COLTS RUN IN TWELVE

Kettering Colts opened their East Midlands league campaign with a 71-5 victory over local rivals Rushden and Higham Colts at Manor Park, Rushden.

Kettering Colts tries coming from; Harry Brightwell (2), Rees Coles, Freddie Morris, Leuri Marte, Jake Siddons, Josh Plowright, Connor Featherstone, James Aldwinkle, Callum Whitehead, Jack Brown and Dominic Hearne. Harry Brightwell (5) and Josh Plowright added the conversions.

After the game Colts Captain Tom Allen praised his team; “I am proud of the lads and although we still have things to work on we ran in a total of 12 tries.” “It was a big score and I would like to give Rushden and Higham some real credit.” “They stuck to the task, kept tackling and did not give up.”

The GLOBAL Group (Sponsors of Kettering Colts) Man of the Match (voted for by the players) was Kettering Number 10 Harry Brightwell.

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Note to readers(and young rugby players): Although the scores reported above (12 tries and 6 conversions add up to a total of 72 points) the referee confirmed that the final score was 71-5. In rugby we accept the referees decision as final so the score remains 71-5.