Live Scores Week 17 - 04 Jan 20

It was the clear the referee was reluctant to give Cinders the win by awarding the fully expected penalty try, but by binning two Cambridge front rows he forced uncontested scrums and took Cinders advantage away.

Ignoring the frustration at the officiating again, Cambridge defended incredibly throughout. Cinders were well off the pace and nothing they tried could get through the Cambridge dogged defence.  In the 97th minute the home faithfull held their breath as Cinders used their two man advantage to go wide, but just as they were going over the line to at least tie the game, the Cinderford man dropped the pass, and ended the game.  

The frustration is that the 2 yellows actually benefited Cambridge under the circumstances - which you are right to say shouldn't have been the case.  With 2 men up Cinders tried to score near to the posts, as the conversion would have given the win.  If they had gone for the overlap they would surely have scored out wide and taken the draw - but to sum up a frustrating afternoon they dropped the ball when finally taking this route.