Under 11's V Burry Port 15/11/09

15th November 2009

South Gower 14 - Burry Port 28

Tries: Callum Carson, Morgan Lucas
Conversions: Kieran Charles (2)

Thank you to Burry Port for travelling down to South Gower at short notice after the weekend of bad weather. As always, our mini pitch was in perfect condition.
From the start, we were not switched on in this game. We were not aggressive in the breakdown and got turned over too many times through no rucking at all and not enough support with the ball carrier.
On the other hand, Burry Port were excellent in this area.
The first try of the game was scored by Burry Port. Some good rucking and running drew our back in tight and when the ball was passed wide, our backs were to bunched and their winger sprinted clear from the halfway line. This was converted. We got close a couple of times to Burry Port's line but on several occasions, the wrong decision was made and we were turned over, and the opposition cleared their lines.

End of the 1st 3rd:
South Gower 0 - Burry Port 7

Changes were made to ensure everyone played and we performed a little better this half. From our kick off to the corner, Burry Port fumbled the ball and Moggy was straight on him putting him under pressure. Tom ripped the ball by their line but couldnt drive over. The pack came in support and the ball went to Kieran who was stopped short. We recycled it and Callum managed to go over for our first try. This was converted by Kieran.
Lots more turnovers for both sides saw us pressure Burry Port with a good run from Callum. We had a ruck a metre short of their try line and Morgan Lucas picked it up and put it down to score. This was converted by Kieran.
Unfortunately, some missed tackles allowed Burry Port to register a try this third and take the game into the final third tied at 14-14.

We had our chances in the final third to win the game but some silly errors and lack of rucking limited our chances. On the other hand, Burry Port were switched on and capitalised on our mistakes to score 2 more converted tries.

Final Score:

South Gower 14 - Burry Port 28

Burry Port thoroughly deserved this win as they outplayed us from the start. We were not switched on and ball watched for several periods throughout the game. We were missing tackles and running sideways, things i thought we sorted out at under 10 level.

Hopefully this is a good thing which will make us concentrate straight from kick off and play as a team. Please could everyone make the effort to train Wednesday (providing the weather lets us train) as we will look to work on the things that we are not doing right on Sundays.

Thanks, for your effort and patience as i know we were the only age group for the club playing at home, but thankfully our pitch is playable in most conditions.