Missing Numbers prove costly for Tigers

 🐯 Game Day #160

🏆 Counties 1 Eastern Counties

📆 8th March 2025

🆚 Southwold

After three wins, and a close defeat in the last four games, Ely Tigers looked to finish off the season on a high as they travelled to Southwold for a league game, but not for the first time this season too many of the  Seniors squad failed to travel to Suffolk, which meant people playing out of position, or as in Elliot Bord & Hayden Jones making their Debut's for the Senior side, to make the total of 44 players that have appeared for the Seniors during the season. 

A trip to Southwold is always one to look forward to, you know what the conditions will be like, and even Saturday was no different, however the Sun was out, yet the wind still blew across the pitch, just like previous years

Within three minutes, the home side opened the scoring, breaking down the wing unchallenged and successfully converting. Inside 20 minutes, the home side had secured their bonus point, racing to a 24-0 lead, which soon extended to 31-0 with an additional converted try. The Tigers faced another setback when Rhys Williams Goldman was forced off due to injury just before half time, leaving the home side leading 31-0 at the break.

The second half mirrored the first, with Southwold continuing to score with relative ease. By the hour mark, the home side had surpassed the 50-point threshold. Ely Tigers managed to make a mark on the scoreboard, with Adam Tallack crossing the try line and Jake Alsop adding the conversion within 60 minutes on the clock. However, from the restart, the home side responded quickly with another score, followed by a final converted try of the afternoon. Ultimately, Southwold emerged as decisive winners, concluding the match with a score of 67-7.

📷 Steve Wells