The Upper Clutha Rugby Club’s premier side, the Rams, made it three wins from as many games in the Central Otago Premier Rugby Competition with a 59-28 win over Cromwell on Saturday (April 5).

The sides entertained a good crowd at the Upper Clutha Rugby Club running in 13 tries between them.

“It was tough this week as we lost a lot of players. We’ve had so many injuries,” Rams’ head coach Alex Dickson said.

“Definitely happy with the result.”

Cromwell dominated early possession in the match but could not contain the Rams when they had ball in hand. The Rams scored four converted tries to skip out to a 28-14 lead at the half time break.

Three more Rams’ tries early in the second half put the result beyond doubt.

For the Rams, halfback Caleb Dixon was impressive behind the pack, scoring three tries and clearing the ball well. Fullback Henry Schikker, in his fiftieth match for the premier side, made the most of his opportunities with a number of elusive runs.

In the forwards lock Andrew Horne continued to impress with his physicality.

This was a good result for the Rams given the disruption to the playing side in the lead up to the match. Coach Alex Dickson will be concerned about the midfield’s defensive effort - an area Cromwell exploited on numerous occasions.

“We’ve got the bye next week and then Easter off,” Alex said. “We hope to get a lot of guys back after Easter.”

The Rams next match is on Saturday April 26 against Matakanui Combined in Omakau.

Rams’ pointscoreres

Tries: Caleb Dixon (3), Henry Schikker (2), Sean Murray, Brady Kingan, Arthur Boutillier, Joel Turnbull 

Conversions: Brady Kingan (6), Brody Flannery

In other matches:

Arrowtown 21-32 Alexandra

Matakanui 21-45 Wakatipu

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