Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Match Report 17th October 2004
Ashford Under 12s improve to score 6 tries without reply
Ashford 10 (2 tries) – Deal 0
Ashford came up against a robust Deal side and secured a hard fought two tries to nil win. From the kick-off Ashford’s forwards appeared more cohesive than in this season’s previous games. A good scrummage and quick passing from Daniel Head saw centre Adam Batt beat his marker for speed and race over to score the opening try. At the restart, Deal mis-kicked and gave Ashford a scrum on the halfway line. Another good Ashford scrum created space in midfield from where a driving run from lock Christopher Albrow took the ball to within 10 metres of the Deal try line. The ball was quickly recycled and passed to prop Billy Stevens, who's charge was held up just short of the try line. From the resulting scrum, the Deal defenders spilled the ball and this time Stevens crashed over to score the second try and settle the match.
Ashford 20 (4 tries) – Old Elthamians 0
Ashford pressured the Chislehurst team’s defence straight from the start. A strong run down the wing by Grant Noremac saw him forced into touch just 2 metres from the Elthamians line. At the resulting lineout, prop Stevens made a clean catch, and his fellow forwards drove him infield. As the maul approached the Elthamians line the ball was popped up to Noremac who outpaced the covering defenders to touch down. Ashford dominated possession from this point, spending most of the match in the Elthamians half. Possession quickly turned into points with a try from Adam Batt and a second from Noremac. As the clock wound down fly-half Louis Burdon wrestled the ball from a defender and dived over the line to score the fourth try.
Ashford/Elthamians 0 - Deal 20 (4 tries)
To conclude the fixture we formed a joint side with Old Elthamians. This gave the less experienced players the opportunity to further experience match rugby. Although we lost, several players "got stuck in" and seemed to enjoy themselves.
David Burdon
Ashford 10 (2 tries) – Deal 0
Ashford came up against a robust Deal side and secured a hard fought two tries to nil win. From the kick-off Ashford’s forwards appeared more cohesive than in this season’s previous games. A good scrummage and quick passing from Daniel Head saw centre Adam Batt beat his marker for speed and race over to score the opening try. At the restart, Deal mis-kicked and gave Ashford a scrum on the halfway line. Another good Ashford scrum created space in midfield from where a driving run from lock Christopher Albrow took the ball to within 10 metres of the Deal try line. The ball was quickly recycled and passed to prop Billy Stevens, who's charge was held up just short of the try line. From the resulting scrum, the Deal defenders spilled the ball and this time Stevens crashed over to score the second try and settle the match.
Ashford 20 (4 tries) – Old Elthamians 0
Ashford pressured the Chislehurst team’s defence straight from the start. A strong run down the wing by Grant Noremac saw him forced into touch just 2 metres from the Elthamians line. At the resulting lineout, prop Stevens made a clean catch, and his fellow forwards drove him infield. As the maul approached the Elthamians line the ball was popped up to Noremac who outpaced the covering defenders to touch down. Ashford dominated possession from this point, spending most of the match in the Elthamians half. Possession quickly turned into points with a try from Adam Batt and a second from Noremac. As the clock wound down fly-half Louis Burdon wrestled the ball from a defender and dived over the line to score the fourth try.
Ashford/Elthamians 0 - Deal 20 (4 tries)
To conclude the fixture we formed a joint side with Old Elthamians. This gave the less experienced players the opportunity to further experience match rugby. Although we lost, several players "got stuck in" and seemed to enjoy themselves.
David Burdon
