Basford U15's v Worthing 28th October

Despite the weather turning just before kick off, the U15's today put on an excellent display of team rugby.

We were pleased to welcome Worthing along to Rochford today and although we had taken part in their annual 10's Tournament for the past two years, we had never actually come up against them in a game.

We also welcomed two new players into the team today, Jessica (Clacton) and Olivia(Romford).
It would seem that word of the U15's ability is spreading, and we are starting to attract new players from around the county.

With the surface being greasy and the continuous drizzle making handling difficult the forwards played a tight game, keeping the ball in the pack and driving towards the Worthing line.Once the forwards had gained the territorial advantage, the ball was swiftly fed to the backs who ran in 12 tries to set up a convincing win over their opponents.The backs making use of the width of the pitch ran at spaces in the Worthing defense time and time again, and only some stirling defense by Worthing stopped the girls running up an even bigger score.The traffic was not all one way and only some excellent defending meant that the girls again kept a clean sheet.Well done to all the girls today it was a terrific performance from all of you.

Team
Megan (C)
Ellie
Mouse
Alex
Frances
Jessica
Yasmin
Layla
Maddy
Lucie
Abby
Olivia

Scorers
Tries: Layla(2), Ellie(2), Frances, Yasmin, Maddy, Lucie(2), Jessica(2), Olivia
Cons: Lucie (2) Yasmin(5)

Well done to all a terrific team display.

This was a nice warm up for next weeks county game against Kent which as we know from last year will be a hard fought game.