NEWBOLD U14’S V’S RUGBY LIONS U14’S

SCORE: NEWBOLD 12 – RUGBY LIONS 34

ON A CRISP SUNDAY MORNING SAW A LOCAL DERBY GAME BETWEEN 2 LOCAL TOWN TEAMS.

NEWBOLD KICKED OFF THE GAME AND FOR THE FIRST 15 MINS APPLIED PRESSURE ONTO THE LIONS WITHOUT GAINING ANY GROUND. AFTER WITH STANDING THIS PRESSURE, IT KICK STARTED THE LIONS INTO PLAYING THE OPEN FAST FLOWING RUGBY THEY HAVE BEEN DOING ALL SEASON. QUICK BALL SAW SAM. H DRIVE OVER FOR THE LIONS FIRST TRY WHICH WAS NOT CONVERTED. FROM THE RESULTING KICK OFF THE LIONS APPLIED THE PRESSURE A STEAL BY AARON RELEASED THE BACKS WITH QUICK PUTTING CRAIG OVER FOR THE SECOND TRY WHICH CONVERTED BY SAM. S. AGAIN EXCELLENT PLAY FROM THE FORWARDS (HENRY, DAN, LUKE AND JACK) MADE THE OPENING FOR DOM TO SCORE HIS TRY AND SAM.S. CONVERTING HALF TIME 0 – 19 TO THE LIONS.

THE LIONS STARTED THE SECOND HALF AS THEY FINISHED THE FIRST, SAM.S SHOWING HIS FOOTBALL SKILLS AND SCORING IN THE CORNER, NOT CONVERTED. THIS SEEMED TO SPARK NEWBOLD INTO ACTION AND WITH SOME GOOD PLAY SAW THEM SCORE A CONVERTED TRY. FROM THE RESTART THE LIONS APPLIED THE PRESSURE WITH GREG MARSHALLING THE BACK TO GREAT EFFECT. A CLEVER CHIP BY JOV START THE LIONS FORWARDS GAIN EXCELLENT YARDS ALLOWING THE BACK TO PUT SAM.S. OVER FOR ANOTHER UNCONVERTED TRY. (7- 29) FROM A SCRUM DEEP INTO THE NEW BOLD 22 SAW CHRIS WRAP UP THE NEWBOLD No. 9 WHICH FORCED A FUMBLE, EXCELLENT SUPPORT PLAY BY HENRY RELEASING SAM.H. FOR A TRY (A TRY MADE AND SCORED BY THE FORWARDS POWER) THIS WAS UNCONVERTED. (7–34) CREDIT TO NEWBOLD IN THE REMAINING SECONDS THEY SCORED AN UNCONVERTED TRY IN THE CORNER. FINAL SCORE NEWBOLD 12 – RUGBY LIONS 34

AN EXCELLENT LOCAL DERBY PLAYED IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE GAME.

MAN OF THE MATCH WENT TO HENRY FOR HIS ALL ROUND GAME. WELL DONE TO THE WHOLE TEAM ON ANOTHER EXCELLENT PREFORMANCE.