The mighty B's were looking forward to the new season with high aspirations with hopes of building on last seasons mid table finish , so with the first fixture against the relegated Wednesbury 1st we expected a tough test against seasoned opposition who had been at the level above us for a number of years .
Throughout the club during the close season we have seen some players leave and others return , we were happy to have in our ranks for this first fixture Daz Banton and Ben Stone 2 stalwart's of the club and then Ralph Parr playing his 1st senior game of rugby and after a long ACL injury layoff .
Dave Henry captained the side won the toss and we kicked off and were soon on the offensive , scoring 3 try's in the first 16 minutes with 2 converted including the trademark Dave pirouette and fall over the line .
Score B's 19-0 Wednesbury
We then sat back and got dragged down into a forward battle for the remainder of the first half and the first 15 minutes of the second with the Wednesbury lads pretty much camped in our 22 and on our line ...positive from a negative though whereby last year we would certainly shipped a few try's our defence held firm ..testament to the training that some if not all had put in during pre-season .
Our back line though took control again and founds gaps through and round tiring forwards and no real surprise that we added 3 more try's with one converted Steve Nugent finally getting his reward showing some blistering pace down the wing .
Final Score B's 36-0 Wednesbury
A great start with a Bonus Point win , no game this weekend then Home to Atherstone on the 16th September who did the double over us last season so we owe them ...so get down to training ...get you availabilities updated on TeamApp