Tabard see impressive draw snatched away at the death by East London
Tabard Ladies came within seconds of drawing with league leaders East London Ladies - Credit: Archant
Tabard Ladies came within seconds of grabbing a creditable draw away to league leaders East London Ladies.
However, a penalty against the Radlett-based rugby club in the last play allowed the hosts to kick three points and steal a 17-14 victory in the London North Two clash.
Tabard arrived a player short in West Ham but despite East London having 20 players available players, league rules state the opposition has to match numbers meaning a 14 v 14 match.
East London opened the scoring with a converted try but Tabard responded with a converted score of their own, Caroline Bolton added the extras after Rachael Potter had crossed the whitewash.
The game swung back to East London with a second converted score but again Tabard refused to lie down.
Bolton, having ventured off her wing for the first time, charged through the middle and a hand-off and five missed tackles later she was under the posts for the score.
She kicked her own conversion to level things up once more.
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All that was left was that heartbreaking moment to deny Tabard a valuable two points.
The defeat keeps Tabard in fifth position in the table.
