Rugby Under 12’s        35 points         v          St Andrews Under 12’s        0 points

Shorn of 5 players through injury and illness Rugby dug deep into the squad to produce another all round team performance and as just reward for continuous pressure, Kyle Webster burst through several tackles for an early try which was properly grounded in spite of St Andrews best efforts.  Rugby’s pack performed well throughout and produced plenty of quality ball for their lively backs and although St Andrews struggled manfully against the tide, they could not prevent a further two tries from Ben Warman and a second from Kyle Webster.  At half time St Andrews re-grouped impressively and although the second period was more evenly contested they could not stop the impressive Ben Warman completing his hat trick.  Kiron Phillips again captained the side well and was Mr Cool in converting all 5 tries.

Rugby Under 12’s        33 points         v          St Andrews Under 12’s        0 points

In the second match of the triangular competition Rugby carried on where they left off against St Andrews in running the ball with power and pace to score a further 5 tries.  Kyle Webster continued his good form to score a trademark try and Tom Swindell, who has turned out to be a real find for the Lions, scored a brace sandwiched between a well earned forwards try from the hard working Connor Jenkins and Stitch Loydall’s stylish sprint round the cover for the final try wide out.  Kiron Phillips (twice), Stitch Loydall and Tom Swindell converted the tries.  All in all Rugby produced two good performances and their defense is particularly impressive – once again no tries were conceded.  Competition for the coveted ‘Man of the Match’ award was intense but Peter Harris deservedly just pipped Ben Warman, Connor Jenkins and the usual suspects in the backs.

Under 13’s

Rugby Lions 43 v Tamworth 7

Rugby fielded mainly a development side to face Tamworth. The lions had the better of the early exchanges with Wagstaff and Lewis making good breaks. Rugby had a couple of opportunities out wide but failed to penetrate the Tamworth defence. It was Tamworth who scored first after they broke from deep in their own half. With a couple of soft missed tackles by Rugby they scored under the posts and converted to give a 7 nil lead. Rugby responded themselves when Wagstaff took a pass from prop Ben Everett to charge over in the corner .

The lions made several changes to personnel which gave them more fire power. Within 2 minutes of the re-start the lions took the lead when the backs were given quick ball to run with. It was center Jack Riley using power and pace to score with Corey Venus adding the conversion. With Rugby now being in the driving seat it was Dylan Roberts adding another try again converted by Corey Venus. The forwards started to play with more cohesion with Robert Mackenzie playing his best game of the season so far. Jack Riley put the lions further ahead when he took the ball down the blind side 40 meters out with only a winger to beat there was only going to be one outcome , Corey again adding the extra points. Robert Mackenzie justafiably got his name on the score sheet when he took a pass from Henry Spiby to crash over and score. Prop Ieuian Lewis added another try as the forwards totally dominated posession of the ball never giving Tamworth any time to re-organise in defence. Harry Ellis finished off the scoring for Rugby in style when the ball was passed through several pairs of hands to score under the posts with Corey adding the conversion. A big well done to all 24 squad players for putting on a display of running rugby.

Leamington 0 The Rugby Lions U14’s 44. Sunday 18^th February

Another weekend another local(ish) derby. Though the Leamington pitches are slightly on a slope the conditions were ideal for free flowing Rugby and the Lions certainly didn’t disappoint the growing crowd.

The opening sequence of play set the pattern for the rest of the game with decision after decision going against the boys. The Squad shouldered the added pressure brilliantly and after just four minutes Rhys was opening the account for the Lions following some excellent back row work – unconverted.

Creative forwards play on eleven minutes had Rhys crossing again for his second try – Skez converting. The try of the game had both Lions forwards and backs combining beautifully to run an attack deep from within their own half. Clean line out ball sent the back row through phase one defence, off loads sent the next wave through before the backs quick hands finally sent Louis over in the corner – text book try unconverted.

Having been unanswered in the first half the Lions were up for doing some damage on the score board in the second.

The half had barely begun before good scrummage work gave the backs the platform from which to launch the Skez over for try number four – Sam converting.

Sticking to basic rugby the next try was a straight forward pop and go, Jove receiving good ball from Greg drawing his man before popping to Jack who, with body position low, ran through for try number five – unconverted.

On ten minutes Greg chips a perfectly weighted ball over the scrum for Craig to gather and touch down for his first and the Lions sixth – unconverted. Buoyed by their efforts the Lions forwards now wanted a piece of the action and homed in for a try of their own only to be penalised on the line. The clearing kick resulted in a great individual try from Craig who simply chipped and chased regained possession and dove over for his second – unconverted.

Time for one more which summarised the Lions combined performance through out the day. Quick thinking by Jove opens up the Leams back line, off loading in the tackle sends Skez a further 10m before the pursuing pack secure and set clean ball for Greg to release the backs with Louis crossing over in the corner – unconverted.