National League: Second weekend match reports

20th & 21st September, Manchester

Polytechnic – Manchester: 7 – 21
Being a game we had limited chances of winning, we decided beforehand to see it as a good chance to practice what we had been training on – and if we were close to them or winning, go for it. There were good parts in our [...]

National League: First weekend match reports

6th & 7th September, Sheffield

Cheltenham – Polytechnic: 18 – 6
First game of the season, against a team we know is fit. Their game is based on swimming and even though they lost their best player who joined Lancaster, they proved too strong for us. They played a half pool press and wrong decisions in our [...]