This Weekend’s Action : Saturday, 04 March 2023

Driffield 1st & 2nd team head to West Yorkshire to face Ilkley RUFC, 3rds & 4ths have both been cancelled as opposition could not raise teams to travel to Driffield. Ladies welcome Birkenhead park to Kelleythorpe on Sunday.

Our 1st xv head to Ilkley this weekend, looking to carry our Fantastic Febuary form into March. with only two fixtures remaining, we need every point we can get to claim the 2nd spot in the league.

Ilkley have struggled most of the season, however, they seem to have found some form at the back end of the season, to steer them clear of relegation.

Ilkley sit 8th in the league, with 43 points, having won 8 and lost 11. Ilkley lost to Sandal last weekend, 22-17. Won at Doncaster Phoenix the week before, 26-16, at beat Cleckheaton the week before that at Stacks field, 36-5. When Ilkley travelled to Kelleythorpe back in November, we put in a great performance and won 45-18.

We are in a fight for second place in the league, Alnwick are 1 point behind with 2 games left, Heath are 4 points behind with 3 games remaining. They play each other this weekend, then Heath face Ilkley & Billingham. If Heath can get 3 wins they will finish second, and all we can do is try and get 10 points from the two remaining fixtures.

At the bottom, West Bridgford are more than likely departing, with either Paviors or Scunthorpe, These two are separated by 1 point, with 4 games remaining each. They face each other at Scunthorpe on the 18th March. Paviors welcome Doncaster Phoneix this weekend, which could be an interesting one to keep an eye on.

2nd team also head to Ilkley, In their 1st meeting at Kelleythorpe, Driffield put Ilkley to the sword, winning 75-0. No doubt a tougher task on home soil. 2nd team had a hard fought win over scunthorpe last weekend, 27-24 final score to keep them in the hunt for a home play-off game.

Unfortunately, both Hullensians & Hull Ionians cant not raise teams to face or 3rds & 4ths at Kelleythorpe and have notified us this afternoon that they have pulled out of the fixtures.

The ladies look to return typo winning ways as they welcome Birkenhead Park Ladies to Kelleythorpe on Sunday. When the ladies travelled to Birkenhead back in October it was a tight game, with Birkenhead just winning 27-19, and with Birkenhead just 5 points above Driffield in the league, this looks a great match.

PLEASE NOTE< anyone travelling to Ilkley, Ilkley RUFC are a cashless club, they only accept card payments for everything.

Driffield RUFC 1st XV to face Ilkley Rufc 1st XV, Saturday 04/03/2023, KO 3PM

1 – Mckinnon, 2 – Pettinger, 3 – Thundercliffe

4 – Turner, 5 – Gleeson

6 – Brankley A, 7 – Jenkinson (c), 8 – Johnson

9 – Sowersby T, 10 – Murray Ry

12 – Sowersby J, 13 – Rix

11 – Scurry, 14 – Brankley T, 15 – Watts J

16 – Robson, 17 – Young, 18 – Robinson

Good Luck to all in Blue, Black & White.