Leeds Corinthians Minis v Rishworthians Minis
Rishworthians Minis on form at Corinthians
Match reports Sunday 30th September
Another excellent display of mini rugby with all the teams performing well. Thanks to all the players, parents, coaches, volunteers and match reporters for helping to produce a good mornings rugby.
Under 6’s The Micros
10 micros turned up at Copley for a training session and inter club match with Neil Lumb and Darren Grogan in charge.
Under 7's The Young Guns & Under 8’s The Raiders
Leeds Corinthians were unable to field separate under 7 & under 8 squads so we agreed to merge our 7's & 8's into 2 sides.
Game 1. Leeds Corinthians 7 - 7 Rishworthians Young Guns
In a thrilling game of attacking mini rugby The Young Guns drew with Corinthians. Sam Puddephatt scoring 5 tries, Emma Bower & Alex Scoley 1 each.
Man of the match for under 7's was awarded to Corey White
Game 2. Leeds Corinthians 4 - 6 Rishworthians Raiders
In a well-contested game Leeds Corinthians took an early 2-0 lead with some strong running from their players. Rishworthians responded well with tries from Callum Bell and Corey White. Leeds edged ahead 3-2 with Callum Bell scoring again to level up the scores.
Half time Leeds Corinthians 3 - 3 Rishworthians
Shortly after the half time break Leeds edged ahead once more to lead 4-3. However, as Leeds tired, Rishworthians scored 3 late tries, including two great individual runs from Toby Muscat-Baron and Corey White and a typical 35 metre effort from the speedster Callum Bell to complete his hat-trick. A fantastic effort from all the players against a very gutsy Leeds team. Thanks also to Dave Puddephatt for refereeing.
Team : Finn Sutcliffe, Callum Bell, Kallan Jamieson, Toby Muscat-Baron, James McHugh, Ben Riley, Corey White
Player of match for under 8's Sam Puddephatt
Under 9's The Reds & All Blacks
This week Old Rishworthian Reds travelled to unfamiliar territory at Leeds Corinthians. We all managed to locate this hidden ground, thanks mainly to Helen Bower, who stood on the road, arms waving frantically, pointing us, it appeared, in to shopping centre loading bay. It was. But no, there at the far end was a small unmade track which led to the ground. Having located the ground, and then the under 9’s coach, we were then informed that they had a team of 7 players, consisting of 4 under 9’s, 2 under 10’s, and an under 11 player. None of them, including the coach, knew the rules regarding under 9’s rugby, so we agreed to loan 2 of our own, shook our heads in dismay, and hoped for the best.
Game 1. Leeds Corinthians 10 v Old Rishworthian Reds 25
Due to the obvious inexperience of the Corinthians team it was decided that the game should also include an ongoing training session.
The experience of the Old Rishworthian Reds was evident from the start with good tackling and passages of passing play. This resulted in the first try when Thomas Cockroft ripped the ball from an opponent and ran over for the score. The Reds maintained pressure but the stop / start nature of the game to explain rules, meant that they could not play a flowing game. From one of the number of penalties to the Reds they had a good phase of passing through the hands of Nathan Cooper, Greg Day and Jacob Bower to Jack Davis who took two tacklers with him as he reached over the line for a 10 – 0 lead at half time.
The second half started with a good try for Leeds, thanks to some lack lustre tackling from Rishworthians. This seemed to be the spark required to get the Reds back in to action. Will McDonnell tried to weave his way through a crowd of players and his offload to Jack Davis gave him the chance to barge his way over again for another try. The Reds were in control and when scrum half Sam Brant received the ball from a line out he caught the Leeds defence napping and scampered over for a 20 – 5 lead. The Corinthians again took advantage of some missed tackles to score again, but the final word went to The Reds when George Radcliffe finished off the game with a fifth try.
Game 2. Leeds Corinthians 10 v Old Rishworthian Reds 25
The Reds began the second game as they finished the first with Jack Davis scoring from the kick off. Will McDonnell almost scored one of his signature tries when he received the ball on his own try line, side stepped 3 players and went across field only to be stopped yards from the try line. A series of penalties by Leeds spoiled the Reds progression through the rucks but persistence paid off with another try from Jack Davis. Leeds scored a try but more Corinthian infringements allowed Will McDonnell to receive from the scrum to finish from 5 yards out. 15 – 5 at half time.
The second half saw hard tackling and good handling from the likes of Jacob Bower, and Thomas Sweeten, with good recycling by Nathan Cooper, George Radcliffe and Lewis Hilton. From a turnover by Thomas Cockroft the ball went out wide to Charlotte Siddall who beat a couple of the Leeds defenders to squeeze in at the corner. A consolation try from Leeds received an immediate reply with Jack Davis going over for his hat trick try to give the Reds a frustrating 25 – 10 win.
Rishworthians early season training paid dividends throughout as their superiority in all aspects of the game was evident. An encouraging workout in which the basics were played well and most importantly, the Rishworthian penalty count was a vast improvement on last week. A sterner test awaits next week at Huddersfield but the Reds can go there with a confidence about their game.
Thanks to Billy Whythe who volunteered to be a Leeds Corinthian for the day.
Man of the Match…. Jacob Bower Effort Award…Charlotte Siddall.
Team : Jacob Bower, Jack Davis, Charlotte Siddall, Thomas Cockroft, Sam Brant, George Radcliffe, Will McDonnell, Thomas Sweeten, Greg Day, Nathan Cooper, Lewis Hilton.
Dave McD
Under 10's & 11's
A squad of mostly under 10 and some under 11 players played two matches against Leeds Corinthians. However they were outgunned by a physically much larger side (all under 11's and a couple of big under 12's).
The mixed under 10’s and 11’s were in a positive mood when they travelled to Leeds Corinthians. Their pre-match warm up and practice drills went well, with valiant attempts being made to knock Andy Day off his feet.
Game 1 Leeds Corinthians 10 Rishworthians 0
The match started with a try being scored from the Corinthians first possession, however Rishworthians were not downhearted by this early score.. The Team rallied with Tom Hammond and Daniel Cooper making good distance. However the Corinthians sustained pressure produced several more quick scores. At half time the Rishworthians were 6 down, but after an Andy Day pep talk they went out with renewed energy. Alex Radcliffe and Ben Atkinson produced good runs only to be thwarted within a few metres of the line by some exceptionally hard Corinthian tackles. This was the nature of the play for the rest of the game with Rishworthians continuing with sustained pressure and Corinthians capitalising on the loose ball. Corinthians eventually running in 10 tries.
Game 2 Leeds Corinthians 5 Rishworthians 0
The second game started well for the Rishworthians with more sustained pressure. A scrum deep in the Rishworthian half allowed Haydn Corns to sell the Corinthians a dummy that left his marker flat footed and allowed Haydn to gain almost 20 metres. Kyle Jamieson produced some excellent attacking runs gaining ground and being followed up by some excellent Rishworthian mauling. The second half was again good Rishworthian pressure with Corinthians making try-scoring plays from loose ball.
It was at this point we learnt that the Corinthians had fielded their under 12’s squad. This information shed a different light on the days performance, Rishworthians whilst being beaten put up a valiant performance against a side who in some cases had nearly 3 years on our youngest players.
Max Dawes returned from illness last week and produced some excellent tackling and fearlessly taking on much larger players. Matthew Walker is showing great promise and is improving week on week. Again the Rishworthian scrummaging was excellent and as last week they didn’t lose possession from these, which was an excellent performance from Tom Hammond, Dan Cooper and Matthew Harris.
Overall the team; whilst losing; showed the hearts of young lions and it is felt that Keith and Andy have some solid foundations to work on. Again many thanks to Keith Atkinson and Andy Day for their time and commitment in coaching the squad.
Man of the Match Kyle Jamieson Effort Award Dan Cooper
Andrew Harris
Leeds Corinthians v Rishworthians Slideshow.
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Leeds Corinthians Under 9's v Rishworthians 30/09/07
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