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BRFC
Under 15's Manager Keith
Bowtell |
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Under 15's Fixtures – Season 2007/08 |
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Sunday 9th March 2008 King Georges Playing Fields Ko 11.30 am Club Fixture U15 ( or Rocky 7)
Brentwood faced the slope in the first half and were soon under pressure as Sudbury put them on the defence behind the 22 metre line. Brentwood had got off to their customary slow start and gave away a soft try in the first 5 minutes `as a Sudbury player picked up the ball untouched, that had been stripped from Conor’s grasp as he tried to run upfield. This early set back seemed to wake the Brentwood side up and they began to boss the breakdown but without really making much progress up the field. But then the Brentwood side was disrupted when Connal had to leave the field after a bad ankle injury (undiagnosed at the time of writing). It was shortly after this that the teams seemed to want to re-enact the Brad Pitt film “Fight Club” as the referee had to deal with a number of scuffles around the pitch and had to speak to speak to both captains, players and coaches about behaviour. The atmosphere was not helped by the very vocal Sudbury support who clearly thought that their little angels were blameless, and together with the Sudbury player’s sledging, which seems to have been imported from Australian cricket, meant that the niggly play continued throughout the match. Brentwood turned round at half time 14-0 down but I think both players`and supporters were fairly confident that Brentwood could turn this round. Round 2 Sudbury came back into
the match at this point and tried to “fight” their way out
of their half. Our own Joe Bowtell was even warned by the referee to keep
his defence up and not use the ropes too much. After several attempts Captain Chris Hughes finally managed to get away from the early tackles and ran in a trademark try to make the score 15-14 to Brentwood with about 5 minutes to go. But of course the boys wanted to put the supporters through the usual agony by giving away a kickable penalty in their own 22 metres. The Sudbury kicker duly popped the penalty over to a huge cheer from the Sudbury support who clearly thought that the pantomime villain in the shape of the Brentwood U15,s had been put in their place. So with 2 minutes remaining Sudbury were winning 17-15. Brentwood kept their head and got the ball down into the Sudbury third of the pitch as quickly as possible. Sudbury in their desire to close out the match kept infringing until Brentwood were awarded a penalty about 30 metres out in a central position. Step up Brad, who coolly kicked the long range effort between the posts with the last kick of the game. The Sudbury supporters did not cheer. Brentwood had won the match 18-17. Memorably the Sudbury coach came over to the Brentwood team and supporters after the match to congratulate them on the win and to thank them for such a competitive match. It was a very important gesture and reminded us all about traditional rugby values. Nathan the winger was awarded man of the match and the team celebrated erstwhile supporter “Grandad’s” and Ollies birthdays in the clubhouse. Squad: Iain,Tom,Nathan,Josh,Jack,Alfie,Taylor,Brad,Ryan,Luke,Matt,Ceebo,Ollie,Joe,Connal,Conor,Charlie,Chris,Tony
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Kick
Off time may vary depending on the number of home games |
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