Saturday 9th May 2020 Last weekend should have been the 2020 Minety 7’s Tournament. To commemorate the event, here is film from the 2016 Minety’s 7’s tournament.
Saturday 2nd May 2020 2nd match of the 2017 / 2018 Wadworth 6 X Dorset and Wilts Division 1 North campaign for Minety as they take on Warminster away from home. 16th September 2017.
Saturday 25th April 2020
Time to lift the spirits by revisiting arguably Minety’s finest hour when they travelled to Warminster RFC on Saturday 25th November 2015 to take on Lytchett Minster in the Final of the Dorset and Wilts Vase.
Happy Days!
Saturday 18th April 2020 Well, it should have been the last match of the season today, a home fixture against Trowbridge. With the team hitting top format the start of March who knows where Minety would have finished in the table, and what the result against a team that has always caused us problems just when we didn’t want any! So, if you need your fix of Dorset and Wilts league rugby, sit back and enjoy the encounter between the two teams played at Minety on Saturday 27th january 2019.
Saturday 11th April 2020
Yet another weekly dose of Minety RFC action. This week’s MTV Rewind takes us back to Saturday 7th October 2017 when we travelled to Supermarine in Swindon for a D&W1N league match
Time to sit back and enjoy and let “MTV Rewind” take you down memory lane!
Saturday 4th April 2020 As promised, another weekly dose of Minety RFC action. Last night (March 3rd) we should have been playing under the lights in a D&W1N match against relegation threatened Chippenham at their all-weather facility. This week’s MTV Rewind takes us back to November 8th 2019 when we travelled to Chippenham for a mid week Vase match against Warminster Time to sit back and enjoy and let “MTV Rewind” take you down memories’ lane!
Saturday 28th March 2020
As promised, your weekly dose of Minety RFC action, and this week we take a stroll back in time to take in a match played by the 2nd XV at Bath Saracens on Saturday 21st April 2018.
The match, played largely in excellent spirits, contains one of the best tries of the 2017 – 2018 season.
Time to sit back and enjoy and let “MTV Rewind” take you down memories’ lane!
Match Report Minety turn on the style. With the 1st XV match conceded by visitors Pewsey Vale, all eyes turned on the 2nd XV’s match away at Bath Saracens in Dorset and Wilts Division 3. The match, played at Oldfields RFC very attractive venue, pitched 6th placed Bath Saracens against 8th placed Minety and gave visiting coach Andy Grayson a chance to look at some of the emerging talent in the 2nd XV. The visitors started the match pushing the Saracens back into their own 22 and dominating the open play, teenage scrum half James Nickson martialling his troops with an assurity which belied his youth and relative inexperience. With hooker Mark Glew’s powerful running in midfield and the dangerous full back Ben Kingston always looking for counter attacking opportunities, Minety applied pressure across the pitch but were unable to find a way through Saracens’ well organised defence. Veteran 2nd row Phil Ward was dominant at the back of the line out and Minety enjoyed quality ball so it was something of a surprise that they failed to open the scoring before the 27th minute. A series of rucks near the Saracens line ended with the dangerous Glew taking the ball at pace and slicing through the defence for the first try. NIckson’s long range conversion was a success and Minety led 7-0. Minety doubled their lead 4 minutes later with one of the tries of the season. From a scrum just outside of his own 22, Nicksen picked up the ball and dummied the Saracens’ defence before streaking clear, side stepping the full back and toughing down beneath the posts. His conversion sailed between the uprights and Minety led 14-0. Glew scored his 2nd, and Minety’s 3rd try from a forwards’ pushover just before half time as coach Grayson made a number of changes, experimenting with players playing in unaccustomed positions. With both teams making full use of bench players in the very hot sunshine, Minety started the 2nd half 19-0 up. They wrapped up the 4 try bonus point in the 48th minute. Nickson fed replacement fly half Dave Cooke. His long pass was caught by centre Bram Coleman, whose flicked pass set Garin Garland in for a try near the posts. Coleman kicked the conversion to put the visitors 26 points clear. In the energy sapping conditions, it was great credit to both teams for the high pace that the game was played at. Despite the score line, Saracens continued to play open, attacking rugby and richly deserved their opening try in the 63rd minute. After a fluent backs’ move along the line, play switched in field and a clever “grubber” kick through the Minety line allowed the home side’s inside centre to touch down under the posts. Minety hit back with some forceful running from the powerful Gareth Thomas but it was the home side who scored next with a fine “length of the pitch” try involving 6 players before the scrum half touched down beneath the posts. The successful conversion brought the scores back to 26-14. All chances of an unlikely comeback were halted 2 minutes later when centre Del Murray cleverly picked his way through the home defence to score under the posts. The 6th Minety try came in the 77th minute when the impressive Kingston broke through to touch down, Coleman converting to end the match 40-14 in Minety’s favour. Coach Grayson was delighted with the performance of the whole squad but singled out James Nickson for particular praise after a Man of the Match performance. Minety’s win lifts them into 7th place in the league with one fixture remaining of the season against champions Corsham. In Division 1, Minety’s home walkover and Warminster’s defeat at home to Avonvale mean that the village side lie 4 points behind Warminster with two matches in hand in the fight for 4th place in the league. Missing your fix of rugby already; gently going “stir fry” crazy? It wont fill the gap entirely, but Minety RFC are now launching “MTV Rewind”, a chance to see some classics from the archive that we’ve built up over more years than any of us care to remember. Each week we’ll publish the MTV coverage of a match from the archives (well, if BT Sports and Sky Sports can get away with it, so can we) and, if copy is still available, the match report. Rewind 1. It’s back to Saturday 9th September 2017 and the first match of the 2017 / 2018 season as Minety travel to Pewsey Vale looking to get their season off to winning start.
And once you’ve watched it, here’s the match report. Claxton inspires Minety to opening day win New Minety captain Tom Claxton saw his team open their Wadworth 6X Dorset and Wilts Division 1 campaign with a fine 29-14 victory at Pewsey Vale on Saturday. On a beautifully prepared pitch, Minety dominated the early exchanges as the forwards held a powerful Pewsey pack and the pacey Minety backs ran at the home team’s line. Against the run of play, Pewsey took the lead in the 9th minute. A speculative kick into the Minety 22 took a wicked bounce and full back Duncan Simpson was clattered to the ground as he tried to pick up. The loose ball was seized upon and the try awarded close to the posts. Centre Tom Windle was denied a try in the 13th minute by a last second clearance after a clever kick from fly half Adam Watts wrong footed the Pewsey defence. Minety opened their account with a fine opening try in the 20th minute. A solid scrum on the half way line allowed scrum half Garin Garland to feed Watts who passed to right winger Ben Langridge. From the ruck, Simpson broke the line and fed left winger Dave Cooke, who side stepped the full back and ran in to score under the posts. Garland’s conversion was successful and the match was tied at 7 all. Minety’s 2nd try came in the 32nd minute. A lineout steal in their own half led to a break from No. 8 Andrew Hibbard. Garland kicked ahead and when the ball was won at the ruck centre Dave Church and Windle combined to allow the latter to score wide on the right. The score galvanised the home team, who proceeded to play some of their best rugby, pushing the visitors back onto their own line. A Pewsey score seemed inevitable when Garland was yellow carded but somehow the 14 men of Minety held out to half time. With flanker Josh Bull imperious at the lineout and the pack, with Mark Glew and Colin French, in fine form, Minety controlled the start of the second half. Garland extended Minety’s lead in the 50th minute with a penalty after the home team were penalised for not releasing after a tackle. Pewsey mounted attack after attack on the visitors’ line, only for each wave to be repelled by some immense tackling from Ben Collins, Matt Chisholm, Church and Bull in particular. Pewsey’s 2nd try came at the end of another concerted series of attacks. The successful conversion brought the scores to 15-14 in the visitors’ favour and set up a breathless last quarter. Both sides pushed for the victory and play moved around the pitch at breakneck speed. The match was settled in the 79th minute when Simpson picked up in midfield and ran in to score from 30 metres, Garland converting the try. The “4 try bonus point” was secured deep into injury time. Minety won a Pewsey scrum in their own half, Garland drove forward before slipping the ball to Bull who capped a fine performance by running in the try from 35 metres. Garland’s conversion ended the match with Minety 29-14 victors. New Minety coach Andy Grayson was delighted with the performance. “We all fronted up and I was delighted with the commitment the lads showed. It was a great squad performance with a number of 2nd team players stepping up and showing their qualities. It’s onwards and upwards as we prepare for Warminster next week.”