Worcester U11 33 - Birmingham Solihull U11 7
Jan
The Wild ones continued their rich vein of form with another quality
performance. Their forwards, allthough against physically bigger
opponents, scrummaged powerfully, but it was at the rucks that they
produced quality ball. Everytime they took the ball into contact, they
hit the rucks with controlled aggression, which in turn meant that Will
Tibbetts, and George Wootton, had a glut of possession. This meant that
fly half Cameron Hunter had time to orchestrate proceedings, and his
distribution allowed his backs to play an expansive game. Wingers Max
Smith, playing superbly at the moment, and Max Hawksworth, an elusive
running winger, saw plenty of ball, but B & S managed to hold Worcester
out. Worcester cleverly changed their game plan, and used their forwards
to get into scoring positions. From a tap penalty the prolific Bradley
Smith crashed over, Hunter converting. From the kick off, Worcester put
together some lovely interpassing through backs and forwards alike,
keeping the ball alive. Tibbetts broke down the blind side, fed Willem
Stanley who cruised around the winger, and then cut inside the full back
to touch down, Hunter again converting. Worcester again pressed forward,
Luke Gailey set up a ruck in midfield, the ball was spun wide to Max
Smith who cut in field and was stopped under the posts, debutant prop
Sam Long picked up and crashed over the whitewash. The conversion was
missed. B & S came out fighting in the second half, and put the Wild
Ones defence under the cosh , and were rewarded with a converted try by
Jones. This spurred on the Wild Ones, and again they started to dominate
proceedings. The forwards began to put several phases of play together,
which severely stretched the B & S defence.From a scrum on the 22,
George Wootoon passed the ball to Cameron Hunter, who hit the ball flat
out on the gain line, stepped inside the full back to touch down. Oli
Gore converting.From the resulting kick off, again Worcester soared
forward. Considering the muddy conditions the interpassing , and support
play, was impressive. B & S had been pressed back in their own 22 for
some time, with Jack Wreggitt, and Ed Griffiths making good ground, with
their forwards always in support. From a defensive line out, the ball
was knocked on to the floor. Lawrence Stephens, alert, and quick,
scooped down onto the ball, quickly got to his feet, and crashed over.
The final score of the game was George Wootoons conversion.
