On a sunny but breezy day, Belper 2's travelled to Rolls Royce in a rather haphazard fashion, with El Presidente Blount deciding to take half of the forwards the scenic route and arrive with minutes to spare.

In order to get a game with any purpose Belper loaned out Andy Ryan to RR as they were a prop short and no one wanted un-contested scrums from the off! If Belper thought this woulld be an easy game, Mick Elove soon put them right with a forceful, if a little odd, team talk and so, suitably galvanised Belper kicked off with the wind.

Despite constant pressure from Belper, they found it difficult to break down a determined RR side and the first 20 mins were scoreless. After the forwards, again lost possession, RR kicked for touch. Fortunately, the ball was held up in the wind a gathered by WPC Ruggy, who set off on such a "twisty turny" run that he mesmerised everyone and eventually danced through to score near the posts. Daz Griffiths converted to give Belper a 7-0 lead.

Straight from the kick off, Belper ran the ball back to the RR 22m again applied constant pressure, which led to a penalty to Belper, who chose to run it. A few quick passes and the ball was in the hands of Mick Elove, who from 1m out wasn't going to be denied. and forced his way over for a try. Daz Griffiths missed the conversion.

Again, straight from the kick off the ball was spun out and then with the help of the wind, kicked deep into the RR half where the play resumed until Sam Robbo set off on a run. The ball was re-cycled and sent through the hands of Jack Robbo, Dibber and finally back to Sam to score a well finished try. Again Daz Griffiths missed the kick. Belper were now well on top and, despite a re shuffle due to Sam Robbo departing company with his breakfast and the introduction of Ben Knott, Belper started to play with a bit of confidence, despite Brent Lyon doing his best to disrupt them.

Another flowing move saw the ball in Dibber's hands, who, despite the old, rough, weathered texture of the ball managed to hold on to it and score under the posts. For those of you that don't know, Dibber is much more comfortable with something young, smooth and firm in his hands! As Daz Griffiths kicked the conversion, WPC Ruggy wrote "sixteen ???" in his notebook!

Half time arrived with Belper holding a 24-0 lead. Mick Elove gave another loud and angry team talk, warning Belper to "raise their game" and "not go to sleep". It may have been because we've heard it all before, but the talk, did in fact make Belper "go to sleep" and the second half started with RR playing some good rugby in Belper's 22m. A switch move with the inside centre saw him cut through the Belper defence to score under the posts. The kick was missed.

Belper kicked off, and now inspired, the RR backs took to their heels and ran the ball back into Belper's half. A kick through from RR was gathered by Danny SL, only for him to be near de-capitated by a high tackle which seemed to seen by all except referee Lyon? The ball was spilled and RR drove the ball through the forwards and over the line. Everyone thought that the try had been scored, however, the referee said that he couldn't see it and awarded the scrum to Belper.

Finally, Belper awoke and started to play the game in the RR half and again, after fielding a clearance kick Danny SL set off on a run, which after a few exchanges saw him pass the ball to Minger on the winga to score. Daz coverted with ease in the strong wind.

Straight from the Kick off Daz Griffiths made a break, and for once, he ran where people could support him and despite his best efforts to shake off his team mates nearly made it to the line, fortunately the ever youthful Captain Holmezy had strolled up and was on hand to take the offload and crash over to score the try. Belper should have extended their lead when Captain Holmezy fielded a missed kick deep in his half and set off on a typically elusive run only to float the most inviting of passes to Henry who would have had an easy score in the corner. Unfortunately Henry decided to practice his "sign language" technique and manage to confuse the ball which then refused to be held! Henry, in his defence, had no defence!

Perhaps the biggest shock of the day came when, from a maul, deep in the RR 22m, the game seemed to go into slow motion, In a classic 2nd row partnership move which had ben tried literally hundreds of times in training, Blount flicked the ball out of the maul to Pete Rose (still in normal speed) who broke away and left all the defenders for dead and scored his first try for the club under the posts. It was a surreal moment but well deserved.

With time running out Belper brought on rookie Phil Swift, who immediately got stuck in. From the breakdown, MickElove decide to go for his "advanced running away from everyone else" scout badge, and an admirable job he did of it, by taking the ball single handedly from just outside the Belper 22m to 10m short of the halfway line brfore he collapsed and changed into a blob of oxygen starved jelly. When he finally got his breath back (in the bar) Mick Elove swore it seemed a lot further than that! From the breakdown, Phil Salad, Dibber, Danny and Leon set off towards the line with Danny taking the glory to score his second try of the day. The game ended with Belper winning 48-5 and much credit should go to the pack, especially Tony Laven, who after having to leave the field due to the packs going uncontested, offered moral support from the sidelines, and very nearly took a quick line-out that was in fact Rolls Royce's throw in. A game that had 8 Belper tries and 4 conversions, turned out to be well worth turning up to, however, EL Presidente did do his best to miss it.