Last Gasp Win for Cambridgeshire at Suffolk

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🏆 Eastern Counties Tri-Counties Cup

📆 11^th May 2025

Suffolk U17s🆚Cambridgeshire U17s

Woodbridge RFC

The opening fixture of the Eastern Counties Tri-Counties Cup Under-17s Cup took place on a bright spring day, with the Cambridgeshire Squad traveling along the A14 and A12 to Woodbridge to face Suffolk, all was going so well, until we left the A14 on to the A140 and to pick up the road that would lead us to cut the corner and bring us out on the A12 at Woodbridge. Still, we soon came across the first ROAD CLOSED sign, However, with a swift turnaround perhaps a five-mile diversion, we were back on road.

Suffolk began the game strongly, while Cambridgeshire was slow to start, So, it was no surprise that Suffolk scored the first try of the game at the 6-minute mark, although the conversion was missed, resulting in a 5-0 lead for Suffolk.

From the restart, Cambs advanced but were initially held up. After the drop ball restart they picked the ball up, where Cambs pushed forward again and eventually scored a converted try, with Conor Kraman, and Ted Hall, combining to give Cambs the lead, 7-5, with Cambs slowly coming into the game, pinning Suffolk inside their own 22, moving the ball around and from left to right, finally going over the line was Jack Hammond, to score under the posts, to increase their lead, with Ted Hall by adding the  conversion

Cambs missed an opportunity to score despite having an overlap and numerical advantage. They attempted to run the ball over the try line but were held up. Following the drop-out restart, Cambs collected the ball. Instead of pushing Suffolk back, Cambs were awarded a penalty and chose to kick, adding another 3 points as Ted Hall contributed to his total.

Not the ideal start for Cambridgeshire as they go down to 14 as they receive a yellow card, after spending the start of the half in the Cambridgeshire  half it was Suffolks turn to go down man as they received a yellow card, but it was a error from Cambridgeshire that handed Suffolk a chabe to close the gap, a pass was picked off inside the Cambs half was picked off, as Suffolk raced cross the try line unchallenged to score under the posts, with a converted try, as Cambs kead 17-12

Following the restart, Cambridgeshire extended their lead by 10 points with an unconverted try from Heinrich Kotzenberg. After the water break, Suffolk narrowed the gap with a try under the posts, which was successfully converted, bringing them within three points. The second half was dominated by Suffolk, and it became evident that they were the likely winners of the match as they controlled the play throughout the half.

Suffolk eventually gained the lead with a converted try, bringing the score to 26-22 as the game approached full time. Cambridgeshire had one final opportunity to attack. With each advance, Cambridgeshire made significant progress until Samuel Johnson successfully crossed the try line. Ted Hall then secured the victory with his third conversion of the afternoon, resulting in a final score of 29-26 in favour of Cambridge.

Next up, See's Suffolk travel to Wymondham as they face Norfolk on the 18th May, while Cambridgeshire have a week off until the 25th.