Silverware for Norfolk following a win

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🏆 Eastern Counties Tri-Counties Cup

📆 12th March 2025

Suffolk 🆚 Norfolk

Norfolk played their second fixture in the Eastern Counties Tri-Counties Cup against Suffolk at Bury St Edmunds. After beating Cambridgeshire at Wymondham, a win for Norfolk would secure the 2024/25 season's silverware and prevent Cambridgeshire from claiming it for the fourth consecutive season.

Suffolk's team, led by Head Coach Zac Sutton, included Backs Coach Hank Clements, Forwards Coach Chris Kent, Line Out Coach Jed Robinson, and Scrum Coach Scott Searle. They selected players from clubs such as Stowmarket, Halstead Templars, Ipswich, Hadleigh, Chelmsford, Norwich Medics, and Mildenhall Red Lodge.

Suffolk scored first within the opening five minutes, securing a try and a conversion to establish a lead of 7-0. Norfolk promptly responded with a penalty kick, earning three points. At the 21-minute mark, Suffolk extended its lead by converting a penalty kick for an additional three points. Norfolk then equalised the scores with a converted try, making the score 10-10.

At the 33-minute mark, Norfolk took the lead for the first time in the game with a try, bringing the score to 15-10. They further increased their lead in the final moments of the first half when the referee awarded them a penalty, adding three more points to make it 18-10.

The second half commenced with a Suffolk try under the posts. As they prepared for the conversion, the referee blew sharply to award a penalty try, reducing Norfolk to 14 men. The penalty try brought the score to 18-17 in favour of Norfolk. Despite being a player down, Norfolk managed to score an unconverted try, extending their lead to 23-17. Norfolk continued to dominate, scoring a converted try and further widening the gap to 30-17. Suffolk responded with a converted try, narrowing the score to 30-22.

Subsequently, Suffolk was also reduced to 14 men following a yellow card. With Norfolk positioned on the Suffolk try line, after a series of scrums, they found a gap in the backline to score another converted try, increasing the score to 37-22. With 76 minutes on the clock, Norfolk crossed again for a converted try, concluding the final score at 44-22 in favour of Norfolk.