Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Etihad Cup - 3/11/07

Squad: Benjamin Archer, Henry Clark, Archie Jones, Callum Sirker, Archie Dupree, Frederico Pasquali, Sam Barton, James Gawn, Emmanual Galan, James Viney, Thomas Holland, Nicolas Furrer, Jack Stockham

Playing on the Craneford Way pitches the boys played 2 games each against Upminster & Dorking - the first game against Dorking was a tight game but Teddington ran out good 2 nil winners. Next after only 5 minutes rest came Upminster - we competed well against their big forwards and after a good start they came back and the game ended 1-1. Our second meeting with Dorking was the boys best performance of the day with very good expansive rugby resulting in a comprehensive 4 nil win. To come out top we needed only a draw against Upminster - our head coach told the boys to spread the ball wide to the wingers and out run their large forwards - after a good start and going 1 try up we unfortunately forgot the game plan and kept running into their defence - aided by a couple of even larger subs, Upminster went on to equalise and score the winner just before the final whistle - a good effort from all the boys and we have to wait to see if we qualify for the next round.

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