St. Neots Match report 7th February 2010
Two matches again this week at the St Neots ground with Bedford and Hitchin visiting with a full squad exceeding 20 players each!!
So would our smaller squad of 13 players be able to dig deep and find their way through inevitably stronger opposition and find touch?
Well unlike almost all other games we came our fighting; alert, focussed and full of confidence. Well, when you start with that mindset the tries have to come and indeed thats exactly what happened. However, what I was really impressed with was the fluency of all games and the boys better understanding of when to take opportunities at the expense of the opposition.
The forwards of Daniel, Morgan and Liam really looked like a pack at times, driving over and allowing recycling and creating really exciting forward play to watch.
We also saw the return of the three speedsters of Alex, Callum and Adam and all three showed us what we had been missing during previous games; capable of turning on quite unbelievable speed at the drop of a hat.
All games were tough and hard and again we saw a few minor injuries.
If I were to look for improvement, I would be looking at our overall ability to move forward quickly, particularly from the scrum and line out position. It seemed on so many occasions the team was 5 yards too slow, and allowed the opposition to open up and go wide for the line. Also a high percentage of tries were conceded due to week first tackles.
The boys need to go in harder and lower and hold their position.
Anyway the most entertaining game so far and a quick mention to Ian Nash for some good fair reffing
Bryans round up praised the boys for some excellent rugby and picked out Morgan as man of the Match for his hooking. Gabby was showing off her new ring earlier to me and mentioned in passing there would be no trophy again this week. Jim also made a visit to the ground. Clearly the surgeons didnt tamper with his voice box!!!!
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So would our smaller squad of 13 players be able to dig deep and find their way through inevitably stronger opposition and find touch?
Well unlike almost all other games we came our fighting; alert, focussed and full of confidence. Well, when you start with that mindset the tries have to come and indeed thats exactly what happened. However, what I was really impressed with was the fluency of all games and the boys better understanding of when to take opportunities at the expense of the opposition.
The line outs deep in the opponents half would be an example of this and we saw how we can apply and keep the pressure on. Reckon I saw at least two interceptions by James and Thomas in the second game that led to tries being scored.
We also saw the return of the three speedsters of Alex, Callum and Adam and all three showed us what we had been missing during previous games; capable of turning on quite unbelievable speed at the drop of a hat.
All games were tough and hard and again we saw a few minor injuries.
Anyway the most entertaining game so far and a quick mention to Ian Nash for some good fair reffing
Bryans round up praised the boys for some excellent rugby and picked out Morgan as man of the Match for his hooking. Gabby was showing off her new ring earlier to me and mentioned in passing there would be no trophy again this week. Jim also made a visit to the ground. Clearly the surgeons didnt tamper with his voice box!!!!
Frank Golden
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Plenty of Print for Everyone!
The UK's ONLY Ultra Wholesale Printing Company
0800 9545 014
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