| U11's - Warriors v London Scottish |
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| It was a cold January morning on a pitch far, far away in Richmond. In a friendly fixture, following joint training, the Warriors again showed their desire and commitment as well as their growing skill and tactical understanding. Warriors ran in seven tries in the first two quarters before the teams were mixed into Barbarian squads. |
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| Quarter 1 tries came from: |
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1. Oliver G - coming from a solid scrum and an terrific half break by Olly Carter (one of several on the day) at scrum half and a long mazy run from Ed G who off loaded in the tackle for Oliver to run over.
2. Ed G (silky running skills reminiscent of old father Ted!)– confident following his earlier run, Ed set off again on a junking run through the middle following quick turnover ball from a ruck.
3. Freddie (growing as a player every week) – A good pick and go as the forwards drove through the middle of the ruck.
4. Ed F (pace & guile and – side stepped two tackles on a long mazy run from his own half.
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5. Oliver G (another excellent all-round performance) – started the second quarter as he had the first. From our scrum the ball moved quickly through the backs to Oliver who broke through the gain line and could not be stopped.
6. Dylan, (who tackled superbly all match) – A good pick-up from turnover ruck ball, he burst through several tackles to force his way over.
7. Jacob (another strong all-round performance in defense and attack) - a fabulously worked team try - the ball was turned over at a line-out, palmed back to Jacob who sent it down the back line. James (had his best match of the season so far, hitting the line at pace and timing his passes well) - running an excellent line and just as he has been coached to do took the ball at pace, crossing the gain line and heading back towards the forwards. James broke clear and with the London Scottish defense covering across Jacob ran an inside line and took a wonderfully timed offload from James before crossing the line for try seven. A great try was greeted warmly by supporters from both sides.
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8. George B – following quick ball from an increasingly dominant scrum and a good pass from Jacob and a well timed run blind by James who drew the last defender and timed his pass perfectly to George (strong running and an excellent tackle on Oliver G in the last match) put in a side step and went over in the corner for a super try.
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9. Jacob – from a turnover in open play Jacob spun through two tackles and drove across the line to conclude the scoring.
10. Freddie - The only try for the opposing Barbarians team was scored by Freddie following a tap penalty two meters from the line from which he showed great strength and determination to drive over and score.
11. Henry (had an excellent marauding match and was very effective on the fringes of the breakdown) – In the dying seconds from a 5 meter scrum the ball was carried over by Jacob who popped the ball up in the tackle to Henry diving over to score the final points of the day.
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| Head Coach Roger Brosch commented: |
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‘Although the opposition was not the strongest we will meet this season it was a really good all-round Warriors performance. The running was strong and mostly straight, the passing and offloading was much improved.
Our defense was strong as we have come to expect but we need to clear out a little more effectively at the breakdown and leave clean ball for our scrum half.
We are still trying to pick that ball up on occasions rather than ruck over and clear out. This will not work against stronger more organised teams.
Finally we are still trying to do a little too much individually. The next step for us is to really start to play as a team. We show it in patches particularly the two tries that James set up for Jacob and George. These showed that when we do play as a team we score some lovely tries but we also have too many occasions when we go into contact with players outside us in space. Teamwork is what we need to beat the really good teams we certainly have the individual skill an commitment.
Well done to all for a good performance.’
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| Author: Greg Ward Go to top of page! |
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