Wyvern Rugby Club Match Reports

For the last time this season its Dougie James with his sharp wit and match day insight to the finale of the season.

Wyvern 12 President's XV 5

WYVERN DIG DEEP

Mountfield Road once again saw another exciting and close game to end the season with Wyvern winning the battle this year.

I have to say that I almost turned up in my Jacket and tie as the conversation I had with Brendon on Saturday afternoon led me to believe it was a League Match. 
I walked up to the ground Sunday Morning and saw the look of despair on Wyvern Players hearing the words " Brendon's Ringers", worried as I went into their dressing room I was relieved to see Hoolie and Pat the Sack.

For a rare occasion these last few months the game started off 15 a piece. Wyvern played up the slope in the first half. There was some good handling by both teams but Wyvern started off with more possession. The lineouts took a bit of time to gel mainly as Deano's interpretation of straight was not the same as the refs. Wyvern did win several lineouts and managed to just about hold their own scrums. Jimmy "the fish" Morris once again orchestrated the backs very well. It was "the Fish" himself who drew first blood as he managed to break through, pin back his ears and head for the line, with still plenty to do he cut inside and went over. His conversion wasn't quite as splendid as it hit the outside of the bar. The ball went up and down the pitch like a yo-yo before the Presidents pulled a score back but missed the conversion.


The second half saw Wyvern make a couple of changes including Simon Nuvvernewbloke at Flanker. Virtually straight from kick-off Wyvern pressure first created a scrum, then from the scrum great pressure from Jason Squire saw Wyvern counter attack, Simon in support continued the run but was well-tackled close to the line. Then, from his own try line saw an amazing run from Johnny "the bench" Wren to be in the right place at the right time to sit on the ball and score. The Fish converted.
Wyvern's attacks became rarer as the game got on. The tackling by the Wyvern backs was superb all game but excelled in the last quarter. The Presidents must of thought they were going to score on several occasions as Andy Tanner put Paul Smith and Andy Jones through on several occasions. The Presidents best chance came with 5 minutes to go, Mark Halligan broke through with a two on one as his winger was in support. I wont reveal what happened next but suffice to say his actions made him Wyvern's Man of the Match. Wyvern soaked up even more pressure but managed to hold out to become winners. The Presidents would have felt hard done by for not winning. 

A great game to end the season and if Hoolie could get "Man of the match" then Tinny deserves "Spectator of the match" as his gob was in constant flow. 

Players and Followers can now look forward to the end of season Bash on July12th.

13th April 2003

Wyvern 24 Bridgewater 21

Wyvern scrape through

This week saw Wyvern entertain Bridgewater (didn’t look like too many vets in the team) at Mountfield Road. With the season coming to an end both teams were short and Wyvern in the true spirit of the Wyvern lent Bridgy Alan Harrison (thanks Harry!)

Wyvern were without dynamic captain Dean Tindal who was very unfortunate to get injured two weeks ago whilst scoring, this is the closest you are gonna get to an apology for me telling the world “you squealed like a pig!”

So the show started with 12 men a piece at a very quick pace. Early on both Karl James and Warren showed they had their running shoes on. The pack switched from  6 to 5 man scrums on defence and this kept the Bridgewater backs fairly quiet. Spud made quite a contribution once again silently fitting into the front row as well as involved in gaining ground and in distributing the ball out wide where Warren and Karl were causing damage.

 It was Wyvern that scored first with Karl James going over and converting. Soon after Dougie James took a quick penalty to go over but fluffed the drop-goal attempt afterwards. Bridgy got a try back before half-time.

Karl James went off at half-time injured and Harry came back to his humble home of second row for the wyvern.

The second half was as fluent as the first with the ball swapping halves very rapidly. Warren scored the try of the game breaking through well into his own half and looking for options before pinning his ears back to go all the way. Jason Squire also involved in Wyvern attacks also scored. The last ten minutes were tense as Bridgy put on the pressure and scored twice.

Wyvern were able to hold out at the end and come through as winners.

There on the day and here to share all, Dougie James has a sting in the tale this week!

30th March 2003

Wyvern 5 Wellington 7

Wellington Boot is the difference

Mountfield Road saw another fine Sunday morning which is becoming a regular occurrence this season. Wyvern started down hill and soon seemed to have the upper hand. Warren Lewis at fly-half linked well with Jason Squire and this made way for some open running by the backs. Un-fortunately once again good breaks couldn’t make scores as the final catch repeatedly wasn’t made. Martin Riley grinned   all game as for once he wasn’t the culprit. The pack had the upper hand in the scrums which kept providing the backs with good ball.

Wyvern missed Johnny Wren who was unavailable due to Mother’s Day Duties. But it was nice to see a return for Brendon Andrews and Stuart “nice shiner” Notasnewastheothernewblokes.

The move of the day was an outstanding bit of individual play as Harry Harrison picked up the lose ball just inside is own 22, side-stepped two of the opposition before tearing down the wing, cutting inside, passed three more of the opposition and scored between the posts. The referee disallowed it as it was half-time.

The second half started the same as the first - nil nil. Wyvern scored in style early on as a few quick tap penalties gained ground then lots of hands saw the ball go over the line in the hands of no other but the one and only flying welsh-winger  who was so unused to scoring he wasn’t sure what to do next … so he squeeled like a pig.

Karl James from quite an angle scraped the outside of the post for the conversion and this was going to cost Wyvern dearly.

As the game went on Warren Lewis got sin-binned. Wyvern held onto a lot of pressure for sometime. Unfortunatly just as Wyvern came out with the ball and looked safe a rush of blood came over one of the backs and his deft kick landed nicely into Wellington arms in space. Wellington counter-attacked and some poor defending let them score fairly near the posts enabling an easy conversion. Wyvern managed to get back into the Wellington half with minutes to go but the half an hour Karl James had for a perfect drop goal was thirty minutes too many and his attempt was charged down.

Wellington walked off victors but Wyvern allowed themselves to be robbed off a match that they should have won.

Next week sees Wyvern struggling for players as Martin Howe’s quote of the season back in September begins to haunt him – “Not cancelling the game next April 6th just cos Dougies having a stag night – there is no way he will still be with her by then!!!”

With wit and mirth he's back again - it Dougie James 

23rd March 2003

Spaxton 7 Wyvern 12

Wyvern sublime as Spaxton felt hard done by

This long spell of sunshine makes it hard to believe we are still in the middle of a rugby season. This week the Wyvern troops met at County Hall ready for a trip to Cannington to play Spaxton. Once again with people pulling out at short notice meant that the 15 that eventually took the field looked nothing like the 17 captain Dean Tindall  had on paper Saturday night. Thanks to the people that turned up at very short notice.

The pitch was in very good condition with the grass long enough to make the ground firm but not solid. Wyvern started off very strong and it was soon to see this was going to be a very open game. Wyvern clearly dominated the first half but the last pass and catch went begging on several occasions and Wyvern were not able to score. The pack looked very strong with a welcome return to |Eddie in the front row. Deano hooked and it was very noticeable the amount of line-out ball Wyvern were winning (a rare occasion this season). Spud (without ainy complaint) quietly slipped into the front row and the scrums were fairly steady. The back row had new man Steve Newbloke making a noted contribution. This gave the backs some good ball and Karl James making his Wyvern debut at fly-half combined with Full-back Warren Lewis to attack at will. Wyvern did have to defend but defended well and Spaxton never looked like scoring. In the dying minutes of the first half Spaxton did make a rare attack and Wyvern were their own worst enemy as the ref missed a  knock-on, too many Wyvern players stopped playing to gift Spaxton a soft try.

 At half time the Wyvern heads were held high, realsing the game was well within their reach. Jim Duncan was replaced by Daryl Gardener as Wyvern started the second half.

 The second half started like the first and Wyvern still had lots of pressure. Good hands in the backs found room for Warren Lewis to glide over the line, the kick was missed leaving the score 7-5. Spaxton put pressure back onto Wyvern but a very neat break from  Eddie in his 22 saw him break through, unfortunately the whole Wyvern side had also fallen for his dummy so Eddie kicked us up deep into the Spaxton half.

Some good pressure from the Wyvern pack at the line-out  troubled the Spaxton scrum-half and allowed Dougie James to sneak through and score. In the last ten- minutes Wyvern were camped down in their own 22. They looked to have conceded a try as the Spaxton no.4 burst through but somehow Warren Lewis managed to throw himself at the man and prevent him from scoring to give Wyvern a 22 kick. This was at a cost as Warren was at first appeared to be badly injured and the referee decided to blow early as a result (with three minutes to go). The Spaxton crowd were not happy but Wyvern felt that the storm had been weathered.

The game was well refereed by Arthur wich allowed the game to be great entertainment to watch and play in.

Wyvern look forward to next weeks home game against Wellington with a well deserved win under their belt.

Once more to the keyboard he goes to bring us this week's report.

Taunton 50 Wyvern 31

Wyvern say it with Flowers!!

With Wyvern rested last week with no game the camp were very confident going into todays game. To show you how confident they were with minutes to go till kick off all Wyvern were worried about was who was going to kick the conversions with the absence of Jimmy Morris. Taz Bailey was a contender but the honours fell to Shrek Flowers and he didn’t let the side down. It was a glorious hot (ok – slightly windy) spring day and the warm conditions weren’t ideal as Wyvern had to play twelve man rugby. I say ‘had to’ as Taunton reduced their squad to 13 on the pitch but wouldn’t repay the favour of lending us players like we did to them only weeks ago. Taunton’s side didn’t have too many famous people in it, they must have been short as Robbie Miller was hooking.
The game started of at a hundred miles an hour and it was no surprise that Taunton crossed the line first. Wyvern equalled the pressure and a great move by Jason Squire opened up a huge gap for Johnny Wren but he still had a lot to do ….. he had to run forward and then put the ball down (Johnnys argument for the look of confusion when he got the ball was “well I only run to the nearest player normally … but there wasn’t any!!”) From there on in tries were scored at random from both sides and according to the crowd we were actually winning at one point. A debut for Eddie Newbloke saw an outstanding display in the back row alongside Grant Gibson. Dougie James stood in at Fly-half – he thought John Wren at centre was very keen to pay his subs wafting a tenner in front of his face moments before kick off but realised it was Johnny’s way of saying “keep it in the forwards today mate!!”
Geoff Flowers (shrek) touched down twice as well as getting 3 conversions. Tinny went over as well as Eddie Newbloke’s surging run through the middle.
Wyvern walked off the field heads held high and although they couldn’t compete with the extra man the effort from everyone was outstanding. Now we are back to playing again hopefully the numbers will return for next weeks outing to Spaxton.

Hard at it still, here's Dougie's piece for this week

This weeks match report, written and starring Dougie James!

His pen and his wit are sharp as Dougie provides this weeks report

Minehead 0 Wyvern 43


There was a definite feeling of deja-vu this Sunday as I remember writing the match report for the seasons earlier trip to Minehead.

We met outside County Hall as we turned up in dribs and drabs. John Wren impressed as early on as in the car park as he not only knew there were fifteen rugby players in a team but was well aware we a few short of that figure.
Tinny had obviously picked himself in the back line cos if he was going play in the rufty tufty forwards he would not have come out with the line " sorry lads I have a cold so I'm going back to bed with a large cup of Dee".
Warren was unable to play cos although he had his kit it wasn't in his bag and he didn't know how to get it in there. We will have to ask the RFU if we can get a grant to supply him with a cleaner. Jimmy Morris was whimpering about being a lightweight and needed a door to door escort to make sure he played.
James (otherwise known as Terry) made a welcome return after playing his debut for the club at the beginning of the season and Daryl's Diary managed to supply a back so we managed to leave Taunton with sixteen for the colourful forever journey to sunny Minehead.
We kicked off and started off very well. If the first scrum gives you an idea of what's going to happen for the rest of the game then you will realise why I cried on our ball when I saw Deano kick it through their pack to give them sublime quick possession. If the plan was to lure them into a false sense of security it worked as Deano made more than amends by winning several against the head afterwards. We got good ball from lineouts even winning a few of theirs thanks to the introduction of a nimble Dougie James jumping at no.2. The pack worked well around the park although a little slow they were effective when they got there.
Playing uphill in the first half we went in at half-time with only one score up. This came from Jimmy Morris who saw the gap and broke through the defence line.
The second half and the slope gave Wyvern the edge and two early tries started to slowly kill off the spirited Minehead side. The continuity between players was good and we managed to keep the ball alive. 
The pack was gaining speed at times and this was giving the backs plenty of ball. Due to mixtures of hangovers the backs seemed to take time to gel. I think Jimmy Morris had difficulty in reading the centres angles of standing. His plan B was to see how far he could throw the ball, this wasn't very effective either.
Jimmy Morris managed to reach a hat-trick and Steve "crouching tiger" notched a brace as he managed to find space to reach second gear on several occasions. Deano and Gwillam finished off the scoring to give Wyvern an impressive victory.
The only question that needs to be asked is will Tinny be able to get back into the side for next week?

Now in retirement, Brittas brings us his view of this weeks game.

Wyvern 0 - Somerset Fire Brigade 24

Despite the Wind, rain and mud, the Fire Brigade this year decide to play the fixture with the Wyvern!

The visitors came with a well drilled and, not surprisingly, fit squad. Initially they seemed content to use the boot as their only form of attack, which played nicely into the hands of Wyvern fullback Dougie James, who was able to counter attack on many occasions as the Wyvern played down the slippery slope.

A comment from the touchline was that there seemed to be an invisible wall about 5 metres from the Wyvern line which the Brigade could not get through. This line was not invisible, it was red and made up of a resolute Wyvern defence. Unfortunately the impenetrable line for the Wyvern lay on the Brigade 22 metre line and, try as they might, they could not get much beyond this line before being dispossessed of the ball.

The stalemate should have been broken by Wyvern fly-half, Warren Lewis, but he missed a penalty from 25 metres in front of the posts. It was the Fire Brigade who were to break the dead-lock on the stroke of half-time when the relentless pressure of 5 solid minutes on the Wyvern line eventually told and converted try was scored in the right hand corner.

The second half brought increased pressure against the Wyvern, with the fitter and more agile Firemen now utilising the slope and their stamina to great effect. The Wyvern were able to hold their own in the set piece and succeeded in disrupting Brigade scrums and line-outs. However they could not keep the firemen from scoring two good tries during the half, with a converted third coming at the end of the match when the Wyvern forwards stole a Brigade line-out, only for the backs to spill the ball and pass it over to their opponents for a run in under the posts.

A disappointing end to a rugged match. 

High points were the return of Brendon Andrews at No.8 and Mark Halligan on the flank. Both made excellent contributions and complemented to dogged determination of Paul Westwood and Gwylam Hughes at props and the Wren boys, Jon and Tim, at centre and scrum half respectively. Spud Murphy, playing against his colleagues, had an excellent game on the wing.

Once again Dougie James puts his fingers to the keyboard.

Someone new giving their view on this weeks effort: here's Dougie James

Here he is again with his view of this weeks match.

Wyvern Succumb to Wiveliscombe

Wiveliscombe 31 - Wyvern 21

Sunday saw a wholly entertaining rugby match when Wyvern travelled to Wiveliscombe. The final score of 31-21 in favour of the home side was only settled in the dieing minutes of the game.

Wyvern played down the famous Wiveliscombe slope in the first half, but were unable to use this to their effective advantage. While being first to score through fly half Jim Morris, who also converted, it was Wiveliscombe who were dominant in the loose play, continually working their way up the pitch.

One such Wiveliscombe phase of play brought them an unconverted reply to Wyvern’s earlier score. This was shortly followed by an excellent passing move which brought a converted try for the home side. However it was a Wiveliscombe mistake which allowed a counter for Wyvern with Morris again scoring under the posts for a second converted try.

The second half saw Wyvern firmly on the rack. Set piece pressure turned to second phase pressure which eventually turned into a penalty under the posts and a ‘soft’ converted try, putting Wiveliscombe back in the lead.

This pressure continued to come all from Wiveliscombe, but Wyvern maintained a strong defensive line, as they had throughout, turning one excellent counter-attack into score for full-back Guy Loader. This was converted by winger Martin Howe and put the Wyvern back in the lead.

With only minutes remaining both sides stepped up the tempo, but it was Wiveliscombe who used the slope to their advantage and pinned Wyvern back. The pressure eventually told when an excellent moved opened up a gap for the Wiveliscombe backs to breakthrough and score an unconverted try.

With only minutes to go the pressure was all on Wyvern and Wiveliscombe eventually sealed the match with a final converted try under the posts.

This week's submission once again by Shrek.

DE-JA-VOUS

Taunton 50- Wyvern 12

Unfortunately in sport you sometimes have to bow to a better side, unless you play rugby at Wyvern where we never say die. Despite Taunton running in try after try we never bowed our heads and fought to the last. Yes we lost by a big score, but to me it was largely irrelevant .We showed what Wyvern rugby was all about. Well done to everyone! 

The match was played on the main pitch at Hyde lane, in front of the main stand, on a warm sunny day.

It’s not that we played badly; we were just outclassed by a better side. Taunton being Taunton put out a very strong side. Even so the Wyvern pack had a few things to put straight after their first encounter.

We played possibly our best front row in the form of Gwilym Jones, Westie and Clem Woodward.

Low and behold they destroyed a quality Taunton front row. In fact the whole scrum was very solid

With Hairy Harry at second row along with Wyvern legend Jock providing a front five that could push a building over. In the back row we had Dougie James at No 8, Shrek at open side and Tom from the Wyvern bar blindside. (Good lad Tom, but the pink flowery boxers have to go. Surely some sort of dress code violation!). 

Unfortunately we had three of the Wyvern regular backs missing. Jim “the fish” Morris was so drunk this week he couldn't walk let alone play. Warren “the Wide boy” Lewis was up the big smoke doing a bit of “business” and Jon “the bench” Wren was at home with a nasty case of curry poisoning. We hope to see them back next week! Fortunately for us Wyvern found two new backs in the form Jamie Duder (center) and Guy Loader (fly half). Both played an excellent game and we look forward to seeing them next week! 

Our first try was scored after some excellent forward play, allowing prop forward Clem Woodward to burst through the Taunton defense and flatten the fullback for a great try. Not long after that Guy Loader in his first game for Wyvern, intercepted a Taunton pass and streaked clear to touch down under the posts. Loader also converted.

Other noteworthy efforts came from Gwilym  Jones. Jones took the ball on a storming run for 50 yards up the pitch twisting and turning like a man possessed. In fact so good was the run that Tinny going back to his Welsh roots, and with a tear of pride in his eye commented, “ At last a Welsh man to be proud of.” Tinny then fell to his knee’s put his hand on his heart and sang the Welsh national anthem.

Doug James also put in some great runs as well as two try saving tackles; once again an outstanding game. (If only he could run and pass).

Shrek also managed to stay on the pitch for a full game, despite having the same referee as last week! The Staplegrove lip only questioned 50% of the ref’s decisions and made comment about his parentage and intellectual ability only twice in the whole game. 

There is no match this week but there is training 

So be there at 11am Sunday at the Wyvern!

This weeks report comes from nearly retired Brittas.

Minehead Fight Back Against Wyvern

Wyvern 15 - 22 Minehead Stags

Minehead Stags visited the Wyvern last Sunday and provided the growing crowd a real nail biting game to enjoy.

The first half was an evenly matched dual between the forwards, with both sides being fully committed to every aspect of the game. Minehead probably had the edge in the loose, but the Wyvern tackling, lead by flankers Jon Wren and Dean Tindall, kept the visitors back behind the gain line and forced them to make errors and mistakes. It was more than half an hour, though, before Wyvern were able to capitalise on the pressure they created, with fly half Jim Morris scything through for an unconverted score following a scrum under the Minehead posts.

The second half was a different story. Minehead now released their backs who created spaces in the Wyvern defence and took them to their hosts line. Early in the half this created two opportunities for Minehead. The first lead to a 'soft' try following a short penalty near the Wyvern line. The second saw them run two thirds of the length of the field, interpassing as they ran, to score once again.

Wyvern stepped up their game and put the visitors under further pressure. Successive 5 metre scrummages created the platform from which the forwards drove towards the Minehead line before scrum half Jason Squire broke from the side of a maul and just scored while at full stretch. The conversion from Jim Morris put the home side back in the lead. This should have been followed up minutes later when, having done all the hard work of beating the defence, centre Warren Lewis dropped the ball as he went to touch it down.

Then with 10 minutes to go came the turning point of the game. A long kick through by Morris was carried behind their own line by the Minehead defence. As Wyvern poured through Minehead desperately fought to keep the ball. Then, in the style of the French national team, Minehead broke from behind their own line. Wyvern attackers became desperate Wyvern defenders as they pursued the opposition up the park, but the adrenalin rush which took the Minehead players towards the Wyvern line was too great and they scored another unconverted try.

Minutes later they scored again, the Wyvern heads still being down and indifferent tackling this time lead to a converted try. Unfortunately there was a difference of opinion between Wyvern Number 8, Geof Flowers, and the referee over the nature of the score and, with a penalty from the kick off awarded to Minehead, Flowers was sent to the sin bin for what was now the rest of the game.

The fight was not quite gone from the Wyvern who immediately got into the visitors half where Morris kicked a much needed drop goal, leaving Wyvern a converted try behind. With the clock ticking away and Minehead sensing victory, there was just not enough stamina left in the Wyvern players and they failed to cross the line again.

All credit to both teams who thoroughly entertained both the crowd and themselves. Wyvern visit Taunton Wanderers next week at Hyde Lane, kicking off at 11.00 AM.

And here is Shrek again with his view of this weeks game

Wyvern in arresting match !!

Wyvern 42 - 0 Somerset West Police

Well where do you start! It was an action pack game right from the kick off, Steve Holden (playing for the police) caught the ball from the kick turned to set the maul, only to be left high and dry by his team mates and promptly nailed by two Wyvern forwards. Steve received severe back pain and a facial injury and was taken to hospital shortly there after; hairy Harry Harrison (guesting for the police) also broke his nose in the same incident. We all wish them both a speedy recovery and quick return to rugby. The game itself was a hard fought forward battle, with neither side willing to back down. After a while the Wyvern pack gained the upper hand and for two weeks running provided great ball for the backs to work with. The first try seemed a formality as the backs strengthened in the center by the return of loveable rogue and part time wide boy Warren Lewis, ran rings around their counterparts in the police. Justin (now in a more accustomed position in the backs) is a man on form this year and caused the police backs all sorts of problems with his direct running. He scored for the second week running shouting,” bring on Lewis”! Jim (the fish) Morris (still hung over from a 20pint drinking binge the previous night, you only had to look at him, Jesus what a mess), again showed his class and ran the game from the backs. As well as scoring 2 try’s, various conversions, walking on water, feeding the 5,000 and oh yeah not forgetting killer passing, had a great game again, Nice one Jimmy!

Westie lived up to his reputation, and made himself a complete pain in the arse for the police forwards and had a hand in nearly everything (crafty old git!) and as for Dougie “Twinkle toes” James the Wyvern full back, yet again popped up to score 2 tries. Although one of them was deemed to be pure greedy by a certain hairdressers nightmare who I quote said “ I was wide open, the greedy bastard he should have passed” well I am sure if you caught the ball more often he would have, but that’s another story!

All in all it was a great game and a good way to spend a Sunday except if your names Steve Holden and you now have your own bed in casualty. (Steve’s record for Wyvern is, 5 starts 3 hospital visits) once again get well soon mate. Just a quick note to finish on, I’d like to thank the police team for putting up a great fighting display even with a much weaker team than the one that gave a pasting last year thanks chaps. I know I for one will be looking forward to the rematch and a much closer game.

Once again Shrek's literary skills are brought to the fore.

If you go down to the woods today…

Blake bears 5 Wyvern 37

What a difference a week makes (+ a few more players!).

The game started well with a superb drop goal from an alcohol poisoned Jimmy Morris. Jim looking like death warmed up received the ball from the back of the ruck and coolly slotted it home from 30 yards. The pack played well and as a unit and unlike the previous week retained the ball and gave the backs an excellent platform to run off. (After their long rest in last week’s game it was well received). The backs had a new full back this week in the form of the one and only Doug twinkle toes James. Doug is with out doubt the only full back that never kicks the ball, instead goes on storming runs up the pitch, faking outrageous dummy passes; (the best entertainment on the pitch by far). Take a bow Dougie. Scrum wise Wyvern was very solid. Clem made a welcome return to the Wyvern front row, and along with Westie and Gwylam Jones, made a formidable front row.

The forwards in open play were superb, rucking and mauling and driving forward at every opportunity.

Gwylam scored a wonderful forwards try, rolling off the back of the maul, to crash through the Blake Bears defensive line. In the backs Justin scored a great try and was a constant threat. 

Jim Morris was once again excellent, scoring two tries, and even the shampoo tester managed to score. 

I’d like to thank Blake Bears for sticking to the fixture, despite missing lots of players. We hope to see them soon.

Last but not least a big thank you to Martin Howe for refereeing at short notice.

This weeks match report is provided by none other than our literary expert Shrek!

Taunton wins again!

Wyvern 0 - 32 Taunton Wanderers

Yes its true, Wyvern went down to a shock defeat at home to Taunton.
First game of the season Wyvern struggled to find their feet. We tackled and defended well in our customary style, but it just didn't happen for us today.
We were faced with a very strong Taunton side, with lots of young fresh faces ( and some not so young ) with lots to prove. In our defence we played the first half with only 14 men, opting for a seven-man pack (no blind side flanker). Donnie ( ex Wyvern player over from Barbados on holiday), made an excellent contribution to the game, and along with Westie and Daryl held the scrum together under intense pressure from the Taunton pack. Our backs played well, and Justin made good progress up the pitch, coming close to the Taunton try line on several occasions. John Wren, playing completely out of position at full back, saved us more than once. Jim Morris provided a good bit of aggressive running rugby, but I question his wisdom picking a fight with a 25 stone prop with bigger tits than Jordon. Dougie James played a great game of dummy rugby, and showed that its not just premiership footballers that know how to dive in front of the referee, speaking of which Neil Stevens was once again an outstanding referee, allowing the game to flow and made sure it was played in the right spirit, cheers Neil! Hope to see all again next week at Blake Bears

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