By Nimai Parmar
London Skolars ‘A’ maintained their impressive form this season with a 15 try romp in a comprehensive 72-6 win over Greenwich Admirals in the Challenge Cup semi-finals, held at White Hart Lane.
There was no holding back from the Skolars as they ran in 7 unanswered tries in the first half through Thomas, Roche, Aggrey, Cawthorn, Smokie, Fletcher and Purslow. Cawthorn kicking 2 from 6 and G Vickers kicking 0 from 1. The first half finished with a convincing scoreline, London Skolars ‘A’ 30 – Greenwich Admirals 0.
Fresh from their half-time team talk, Skolars were determined to be more clinical in their second half and ran in an extra 8 tries, two of which came through Roche followed by Junor, Coleman and Renayne. Cawthorn kicking 2 from 3, and G Vickers 0 from 1. The Admirals fought back and on the end of a few penalties and a lapse in concentration by the Skolars, Raphael Sikwabi scored their only try of the game. Skolars retaliated through Gall, Hacke and Juma. G. Vickers kicking 3 from 4, leaving the final score line 72-6 to the London Skolars ‘A’.
James Roche was awarded MOTM after his stand out performance at back-row and scoring a hat-trick of tries. The win means that London Skolars ‘A’ will play the winner of Bedford Tigers or Portsmouth Navy Seahawks (TBC) in the Challenge Cup final, to be held on the 28th of July.
London Skolars ‘A’
1. Smokie Junor
2. Angelo Thomas
3. Tom Renayne
4. Michael Cawthorn
5. Lameck Juma
6. Greg Vickers
7. Jermaine Coleman
8. Cameron Gall
9. Alex Bates
10. Oli Purslow
11. James Roche
12. James Fletcher ©
13. Austen Aggrey
Subs (all used)
14. Chris Appleton
15. David Hacke
16. Randall Powell
17. Jaroslaw Obuchowski
18. Nicholas Agbo
19. Chris Vickers
MOTM: James Roche
Tries: Aggrey, Cawthorn, Coleman, Fletcher, Gall, Hacke, Juma, Purslow, Renayne, Roche (3), Thomas, Junor (2)
Goals: Cawthorn 3/9, G Vickers 3/6
30-0 Half-time
72-6 Full-time
