Park eventually out powered Old Albanian (OA) and ran out comfortable winners outscoring a determined OA side 5 tries to 2.

Despite Park having the better of the first half OA fought hard and at the interval the score was 14-7 to Park with OA's very much in the game.


Charlie Piper goes over to score first of 2 tries

OA's started the second half well and after 60 minutes the score was levelled at 14-14 and Park supporters were forgiven for thinking it could be 'one of those days'.

However much to the credit of the Park squad they scored 3 tries in the last 20 minutes and their power off the bench and the early pressure submitted to OA's in the opening period proved the crucial factors.

Park remain in 7th in the National 1 table but the gap separating the teams from 2nd-7th has been narrowed again and Park have everything to play for as they hunt down the higher placed sides.

Park Scorers-Tries-Ellis, Piper x 2, Hudson x 2
Conversions- Leonard x 5

Kieran Power Forwards Coach for Park said, 'Even though it was a frustrating performance it was still an important five point win to keep our momentum building into the new year. What was pleasing to see was our character to keep going which shone through to get us the result, the players know themselves that even with two wins from the last two we still have a long way to go to reach our full potential as a side. Next week is a difficult away trip to DMP who are in form themselves and nothing but a complete 80 min performance has to be expected if were to gain anything from the game.'

Shaun Justice

Images: David Whittam

January 18, 2017