Diss 22 : 0 Enfield Ignatians - 15th November 2014

Diss Continue to climb the London Two North East League following a hard fought and ultimately very satisfactory victory against Enfield Old Ignations. Whilst victory was not secured until late in the day ,the hard graft paid dividends and allowed Diss the opportunity to open up the game in the last quarter. Throughout the game Diss controlled at least 70% of the possession but a lack of precision and discipline at the breakdown always kept the opposition in the game. Diss opened the scoring after nine minutes following driving play through the forwards that allowed Jack Peacock the opportunity to slither over in the right hand corner. Peacock missed the conversion and the score remained 5-0 until the half time whistle. Throughout the first half Diss showed that they were willing to play an open and expansive style and that it was only going to be a matter of time before the advantage of quality possession would pay off. In the forwards the likes of Tim Groom , Paul Cayley, Fraser Hall, Matt Richards, John Bergin and Ryan Carter were constantly driving at the opposition . This dominance enabled Jamie Burroughs space to attack from the base of a dominant and advancing scrummage.

Coach, Roger Coombs introduced John Laurie after the break and almost immediately Diss began to step up the pace and drive deep into the Enfield midfield. That said, Diss were still finding it very difficult to breakdown a very dogged and determined defence. On 64 minutes, John Laurie found space around the side of a ruck and charged through to score close to the posts. Jack Peacock converted and instantly Diss began to assert more pressure on a tiring opposition. The forwards now had control and all facets of the game and won a penalty in front of the post , which allowed Jack Peacock the opportunity to increase the score to 15-0 with 7 minutes left. As an indication of the development of the Diss squad, the foot was kept on the throttle and following an excellent cross kick from Jack Keppel, Warren Wilby was able to score under the posts, thus allowing Peacock a very simple conversion. What will have delighted Roger Coombs and David Smith most was the fact that Diss did not concede any points although at times Diss should have released quality ball to the backs rather than taking it on one more phase.