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...
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Sandal 29 – 29 Driffield : Saturday, 3 December 2022
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, scoring a...
Driffield 45 – 18 Ilkley : Saturday, 26 November 2022
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...
Driffield 27-15 Doncaster Phoenix : Saturday, 20 October 2022
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...
Cleckheaton 25-24 Driffield : Saturday, 22 October 2022
The trip to Cleckheaton gave Driffield the chance to brush defeat off and get back on the victory train. The game started well enough, with Jack Sowersby powering through to score a try on 10 minutes, converted by Watts 0-7 But Cleckheaton came back at Driffield and...
Driffield 19 – 38 Billingham : Saturday, 15 October 2022
A tough test awaited the Woldsmen as they hosted Billingham RUFC - Click here for the full match programme. It had been a while since we have played each other - 2009/10 in North One East, when Billingham won both matches : 64-20 At and 25-33 at Kelleythorpe. The...
York 19 – 24 Driffield : Saturday, 1 October 2022
Match Data 15:06 Try Falkingham. Converted Murray. 0-7 15:15 Try York. Conversion missed. 5-7 15:16 Brankley yellow card. 15:24 Dinsdale try.Converted Murray. 5-14 15:28 Penalty York. 8-14 15:31 Penalty Murray missed off the face of the post 15:43 Half time. 8-14...
Saturday, 24 September : Driffield 100 – 12 West Bridgford
See the match programme here Scoring Sequence 2 RAMSDEN 2 (TRY) 5:0 5 SHORT 14 (TRY) 10:0 18 WATTS 15 (TRY) and WATTS 15 (CON) 17:0 21 TURNER 6 (TRY) and WATTS 15 (CON) 24:0 29 ROBINSON 9 (TRY) 29:0 32 FALKINGHAM 8 (TRY) 34:0 39 TURNER 6 (TRY) and WATTS 15 (CON) 41:0...
Saturday, 17 September : Match Reports
Scunthorpe 31 - 55 Driffield 15:06 Try for Short - conversion missed 15:13 Try Nellen. Conversion Watts missed off post. 15:33 Try Falkingham. Conversion missed. 15:36 Scunthorpe penalty missed 15:41 75 yard runaway try for Scunthorpe. Converted 15:41 Half time 7 - 15...
Driffield 25 – 20 Pocklington : Saturday, 9 April 2022
Beautiful weather greeted the last home game of the season for the Woldsmen, with Pocklington making the short trip. The stakes were high for Driffield as they knew one win from the last two games would be enough to secure a top-three spot and with it a place in the...