Injury nightmare for Oaks (From Bournemouth Echo)

Injury nightmare for Oaks

5:36pm Tuesday 9th March 2010 in

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OAKMEADIANS suffered triple injury trouble as Marlow held on for a 15-15 away draw in a frantic South West One East clash.

Meyrick Parkers coach James Croker said: “We hit back from behind to level with a last-minute try but missed a kick to win it. We lost Malaki Magnus and Will Ford after they had a head collision in the 20th minute and both had to go off and have stitches.

“Then Shane Coughlan got whacked on the knee. As he was off having treatment, Marlow scored one of their tries when we were down to 14 men.

“I had to make all three substitutions in the first half, so to get a draw against Marlow, who are third, was brilliant.”

Will Samuels bagged two tries for Oaks, with Jamie Tryska adding one conversion and a penalty.

Oaks: Bongard, Day, Cameron, Croker, Richards, Coughlan (Hosking 35), Flower, Ford (Hudson 20), Bell, Tryska, Samuels, Korabai, Hare, Davies, Magnus (Mitchell 20).

• Swanage & Wareham are still eyeing a top-three finish after a hard-fought 16-12 home triumph over lowly Reading Abbey.

James van Tuyl and Darren Wilcox ran in the Purbeck side’s tries, with Phil Graves slotting over two penalties.

Swans: Dunsford, Wilcox, Graves, Cottrell (Jones, 76), Blackmore, Parish, Tomes (Sammons, 47), Sheldrake, Elford, Andrews, Burgess, Penney (R Woodard, 72), Jacobs, van Tuyl, Wright.

• Wimborne made it 10 league wins in a row with a tense 18-8 home victory over Sherborne in Southern Counties South.

Oscar Vazquez, making his first All Blacks start, was their star man as they kept up the pressure on leaders Frome.

The Uruguayan full-back slotted over three penalties and Russell Tinsdale powered over for a last-gasp try as Wimborne recovered from a 5-0 deficit.

Wimborne: Unwin, R Brokenshire, Tinsdale, Hopkins, O’Bryan, Coulling, Champ, Morgan, Llewellyn, Maltman, van Wyk, Griffith, J Brokenshire, Andrews, Vazquez. Subs: Busby, Skinner, Bolton.

• North Dorset threw away 10-0 and 18-13 leads as they suffered a demoralising 21-18 setback at Corsham – a side they’d crushed 50-5 at home.

Jay Westcar and Tom Dymond-Andrews touched down for Norths, with Simon Keates adding two penalties and one conversion.

• Ellingham & Ringwood collapsed to a 27-24 home loss against Old Mid-witgiftians after racing into a 19-0 lead.

Adam Fityan (two), Dawfydd Williams and Josh Butcher touched down for Es.