Last week’s fixture saw a visit to ‘The North’ from local rivals Cinderford, who kindly brought a mixture of their 1sts and 2nds to play against our 3rd string.
Things did not look well from the off as we conceded an early converted try and looked to be heading for a demoralising defeat.
However, after regaining a bit of possession and territory towards the end of the first half, we found ourselves only 10-7 down at the interval, which was quite frankly, a miracle.
The second half started brightly and I managed to squeeze myself over the try line in the corner for my 2nd try of the season....only for it to be ruled out for a forward pass.
It was frustrating to say the least as I felt the pass was flat if not fractionally backwards, but you learn to get on with things as this can happen a lot in local rugby. Referees are not always full-qualified and most of the time it’s just whoever isn’t playing that particular week, takes over the duties.
We soldiered on anyway and kept the Cinderford attacks at bay, managing a legitimate try of our own on the break when a clearance kick bobbled about downfield before our outside-centre duly collected when their full-back knocked on.
Cinderford kicked a penalty towards the end of the 80 minutes but it was not enough as we recorded a famous victory. The team-talk at the start was all about beating Cinderford for once (a Cheltenham North side hadn’t done so for quite some time it appeared) so everyone was ecstatic with the outcome, a 14-13 victory.
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