Elders : South Gower 6, Uplands 6.
Tries : Tom Jenkins (2), Max Collis, Ethan Smith (2), Ben Westerholm.
Youngsters : South Gower 7, Uplands 7.
Tries : Ben Westerholm (5), Tom Jenkins, Morgan Israel.
Elders Game Analysis:
Dan Garry captained South Gower in this fiercely contested derby. The game was played on a damp morning on a very wet pitch. South Gower started well with a try by Tom Jenkins. Uplands replied before Max Collis finished off a good try after providing good support to Cameron Barker. Uplands replied again before Tom Jenkins claimed his second try of the game after putting is head down and backing his pace to go for the corner to score taking us into the break 3 - 2 up.
Uplands started the second half with possession and scored a good try. We immediately replied with Ethan Smith scoring a great try after supporting Dan Garry.
Captain Dan Garry offloads to Ethan Smith who goes on to score
Leading 4 - 3 South Gower showed great defense to claim 6 tags and turn over possession. We created some great play that saw Ethan Smith go over for his second try of the game. Uplands replied, but with a few minutes left, 1 try to the good and with possession, we were confident to hold out for the win. When we restarted, one of our player accidentally bumped into another of our players which resulted in the referee declaring a turnover of possession to Uplands for "Accidental Offside". I tried explaining to the referee that at this age, we don't play accidental offside but he was adamant and he awarded a turnover of possession. This enabled Uplands to score an equalising try and make it 5 - 5.
Unfortunately, we then had possession and got ushered into touch and Uplands took full advantage to score and take the lead at 6 -5. The referee claimed there was 2 minutes left when we restarted. Ben Westerholm took possession and ran straight through the Uplands players showing blistering pace to score an equalising try. Uplands restarted and nearly scored but their player went into touch almost immediately. We then lined up realising that this would be the last play and if we scored we would have won 7 - 6, but the referee decided that was full time.
The hardest thing was trying to explain to the children why possession was turned over to the other team when they didn't understand why. (accidental offside). All in all, a great performance from South Gower matched by some good rugby by the Uplands.
Youngsters Game Analysis:
Cellan Pitson captained the Gower youngsters against an experienced Uplands team that fielded some of their elder players.
South Gower captain Cellan Pitson stepping around the opposition.
We started with possession with Ben "The Roadrunner" Westerholm having a run. He proceeded to tear the opposition up with some great running and a fine try. It was tit for tat, try for try throughout the game. Uplands replied, Gower then scored through Tom Jenkins. Uplands replied and Ben Westerholm scored another good try. Uplands replied once more and Ben replied once more.
Laura Cheley gets her hands on the ball and produces a searing run.
Into the break Gower led 4 - 3. Uplands started the second half with possession and scored a try. This time, Morgan Israel showed great support and a winding run to score a good try. Upland scored and Ben took the stage again with a great try. Time was running out when we nearly turned over possession getting to 5 tags before Uplands broke through and scored. Again, guess who replied ! Yes that roadrunner Westerholm produced a great bit of play to cap off a fine individual performance to score his 5th try of ther game.
Man of the match, Ben "The Roadrunner" Westerholm scores his 5th try of the game.
Unfortunately, Uplands replied and the referee blew straight away for full time ending in a 7 - 7 draw. A great performance from our team. If we could improve our tagging and force some turnovers then our attacking ability will certainly guide us through to some comprehensive wins. Well done to all.
A special thanks to Andrew Thomas from Swansea Uplands who provided us with the photos.
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