| In the 2005/6 season, when the Street had a solitary season in Midlands Two West (Level Six), in 22 games we lost just once. Yes, at the Old Showground, Forton Road by a single point, in a 22-23 defeat. In the 2007/8 season we returned home with 8-31 loss - enough said. Even in our rampaging, Championship-winning 2008/9 season we could only manage a 27-27 draw there - this time we had much the better of proceedings, but self-destructed with some bizarre decision-making in the final minutes to allow the Fishes to level with the last kick of the game. Maybe it’s the Shropshire air or the Curgenven brothers - James and Matt, or Newport’s short & sloped pitch, but let’s hope that the Street can find the right answer this Saturday. |
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The Fishes are having a fairly good season so far, but have unaccustomedly surrendered twice at ‘Fortess Forton’ with home reverses against Longton RFC and Malvern RFC - teams that Street have also struggled against recently. Nevertheless, with an improvement of form on the road, Newport are now only four points behind us as we go into this game and would have been closer still, but for a Sheffield Tigers RUFC drop goal two minutes from time depriving them of two precious league points from an otherwise drawn game at Dore Moor. |
| The majority of Newport’s tries so far have come from the Backs where they appear to be very strong at Centre and Wing with Wideman Richard Evans registering eight tries. The Back Row’s try-scoring exploits compare very well with the very best in the league and Number 8 Christopher Taylor heads his team’s list with four tries. Let’s hope it’s not an omen, but the records show the try-scoring contribution from the Half Backs to be zero - not matched anywhere else in the division. Scrum Half Jamie Simpson will no doubt say he’s concentrating on his kicking responsibilities, scoring 92 points to date. For Street’s selection issues Injury And Lack Of Availability Disrupt Street’s Selection Process. |
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