Sunday, March 13, 2005
Ashford RFC U12s Match Report 13th March 2005
Ashford blow hot and cold at Dover
Dover 0 Ashford 40 (8 tries)
Following last week’s trip to Hertfordshire, the Ashford Under 12s were back on familiar territory this weekend for an away fixture at Dover. The Ashford boys asserted their superiority over their local rivals by winning 8 tries to nil against home side Dover. A hat trick of tries was scored by George Morgan, a brace by Adam Batt and single tries by Grant Noremac, Alex Rawlins and Chris Albrow.
In recent months, Ashford have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to put weak sides to the sword and run up big scores. Where they seem to have hit a blank spot is in competing with sides that put out a physical set of forwards. This was thoroughly demonstrated in their match against Deal, a side they beat quite easily earlier in the season.
Ashford 10 (2 tries) Deal 15 (3 tries)
In the weekend’s second match Ashford got off to an unusually poor start. In the early exchanges the Ashford forwards were overpowered and conceded territorial advantage to their more physical opponents. Uncharacteristically weak tackling in the backs compounded matters. As a result, the Ashford side conceded 3 tries in the opening half. This was an awful defensive performance by a side that had conceded only 3 tries in total their last 13 matches.
The second half was a different story as the Ashford boys woke up and began to assert themselves. The forwards, led by captain, Chris Albrow gradually forced their way into the game and eventually edged the close quarters contest. Ashford’s first score came when prop Billy Stevens charged over from a tap penalty and then Albrow himself crashed over to reduce the deficit to just one try. With the clock running down Ashford remained in the ascendant but simply ran out of time to level the scores.
Players of the week were Daniel Head and Cameron Veitch.
Dover 0 Ashford 40 (8 tries)
Following last week’s trip to Hertfordshire, the Ashford Under 12s were back on familiar territory this weekend for an away fixture at Dover. The Ashford boys asserted their superiority over their local rivals by winning 8 tries to nil against home side Dover. A hat trick of tries was scored by George Morgan, a brace by Adam Batt and single tries by Grant Noremac, Alex Rawlins and Chris Albrow.
In recent months, Ashford have repeatedly demonstrated their ability to put weak sides to the sword and run up big scores. Where they seem to have hit a blank spot is in competing with sides that put out a physical set of forwards. This was thoroughly demonstrated in their match against Deal, a side they beat quite easily earlier in the season.
Ashford 10 (2 tries) Deal 15 (3 tries)
In the weekend’s second match Ashford got off to an unusually poor start. In the early exchanges the Ashford forwards were overpowered and conceded territorial advantage to their more physical opponents. Uncharacteristically weak tackling in the backs compounded matters. As a result, the Ashford side conceded 3 tries in the opening half. This was an awful defensive performance by a side that had conceded only 3 tries in total their last 13 matches.
The second half was a different story as the Ashford boys woke up and began to assert themselves. The forwards, led by captain, Chris Albrow gradually forced their way into the game and eventually edged the close quarters contest. Ashford’s first score came when prop Billy Stevens charged over from a tap penalty and then Albrow himself crashed over to reduce the deficit to just one try. With the clock running down Ashford remained in the ascendant but simply ran out of time to level the scores.
Players of the week were Daniel Head and Cameron Veitch.
