21st February 2010
South Gower 7 - Swansea Uplands 14
Tries: Callum Carson
Conversion: Kieran Charles
Uplands had 15 players and we had 16 so i reluctantly agreed to play 15 aside. I say reluctantly, as we have never trained at 15 aside and it did make a difference.
The game was pretty much even all the way through but unfortunately we made too many wrong decisions and silly knock ons and missed tackles which gave Uplands the win.
We started well and after good rucking by our forwards, they presented clean ball to our backs on the 2nd phase. Kieran passed to Callum who threw a dummy and scored a good try. Kieran converted.
With the last play of the half, an Uplands player went through 4 missed tackles to score and convert and end the half at 7-7.
Half time:
South Gower 7 - Swansea Uplands 7
Second half started and it was nip and tuck most of the way. Again, we were hampered by silly errors that had crept into our game and at times panicked with possession. Too be fair to Uplands, they put us under pressure and we never really got our game going. Uplands open sided had a great game and put Kieran under enormous pressure every scrum. To be fair to Kieran, he passed before tackled most of the time but our delivery needs to be quicker and we need to be more streetwise in delaying their pressure. Again, with the last play of the half, the Uplands ran through their backs and bumped off 3 of our tackles to offload and score in the corner. They converted. End of game.
Final Score:
South Gower 7 - Swansea Uplands 14
To be fair on our kids, i wont be agreeing to another 15 aside game until we start training them on how to play it positionally, which due to the lack of space illuminated on training nights, won't be happening until the clocks go forward. Our main points to take and learn from the game will be to be more aggressive in the rucks, not to panic when in possession and for our backline to defend as one and not leave dog legs which we did too often today.
We were rucked of our own ball far too many times today and some of the passing decisions were wrong which only put our backline under more pressure. Also, we need to cut out the silly knock ons which ruined our game today.
On a lighter note, some of the play was good, some of the passing and support was good and for our first outing at 15 aside with no training at all, then i am proud as a coach for the effort everyone put in. Well done boys.
Training Wednesday, everyone, that means everyone to turn up please as we look forward to playing Gowerton at home Sunday at 10 aside rugby !
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Under 11's V Loughor 14/02/10
14th February 2010
South Gower 54 - Loughor 7
Tries: Cameron Barker (3) Tom Mogridge (2), Tom Jenkins, Jack Bates, Michael Jones.
Conversions: Kieran Charles (7)
What a beautiful morning at South Gower. The playing conditions were perfect, but out of a squad of 21, we only had 11 players. Again this week, Tom Jenkins (who produced another outstanding performance) made the step up to the 11's and excelled again. If only his dad didn't coach the 10's !!!
We started badly ! We knocked on from the kick off and Loughor took us along the pitch, recycled the ball and some poor attempts to tackle saw Loughor glide through us straight away to score the first try of the day. We regrouped, woke up and dominated from there on in. Some good work from our backs created a maul 5 metres out from Loughor's try line. Paul Jones peeled of the back down the blind side, drew his man and put Cameron Barker in for his first try of the day. Kieran Charles converted.
Next we had a scrum in the middle of the pitch as the loughor restart didn't go 10. Kieran lined his backs up and called rocket ball. Kieran went blind, fed Tom Jenkins who in turn passed to the looping Tom Mogridge and Moggy darted over in the corner for an excellent set piece move. Kieran converted.
Next up, our forwards created lovely secure ball for Moggy. He fed the backs who made the ground and Moggy supported first to receive the ball and run over for his second of the game. Again, Charlo converted.
Next up was another good try. Again, a solid platform was created by our forwards. Mogman fed Charlo, who fed Callum. Callum made the break and got ankle tapped a metre from the line. He had the sense then to offload to Cameron who went over in the corner for a well taken, unselfish, team try. Unfortunately, Cal got injured in that play and was replaced by Michael Jones. Kieran converted and the ref blew for half time.
Half time.
South Gower 28 - Loughor 7
The second half started and we carried on where we left off. A scrum on Loughor's 10 yard line gave us secure ball from which to attack from. Kieran called scotland one dummy, Cameron came on the dummy switch and Kieran carried on through the gap. He drew the winger perfectly and passed to Tom Jenkins who sprinted over from 20 metres out to score an excellent try. Again, Charlo converted.
Next up was Jack Bates. Moggy made a break into the opposition 22 and got caught in a maul. Good communication from the team and the ball worked its way back to Jack who broke a few tackles and stretched over for another try. Kieran converted.
Next up we were lucky enough to witness the Barker step. Not seen every week, but when it is, it is beautiful ! Scrappy ball was won by our forwards and then released to our backs. Kieran fed Cameron and he cut inside, displayed his famous step on two Loughor players and went half the length of the pitch to score a cracking try ! Kieran converted.
Last but not least, we turned over Loughor and fed the ball along the backline. The defence was staggered and Michael Jones picked his way through for a lovely run from the half way to score a great try. This time Kieran hit the crossbar ! Unlucky mate !
Final Score:
South Gower 54 - Loughor 7
As i mentioned earlier, we only had 11 players plus Tom Jenkins. We lost Callum halfway through the first half and were down to the bare bones, but what a great set of bare bones we have. After an early wake up call we stepped up to the plate and dominated with our backs tearing the opposition apart. This, obviously could only be done with the help and of secure ball from our forwards. Unfortunately, George Grammenos was asked to leave the pitch by the referee. I feel George was hard done by as he had played an exceptional game. Overall, very impressed and very proud to put in a performance like that against a strong Loughor outfit. Keep it going boys, your teamwork is superb !
Players to Mention.
Cameron Barker: A hatrick of tries and the awesome Barker step summed up Cam's game. Ran well, passed well, tackled well and supported well. Excellent game !
Paul Jones: The man mountain of our pack was dominant. Turned over several rucks and mauls and even passed like Stephen Jones to set up Cam's first try. Another excellent game Paul !
Tom Mogridge: Moggy's distribution from scrum half was much better this week. Tom was first to tackle everything and the first to support which resulted in his two tries. A superb performance from the Mogmeister General this week !
Kieran Charles: Ran the game from 10. Some big tackles and some great vision throughout the game ensured Kieran commanded his back line perfectly. Great play to set up Tom Jenkins' try.
Harry Silvey: Our smallest player, our best tackler. In Loughors' faces all game putting player into the turf ! Superb Game Silv !
George Grammenos: Was harshly sent off but up until then was superb. Won a couple of balls against the head and got involved at every breakdown. Head up Georgie G, you were great !!!
Even though it is half term we will still be training this Wednesday at 18.30 hrs. We have Swansea Uplands at home next Sunday which we know will be very tough. See you all Wednesday and a massive well done boys !!!
South Gower 54 - Loughor 7
Tries: Cameron Barker (3) Tom Mogridge (2), Tom Jenkins, Jack Bates, Michael Jones.
Conversions: Kieran Charles (7)
What a beautiful morning at South Gower. The playing conditions were perfect, but out of a squad of 21, we only had 11 players. Again this week, Tom Jenkins (who produced another outstanding performance) made the step up to the 11's and excelled again. If only his dad didn't coach the 10's !!!
We started badly ! We knocked on from the kick off and Loughor took us along the pitch, recycled the ball and some poor attempts to tackle saw Loughor glide through us straight away to score the first try of the day. We regrouped, woke up and dominated from there on in. Some good work from our backs created a maul 5 metres out from Loughor's try line. Paul Jones peeled of the back down the blind side, drew his man and put Cameron Barker in for his first try of the day. Kieran Charles converted.
Next we had a scrum in the middle of the pitch as the loughor restart didn't go 10. Kieran lined his backs up and called rocket ball. Kieran went blind, fed Tom Jenkins who in turn passed to the looping Tom Mogridge and Moggy darted over in the corner for an excellent set piece move. Kieran converted.
Next up, our forwards created lovely secure ball for Moggy. He fed the backs who made the ground and Moggy supported first to receive the ball and run over for his second of the game. Again, Charlo converted.
Next up was another good try. Again, a solid platform was created by our forwards. Mogman fed Charlo, who fed Callum. Callum made the break and got ankle tapped a metre from the line. He had the sense then to offload to Cameron who went over in the corner for a well taken, unselfish, team try. Unfortunately, Cal got injured in that play and was replaced by Michael Jones. Kieran converted and the ref blew for half time.
Half time.
South Gower 28 - Loughor 7
The second half started and we carried on where we left off. A scrum on Loughor's 10 yard line gave us secure ball from which to attack from. Kieran called scotland one dummy, Cameron came on the dummy switch and Kieran carried on through the gap. He drew the winger perfectly and passed to Tom Jenkins who sprinted over from 20 metres out to score an excellent try. Again, Charlo converted.
Next up was Jack Bates. Moggy made a break into the opposition 22 and got caught in a maul. Good communication from the team and the ball worked its way back to Jack who broke a few tackles and stretched over for another try. Kieran converted.
Next up we were lucky enough to witness the Barker step. Not seen every week, but when it is, it is beautiful ! Scrappy ball was won by our forwards and then released to our backs. Kieran fed Cameron and he cut inside, displayed his famous step on two Loughor players and went half the length of the pitch to score a cracking try ! Kieran converted.
Last but not least, we turned over Loughor and fed the ball along the backline. The defence was staggered and Michael Jones picked his way through for a lovely run from the half way to score a great try. This time Kieran hit the crossbar ! Unlucky mate !
Final Score:
South Gower 54 - Loughor 7
As i mentioned earlier, we only had 11 players plus Tom Jenkins. We lost Callum halfway through the first half and were down to the bare bones, but what a great set of bare bones we have. After an early wake up call we stepped up to the plate and dominated with our backs tearing the opposition apart. This, obviously could only be done with the help and of secure ball from our forwards. Unfortunately, George Grammenos was asked to leave the pitch by the referee. I feel George was hard done by as he had played an exceptional game. Overall, very impressed and very proud to put in a performance like that against a strong Loughor outfit. Keep it going boys, your teamwork is superb !
Players to Mention.
Cameron Barker: A hatrick of tries and the awesome Barker step summed up Cam's game. Ran well, passed well, tackled well and supported well. Excellent game !
Paul Jones: The man mountain of our pack was dominant. Turned over several rucks and mauls and even passed like Stephen Jones to set up Cam's first try. Another excellent game Paul !
Tom Mogridge: Moggy's distribution from scrum half was much better this week. Tom was first to tackle everything and the first to support which resulted in his two tries. A superb performance from the Mogmeister General this week !
Kieran Charles: Ran the game from 10. Some big tackles and some great vision throughout the game ensured Kieran commanded his back line perfectly. Great play to set up Tom Jenkins' try.
Harry Silvey: Our smallest player, our best tackler. In Loughors' faces all game putting player into the turf ! Superb Game Silv !
George Grammenos: Was harshly sent off but up until then was superb. Won a couple of balls against the head and got involved at every breakdown. Head up Georgie G, you were great !!!
Even though it is half term we will still be training this Wednesday at 18.30 hrs. We have Swansea Uplands at home next Sunday which we know will be very tough. See you all Wednesday and a massive well done boys !!!
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Under 11's V Tumble 7/2/10
7th February 2010
Tumble 0 - South Gower 28
Tries - Paul Jones (2), Cameron Barker, Kieran Charles.
Conversions - Kieran Charles (4)
South Gower travelled to Tumble with a squad decimated through illness and injury. We took 12 players out of our 22 registered. We did not have enough backs in our squad and therefore asked Tom Jenkins from our under 10's to make the step up for this game. The pitch was really muddy and it was very cold.
The game itself was really scrappy with a lot of dodgy passes and silly knock ons. However, South Gower were applying pressure all the time. After a lovely run from Luke Davies, we were awarded a penalty 10 metres from Tumbles line. The set penalty was taken and Jack Bates took the ball on the switch to be tackled a few metres from the line. Jack offloaded in the tackle to a rampaging Paul Jones who went over in the corner for his first try of the game. Kieran Charles stepped up and nailed the conversion.
Half Time:
Tumble 0 - South Gower 7
We came into the game more in the second half and started well. Tom Jenkins had a lovely run down the wing and was tackled well into touch 10 metres out. From the lineout, Paul Jones won the ball and went straight for the corner where he registered his second try of the game. Kieran converted.
Our forwards were really performing this week and good work turned tumble over. Moggy fed Kieran who dummied one and offloaded to Cameron in the centre. Cam stepped 3 or 4 players and went over for a very well taken try. Kieran converted.
Again our defence was spot on and never let Tumble close to our line. We had a scrum 20 metres out. Moggy fed Kieran who again, dummied one and ghosted through the defence to register a good try. Kieran himself converted. The referee then blew for full time.
Final Score: Tumble 0 - South Gower 28
Overall, a good performance. Not like the Dunvant game, but as one of the spectators said, we would be hard pushed to see that every week as they performed so well against Dunvant. However, i was very please with the domination from our forwards constantly turning over ball and winning lineouts and scrums against the head. Also our tackling was very good.
Players to mention :
Tom Jenkins: Tom (under 10's) stepped in on the wing to help us out and was solid. His defence was superb and his running was excellent. A really impressive game from Tom. Man of the match !
Paul Jones: A monster in the pack. Hasn't played for a few weeks but you can tell when he is on the pitch. great mauler, rucker and brings much needed aggression to our forwards. Took his 2 tries superbly. Awesome Paul !
George Grammenos: George won several balls against the head, tackled superbly did his job well. Well done George !
Also, may thanks to George Heard, Dylan John, George Grammenos who played for Tumble at different parts of the game to help them through injuries and with numbers. George Heard had a very good game against us !!!
Training Wednesday please for everyone who can make it. We have Loughor at home Sunday who are strong and have a large squad so there may be a possibility of 2 games. Thanks to all who travelled the long journey to Tumble. Well done boys.
Tumble 0 - South Gower 28
Tries - Paul Jones (2), Cameron Barker, Kieran Charles.
Conversions - Kieran Charles (4)
South Gower travelled to Tumble with a squad decimated through illness and injury. We took 12 players out of our 22 registered. We did not have enough backs in our squad and therefore asked Tom Jenkins from our under 10's to make the step up for this game. The pitch was really muddy and it was very cold.
The game itself was really scrappy with a lot of dodgy passes and silly knock ons. However, South Gower were applying pressure all the time. After a lovely run from Luke Davies, we were awarded a penalty 10 metres from Tumbles line. The set penalty was taken and Jack Bates took the ball on the switch to be tackled a few metres from the line. Jack offloaded in the tackle to a rampaging Paul Jones who went over in the corner for his first try of the game. Kieran Charles stepped up and nailed the conversion.
Half Time:
Tumble 0 - South Gower 7
We came into the game more in the second half and started well. Tom Jenkins had a lovely run down the wing and was tackled well into touch 10 metres out. From the lineout, Paul Jones won the ball and went straight for the corner where he registered his second try of the game. Kieran converted.
Our forwards were really performing this week and good work turned tumble over. Moggy fed Kieran who dummied one and offloaded to Cameron in the centre. Cam stepped 3 or 4 players and went over for a very well taken try. Kieran converted.
Again our defence was spot on and never let Tumble close to our line. We had a scrum 20 metres out. Moggy fed Kieran who again, dummied one and ghosted through the defence to register a good try. Kieran himself converted. The referee then blew for full time.
Final Score: Tumble 0 - South Gower 28
Overall, a good performance. Not like the Dunvant game, but as one of the spectators said, we would be hard pushed to see that every week as they performed so well against Dunvant. However, i was very please with the domination from our forwards constantly turning over ball and winning lineouts and scrums against the head. Also our tackling was very good.
Players to mention :
Tom Jenkins: Tom (under 10's) stepped in on the wing to help us out and was solid. His defence was superb and his running was excellent. A really impressive game from Tom. Man of the match !
Paul Jones: A monster in the pack. Hasn't played for a few weeks but you can tell when he is on the pitch. great mauler, rucker and brings much needed aggression to our forwards. Took his 2 tries superbly. Awesome Paul !
George Grammenos: George won several balls against the head, tackled superbly did his job well. Well done George !
Also, may thanks to George Heard, Dylan John, George Grammenos who played for Tumble at different parts of the game to help them through injuries and with numbers. George Heard had a very good game against us !!!
Training Wednesday please for everyone who can make it. We have Loughor at home Sunday who are strong and have a large squad so there may be a possibility of 2 games. Thanks to all who travelled the long journey to Tumble. Well done boys.
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