20 points over at their place last season and that game was much closer than the final scoreline.
I am pleased to report that Jonny has now been discharged from hospital. He suffered bruising to his spine and muscles spasms, trapping some spinal nerves but is now apparently flying high as a kite on morphine. All the players, coaches and parents wish him a full and speedy recovery (as does everyone at Cobham) and we look forward to seeing him again sometime soon. The Cobham player who went to hospital is also OK apparently, having suffered a mild form of concussion. Well played to Cobham and good luck to them for their remaining fixtures this season (and thanks also to their physio for his sterling efforts, much appreciated).
Same old story, pretty it wasn't, lots of pressure and territorial superiority, but unable to convert it into points. Old Cats to their credit played in a manner that totally belied their league position although the Dorking try-line was never threatened the whole game.
We did admittedly have a lot of our higher impact players out with season-ending injuries and school Duke of Edinburgh commitments amongst other things but the replacements who came in all held their own.
We were indebted to Matt Gunasekera who had a storming match today. Matty scored the first himself and was prominent in the build-up to the other two tries scored by replacements Tommy and Ryan.
As on previous occasions this season it was workmanlike as opposed to some of the spectacular performances of last season but at the end of the day it was two points gained.
We always try and find a slot in the fixture list for our good friends from Horsham and as such I think they are the only side that we have played every season since U7!
They only run the one side and although this was originally scheduled as a BXV fixture for us we had no option other than to rotate a few of our league players due to half-term and a variety of injuries and sickness, but it still gave us plenty of opportunity to give a run-out to a lot of the squad players and one or two new faces.
It was the usual friendly format of 3 x 20 minute periods and as usual we were slow off the blocks, playing very disappointingly for the first period. The one highlight was a debut try for Tommy Than, showing great pace down the wing and breaking through the tackle of the full back to touch down under the posts. Horsham came back to score a forwards try to end the period 7-5 down.
Jim wasn't happy and told each of the forwards one by one what he thought of them. As usual this had the desired effect and Dorking upped it in the second period to score three unanswered tries. Stephen McKiernan came off the bench to score the first, finishing off a tap penalty which was moved effortlessly down the backs, Will Randall drawing the final man before timing the offload to Stephen perfectly. Next in on the act was Marcus Kemp-Jones, again with his first try for the club, finishing off some excellent interplay between the back row of Will Randall, James Tapson and Alex Holmes. Next up on the score-sheet was Will Crow with his trademark individual try. Breaking on the blind-side from a scrum near half-way Will chipped and chased, collected the loose ball as it bounced kindly in his favour and finished off superbly. So, 26-5 after the second period.
The third period saw more of the same with three unanswered tries as the opposition, who only had 16 players to our 18, began to tire. All three tries came from the backs, each finishing off the hard work and recycled ball from the rejuvenated forwards - Tommy and Stephen both scored their second tries of the game and there was also a deserved try for Greg Watson, filling in at full-back, who joined the line to again create the overlap. Fraser Macdonald had an excellent day with the boot, converting six out of seven.
Lots of positives to come out of the game, none more so than the return of Stephen McKiernan whose direct running caused absolute panic in the opposition ranks every time he had the ball and also Tommy who gave us an extra dimension with his searing pace out wide. Rumours abound of more new players on their way which can only increase the competition for places, keeping some of our more established stalwarts on their toes and also helping us with one of our major objectives of getting our second side more established.
It goes without saying but our thanks as usual to Alan and all players and parents from Horsham. We look forward to arranging our 10th consecutive annual fixture against them next season.
No match report for the simple reason that your ailing correspondent and his flu-stricken son were somewhat indisposed.
As we waited anxiously in our sick beds for the final score to wing it's way through on the bush wire from The Athletic Ground ... and nothing was heard ... all kinds of evil thoughts passed through our minds as to what dark deeds had occurred to delay the ending of the game ... the most likely being something to do with a dastardly Welsh ambush on an unsuspecting opposition from a West Car Park alcohol fuelled prop ... only for us to later discover that it was nothing more sinister than the desperation of the coaches to get to the Richmond clubhouse bar as fast as they could and absolutely no distractions, like phoning Team Managers with hot off the press results and match facts, were going to delay them from celebrating (or mourning) English re-emergence or Welsh demise ... as well as raising a glass or three to the exploits of the senior side who the previous day had carried out a successful smash and grab raid on that Kentish mining strike stronghold of Betteshanger. Only one more several hundred mile round trip away from the hallowed turf now lads and that coveted 3.00am KO slot.
Anyway ... enough space filling ... apparently it was a point gained rather than a point lost ... the oppo were very fired up, deserved to win and really should have, missing a pretty straightforward penalty with the last kick of the game. Dorking didn't play very well at all by all accounts apart from some heroic defence. We did have four or five missing with various ailments, mainly flu, but that's probably no different to anyone else at the moment.
Well played to Richmond and well played to the ref also, who the bush wire tells me was pretty good. And well played to Scotland ...
It took the young men of Dorking until midway through the first half to start turning continuous pressure into points but then three tries before half-time meant that the game was effectively over at the break. Credit to Warlingham though, they came into the game more in the second period but Dorking were always doing just enough to contain them and ended up spending the last 10 minutes or so back on the offensive.
Dorking had total territorial superiority for the whole of the first-half, in fact Warlingham didn't get within 50 metres of our try line. Despite the constant pressure however we were not creating any clear chances, time after time we were getting turned over at the breakdown allowing the Warlingham fly-half to clear their lines and relieve the pressure. Being unable to effectively recycle the ball meant that we had to start all over again and run the ball back at the first line of defence ... until we eventually lost it again at the breakdown. Our line-outs weren't functioning particularly effectively either and actually went to pieces completely after the break. However, Warlingham's line-out was superb all game, they mixed it up throwing it long and short, giving us an absolute masterclass. We also lost two or three scrums against the head but again the Warlingham scrum was rock solid all game and it wasn't until very late on that we did manage to win our only one against the head.
Anyhow, as I was saying, we probed left and right and ploughed through the middle without ever creating any clear cut opportunities. We missed a kickable penalty and I was beginning to reflect back on the Chipstead game when we only broke through the once and that led me to wonder whether we would even be able to manage that. So when the breakthrough did come I'm not sure whether I was actually more relieved or surprised.
It was Matt Keyte yet again who made the initial break through the defensive line. Matt was tackled some 15 metres out, the support piled in and for once we managed to efficiently recycle the ball. Scrum-half Will Crow picked up at the base of the ruck and made a dash for the line. Again he was tackled just short but Jon Stephens was following up in support to pick up the loose ball and dive over from all of 18 inches. Well done to Jon for his first league try to celebrate his recent County selection. 5-0
The second try came a few minutes later. Dorking had a scrum on the halfway line near the right touchline. Will Crow spotted space on the blind-side and scooted off down the touchline. Suddenly only faced with the opposition full-back Will danced left then right, leaving the full-back in a heap, to score with a rather exaggerated dive right in the corner. An excellent individual try and very similar to a crucial try Will scored for us at Cobham last season. Jamie, who was only a mere mortal today with his kicking today, missed the conversion from out wide. 10-0.
The third try, as half-time approached, was as spectacular as the second one but this time more of a team try. Again from a scrum out on the right Dorking this time spun the ball left, Matt Keyte broke through two tackles, made good ground and off-loaded to Greg Watson out wide on the left. Greg cut inside and found centre Matt Gunasekera alongside in support, allowing Matt to sprint in imperiously from 30 metres out, our three backs having cut the opposition defence to shreds between them with their angles of running. Jamie converted this one without any fuss. HT 17-0.
Not sure what happened in the second-half, whether Dorking took their foot off the gas, whether Warlingham raised their game or whether the slope on the pitch had an effect but all in all it was a much more even game territorially. However it was Dorking who again started the stronger but failed to capitalise. Warlingham worked the ball down the park and scored with literally their first attack of the whole match. It was an excellent drive from the opposition forwards, pushing the Dorking pack some 10 metres or so back over their try-line before grounding the ball. A disappointing try defensively for us to give away though. 17-7.
The try gave Warlingham renewed hope and they buzzed around with greater confidence for a few minutes, a couple of great tackles out wide by the Dorking defence preventing them seriously threatening our line again. And so the match played out with, as I said, Dorking finishing the stronger. We did however witness the rather unique situation of a father and son both being yellow-carded for separate incidents, the father first for encroaching on the pitch and refusing to retreat, the son later for persistent verbal abuse and a couple of haymakers for good measure. All very bemusing to players and spectators alike.
I was checking back on our previous results, since our first ever league match at U13's we have played 19 or 20 league matches in total and only lost to Londoin Irish and Rosslyn Park, an absolutely outstanding achievement. Having said that we still have some immensely difficult league matches to come this season but, having probably now secured our Div 1 status again for next season, can approach them with relish rather than apprehension. Well played to both sides.
Well, the young men of Dorking covered themselves in glory with a memorable victory that will rank up alongside the best of them. We more than matched Bath up front and Matt Gunasekera and Matt Keyte ran them ragged in the backs with some explosive running that left the hosts chasing shadows on occasions. In all honesty we could have scored more but our hosts kept it tight in the second half which put an end to our expansive rugby of the first half. We didn't mind though, nothing was ever going to get past our back row of Nick Haigh, Will Randall and Dan Hudson today.
We planned to take 22 or so but late cry-offs from Jamie Phelan, Stephen McKiernan and John Yates left us with only 19, which restricted Geoff and Jim's options, especially in the backs, so James Gaymer started at full back to fill in for Jamie. A very fired up XV went storming in to the opposition straight from the kick-off prompting Geoff, mindful of our notorious habit of slow starts at home, to suggest that we hire a coach and drive around The Big Field a few times before our next home game. As if the boys needed any further incentive England Coach Andy Robinson was present, as his son was playing for the oppo, prompting Welsh Exile George Evans to put down a few early markers for the forthcoming Six Natiions.
All of the early pressure was from Dorking who visibly grew in confidence as a consequence. Our hosts found themselves with little option other than to resort to long punts up field from their full-back, taking advantage of the wind and the slope. This gave them occasional field position without ever really getting anywhere near our line.
It was becoming apparent that we had the beating of them in the backs, Matt Keyte was the first to break through on a 60 metre run only to be held up short of the opposition line. Ryan Lee, filling in on the right wing, was also prominent with a couple of strong breaks. As the half drew on I wasn't sure whether to be pleased that it remained scoreless given we were playing up the slope and into a swirling wind ... or disappointed that we hadn't taken advantage of our territorial superiority.
The first breakthrough came right on the stroke of half time. Another punt upfield from the Bath full-back was collected by James Gaymer just inside his own-half. James counter-attacked and set off on a mazy run which broke through the defensive line. Although he was tackled on the 20 metre line Dorking managed to secure the ball and some fine interplay between Will Randall and Matt Gunasekera saw Will offload to Matt Keyte who cut inside to score near the posts. Fraser Macdonald converting HT 0-7.
With the slope and breeze in our favour Dorking immediately went on the offensive in the second half and encamped in the opposition half. Dorking missed a kickable penalty early on but continued to press. Bath tried to take a quick line-out inside their 20 metre line, got themselves in a right tangle which resulted in Dorking securing the loose ball and ball was again whizzed out to Matt Keyte who sprinted through and finished off in great style, Fraser again converting. 0-14.
There were still over 20 minutes on the clock but that was really the end of the game as a spectacle. Bath chose to start keeping it tight, either not having confidence in their own backs or intimidated by ours. Both sides made a number of changes and this plus a couple of injuries to the home side meant the game lost the continuity and flow of the first 40 minutes. The Bath pack also started to lose a bit of their discipline, were penalised accordingly and Fraser kept finding touch with his kicks to keep the home side on the back foot.
So, we ran down the clock without ever looking in any great trouble to record a superb victory. Our front five - a combination of George Evans, George Spreckley, David Nickerson, Alex Holmes, Jon Stephens, Jack Greenway, Harry Edge and Marcus Kemp-Jones - never gave an inch today and as mentioned previously our back row was awesome. Will Crow buzzed around everywhere and made a real nuisance of himself in the opposition ranks, Fraser mixed it up either releasing the backs or exploiting the wind with his kicking, Greg Watson and Ben May never missed a tackle and both made some strong runs sharing the No 11 shirt.
That covers everyone I think. I cannot finish though without making specific reference to our all round support play today. It was brilliant. Well played everybody, the best we have played for a long time, let's hope the young men of Dorking can take this momentum forward into a hectic league period.
What started off as a friendly enough low key pre-Christmas encounter finished as a full blooded confrontation as the opposition, who were obviously not used to losing too often, found the game slipping away from them. Dorking did well to hold firm as Marlow fought back strongly in the last few minutes and in all honesty the match could have gone either way. The high octane rugby of last season though has so far this season been replaced with a succession of close encounters where the players have ground out victories against good quality opposition and this match was no exception with only two or three flashes of individual brilliance from Dorking dividing the two sides at the end.
Leading up to the game we were swamped with cry-offs due to injury, general unavailability and the local boarders disappearing for the holidays so all in all it was a pretty impressive effort to end up with 21 players in attendance (well done everybody).
The side was a mixture of AXV and Squad players and the first-half saw a pretty disjointed performance from the home side. Playing down the slope Marlow had a lot of the territorial advantage and opened the scoring late on when a kick and chase was fumbled over the try line by Dorking leading to the opposition touching down.
So, half time reached and Jim wasn't very happy. I was up the other end of the pitch but could still hear what Jim thought about the first half performance. Sure enough and true to form the boys got the message and came flying out of the traps, scoring twice in the first five minutes of the second-half. The first came from a penalty some 20 metres out. Everyone moved right, Will Crow tapped then caught the opposition flat-footed by turning and throwing a huge pass out to Matt Keyte who was by himself on the left wing. Matt broke through three tackles to touch down in the corner. Almost straight from the restart Nick Haigh broke away but was held up a few metres short, however he managed to turn and pop the ball up for Will Crow who arrived in support to finish off.
The match then settled down again with most of the play in the centre of the park with neither side dominating or threatening until Nick Haigh finished off a Dorking break, with Matt Keyte again playing a prominent part in the build-up.
So, 15-5 up with seven minutes remaining. And then the handbags came out. Not much more to be said really other than to mention that Marlow snatched a consolation try two minutes from time and still had time to pressure Dorking as they looked for another try. Dorking held firm though to secure the victory and round off an excellent 2005. Well played everybody and Happy Christmas.
Well, some you win pretty and some you win ugly. With seven regular starting AXV missing we played our "get out of jail" card today and scrambled a victory against a spirited Chipstead side who always up it several notches on intensity and effort whenever they play us given the local school bragging rights.
Geoff and Jim, setting a terrible example to their proteges, both arrived looking and feeling extremely shabby after the excesses of the previous evening but soon had to clear their heads when it became apparent that Nick Haigh. George Evans, Dan Hudson, Stephen McKiernan, Fraser Macdonald, George Spreckley and Ryan Lee were all unavailable for one reason or another. Eventually the coaches concurred that there would be full league debuts for Harry Edge at hooker and Jon Stephens in the second-row. There were also rare league starts for Jack Greenway, James Tapson and Ben May. Matt Keyte moved to fly-half for the first time as did Alex Holmes to No 8. We only had a miserly 18 in attendance, compared to a rather impressive 27 or 28 or so from Chipstead, so it was all a bit makeshift and fingers crossed.
Dorking played down the slope in the first period and any worries we may have had about being so short initially disappeared as the home side totally dominated the first half. I cannot remember Chipstead getting out of their own half as Dorking buzzed around the opposition line with Matt Keyte in particular orchestrating the play. Two or three times the ball was held up over the opposition line but the boys persevered until midway through the half when they made what was to crucually prove to be the only breakthrough of the game, scrum-half Will Crow scooting clear to force his way over with Jamie rather predictably converting well from out wide. Despite further continuous pressure up until half-time the home side were unable to add to their score, mainly due to inspired defence from the opposition rather than any failings on Dorking's behalf.
So with half-time reached your correspondent rather optimistically positioned himself behind Chipstead's posts and settled down expectantly for more of the same. The second-half though was all to become a bit of a misty haze. However, unlike Geoff and Jim's similar disposition, it had nothing to do with the Club's Christmas Party the previous evening, it was simply because Chipstead dominated the second-half territorially and yours truly was left peering into the fog wondering what was going on. I am reliably informed by those sensible enough to have been standing on the half-way line that the Dorking defensive line once again held firm with Matt Keyte, Matt Gunasekera and James Gaymer outstanding defensively. Chipstead were (apparently) winning all of the line-outs, their pack was driving ours back in the rucks and mauls but every time they tried to move the ball out wide they just ran into our a brick wall and never seriously threatened our line.
On the one or two sporadic occasions Dorking did manage to venture upfield your correspondent was left disappointed as the ball was immediately booted back from where it came and back into the mist. We never got anywhere near scoring in the second-half but if truth be told neither really did the opposition despite their territorial superiority.
So, the match ended with two points for Dorking who scraped home with another performance that from an attacking perspective again fell some way short of last season's heady heights. As always against Chipstead though the match was played with an almost unique intensity, given the school bragging rights but as ever it was played in a tremendous spirit - no handbag swinging and no misbehaving in the rucks. Well played to Chipstead for an excellent all round effort and good luck to them for their remaining fixtures. No doubt next season's fixture will be more of the same.
With both sides warming up and with 10 minutes to kick-off yours truly realised that he had left pen, paper (and everything else) in the car. So off I wandered and helped myself to a bacon roll and coffee on the way back only to return to find that the game had kicked off a few minutes early and we were 19-0 down! A bit of a disappointment I have to say, considering we had held them until just about the last play of the first half last season and considering that we felt that we had improved a bit since then. What we hadn't taken into consideration though was that Irish had been recruiting again in the meantime and had improved significantly more than we had.
To have any sort of fighting chance against Irish you probably need to play them at home (which we have never done!) and be at full-strength which we weren't. Injuries and Daily Mail Cup commitments left us short as usual, crucially our two centres Matt Gunasekera and James Gaymer were both missing. Irish scored from just about the first play, our boys standing off, mindful no doubt of some of our previous experiences in Sunbury. It didn't get any better, two more quick tries meant the game was over before it really started.
Our boys however did then begin to wake up, we dominated the last 15 minutes of the half and scored a well deserved try through Will Crow. The sheer physical intensity of the opposition was taking it's toll though and we lost two or three more players through injury. We ended up with a totally makeshift midfield and back-row and that in effect was our weakness, our back-row fully committing to the rucks and mauls which gave Irish big overlaps every time they threw the ball wide which led to just about all of their tries. We sorely missed the searing pace of James and Gunny to counter the two Irish centres and their full-back who were all outstanding. Our pack however held their own which was an achievement in itself given the physical advantage of the opposition.
All in all we were outplayed, out-fought and out-thought on the day by a very good side indeed. It's the third year running we have had to travel to their place, as I said we would still like to think that we could give them a bit of a game if we are at home and at full strength but we'll have to wait another season for that opportunity. A couple of positives did come out of it though, we scored a good try against them which was a first and we didn't end up with anyone in hospital which was also a first!
We enjoyed a couple of memorable league games against our old friends and adversaries from Esher the last two seasons. The wonders of league fixtures meant they travelled to us for the third year running and although the conditions of driving rain and a howling wind prevented another true rugby spectacle, two excellent sides with a great deal of mutual respect for each other served up another thoroughly compelling and absorbing encounter played in a great spirit.
On arrival I was astonished to see a track-suited Jamie Phelan, having witnessed what was thought to be a re-occurrence of his early season injury whilst playing for his school yesterday. Knowing that Jamie is patrolling behind them at full-back, mopping everything up and returning everything with interest whether it be by counter-attacking or with his phenomenal kicking, gives all the other players in front of him so much more confidence and so it was to prove again today.
We had pretty much a full strength squad to choose from for the first time this season and with the weather expected a forwards dominated game. We reflected on how we had eventually battered the Esher forwards into submission last season with a superb display of controlled aggression, this time however their forwards were to prove a totally different outfit completely.
Skipper Will Randall lost the toss for once, Esher elected to play up the slope in the first half but with the wind in their favour. To be honest there was little in terms of chances in the first half as two evenly matched sides slugged it out, mostly in centre field. Esher missed a kickable penalty though Dorking did start to assert in the last ten minutes of the half without seriously threatening the opposition try-line.
So, half-time was reached scoreless with Esher rightly thinking it was a job well done given they had the slope in their favour in the second-half. They had however failed to exploit the wind and we knew that we could use it to our advantage so the simple message to the boys was just more of the same.
Esher were however awarded a penalty almost immediately on the restart which was duly converted. 0-3. That was to prove just about the last time they got our of their own half for the rest of the game. Dorking upped it a gear, surged straight back and spent almost all of the rest of the match probing close to the opposition line. With handling skills that totally belied the conditions the ball was moved left and right in an attempt to break down a resolute opposition defence. On occasions the wind took attempted kicked clearances straight up in the air and whenever Esher tried to run the ball out of defence they either ran straight into our back-row of Nick Haigh, Will Randall and Dan Hudson or our backs Matt Keyte, James Gaymer and Matt Gunasekera none of whom allowed Esher to once break though our defensive line all game.
Esher started to concede a spate of penalties in their attempts to keep Dorking out. From one such penalty the coaches tried to call a forwards play but the players themselves had other ideas, the slippery ball whizzing down the back line from right to left to winger Greg Watson who squeezed over by the corner flag despite the attentions of two defenders. Amazingly, given the wind and rain, Jamie slotted over the conversion slap bang down the middle from right out on the touchline. 7-3.
It was all pretty much one way traffic now, continuous Dorking pressure was again rewarded a few minutes later when Matt Keyte touched down after an excellent piece of individual opportunism when he reacted first to a loose ball some 10 metres out, Jamie again converting. 14-3.
Although there was still 15 minutes or so to go on the clock you just sensed that the boys were not going to let this one slip. They continued to press strongly, Dan Hudson and George Evans particularly prominent with a number of sniping runs, but two or three other clear scoring opportunities went begging with poor decision making. The final play of the game saw another penalty to Dorking, Jamie's kick was deemed over by one touch judge, not so by the other but the final whistle was immediately blown so we all settled on a final score of 14-3.
The two sets of packs were fairly evenly matched today and there was very little turnover ball on either side all game. Given the wind the line-outs were a lottery whenever either side tried to throw long, kicking was also a lottery but we exploited it better than the opposition. The main difference however between the two sides today was the defensive line, ours just never looked like being breached. Esher came with a game plan to try and neutralise one or two of our high impact players, focusing on the areas where we got the better of them last season. They executed their plan very well but everyone else just stepped up and put in excellent, strong performances giving us options all over the park.
James Gaymer unfortunately has two stitches just above his eyelid and seven stitches in a severely gashed cheek, both totally accidental. Everyone wishes him a speedy recovery but as Jim says, they're badges of honour James, the girls will be swooning all around you. Very well played everybody and the very best of luck to Esher for the rest of the season and until we meet them again, I'm sure they're itching to have a go at us over at their place.