Under 11's V Fall Bay 22/11/09

22nd November 2009

South Gower 49 - Fall Bay 7

Tries: Kieran Charles (2), Michael Jones, Paul Jones, Cameron Barker, George Grammenos, Ethan Smith.

Conversions: Kieran Charles (7)

Another miserable morning but the pitch was ok.
Fall Bay started very brightly and broke clear on the blind side of a ruck and registered an early try which was converted. Again at a ruck, Fall Bay broke free again, only this time Moggy caught the opposition and made a wonderful tackle metres from the line. We turned them over and cleared our lines.
This was then the turning point for us. First up Kieran Charles took the ball straight and burst through several tackles to score a powerful try. Kieran then converted it. Next up was Michael Jones. Michael received the ball wide and skipped through 2 tackles to race clear to score. Kieran converted.
Then some good work by our forwards allowed Paul Jones to charge over the line for our third try. Kieran converted.

Half Time:
South Gower 21 - Fall Bay 7

We started the second half as we finished. Good work by our forwards in the ruck area allowed Morgan Lucas at scrum half to release our backs. Kieran passed to Ethan who in turn released Cameron who stepped passed tackles and scored a great team try. Kieran, again, converted.
Again, good forward pressure created a good platform from which we fed Kieran who was tackled but offloaded to George Grammenos who powered his way over. Kieran converted.
From the kick off, Morgan Lucas collected and made a fine run. The forwards rucked and got the ball to Ethan who jinked his way through several tackles and raced clear for a try. Kieran converted. To finish the game, our forwards again turned over the ball and fed Ethan who in turn fed Kieran who broke the line and made a 50 yard dash for the line. Tired, he got up and converted his own try.

Final score:

South Gower 49 - Fall Bay 7

Players to Mention:

Kieran Charles: Lovely hands, massive tackles and great intelligence of space. Excellent game.

George Heard: Won several balls against the head, tackled well and did his forward job efficiently. Very good game !

Paul Jones: A beast in the breakdown and an animal in the loose. A great performance rewarded with a try.

Morgan Lucas: In only his 5th game ever in rugby and with 30 minutes coaching at scrum half, he excelled in moving the ball away from the breakdown, tackling and making ground. Excellent game Morgan !

I was looking for a positive response after last week and we got it ! Much more aggressive in the forwards and great hands and straight running in the backs ensured the boys registered a comprehensive victory. Well done boys.


No training again this week as the pitches are in a mess. Morriston away Sunday (pending the weather).