South London Storm 34-30 Kent Ravens

IN their final game of the league season, the Kent Ravens narrowly lost out to South London Storm in a feisty encounter at Croydon.

The Ravens started the brighter and appeared to settle into the game a lot quicker than the Storm.

This quick start was rewarded with an early try from Tom White, who broke clear of the defence and raced to the line.

Aiden Oakley kicked the goal to make the score 6-0 to the Ravens.

From their next attack, the Ravens scored again when Jeff Luland stretched and reached over the line to touch down and Oakley again scored the goal to make it 12-0. At this stage it looked as though the match could be over by half-time.

However, South London Storm had other ideas and scored three quick-fire tries to make the score 16-12.

Just before the break Mark Mooney managed to claw the Ravens back on terms with a try to ensure both sides went in level 16-16 at the interval.

As with the start of the first half, the Ravens raced out of the blocks and scored two early tries from White and Luland.

White kicked the goal to his try to make the score 26-16 to the Ravens.

The second half seemed to be following the same pattern as the first when the Storm scored four tries of their own, which completely turned the game around with the score at 34-26.

In the dying moments, Kent Ravens went all out to recover the deficit but one try from Manbir Mann, which topped off a great performance from him, was not enough to win it.

Kent Ravens head into this week's play-offs hoping for a bit more luck, but they will undoubtedly play with the same spirit displayed throughout this match.

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