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U9 A, B,
C & D VII
The rugby season arrived in
November and both the boys and
staff immediately took to the
new laws of the game.
The removal of scrums, line-outs, rucks and
mauls have made the game at this level much
quicker and more enjoyable for beginners;
having the ball in their hands much can only
be good for the boys’ development. In their
tackling, the boys were as brave as any I have
seen in my five years coaching the U9s. Next
year they will need to work on moving the ball
wide quicker in order to attack where there is
more space.Apart from the Cothill fixture, all
match days saw every boy in the FirstYear (who
was on games) representing the school, so they
were all able to learn a little more about what
being a part of a team is all about.
The first game of the season for U9A was
an extremely exciting contest that saw Cheam
just edging it by one score.The following two
matches, versus Lambrook and Elstree, were
tough outings for the boys given that illness
and a bit of injury had struck the FirstYear
just before Long Leave.The next three fixtures
were all excellent matches and showed the
pleasing progress the boys had been making.
The Cothill match was arguably the game of the
season. Both sides gave absolutely everything,
and in the end we just did enough to win
25-20. Caldicott are well known for their rugby
ability and we produced another strong team
performance against them.To lose by just
one score was tough to take for the boys and
so they were fully focused on finishing their
season on a high by beating Ludgrove – which
they did 25-10.
Henry Snow
was the team’s
most threatening player with ball in hand
whilst
Leonardo Lord’s
tackling was hugely
impressive.
The U9Bs by contrast made a slow start to
the season, losing 5-60 (or one could call it
1-12!) to Cheam.They also found the going
hard against Lambrook and Elstree.After Long
Leave, they picked up their first win of the
season against a good Cothill side. In their next
match they were soundly beaten by Caldicott
– always strong at rugby – but to their credit
the boys turned it around against Ludgrove and
picked up a good win in their final game of the
season.Whilst the results for the C and D teams
were not what they were hoping for, they
certainly do not reflect the progress that these
boys made over the course of the season.
My thanks must go to SCR and Mr Fairhead
for all of their support in coaching the FirstYears
in games sessions and managing teams on
match days.Their enthusiasm certainly rubbed
off on the boys and they played a huge role in
the development of our young rugby players.
JJP
U9 A VII
Opposition
Result
Score
Scorers
Us Them
Cheam
Lost
20 25
Edsberg, Snow, Lee x2
Lambrook
Lost
10 25
Newland L, Sylvester-Monye
Elstree
Lost
10 35
Snow x2
Cothill
Won 25 20
Lord L, Newland L, Snow x3
Caldicott
Lost
15 20
Ogundeyin, Snow x2
Ludgrove
Won 25 10
Lord L, Snow x2, Sylvester-Monye,Whitbread C
Caldicott Festival
Finished 3rd in their Group
U9 B VII
Opposition
Result
Score
Scorers
Us Them
Cheam
Lost
5 60
Whitbread C
Lambrook
Lost
25 50
Aram E, Ogundeyin x4
Elstree
Lost
15 45
Flach, Jurdjevic
Cothill
Won 50 40
Aram E, Flach x2, Heseltine x3, Holland H, Jurdjevic,
Reeve x2,
Caldicott
Lost
10 40
Reeve x2
Ludgrove
Won 50 45
Aram E x2, Hu x2, Jurdjevic x3, Onwu O x2, Xiao
Caldicott Festival
Finished 3rd in their Group
U9 C VII
Opposition
Result
Score
Scorers
Us Them
C v. Cheam
Drew 55 55
Heseltine x5, Onwu O x5, Xiao
C v. Lambrook
Lost
20 40
Aldred, Zhang x3
C v. Elstree
Lost
25 60
Aldred 2, Ooi JSJ, Xiao 2
C v. Caldicott
Lost
5 45
Ludgrove
Lost
20 55
Aldred, Marsden x2, Ooi JSJ,Wilbraham
U9 D VII
Opposition
Result
Score
Scorers
Us Them
Lambrook
Lost
20 50
Ooi JSJ, Stonor, Xiao x2
Caldicott
Lost
35 65
Blackwell x2, Collins, Ooi JSJ x3, Stonor
S u m m e r F i e l d s
2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
90
2016 Rugby Results
Team
Played
Won
Drew
Lost
Points For
Points Against
1st XV
5
2
0
3
82
111
2nd XV
6
2
0
4
132
137
3rd IV
6
3
0
3
161
130
4th IV
9
4
0
5
225
198
5th IV
5
4
0
1
150
115
Colts A IX
7
4
0
3
140
135
Colts B IX
7
3
1
3
195
190
Colts C IX
6
2
0
4
160
240
Colts D IX
4
0
0
4
35
140
Colts E IX
1
0
0
1
15
30
Junior Colts A VIII
5
1
0
4
45
130
Junior Colts B VIII
5
2
1
2
90
55
Junior Colts C VIII
7
6
0
1
255
90
Junior Colts D VIII
3
0
0
3
45
150
U9 A VII
6
2
0
4
105
135
U9 B VII
6
2
0
4
155
280
U9 C VII
5
0
1
4
125
255
U9 D VII
2
0
0
2
55
115
Totals
95
37
3
55
2170
2636
2016 Rugby Results