Worcester Wildones U11 28 - Chew Valley U11 0
Feb
Worcester Wild Ones under 11s hosted Chew Valley, from Bristol, on
Sunday, and produced a commanding performance. From the outset the
confrontation up front was fierce, with each set of forwards, wanting to
dominate. But slowly but surely, the Wild Ones started to win the
majority of the possession, with their rucking game to the fore. George
Wooton, with plentiful ball at scrum half, began to dominate
proceedings, and with him giving his fly half, Cameron Hunter, quality
ball, the backs began to run the ball with confidence, and only last
ditch heroic tackling keeping the Wild Ones out. Eventually the forwards
pressed home their advantage , and from a scrum on the halfway , the
ball was sped to Willem Stanley , at outside centre, who stepped inside
his man and crossed the whitewash. Cameron Hunter converting. From the
resulting kick off, the Wild Ones put several phases of play together,
with Will Shaw, Ed Griffiths making the hard yards. They forced a five
metre scrum on the Chew Valley line. George Wooton picked up, attacked
the blindside and crashed over, he converted his own try. The second
half began with Chew Valley attempting to run out of their own half, but
an aggressive defence thwarted all attacks, and from turnover ball, won
on the floor by Lawrence Stephens, the ball was spun wide, whereupon
Willem Stanley turned on the gas to double his tally. Oli Gore
converting.The Wild Ones then mounted a series of attacks, first Max
Smith, sped down the blind side, and was tackled short of the line, a
quick series of rucks ensued and Luke Gailey crashed over, and then
converted his own try.
Straight after this game, the Wild Ones hosted Bredon, who are a fine
mini and junior club. This was a marvellous advert for under 11s rugby,
with the skill levels on both sides at a premium, and an intensity
rarely seen with this age group. Bredon started the stronger, and wave
after waves of attacks led to them taking the lead with a converted try
under the posts. The wild ones rallied round, and began to mount some
fine attacks themselves, but the last few minutes belonged to a fine
Bredon defence. The second half again saw the Wild Ones try and play
some expansive rugby, but too often, they seeked confrontation, where
the huge Bredon boys enjoyed some supremacy, and lost the ball. With a
few minutes remaining, the Wild Ones finally managed to spread the ball
wide, and Max Hawksworth touched down in the corner, Hunter converting.
On the stroke of full time, and with some very tired Worcester players
on the field, a piece of individual magic sealed the game for Bredon.
Their centre caught the ball in his own 22, raced down the wing, chipped
the full back, caught the ball on the full, and scored in the corner.
The conversion was missed. This was a terrific game of rugby, which was
enjoyed by a fine crowd.
