RUGBY UNION: Alchester upset the odds (From The Oxford Times)

RUGBY UNION: Alchester upset the odds

5:03pm Monday 8th February 2010 in

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Alchester upset the odds to win 20-8 at Marlborough in the Southern Counties Senior Vase semi-finals.

Marlborough had not lost a game all season and conceded only 62 points, but Alchester took the game to their hosts from the start.

Adam White went close with a penalty before Adam Thompson landed a 48-metre drop goal.

Thompson also scored the visitors’ first try after being driven over from a line-out.

Centre Matt Flegg beat two players before setting up flanker Ben Ancil to run in a try that White converted.

Marlborough could manage just one penalty in the first half, while wing Andy Blacklock scored Alchester’s third try on 35 minutes.

Although they conceded a try midway through the second half, Alchester remained in control.

They now face fellow BB&O Premier Division side Drifters in the Southern Counties final on February 27.

Littlemore lost 15-9 to Pewsey Vale in the final of the Southern Counties Junior Vase.