HEREFORD RFC were guilty of letting another game ‘getting away from them’ as they suffered a 24-28 defeat at home to Moseley Oak.

Moseley struck with three tries before the half-time whistle and the Wyesiders were unable to respond in the second half.

“Another game that just got away from us,” said backs coach, Alun Richards.  

“Despite a big defensive effort from us, Moseley Oak showed their class in capitalising on our ill discipline and unforced errors to hit back and take back the lead in the 15-minute period leading up to half time.”

Hereford kicked off playing down the slope, the follow up caught Moseley Oak in possession and forced a penalty, which Iwan Holder converted.

The Wyesiders then kicked to touch well into the 22. From the lineout the ball was released and a well-judged miss pass was gathered by Jamie Hodges, he laid off to Holder who touched down and converted his own try.

Hereford were playing some good rugby and added a second Holder penalty before getting a second try.

Josh Wright ran back a Moseley Oak kick ahead and moving the ball through hands, it came to Holder who made no mistake, beating his man to dive over for the try.

The conversion attempt was wide, but with less than 20 minutes played, the hosts had built up a good 18-point lead.

The second quarter belonged to the visitors, who kept Hereford penned in their own half and soon reduced the deficit with a converted try.

From the restart Hereford recovered the ball and won a penalty which Holder duly slotted.

Within ten minutes Moseley Oak added a brace of tries, both of which were converted bringing the scores level at 21-21.

With time in the first half running out and with Hereford on the attack a pass was intercepted by a Moseley player who raced from halfway to the goal line for their fourth bonus point try to lead 21-28 at half-time.

The visitors, now playing down the slope, put the home team under pressure for most of the second half.

The only Hereford score in the second half was a Holder penalty only minutes from full-time.

The 1870s had another tough game losing 26 – 5 away to Pershore, Lewis Goodridge scored a try. On Sunday the Colts had an excellent win over Cheltenham Tigers Colts by 17-7. The HRFC and 1870s have no league games next weekend, on the following week they play Newent away and Worcester 2s at Wyeside.