Under 11's V Penclawdd 25.10.09

25th October 2010

South Gower 63 - Penclawdd 0


Tries: Ethan Smith, Cameron Barker, Tom Mogridge (2), Jack Bates, Kieran Charles (2), Max Collis, Callum Carson.

Conversions: Kieran Charles (3), Ethan Smith (2), George Grammenos (2), Callum Carson, George Heard.

First of all, thanks to Penclawdd for agreeing to play after both of our games were called off at 9am. Penclawdd came to South Gower with only 9 players and 1 of them was too ill to play. Understanding that past games have been a bit one sided, I decided to lend them some of our accomplished players. Callum and Max played for Penclawdd first half and Cameron, Luke and Jack played for them in the 2nd half.
The weather was atrocious with driving rain from the west scaring off some of the supporters into the clubhouse, the kids, stayed and played !

We started well, some good hands putting Ethan Smith over in the corner which was converted by Kieran. Then, some good work and driving from our forwards set the ruck up 10 metres out. Moggy released Cameron at outside half who stepped his way over under the posts. Kieran converted. Next up was Moggy. Our forwards created a ruck which Moggy picked up and ran. It looked as if the ref was going to blow as the maul had come to a stand still but Moggy, came out of it unaware to everyone and sprinted down the line for his first try of the day. Ethan converted. Penclawdd responded with some excellent running from Callum ! who was driving them forward. The ref blew for half time, South Gower 21 - Penclawdd 0

Callum and Max came back to the Gower with Cam and Luke playing now for Penclawdd. Penclawdd kicked off and our forwards set up a maul. Jack Bates then peeled of the back and dashed 60 metres for a good try. This was converted by George Grammenos.
Again, Penclawdd kicked off and we drove forward and again, our forwards set up good ball for Moggy. Tom fed Kieran who made the break from their 22 and broke through for his first of the day. Callum converted. Penclawdd then had a player injured so Jack Bates played for the remaining 15 minutes for Penclawdd with good effect.

Next was the try of the day. We worked the ball out to Ethan on the wing who made some good yards before being tackled. Ethan offloaded to Callum in the tackle who himself was tackled but as he went down, he passed to Kieran who was in support who scored under the posts. Great try. This was converted by George Heard.
Callum then made a lovely break and looked certain to score. But !, Luke Davies had him in his sights. I was next to the Penclawdd coach and said dont worry, Luke will have him. Callum had a 10 metre head start but as i predicted, Luke chased him down and made an excellent try saving tackle for Penclawdd.
Moggy was next up for another try after good pressure by Gower, we had a ruck 10 metres from their try line and Moggy picked up and stretched over. This was converted by Kieran. I then gave specific instructions to Kieran and Callum to move the ball to Morgan Lucas and Max Collis on the wings. Good hands then released Max and he sprinted in from the half way to score a great try. Georgie G converted.
Last play and Callum made a break through the centre and sprinted unopposed from 70 yards for our final try. Ethan stepped up and converted.

Final Score:

South Gower 63 - Penclawdd 0

The boys played really well in terrible conditions and some lovely tries were scored. I don't like seeing one sided matches hence we lent Penclawdd 3 district players. However, good team play proved the difference with South Gower playing some beautiful rugby at times.
Thanks to Max, Moggy, Cam, Gerogie G, Georgie H, Sam, Jack, Callum, Luke, Kieran, Owen and Ethan for volunteering to play for Penclawdd, this is a true sign of sportsmanship and keenness to play rugby. Well done boys.

Players to mention:

Callum Carson: Played his heart out for Penclawdd and gave his all, made some lovely tackles for both teams, played his part in the try of the day and scored a cracker of his own !

Kieran Charles: Made some crunching tackles, led the line well and distributed well. Scored 2 good tries to round off a good performance.

Tom Mogridge: Got the ball away from the contact well today to release his back line. Tackled everything and was always in the thick of it resulting in 2 good tries.


Cameron Barker: Led the line well for us in the first half and scored a lovely try. Played very well for Penclawdd in the 2nd half and made some crucial tackles.

Thanks to Dean Charles for training the backs Wednesday in my absence. Training is still on wednesday despite half term. We have Pontarddulais away next week. See you Wednesday.