KOLO AT THE DOUBLE SEES VALLEY THROUGH

Rugby Town progressed to the final 16 of the Errea Cup in a repeat of last season's third round game with a 2-0 win over Halesowen Town.

Rugby-born striker David Kolodynski netted a quick-fire double in four second half minutes to go some way to rectify the 4-1 defeat to Halesowen just three days prior.

Tom Breward and David Staff were both unavailable while Delroy Gordon returned after a facial injury.

The first half was evenly contested with Halesowen going closest when Paul Devlin was denied by Martyn Margarson.

The second half was far more eventful with Margarson making two outstanding saves to keep the scores level.

Rugby took the lead with twenty minutes remaining when Gordon's low shot was saved by James Dormond but Kolodynski was on hand to open the scoring.

In almost identical fashion, Rugby doubled the margin when Kolodynski again pounced on a parried effort.

Halesowen had time to strike the post late on while at the other end Stephan Morley produced a rasping drive which cannoned off the underside of the crossbar and bounced clear.

Full report to follow.

Valley Line-up: Margarson 8, Stringfellow 7, Morley 7, Thorogood 7, Herbert 7, Bolt 7, Gordon 7 (Harris 6), KOLODYNSKI 8*, Aladetoun 7 (Edge 6), Stone 6, Musgrove 7.
Subs not used: Russell.
Booked: None
Sent Off: None

Report by RTFC Online.