G-Mag

Y10 Rugby Match Report


The mighty Greendown Y10 continued their unbeaten run last night with a dogged victory against traditionally strong Ridgeway. The team was forced to make a few late changes with Harry Lloyd coming in on the flank and young Josh Paradise stepping in fresh from his Y9 victory the previous night. The Ridgeway coach held a white board session for half an hour in the changing room and their players came out pretty fired up. Their were a few tears rolling down the cheeks as the took the field.
An explosive start saw bone crunching hits from Josh Jeffries, Aiden Stevens and Josh Cox. The ball spilled loose from the Ridgeway centre and Tom Aslantpe scooped the ball and sprinted around the cover defence for the opening score. Joe Shepard missed the conversion. 5-0.
After some great attacking play from Greendown, a failed clearance kick from Ridgeway saw Dan Giles fielded and round his opposite number. Dan showed some great balance and a turn of speed that shocked the Ridgeway defence. Joe Shep missed the conversion. 10-0 Greendown.
Ridgeway found some form late in the half and started applying pressure. Slack tackling in the midfield saw them score underneath the posts to make the score10-7. A dangerous period of play and Greendown had to double their defensive efforts.
Josh Lawson made a fantastic cover tackle to save a certain try in the next phase of play. Chasing down the Ridgeway speedy winger. Extreme courage helped keep Greendown noses in front.
Half time. 10-7