South Gower - 1
Swansea Uplands - 3
The Elders
South Gower - 6
Swansea Uplands - 1
Again this week, we had a good split of 7 & 8 year olds and 5 & 6 year olds. The Uplands had the same so we had 2 games. Youngsters against Youngsters and Elders against Elders.
Thomas Hopkins captained the Youngsters and led his team very well. The whole team did well with Ben Westerholm scoring the only try for South Gower. Ben received the ball from the tap deep in his own half, spotted a gap and raced clear of the opposition. He sprinted 3/4 of the pitch to score in the corner. Unfortunately for South Gower, Swansea Uplands scored 3 unanswered tries, although we came close a few times, which proved enough to win the game. Overall, a good performance from the Youngsters and a good game to watch.
Morgan Israel in possession for the Youngsters with Tommasso Morgan in support
The Elders were captained by Cai Adams. This was a very impressive performance from the elders as they piled on the pressure from the off. The uplands started with possession but a turnover was gained very soon after.
The Roadrunner, Ben Westerholm races clear for his first try of the Elders game.
From the tap, Ben Westerholm, (above) still basking in the glory from his try for the Youngsters, thought he would do exactly the same again, which he did ! From his own half, Ben spotted a gap, engaged his nitro burners and flew to score a great try. The next try was scored by Cameron Barker. The Uplands had possession of the ball when they spilled it. Quick thinking by Tom Jenkins saw him dive on the ball and pop it up to Cameron who burst through 3 tag-kles to score.
The second half started where we left off and from the tap, the ball was passed to Max Collis. Max looked one way and went the other through a gap and a good 20 metre run to score our 3rd try.
Ethan "Shane" Smith dummies everyone (including spectators) to race clear for a great try for the Elders
The 4th try was excellent. I instructed for the runner to go open. When the ball was passed, Cameron passed to Ethan Smith (above) down the blind and Ethan left them for dead (see picture above) to score a great try. Apart from Cameron and Ethan, all we could do was stand and watch in amazement because they dummied us as well.
Ben Westerholm scored the 5th with a great show of pace. If you have ever seen Wile E. Coyote, Ben is the Roadrunner. He said beep beep and flew past the opposition for his second score of the game. The best was saved for last. In training we have been working on passing and taking the ball at pace and that is exactly what happened for the last try. Again The Roadrunner (Ben) found a gap but was closed down by 3 players and tagged when he popped the ball to Ethan coming at speed down the touchline. Ethan, applied a cracking step to ghost inside the 3 players to score a fantastic try. This was by far the best performance of the season and it was nice to see that the children are learning from the training and making it happen on the pitch on a Sunday. A big well done to all the under 8's.
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