Cleckheaton Minis v Rishworthians Minis
Rishworthians enjoy success at Cleckheaton
Match reports Sunday 28th October
The minis travelled to Cleckheaton this Sunday and came away with a bag full of wins. Numbers were down with it still being half term especialy at under 9's level which is normally well represented. Thanks to all the players, parents, coaches, volunteers and match reporters who travelled to Cleckheaton.
Under 6’s The Micros
The under 6's have steadily increased in numbers over the last few weeks with 12 micros training. Neil Lumb and Darren Grogan taking the session. After a training session the players were split into 2 teams and played a game of tag rugby. They are coming on well and starting to get to grips with the game. Once they reach their 6th birthday and understand the game they can join the under 7's squad and play some competitive games.
Under 7's The Young Guns
Game 1 Cleckheaton 5 - 6 Rishworthians
Rishworthians ran out 6-5 winners in a closely fought game. Kian Sutcliffe ran in three excellent tries with Carrick Keighley-Payne adding two and William Harker one. The game highlighted the need for lots more training particularly in getting back onside once a tag has been made.
Game 2 Cleckheaton 2 - 5 Rishworthians
In the second match Rishworthians played much better running out 5-2 winners. George Sutcliffe scored twice with Alex Oldroyd, Corey White and Kian Sutcliffe bagging a try apiece.
Thanks again to Mark Oldroyd for coaching the side.
Man of the match : Kian Sutcliffe for some excellent running in scoring his four tries.
Team Kian Sutcliffe, Finn Sutcliffe, Corey White, Daniel Haigh, George Sutcliffe, Carrick Keighley-Payne, William Harker, Alex Oldroyd.
Grahame White
Under 8’s The Raiders
Rishworthians Triumph against Cleckheaton
Game 1 Cleckheaton 6 - 7 Rishworthians
Old Rishworthians Under 8's continued their good run of form at the weekend with a 7 - 6 win over Cleckheaton. A good all round team effort helped to improve the defensive line which kept out some strong attacking plays by the opposition. Leading by example, player of the week Emma Bower ensured that everybody worked hard to pinch 'tags' and maintain a flat defensive line. Team passing was also much improved with phases of possession being finished off with some fine individual runs from Sam Puddephatt and Callum Bell, who both scored two tries each. New recruit this season Kallan Jamieson was, as always very keen to support the ball carrier in attack. His efforts were rewarded with a hat trick of tries to secure the victory for the Copley based outfit.
Under 9's The Reds & All Blacks
A disappointing turnout today from a usually very well represented age group. Only 6 players turned up at Cleckheaton so we borrowed one of the Cleckheaton boys and played a 7 aside game.
Game 1 Cleckheaton 1 - 11 Rishworthian Reds
Rishies got off to a cracking start with an interception try in the first phase of play from Thomas Sweeten. Cleckheaton responded quickly with a try of their own on a rather short and narrow pitch. Despite a very lenient ref, using no offside rules, allowing forward passes, and not penalising knock-ons, there was no looking back from here on in for the Rishies. Good tackles from Nathan Cooper and Jacob Bower kept Cleckheaton out and an in-form Jack Davis powered his way over for the second try. Punishing runs from Thomas Sweeten, Jacob Bower and Jack Davis paved the way for further first half tries from Thomas Sweeten and Jack Davis.
Half time score Cleckheaton 1 - 4 Rishworthian Reds
The second half started as the first had ended with Rishies in firm control. Rhino Jack Davis lived up to his name opening the scoring again with another strong run. A well earned try from Jacob Bower and another from Thomas Sweeten left the result in no doubt, even at this early stage in the game. The whole team worked well in defence producing solid tackling from all players, often bundling Cleckheaton into touch. Thomas Sweeten intercepted another pass and raced off for his second interception try of the match, followed closely by his 5th try after good runs by both Charlotte Siddall and Billy Whythe. Jack Davis and Jacob Bower were excellent at ripping the ball out today and both came out of rucks with possession. Good tackling was maintained throughout the second half with try-saving tackles from Jacob Bower, Thomas Sweeten and Nathan Cooper. Jacob Bower scored a great try sneaking his arm through the desperate Cleckheaton tacklers to ground the ball just over the try line. Nathan Cooper shrugged off several would-be tacklers and weaved his way through to score the last try of the match making the score 11-1.
A fantastic morning's effort by a badly depleted side. Every player had a good game and were well pleased with the great result.
Squad: Jacob Bower, Nathan Cooper, Jack Davis, Charlotte Siddall, Thomas Sweeten, Billy Whythe.
Julie Cooper
Under 10's
Having just come back from a draw with Cleckheaton at the Moortown festival with a much-depleted 6-man squad, which saw us borrowing 2 Cleckheaton players, there were high hopes when a 13 man squad lined up on Sunday.
The squad consisted of Tom Hammond, Max Dawes, Haydn Corns, Matthew Harris, Matthew Walker, Harvey Keighley-Payne, Ben Atkinson, Janek Kazmierski, Sam Moore, Thomas Vaughan, James Speechley, Daniel Cooper and Kyle Jamieson.
This left us in a new position where we were able to lend Cleckheaton Daniel Cooper and Janek Kazmierski to make up their numbers.
Game 1 Cleckheaton 4 - 1 Rishworthians
At the kick off the ball was passed along the Rishworthian line to Tom Hammond who produced a piercing run to score a try within 30 seconds much to the delight of the Rishworthian supporters. Unfortunately Cleckheaton made full use of Daniel Coopers strength and Janek Kazmierski speed to run in a very quick equalizer.
At this point ORRUFC rallied from a hard won scrum with our front row of Tom Hammond, Matthew Harris and Kyle Jamieson producing a drive; the force of which could be heard on the side lines: to gain precious ground. This allowed Haydn Corns to feed the ball; using one of his now characteristic arrow straight passes; to Tom Vaughan who was felled only centimetres from the Cleckheaton try line. Cleckheaton then managed to get the ball to Daniel Cooper who ran in the first of his tries for them.
From the restart ORRUFC produced some excellent pressure with Matthew Harris in the centre of a maul managing to hold onto an aggressively contested ball, whilst being driven forward by Tom Hammond, Kyle Grierson and Max Dawes, the ball was then fed to Haydn Corns who sold Cleckheaton a superb dummy, passed the ball to Sam Moore who produced a 20 metre gain only to be felled rather unceremoniously by Daniel Cooper. This allowed Cleckheaton to turn over the ball and run in the third or their tries for this period. ORRUFC produced more sustained pressure from the restart unfortunately a couple of unforced errors allowed our Daniel Cooper to score another try.
It was at this point, just before the end of the first period that it was noticed that not only had we loaned Cleckheaton 2 players but they were playing with 10 men on the field, this oversight was quickly rectified and the whistle blown for the end of the period.
Game 2 Cleckheaton 2 - 0 Rishworthians
With the numbers now even this period produced a more evenly contested match.
Another accurate throw by Matthew Harris into the lineout allowed Tom Hammond to feed the ball to Matthew Walker who passed to James Speechly who went on to produce a classic 40 metre run which Brian Habana would have been proud of only to be thwarted by a Cleckheaton tackle that lifted him off his feet. The supporting play was excellent, unfortunately the ball was turned over from the ruck allowing Janek Kazmierski to score his second try against us.
From the restart Kyle Jamieson produced one of his signature Jonah Lomu style runs leaving several defending players on the deck, however an uncharacteristic change in direction, which left all including the referee flat footed allowed 3 Cleckheaton players to bulldoze him into touch.
From the line out Cleckheaton used the strengths of their loan players to allow Daniel Cooper to score his 3rd try.
Game 3 Cleckheaton 2 - 0 Rishworthians
The start of the third period produced some extremely open rugby from both sides, this allowed Ben Atkinson to use his speed to gain good ground, but again the try line eluded ORRUFC. This allowed another Cleckheaton breakout however Harvey Keighley-Payne was not to be beaten and felled the attacker with such force that the Cleckheaton player was left “winded” and Harvey was left nursing a leg injury, for which he refused treatment and played on.
The next Cleckheaton attack allowed Haydn Corns to use another of his signature moves and dump the attacker into touch.
From another ORRUFC won lineout thanks again to the accuracy of Matthew Harris and the jumping ability of Tom Hammond, Matthew Walker, Max Dawes and Ben Atkinson produced some excellent and piercing runs, backed up by Tom Vaughan, Sam Moore and James Speechly. Unfortunately some excellent Cleckheaton defence allowed a couple of turnovers producing 2 more tries.
The Man Of the Match was awarded to Sam Moore and the effort award to Tom Hammond.
Also well done Daniel Cooper and Janek Kazmierski who played for Cleckheaton and between them scored 5 of the eight tries. (I am sure we will not be lending them to the opposition again)
Although this was a losing performance the squad have improved since the beginning of the season thanks to the tireless efforts of the coaches Keith Atkinson and Andy Day. The whole team gave 100% and produced some strong performances:-
The Front Row :- Kyle Jamieson, Matthew Harris and Tom Hammond scrimmaged with ferocity.
Haydn Corns:- Passing accuracy and relentless tackling.
Matthew Harris:- Accuracy in Line outs and ferocious mauling
Tom Hammond:- Line out wins and superb work rate.
Kyle Jamieson:- Direct and aggressive approach to gaining distance and fearless mauling.
Matthew Walker :- Open running style and fearless tackling.
Sam Moore :- Fearless tackling and tireless mauling.
Tom Vaughan:- Excellent supporting play, tireless running and fearless tackling.
Max Dawes :- Support in rucks and mauls, tireless running.
Ben Atkinson :- Fantastic turns of pace and ability to change direction.
James Speechly :- Relentless running down of opposition, fearless tackling.
Harvey Keighley-Payne :- Ruthless tackling, tireless support and commitment.
Dan Cooper :- Ferocious work rate, ability to read plays and control pace of game.
Janek Kazmierski:- Unrelenting tackling and piercing running.
Andrew Harris
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Under 9's at Cleckheaton 28/10/2007
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