Oswestry crowned kings of the Midlands with vase triumph

Old Yardieians 5

OSWESTRY brought the curtain down on their championship winning season by lifting the Midlands Plate in Worcester.

The Shropshire side early when Jacob Jones broke to cross for the opening try which was unconverted.

Old Yardleians started to get into the game using their large forwards to try and dominate.

However the finalists came across an Oswestry side in resolute mood with man of the match James Evans leading by example with a stellar tackling display.

The Oswestry pack was coming off better and Connor Crompton made a number of crunching tackles with James Evans showing his power in attack and defence.

Action from Oswestry's win over Yardley. Picture by Shaun Brook. 

Oswestry slowly made their way forward and Jed Corbett was too strong and fast to be caught and found a gap to run in the second Oswestry try.

Aiden Lindsay converted the try and Oswestry were 12 points up.

Oswestry continued to press and as half-time approached captain Gaz Ellis charged over to score a try and tighten his side's grip on the game.

Oswestry looked to seal glory after the break and added a fourth try when prop Connor Blair crossed after good driving by the pack following a line out.

Action from Oswestry's win over Yardley. Picture by Shaun Brook. 

A lapse of concentration allowed Yardieians to reduce the arrears.

However Oswestry were soon back on top with Iwan Ellis showing his speed and skill to run over 50 yards to score the fifth try which Lyndsay converted.

Oswestry did not take their foot off the pedal with the tackling of James Evans leading to a mistake that Corbett was able to seize upon for his second try with Lyndsay adding the extras.

Captain Gaz Ellis was handed the plate award in front of the main club house in front of a large crowd much to the pleasure of the Oswestry supporters who made the 70 mile journey to cheer their team on.

Oswestry now look forward to next season knowing that they will face more challenging times after an historic double winning campaign which saw them end the season unbeaten and cement promotion.