by Brad | Jan 16, 2023 | Match Reports
The 1st XV travelled to league-leaders Billingham to play a team that sits pretty comfortably at the top of Regional 1 North East, 15 points ahead of second-place Alnwick. They have been living up to their pre-season tag of league champs, although they had a slip-up...
by Brad | Jan 8, 2023 | Match Reports
Today’s encounter was likely to be a close contest, and local derbies are always unpredictable. Back in October, when we travelled to York for our first match against them, the 1st XV had a great afternoon, coming away with a nail-biter win 19-24. Driffield...
by Brad | Dec 18, 2022 | Match Reports
The 1st XV travelled to Derby to face West Bridgford, with a late change of venue resulting in the match taking place at the University of Derby’s artificial pitch. Driffield got straight into the action with a penalty by Watts, followed by a Ben Dinsdale try...
by Brad | Dec 5, 2022 | Match Reports
On a grey day, Driffield kicked off up the slope against Sandal. Play was evenly-contested until, on 9 minutes, Sandal gave away a penalty which Watts converted to give Driffield an early lead. Sandal 0 – 3 Driffield Sandal came straight back at Driffield,...
by Brad | Nov 27, 2022 | Match Reports
Ilkley were straight into the action, putting the Driffield defence under pressure, and were awarded a penalty in front of the posts after just three minutes. Driffield 0 – 3 Ilkley From the restart, Driffield were able to win the ball back and put Ilkley under...
by Brad | Oct 30, 2022 | Match Reports
Driffield needed a win to keep pace with the top of the league. The loss at Cleckheaton the previous weekend meant there was a five-point gap to the top two, and with trips to Alnwick and Heath, and Ilkley visiting in November, five points points against Phoenix...
