Ilkeston V Paviors

Under 15’s hosted pavior's yesterday morning in a game in which the rivalry was evident, even before the kick off. First half ilkeston were dominant in both attack and defence. Unfortunately due to a damp pitch and strong winds, there were a large amount of mistakes from both sides.
Even with that, Ilkeston went into the half 12-0 up. The second half, pavior's came back fighting down the hill. Though they had probably 3/4 of the possession, Ilkeston’s defence held strong, shutting them out for the full half and because of their quality defence, they even forced a knock on, pounced on the ball and scored the only try of the half, seconds before the final meaning the game finished 19-0.

Biggest positive was the defence, which was the best it had been all season.