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I have to say that I am very proud of you chaps. We

went to Tonbridge Juddians with a squad that had not

played together as a team, but boy, were you a team - and

most of you forwards!!!

Team:

P. Edward Harris

H. Ieuan Robinson / George Prout

P. Tom Harris

SH. Ewan Martin

FH. Charlie Corrigan

W. Will Vickery

IC. Rocco Zanelli

OC. Dan Mamas

W. Will Dickinson

Our first Game was against TJ’s

where we won 4 - 0. A convincing

victory. In my opinion, Will Dickinson

had his best game of rugby for the

U9’s (on the wing!) - cracking tackles,

good field posi t ion and some

excellent runs. Tom, Edward, Ieuan and George were

everywhere - tackles, pushing in the rucks and mauls. Ieuan

hit one of the rucks and caused carnage - bodies

everywhere! Charlie organised the back line very effectively,

both in defense and attack - I especially appreciated the fact

that he got all the backs involved (as he did for the whole of

the tournament). We kept our defensive line - up on the

opposition - giving them no room to move.

Our second game was against the other half of the TJ’s

squad. We won 4 - 1. Dan Mamas made some fantastic

runs and scored a couple of tries. Rocco and Ewan, as per

norm, had some great runs, covering tackles - second to

none. Edward had his best game for the U9‘s - tackling and

pushing in the rucks and mauls. Will Vickery was the dream

tackler (on the wing) - made them regret coming his way and

was up on his feet immediately looking for the next one! Our

one failing of the day was in the last minute - we lost our

defensive line with all but one of our backs in the ruck!!!

Unfortunately TJ’s won the ball and ran in the only try of the

day against us. This was a useful lesson that we put to good

effect against Saracens - our next

match.

I have to say I was nervous before the

Saracens match. I had kept an eye on

them during their other matches (all

of which they won). Their play was

extremely well organised - rucking

and mauling their opponents very

effectively - giving them momentum

and the gain line.

The first half against Saracens was

f rant ic; constant tackles and

defending. I am not sure we got out

of our half. No tries conceded. We

talked at half time - we discussed and agreed that “coming

second sucks”! Saracens did not know what hit them - all

the forwards stepped up their game. Tom, especially, made

a huge contribution in the second half; changing the gain

line competition so that we were on the front foot for the

rest of the match - for this, and his general play, I would give

him man of the day. Dan and Rocco made some powerful

runs through their defense. Two tries scored in the second

half. We won 2 - 0. Oh yes!! A wonderful team effort.

You boys deserved your wins today and you should be

very proud of yourselves. No one had a clean shirt! Coming

first is a great feeling?