Gosport & Fareham lost composure after working hard only to squander winning position

George Hillan blamed poor game management for Gosport & Fareham's 34-27 London two south west home defeat against Twickenham.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Jan 2019, 15:57 BST
Updated 16th Jan 2019, 19:33 BST
Gosport & Fareham got into a good position but couldn't make it count. Picture: Chris MoorhouseGosport & Fareham got into a good position but couldn't make it count. Picture: Chris Moorhouse
Gosport & Fareham got into a good position but couldn't make it count. Picture: Chris Moorhouse

The home side got themselves into a winning position only to throw it away in the closing minutes through a lack of composure.

They had rallied well after a poor start.

But Hillan had all kinds of emotions on the day.

He said: '˜It was an emotional roller-coaster.

'˜Our preparations were disrupted before the game and we started poorly conceding 10 points in the first five minutes.

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'˜After that we showed good resolve and began to take control of the game.

'˜Unfortunately we suffered further injuries to influential players.

'˜In the second half we looked a totally different side.

'˜We got on the front foot and drove them back, scoring 19 unanswered points to lead with five minutes left to play.

'˜Unfortunately we lost our composure and were left regretting some poor decisions.

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'˜There are still lots of positives we can take from it not least picking up two valuable points.'

In the first half Matt Tatum scored a well-worked try and Dom Holling added a penalty.

After the break Sean Shepherd, Wes Dugan and Andy Vance crossed for further tries and Holling added two conversions.

The defeat leaves the Blue & Golds deep in a relegation battle two points above the bottom two.

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Fareham Heathens moved into the top half of the Hampshire premier with a 35-12 win at Tottonians II.

In Hampshire one Locks Heath Pumas suffered a 37-7 home defeat against top-of-the-table Alton.

The Pumas matched their opponents well for the first 25 minutes.

There was no score in the opening period as both teams pushed hard. 

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Alton broke the deadlock with a penalty and the visitors added two converted tries to lead 17-0 at half time.

In the second half the Pumas scored a well-worked try through flanker Sam Floyd who powered over the line following a great break by Joel Stocker.

Any chance of a come back though were killed off by the visitors who went on to score further tries. 

Chairman George Winch said: '˜It was a much better performance but Alton were very well drilled.

'˜They continually made the ball available, finding the extra man to score.'

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