After a great performance at Meadow Lane, University of Nottingham’s Rugby squad can feel very satisfied when they look back on Thursday’s 18-7 victory over Trent. This year’s PASIC Varsity series now stands at 7-6 in Uni’s favour; owing largely to some solid defending and great offensive raids into Trent’s half, which often resulted in vital points. Trent battled hard and were within yards of scoring more than their solitary converted penalty try on numerous occasions. However, the better defense won the game, despite the formbook suggesting Trent would be slight favourites at the start of the match.
It was Trent who had the first opportunity to get on the scoreboard, but their missed penalty kick just a few minutes in was capitalised on almost immediately at the other end of the pitch, with Dave Heads kicking over from about 30 yards. Dave Heads looking impressive tonight. The opening exchanges saw most of the ball in Uni’s half yet Trent failed to make anything of their territory; a lot of mistakes from both teams made for some slow ball and a lot of penalties awarded by an over-eager referee.