Bonus Point Win gets Cam back on Track

So with Cam conceding 17 points in the first half facing an uphill challenge in both games in 2023 Head Coach Voighty clearly identifies this slow starting as a major issue at Thursday's team meeting and challenged the team to pressure from minute one. There is absolutely no doubt that the squad took this message on board as they scored 7 tries before the official brought the first 40 to a close but the second 40 was a completely different game with the home side fighting for their survival in the league and as well as scoring 2 more tries of their own they managed to limit the black and ambers to a single try in the last move of the game. Clearly this was again a game of 2 halves and there will be much reflection at Watchetts as to why their squad seem incapable of playing a full 80 at tempo. Obviously, to their credit despite turning round around 12-43 down, Sutton clearly upped their game and this was aided when the official clearly changed his view of scrum dominance which meant that Cam's serious attack weapon became a weakness and of course Laids believes its 'all mental' anyway.

The game saw Sutton first to test their opposition and they can consider themselves a tad unlucky when Fireman George intercepted a pass on just 3 mins and raced in from his own 10m line and with Liam adding the extras from wide out the score was 7-0 with just 3 mins played.
Sutton again belied their league position as they again threw everything at Cam and on 7 mins they were back in it with a converted try with barely 7 mins gone.
Stung into action Cam then showed their quality as a couple of penalties saw them with a lineout 5m from the Sutton line and a perfectly executed catch and drive saw Pickle claim the touchdown for a 12-7 lead.

Despite recovering the restart Sutton were unable to break the Cam defence and following 10 phases found themselves 10m further away from the Cam line and so opted to kick to just outside the Cam 22. We then saw Cam at their best when initially they drove 20m from the lineout and when Sutton kicked the ball dead from their 10m line the resultant scrum saw Cam win an easy pen as the Sutton pack disintegrated and the resultant pen saw another 5m lineout and another great catch and drive saw Dom claim the score and with Liam again adding the extras the score had moved to 7-19 at the end of the first quarter.

Cam maintained this pressure with yet another scrum pen and when play moved into the red zone great hands across the backs saw George show his pace to dot down out wide and with Liam again successful with a difficult kick the score had moved to 7-26 by 25 mins with the tbp already in the bank.
And the pain didn't go away for the home side as following a restart which flopped into touch less than the prescribed 10m another attack from the scrum and some brilliant play by the Cam backs saw centre Alex dot down for another converted try which moved the score to 7-33 on the half hour.
Following the team meeting things just didn't slow down as Cam were soon again on the attack following the restart and when the giant lock Dom produced an amazing pickup off his toes to keep the pressure on we saw George again streaking down the left wing before the ball was swung out wide yet again and Youngy again claiming the score for a 7-38 score line on 32 mins.
Cam then produced more festival rugby from the restart when Vic and The Fireman again scorched into the Sutton 22 and we then saw the ball again being moved right and this time it was young Bazza, who benefited from a clever pass by Clarkey, to cross for the 7th try on 35 mins.
Following such fabulous rugby it was inevitable that things would quieten down and on the stroke of halftime Sutton crossed for a converted try for a half time score of 14-43.
Probably, as far as Cam were concerned, the best to say about the second 40 is that Sutton added a couple of hard fought tries while they didn't bother the scoreboard until the last move of the game when a great bullocking run by Bazza followed by more meters by Ed saw the ball eventually move again out wide to the fireman whose finish in the corner was very acrobatic and with Liam adding the extras from the touchline they had eventually achieved the half century although I suspect that at half time most of the home supporters had expected that their side were likely to concede a lot more.

So on this pretty fair Feb Saturday, with conditions nigh on perfect we saw some really exciting rugby from the black and ambers and a gutsy display by bottom placed Sutton and this will clearly set the stage for the visit of London Welsh next Saturday to Watchetts where it will be important that Cam manage to stay focussed for the full 80 mins if they are to keep their season on track.

It was also good to see that a very young 2s side (not including #6 Rich!!!) managed a convincing win 19-35 over Sutton 2s following their great win away at Horsham last week.

And Finally with no C&W news this weekend I must admit that the best news I had at Sutton today was when I discovered that Head Coach Voighty and his lovely partner Poppy are now officially engaged – and here's wishing the pair of you many years of happiness together.

Pic shows The Fiery Fireman dotting down in the 80th min for his hattrick