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 !!!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
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.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Under 11's V Dunvant 24.01.10
24th January 2010
Dunvant 14 - South Gower 63
Tries: Tom Mogridge (3), Owen Renowden, Luke Davies, Jack Bates, Ethan Smith (2), Kieran Charles.
Conversions: Kieran Charles (7), Jack Bates.
A lovely day at Dunvant saw our 1st game for over a month. Having had our pitches at South Gower out of action for all of December the boys had 1 proper training session on Wednesday, so i was expecting rustiness. How wrong was I ?
The session we did have wednesday was good and showed some very encouraging signs. The boys, thankfully carried on where they left off today with an outstanding performance against a strong Dunvant side.
The game started as we kicked to Dunvant, we soon turned over the ball with good tackling and rucking and Moggy picked up and went. Tom was held up metres short of the line but after our forwards driving Tom over the line, he managed to ground it for our 1st try. This was converted by Kieran Charles.
Next up was Owen Renowden. After a Dunvant scrum, which George Heard won against the head, some good work from our backs, broke the line and was tackled around 10 yards out. From the ruck Owen picked up and smashed his way through Dunvant's defence to score a well taken try. Kieran converted.
Next was contender for try of the day. We had a scrum on the half way on the far side of the pitch. Heardy hooked clean ball, Moggy fed Kieran who did a dummy switch with Callum and straightened up. He drew his man, fed Luke Davies and Luke cut back inside past a few Dunvant players to score a very well worked try. Kieran converted.
Dunvant then replied with an excellent try by their scrum half. Dunvant won their lineout and the scrum half went around the back of the lineout and darted through for a well taken try which was converted.
Straight from kick off we put Dunvant under pressure. Our defence was superb at times and our back line did not give Dunvant an inch. We turned them over in their 22 after great rucking from our forwards and Jack Bates peeled off the back and around the blindside to smash through tackles to score. Kieran converted.
Again, Dunvant came back at us and lack of tackling around the legs and some good mauling from Dunvant, they scored in the corner which was converted.
There was still more time in the half for another. This time lovely hand in the back and especially Kieran Charles who dummied past one then released his back got the ball to Cameron Barker. Cam was tackled and offloaded to Tom Mogridge. Moggy seemed to do the impossible and kept going blind turning, spinning and ducking out of at least 4 tackles to score in the corner. Great try that Kieran converted.
Half time:
Dunvant 14 - South Gower 35
Subs were made at half time so every one of our 15 players played.
We started where we left off with the second contender for try of the day. After gathering the Dunvant restart, Moggy caught the ball and made for the opposition. Some good rucking ensured clean ball. The ball was passed to Kieran who ghosted past his man, drew the centre, passed to Callum Carson, who drew his man and popped to Ethan Smith on the wing who darted up the touchline to score a great team try. Kieran converted. This was an excellent example of our back line keeping its shape and staying wide to let the ball do the work. On top of this, the boys were taking the ball at pace which created an excellent try.
Next up was Ethan again. I cant comment on the try as i was tending to an injured Owen Renowden who superbly cleared the ball from his own try line but to be tackled in the process and injure his knee. Anyway, as i didn't see it, i will make it up :-) Good chasing saw us turnover the ball and then the ball passed through every team members hands for Ethan to score. Kieran converted.
To keep rotating the team, Callum came off and was replaced by Cameron who moved to outside half and Kieran in the centre. We won the ball in the scrum, fed Cameron who made a break past his opposite number. Cam was tackled 7 metres from the line only to pop to the oncoming steam train (Kieran Charles) who smashed his was through to score a good try. Kieran converted.
The ref signalled last play and South Gower gained a penalty on the halfway line by the touchline. As i was barking orders to put it through the hands, Moggy had tapped, unaware to everyone except for him and the ref, he darted down the line to score an unopposed try. Great quick thinking from the Mogman ! Jack Bates stepped up and converted.
Final Score :
Dunvant 14 - South Gower 63
This was simply an outstanding team performance. Our forwards competed in the tight and often came out best and our backs angles of running and passing was a joy to watch. Maybe no training works ey ?
Players to Mention:
Tom Mogridge : A couple of wrong decisions made when going blind instead of releasing our backs but this kid is like a slippery eel. He wriggles his way out of everything, tackled everything and delivered the ball well and deserved his 3 tries today. Excellent Game Moggy !
Kieran Charles : Commanded his back line superbly today. A couple of loose miss passes didn't put him off as he constantly broke the dunvant gain line and intelligently distributed at the right time. In my opinion, his best game in an all blacks shirt. Well done Charlo !
Owen Renowden : Hit the rucks with aggression, strong and direct in his running, even making superb clearing kicks from his own line summed up an excellent performance from Owen which he rounded off with a try. Well done O !
Ethan Smith : Came on as sub in the second half and finished his 2 tries superbly. Tackled well and put pressure on the opposition every time they had possession. Another great performance from Ethan !
Jack Bates : I thought Jack had a very good game today. His tackling was great along with his rucking and mauling. He took his try very well but his intelligence to know Moggy was taken in and to ship the ball out to Kieran was shown on several occasions. Great game Bates !
As i said, this was most probably our best performance of the season and i hope to keep the momentum going into training and for Bryncoch at home next week, who we know are a strong team.
Well done lads, I am extremely proud of all of you after today's performance.
Dunvant 14 - South Gower 63
Tries: Tom Mogridge (3), Owen Renowden, Luke Davies, Jack Bates, Ethan Smith (2), Kieran Charles.
Conversions: Kieran Charles (7), Jack Bates.
A lovely day at Dunvant saw our 1st game for over a month. Having had our pitches at South Gower out of action for all of December the boys had 1 proper training session on Wednesday, so i was expecting rustiness. How wrong was I ?
The session we did have wednesday was good and showed some very encouraging signs. The boys, thankfully carried on where they left off today with an outstanding performance against a strong Dunvant side.
The game started as we kicked to Dunvant, we soon turned over the ball with good tackling and rucking and Moggy picked up and went. Tom was held up metres short of the line but after our forwards driving Tom over the line, he managed to ground it for our 1st try. This was converted by Kieran Charles.
Next up was Owen Renowden. After a Dunvant scrum, which George Heard won against the head, some good work from our backs, broke the line and was tackled around 10 yards out. From the ruck Owen picked up and smashed his way through Dunvant's defence to score a well taken try. Kieran converted.
Next was contender for try of the day. We had a scrum on the half way on the far side of the pitch. Heardy hooked clean ball, Moggy fed Kieran who did a dummy switch with Callum and straightened up. He drew his man, fed Luke Davies and Luke cut back inside past a few Dunvant players to score a very well worked try. Kieran converted.
Dunvant then replied with an excellent try by their scrum half. Dunvant won their lineout and the scrum half went around the back of the lineout and darted through for a well taken try which was converted.
Straight from kick off we put Dunvant under pressure. Our defence was superb at times and our back line did not give Dunvant an inch. We turned them over in their 22 after great rucking from our forwards and Jack Bates peeled off the back and around the blindside to smash through tackles to score. Kieran converted.
Again, Dunvant came back at us and lack of tackling around the legs and some good mauling from Dunvant, they scored in the corner which was converted.
There was still more time in the half for another. This time lovely hand in the back and especially Kieran Charles who dummied past one then released his back got the ball to Cameron Barker. Cam was tackled and offloaded to Tom Mogridge. Moggy seemed to do the impossible and kept going blind turning, spinning and ducking out of at least 4 tackles to score in the corner. Great try that Kieran converted.
Half time:
Dunvant 14 - South Gower 35
Subs were made at half time so every one of our 15 players played.
We started where we left off with the second contender for try of the day. After gathering the Dunvant restart, Moggy caught the ball and made for the opposition. Some good rucking ensured clean ball. The ball was passed to Kieran who ghosted past his man, drew the centre, passed to Callum Carson, who drew his man and popped to Ethan Smith on the wing who darted up the touchline to score a great team try. Kieran converted. This was an excellent example of our back line keeping its shape and staying wide to let the ball do the work. On top of this, the boys were taking the ball at pace which created an excellent try.
Next up was Ethan again. I cant comment on the try as i was tending to an injured Owen Renowden who superbly cleared the ball from his own try line but to be tackled in the process and injure his knee. Anyway, as i didn't see it, i will make it up :-) Good chasing saw us turnover the ball and then the ball passed through every team members hands for Ethan to score. Kieran converted.
To keep rotating the team, Callum came off and was replaced by Cameron who moved to outside half and Kieran in the centre. We won the ball in the scrum, fed Cameron who made a break past his opposite number. Cam was tackled 7 metres from the line only to pop to the oncoming steam train (Kieran Charles) who smashed his was through to score a good try. Kieran converted.
The ref signalled last play and South Gower gained a penalty on the halfway line by the touchline. As i was barking orders to put it through the hands, Moggy had tapped, unaware to everyone except for him and the ref, he darted down the line to score an unopposed try. Great quick thinking from the Mogman ! Jack Bates stepped up and converted.
Final Score :
Dunvant 14 - South Gower 63
This was simply an outstanding team performance. Our forwards competed in the tight and often came out best and our backs angles of running and passing was a joy to watch. Maybe no training works ey ?
Players to Mention:
Tom Mogridge : A couple of wrong decisions made when going blind instead of releasing our backs but this kid is like a slippery eel. He wriggles his way out of everything, tackled everything and delivered the ball well and deserved his 3 tries today. Excellent Game Moggy !
Kieran Charles : Commanded his back line superbly today. A couple of loose miss passes didn't put him off as he constantly broke the dunvant gain line and intelligently distributed at the right time. In my opinion, his best game in an all blacks shirt. Well done Charlo !
Owen Renowden : Hit the rucks with aggression, strong and direct in his running, even making superb clearing kicks from his own line summed up an excellent performance from Owen which he rounded off with a try. Well done O !
Ethan Smith : Came on as sub in the second half and finished his 2 tries superbly. Tackled well and put pressure on the opposition every time they had possession. Another great performance from Ethan !
Jack Bates : I thought Jack had a very good game today. His tackling was great along with his rucking and mauling. He took his try very well but his intelligence to know Moggy was taken in and to ship the ball out to Kieran was shown on several occasions. Great game Bates !
As i said, this was most probably our best performance of the season and i hope to keep the momentum going into training and for Bryncoch at home next week, who we know are a strong team.
Well done lads, I am extremely proud of all of you after today's performance.
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