Lunch Time defeat for Tigers

 

🐯 Game Day #167
🏆 Counties 1 Eastern Counties
📆 11^th October 2025
🆚 Shelford 2
🕣 12:30pm KO
📍 The Davey Field, Shelford 

A change in the Kick Off time saw Ely Tigers travel to Shelford Nomads for a 12:30 kick off, changes were made to the squad as the treatment list gets bigger, as Tiger lost Mitchel Kennett inside the opening minutes, with 5 minutes on the clock the home side scored the first points of the game, with a converted try, 35 minutes on the clock Shelford score again with another converted try to double their lead, directly from the restart Shelford cross the try line once more, unchallenged under the posts, to extended their lead to 21-0

With half time approaching Ely get on the score board, Matt McCarthy feeding the ball for Luke Turner to score, with Jake Alsop converting, there was still to score once more with Alfie Allen going over to score, with Alsop was more converting, leaving the score  21-14, during the first half injury  time, Shelford score again, but this time the conversion was  missed to leave the score 26-14 at the break, but Tigers injury list was added to a Carlos Diaz Meco, joined team mate Kennett across at Addenbrooks

Start of the second half, it doesn’t take long for Shelford to get on the score board once more,  a cross field kick from Shelford, was gathered up to score in the corner a converted, on the hour Shelford once more add to the score, as they cross the try line once more with another converted try, score again, by moving to ball across the park to find space in the Ely backline, to score a converted try, Shelford score from a simple line out move, to score under the posts, for their last converted try of the afternoon to move the score to 47-14 series of penalties pinned Shelford back on their own try line,  

Ely’s third try finally came as Lee Thompson dived over the line, with the game coming to an end Tigers went looking for their bonus point try, but the game came to an end with Shelford running out 47-21 winners