Drawn

Sporting Richmond came from behind on Sunday to draw 1-1 with Metro Sting. In the end the result was a good one for Sporting due to the circumstances. With only 11 players, many of which were injured, Sporting was able grab a point, and at times looked like it would maybe nip all the points in the end. The first half was a midfield battle and ended 0-0 after both teams had a few half chances. Metro Sting's keeper kept out a Green effort after Casey Smith had slotted him in at the near post. At the other end Tommy did well all half to keep the score knotted at 0.

After the break, Sporting came out flat. Metro sensed that lag in tempo and pushed for the opening goal. The breakthrough came in the 55th minute when a cross field ball found a questionably onside Metro attacker at the back post to make it 1-0.

As the second half wore on, Sporting started to increase the pressure on Sting and it would pay dividends in the 78th minute. A back pass to the Metro Sting keeper was pressured by Green, his pass was picked off my Cecil Lewis who then found Casey Smith wide open at the back post to slot in from 6 yards.

1-1 was the final and with the points shared was a good result giving the circumstances. Sporting will now look to Saturday when they take on Metro Sting again, this time hopefully with a full squad.