Hastings and Bexhill RFC 92 v 0 Brocklians RFC

Hastings and Bexhill RFC 92 v 0 Brocklians RFC
29th January 2022 2pm

Hastings and Bexhill thoroughly destroyed Brocklians in this double header league and cup game. Unfortunately Brocklians are experiencing difficult times and were forced to field a weakened squad. At the post match celebrations H&B skipper Bruce Steadman thanked the visitors for making the long journey from South London and for trying to make a game of it.

Hastings were well prepared for the game and put out a strong squad with Tom Jones, Joe Ward and Adam Parkhouse on the bench. Frazer and Quinn McManus were unavailable but their replacements made valuable contributions to this resounding win.

In total H&B scored fourteen tries with eleven conversions from Steadman. Nine players crossed the whitewash with Joe Whitehall-James grabbing a hat trick. Calvin Crosby-Clarke, Joe Field and Jake Stinson pegged a brace each. With Matt Stringer, Harry Walker, Jack Mather, Tom Jones and Laurence Maynard all adding to the total.

The writing was on the wall from the third minute of the game when Walker surged through the visitors defence to set Stinson up for the first try of the day. By half time the bonus point had been achieved and the score was fifty two nil.

During the interval assistant coach Dave Hirst rotated his squad to give everybody valuable game time. The game continued in the same vein and forty more points were added to the total. Unfortunately Louis Sealy was injured and had to be replaced by Field.

Next week the 1stXV have no game, they return to action away to Cliffe Crusaders RFC on 12th February.

Hastings and Bexhill's second fifteen were also at home on Saturday, they fielded a very strong and experienced squad to beat Heathfield and Waldron 2s 43-17.

Match Report and Photographs by Peter Knight