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Sun 20 Oct 2019
Harlow
Under 12s
10:00
First Festival of the Season
Hazel Turton20 Oct 2019 - 17:25
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Harlow RFC Festival 20thOctober 2019
Squad: Alfie, Archie, Byron (C), Charlie, Dan, Felix, Jack B, Jack C, Jake, Jared, Josh, Kenny B, Kenny R, Tom, Will.
With Wales squeaking past France 20-19, the boys prepared to participate in their first festival of the season. The day started off cool, bright and sunny at the beautiful home of Harlow Rugby. With Stanford RFC not turning up, the boys only had 3 games to play: Old Grammarians B, Harlow and Westcliff.
Game 1: a shaky start from the boys meant the result went against them 0-4. A few good tackles from Felix and Jack C, some rucking from Josh and great ripping from Kenny B and Daniel showing quick reactions at the scrum. They lost Tom due to injury and it seemed as the sun disappeared behind the clouds so did the boys’ spirits.
Game 2: a brighter start this time from the boys. Both Byron and Jack B made good ground, with Josh and Dan making their tackles count. Harlow scored first but the boys fought back with good carries made by Josh, Jack B and Byron. Finally, Kenny B powered through to score the first try of the day. From a penalty to a scrum, Daniel then took the ball and carried it over to make it 2-1. Handling errors and high tackles meant that Harlow pulled it back to 2-2 before scoring a third. Now the squad had lost Josh to injury too.
Game 3: having lost 2 players to injury, Kenny B and Archie made lovely gains. Daniel, Jack C and Kenny B made crucial tackles but the final score was 0-3 with Alfie lost to injury too.
Not the best day at the office for the boys but plenty to work on for the rest of the season. The Harlow coach made a point of complimenting the boys for playing in the spirit of the festival: teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship. Well done boys and thanks to Coach Chris, Josh, Wayne and Victoria for giving up their time to shape and develop the team.
Rest week next week.
Squad: Alfie, Archie, Byron (C), Charlie, Dan, Felix, Jack B, Jack C, Jake, Jared, Josh, Kenny B, Kenny R, Tom, Will.
With Wales squeaking past France 20-19, the boys prepared to participate in their first festival of the season. The day started off cool, bright and sunny at the beautiful home of Harlow Rugby. With Stanford RFC not turning up, the boys only had 3 games to play: Old Grammarians B, Harlow and Westcliff.
Game 1: a shaky start from the boys meant the result went against them 0-4. A few good tackles from Felix and Jack C, some rucking from Josh and great ripping from Kenny B and Daniel showing quick reactions at the scrum. They lost Tom due to injury and it seemed as the sun disappeared behind the clouds so did the boys’ spirits.
Game 2: a brighter start this time from the boys. Both Byron and Jack B made good ground, with Josh and Dan making their tackles count. Harlow scored first but the boys fought back with good carries made by Josh, Jack B and Byron. Finally, Kenny B powered through to score the first try of the day. From a penalty to a scrum, Daniel then took the ball and carried it over to make it 2-1. Handling errors and high tackles meant that Harlow pulled it back to 2-2 before scoring a third. Now the squad had lost Josh to injury too.
Game 3: having lost 2 players to injury, Kenny B and Archie made lovely gains. Daniel, Jack C and Kenny B made crucial tackles but the final score was 0-3 with Alfie lost to injury too.
Not the best day at the office for the boys but plenty to work on for the rest of the season. The Harlow coach made a point of complimenting the boys for playing in the spirit of the festival: teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship. Well done boys and thanks to Coach Chris, Josh, Wayne and Victoria for giving up their time to shape and develop the team.
Rest week next week.
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