Rugby League

West of England League

Saturday 1st June 2019

Kick Off 14.30

Oxford Cavaliers 50 Cheltenham Phoenix 22, attendance 70

@ Merton Village Hall

Main Street

Merton

OX25 2NJ

No Admission or Programme.

With the football season in England now over, it was a chance to watch some Rugby League. I hadn’t watched a game at this level for quite a number of years. The main problem at this level is that it is not the greatest quality and it is very unreliable as to whether the match will actually take place, or indeed, where it will actually be played. No such problems today though, as both clubs had tweeted about the fixture and as neither had lost yet this season, then there was a very good chance that I’d get a game in.

Oxford dominated the first half, going into the break 26-0 up. When they increased the lead to 32-0 ten minutes into the second half it looked like it might become a bit of a procession, but Cheltenham scored the next two tries to make more of a game of it. Oxford went over for two more tries, before Cheltenham added two more themselves to pull it back to 44-22, before one more converted try for the hosts rounded off the scoring in the final minute.