Another heavy defeat on the road

Luton 1st Team suffered their third heavy defeat of the season away from home, this time at Old Priorians.

Another beautiful afternoon of sunshine promised a fast game, and so it proved. Luton start off brightly enough, winning three penalties in the first 10 minutes, but unfortunately were only able to convert one of them into points. Strong forward pressure by Luton on at least two occasions in the first half were held off by an excellent OPs defence. OPs always looked dangerous on the attack, with their speedy backs always a threat. Just three attacks led to three converted tries. A yellow card to Davies (hands in the ruck) in the 39th minute saw OPs wrapping up the first half with a penalty. HT 24-3.

Within a minute of the second half starting, OPs lock also saw a yellow card (stamping) so we were 14 a side for ne next 8 minutes. Normal service resumed for OPs with the restoration to full strength as they ran in three more tries (two converted). FT 43-3.

Another tough day at the office for Luton 1st Team, though some promising signs starting to show. Next week we host table leaders Brentwood (kick off 3pm), a tough ask.

Team: Robert Povey; Cas Abaka, Ryan Doyle, Aiden Kenny, Scott Aspinall; Rick Hobbs, Thomas Mahendran; Alex Gabbidon, Wayne Hempson, Thomas Garner, Sean Meddeman, Ryan Staff, Adam Harris, Gareth Jahn, Matthew Yang.
Replacements: Ryan Sheppard, Jonathan Kerr, Christopher Davies.