Stamford V KRFC U16’s

Following last week’s disappointing performance we asked the boys to dig deep & respond. We couldn’t have wanted more ( except a better result). We had a bigger squad with the school fixtures paused & returns from injury. The backs were shuffled about a bit, with people playing out of their preferred positions, but again the guys kept their heads up & played hard.
Stamford are pretty much the perfect side for us to play. The games are always on a knife edge with the results going either way. We gave away a couple of soft tries but other than that a really positive match for us.
Max lead the pack well & the scum looked pretty dominant with Charlie running wild from 8. Some good pressure at the breakdown forcing
Opposition mistakes. Will L-W almost breaking away at the flank a couple of times as the scrum wheeled. Unfortunately the Ref was having non of it.
With a full compliment of backs we had options for the first time this season. Ben organising from 10 with a good partnership of Oran & Toby in the centre. That also gave us more options on the wing with Leo, Tye & Archie giving us good pace & a solid defence. Milo, Thomas H & Archie at 9 giving quick ball & some good snipes .
Considering this group haven’t trained or played together this season they got organised, communicated & played hard. A few missed tackles & we got a bit narrow at times leaving the wings exposed. As always some work on’s but hopefully we are heading in the right direction. Let’s build on this !
Tries from: Oran, Milo, Rory, Charlie Conversions: Ben 2