Written by: Tim Hawley
Reviewed by: Lisa Henderson
Dylan – Happy Birthday I’m sure everyone was grateful for the sweets so thankyou on behalf of the team and hope the party was good..
Kai – Selected “Warrior” fantastic achievement especially as this was your 1st match playing for Newark (I think)
Jake – The chosen “man of steel” congratulations and good to see your super human efforts rewarded
It is worth a shout out to Stamford who brought along a very good side for us to play against. They had some strong running play with nice long passes down the line that gave them the space to rack up a few tries against us so all credit to their coaches for providing our teams with some competitive play.
While scanning between all the matches taking place what did we see. A solid performance from all, with the ball still offering magnet like attraction with us bunched up around during play which gives great support during the close stuff but leaves some gaps when the inevitable breakaways happen. It is always fun to watch a determined run straight down the line to claim a well-placed victory at the other end of the pitch. Some solid defense with a number of turnovers at the 7 tackle mark or the more effective option of the gentle push into touch. I’m still amazed at how quickly everyone has taken to the tackle with it appearing like a normal part of the game they have always played with very little upset or injury following. You still see the occasional hug round the middle failing to slip down to the ankles with a free ride down the pitch in some cases.
I was told we don’t carry a score at this age so basically it saves me having to figure out what happened in each match but if you were watching you can probably guess win lose draw you just can’t tell anyone
Well done all and thanks for giving us Mums, Dads and Grandparents an enjoyable morning of Rugby
Squad Lists below
Green Squad
Zack
Alfie
Oliver
Elliot
Teddy
Jake
James
Blue Squad
Daniel
Jack
Harry
Jamie
Morgan
Sullivan
Julian
Reuben
Red Squad
Rockie
Louie
Freddie
Joshua
Sash
Byron
Ava
Dylan