Old Brodleians Minis v Rishworthians Minis
Rishworthians enjoy an excellent mornings mini rugby
Match reports Sunday 23rd September
An excellent days rugby with all the teams performing well so early in the season. Thanks to all the players, parents, coaches, volunteers and match reporters to get a successful first fixture of the season under way.
Under 6’s The Micros
Six minis turned up for training with the Old Brods U6’s. Neil Lumb and Darren Grogan very kindly took on the roll as coaches for the second week running and are a welcome addition to the coaching staff. The players attending this session of basic skills were Bobbie White, Oliver Muscat-Baron, Georger Wannan, Jack Lumb, Ted Grogan and Reece Barrowclough. In addition several more new micros turned up at Copley to watch the junior matches.
Under 7's The Young Guns
An eight man squad played some good rugby against Old Brods.
Brodleians 3 - 3 Rishworthians
In a competitive game Rishworthians ran in three tries scored by Corey White, Kian Sutcliffe and newcomer Carrick Keighley-Payne in a 3-3 draw. With five new players in the team this was a very creditable performance and bodes well for the rest of the season.
Player of the match was Corey White for his all round performance including some very good tagging.
Thanks to Simon Bower for both taking control of the players before the game and then putting in an excellent refereeing performance.
Under 8’s The Raiders
A squad of ten players played three matches against the Old Brods running out winners in two and losing the other.
Brodleians 4 - 6 Rishworthians
The first game was a close run affair with Rishworthians running out 6-4 winners. James Senneck and Callum Bell score a try a piece with Sam Puddephatt running in two tries. The other two scorers names were missed. ( If anyone knows the names of the other 2 please e-mail davebutler@orrufc.co.uk ).
Brodleians 5 - 4 Rishworthians
In the second game Rishwothians lost an even closer contest losing 5-4. James McHugh bagged a couple of tries with William Symms and Alex Oldroyd both scoring.
Brodleians 2 - 3 Rishworthians
In the final game Rishworthians defended brilliantly at the death to run out 3-2 winners with tries from Sam Puddephatt (2) and Callum Bell.
The player of the week went to James Senneck for his outstanding support play.Thanks to Dave and Mark for organising the team.
Squad: Callum Bell, Emma Bower, Sam Puddephatt, James Senneck, William Symms, James McHugh, Kallan Jamieson, Alex Oldroyd, Toby Muscat-Baron and Ben Riley
Apologies if I have missed off any players as things were a bit hectic to start off with.
Grahame White
Under 9's The Reds & All Blacks
A squad of 12 players played two matches against the Old Brods running out winners in one and losing the other.
Game 1. Old Brods 20 - 5 Rishworthians Reds
Old Rishworthians Reds started the new seasons campaign of ‘ proper rugby’ with a trip to local rivals Old Brodleans, who had won their first game last week 60 - 0. So it was with slight apprehension that the youngsters began their first game of contact rugby.
They need not have worried. Old Brods started the match and the Rishys team were straight in to the tackle. Old Brods managed the first score of the match but both teams appeared evenly matched with good tackling by both sides. One particular crunching tackle by Thomas Sweeten on an unfortunate Brods player brought gasps from the watching parents. Rishworthians tried to get the speedsters of Will McDonnell and Jacob Bower in to space, but solid Brods tackling kept them contained. As the game approached half time Jack Davis ripped the ball, and from inside his own half, barged through the Brods defence and ran the full length of the pitch to score the Reds first try.
In the second half the Reds continued to tackle well, but Brods were quicker to the ball in the contact areas. That, along with Rishworthians giving away a series of penalties and a couple of missed passes, allowed Brods to score 3 further tries to go 20 - 5 ahead.Rishworthians tried to get back in to the game. Jacob Bower, and watching parents, thought that he had scored in the corner but he was ruled to have just put a foot in touch, and the last play of the game saw Bower again forced in to touch with the try line begging.
Game 2. Old Brods 10 - 30 Rishworthian Reds
After a 5 minute break The Reds played another match against a second Brods team.
Rishworthians began the game with plenty of purpose and promise. Thomas Sweeten began proceedings with an attacking run down the wing only to be halted by a great tackle that put him in to touch. Pressure brought reward and the first try soon came. From the scrum Sam Brant fed Will McDonnell who found a gap in the defence and sprinted down the left wing to score in the corner. 0 - 5.
The Reds were now playing with a confidence that was missing from periods of the first match and a second try soon followed. Thomas Cockroft stole the ball in contact and passed to Jack Davis who attacked the Brods defence driving the ball forward gaining 10 yards before being tackled. Jacob Bower was quickly in to the ruck and collected the ball before forcing his way over for a try. Old Brods scored another try but from the restart Will McDonnell took the pass, side-stepped 3 Brods players and went down the touchline to score his second try. Half time 5 - 15.
During the second half Rishworthians began to dominate, though handling errors spoiled some promising phases of play. Thomas Cockroft, with his shuffling, sideways gait, battered his way through the Brods defence from short range and dived over for a try.
Brods replied with a score but the Reds came straight back. Charlotte Siddall took the ball in to the tackle, Will McDonnell picked up and passed to Thomas Sweeten who ran on to the ball at pace to score. Jack Davis scored his second try of the day, a carbon copy of his first. He received the ball in his own half and ran unopposed to make the score 10 - 30. Will McDonnell seemed destined to score his hat trick try when he took the ball deep in the Reds half, looped around the back of his own players and up the right wing only to be tackled by 3 Brods players and bundled in to touch yards from the try line. Final score 10 - 30 to The Old Rishworthian Reds.
A good mornings rugby from the whole team against a well drilled Brods outfit. All players showed lots of enthusiasm and a knowledge of what is required. A learning curve also for the players and the coaches, with emphasis on cutting down on our penalty count, but overall well played!
Man of the match…Jack Davis Effort award…Thomas Sweeten
Team: Will McDonnell, Sam Brant, Thomas Cockroft, Thomas Sweeten, Greg Day, Jacob Bower, Louis Hilton, George Radcliffe, Jack Davis, Nathan Cooper, Charlotte Siddall, Thomas Dalziel.
Dave McD
Under 10's & 11's
A squad of players played two matches against the Old Brods running out winners in one and losing the other.
Brodleians 6 - 1 Rishworthians
There was an air of nervous anticipation during the warm up, with the players remembering the defeats of previous encounters at the hands of the Brods.
The first match was played with a mixed squad of the older players (10’s and 11’s) and the final score does not do justice to the Rishworthians performance.
The Rishworthian scrummaging was excellent and it is doubtful that they lost any possession from the scrums Kyle Jamieson made some excellent distance, shrugging off tackles with ease and was unfortunate not to score on several occasions. Ben Atkinson made several good runs towards the try line and was thwarted at each attempt by some crunching Brods tackles. Captain, Haydn Corns never let these setbacks affect team morale and at no time did the “heads go down “ or the team give up.
Brodleians 1 - 5 Rishworthians
After a spirited; although losing; performance in the first match the teams lined up for the second encounter of the day. After several minutes of Rishworthian pressure Tom Hammond ran in for his first of three tries. At this point the teams confidence grew and their game stepped up a gear. Dan Cooper made some very determined runs towards touch and was backed up exceptionally well on every occasion, finally managing to get the ball to Ben Atkinson who ran the ball in for try number 2. The Brods fought back, but the Rishworthian defence held and a loose ball was collected by Tom Hammond for try number 3 (his second). More Rishworthian pressure resulted in a 10-metre drive from Alex Ratcliffe producing try number 4.
After half time the Brods managed to claw 1 try back, this however only fuelled the Rishworthian resolve producing some more excellent attacking play. Matthew Harris ran an aggressive 10-metre gain, with excellent support from the team and was unfortunate that the teams’ momentum did not carry him to the line. One of our newer players Harvey Keighley-Payne then produced a piece of attacking play that saw him at one point carrying 2 Brods players. Finally this relentless pressure paid off with Tom Hammond scoring his third try to make the score 5-1 to Rishworthians.
The man of the match went to Tom Hammond and award for effort to Harvey Keighley-Payne. Overall the 2 performances are a credit to the squad and the early season coaching of Keith Atkinson and Andy Day
Andrew Harris
Brodleians v Rishworthians Slideshow.
Click on arrows to view more photos, click on photo to enlarge.
      
 
|
Under 8's Brodleians v Rishworthians 23/09/07
Click here to view Brodleians RUFC web site
Number of visitors to this page