
With a light breeze and glorious Autumn sunshine in evidence throughout, the Bees faced Ossett in just about perfect conditions for a game of running Rugby.
However, despite this, for large parts of the game the Bees could not manage to execute the most basic passages of play and countless passes were spilled or risky offloads attempted which kept the home side very much in this game for the first seventy minutes.
It was only after Dom Walker slotted a penalty with ten minutes on the clock that the Bees were able to press on and put the game to bed.
Both sides enjoyed the majority of possession when they were playing down the not inconsiderable slope and in the first quarter of the game Ossett were the dominant side and thoroughly derserved their early lead. That sixth minute try was pegged back on 11 minutes as Jack Kennedy got over the whitewash out to the right of the posts. In an almost identical move on 28 minutes, Kris Gott was able to power over in the same area of the pitch. Ossett then landed a penalty tp pull them within two points on half an hour, and suddenly the home side were again looking dangerous.
The Bees got in a mess near their own line in front of the club house two minutes later and gifted their hosts a try. With the conversion landed it was 17 points to 12 as the sides turned round.
Five minutes into the second half the sides were level as Adam Gaunt squeezed through the defensive line to dot down. Walker was not able to land the conversion, so it was 17 apiece with 35 minutes to play.
As the half wore on it was increasingly obvious that the Bees pack were getting the upper hand and the home side were barely out of their own half for most of the period. The referee awarded the Bees a a string of very kickable penalties, but the Bees tried to force their was over through their pack and remained unsuccessful with that approach. Finally on 70 minutes, the policy was changed and Walker stepped up to slot a penalty to put the visitors 20 points to 17 in front.
With a lead and territorial dominance established, the Bees began to find space to execute basic passing moves along their back line. The early cases of butter fingers seemed to have been eradicated, and the ball was zipped this way and that.
On 73 minutes, Josh Tenniswood received the ball five metres out and backed himself to slice through to score. Walker again adding the extras.
That fourth score gave the Bees the bonus point, but they were still pressing for more. The irresistible force that is Jack Kennedy when he sees the try line, was on hand to blast through the final defenders for the final score on the game.