Rugby Match Reports Autumn 2009
U11's at Terrington 7's tournament
On Wednesday 24th February, despite the snow at home BGS U-11s rugby team played in a 7's tournament at Terrington Hall School, York. The team was a man down with Freddie Wright unable to play due to illness. There were 16 teams in total. Our first pool game was against Birkdale School. Despite some good tackling and a good try by Robert we were well beaten, 3 tries to one. The next pool match was against Newcastle. Having led one try to nil for most of the game, scored by Hugo, Newcastle managed to equalise from a close scrum, the match drawn 7:7. The last pool match was against Woodleigh. BGS put in a well drilled performance to beat Woodleigh by 3 tries, (Tom - 1 Hugo - 2) to one. BGS progressed into the plate knock out competition after this. We took on a strong St Martin's Ampleforth team. There was some spirited tackling and another good try from Hugo but in the end Ampleforth were too strong for us and we lost 3 tries to one. Special mentions go to Ben Smith-Price. Well done to the rest of the team.
U11 Rugby v Lyndhurst
On the 10th of February 2010 the under 11s rugby team played Lyndhurst School from Pocklington. We started off well defending our try line but unfortunately they made a great breakthrough and scored a good try. I managed to catch a great pass from Hugo to score, but by half time the score was 6-1 to Lyndhurst. After having a good talk from Mr Andrews we then played better in the second half, scoring our second try by Edward to make the final score 9-2 to Lyndhurst. (Over tea one of the boys told me that their team had been undefeated for the last two seasons!) Well played everyone and thank you to all our supporters who braved the snow storms !!!
By Freddie Wright and Hugo Tasker
U11 rugby 7’s at Giggleswick
On the 2nd December 2009 the U11’s were invited to the Giggleswick Christmas rugby sevens. We played 4 matches in all.
The first match was against Rossall who were very strong. We lost by 3 tries 0
Then we played Sedbergh who were very good at passing right along their back line which resulted in them scoring 3 tries against us. The highlight of the match for us was a half pitch sprint down the left wing by Robert, resulting in our only try! The result was a loss 1 try- 3
The third match against Elleray was a little easier. We really enjoyed scoring 6 tries and felt in total control! We won 6 tries-0 The final match was against a closely matched team, Moorlands. They, however, had an incredibly fast centre who ran rings around us to score 2 tries!
IT WAS SO COLD! We were very glad to get into the showers and then into tea. Hopefully we have learnt a lot from the experience, especially from Sedbergh who showed us the value of passing along the back line. WELL PLAYED EVERYONE!
U9 Tag v Highfield
On Friday BGS played Highfield at tag rugby. They kicked of and passed well. Until they scored their first try. We ran with the ball well and we scored. We both scored 11 try’s At half time the score was 12 all. BGS made some good passes. We both scored another 10 try’s which made the score 22 all. We defended well and unfortunately let them score 2 more try’s. At full time the score was 22 -24 to Highfield. Special mention must go to George Huber , Elliott Brewins for using the team, Finn Keogh for getting his hat trick.
U9 v Giggleswick
On Saturday the 14 November 2009 BGS went away to Giggleswick to play a match and enjoy a rugby workshop. First BGS played Giggleswick at tag rugby. They kicked off and started to dodge well and scored a try. BGS passed well and eventually got through and scored a try. Giggleswick just won the match, but BGS tried hard. Then we played contact rugby. BGS kicked off and got the ball along the line. Lots of hard tackles were made by both teams but Giggleswick had some big players. Euan Brennan scored a try for BGS. The final score was 2:1. A special mention goes to the whole BGS team for trying their hardest.
By William King
U9 v Westville - Friday 20th November
BGS kicked off and made some good passes and tried to get down the field but Westville tagged well. Westville pushed us in touch, got the ball and scored a try. At half time it was 1:0 to Westville. Bothteams defended well. Euan Brennan made a fantastic sprint up the pitch before passing the ball to George Ward who scored BGS’s try to make the score 1:1 at full time. All the team played very well but a special mention must go to Euan Brennan for making the est run of the season so far.
By William King
U11 Rugby v Red House School
On Tuesday 24th of November the under 11s played Red House School at rugby. Red house kicked to us and we got the ball straight up into their half. Putting pressure on them we managed to get a pass to Tom Lyons and score our first try. Shortly after that we made a good break and Nick Henderson scored our second try. In the second half, Red House gave us a penalty .Hugo Tasker broke through scoring a try. Red House then got one try back making the final score 3tries –1 WE WON!!!!!!
Special mentions go to Will button for a two fantastic tackles and Nick, Hugo and Tom for the tries.
By Freddie Wright
U11 Rugby v Giggleswick
Last Saturday the u11s played Giggleswick on what was a very wet and windy day! We started off well, making some very
good defence tackles and some good runs, but didn’t manage to get over the line. The second half was again very closely fought with some very good tackles from the whole team and some good runs, but we didn’t manage to score any tries again. Giggleswick made a good run and scored a good try which made the final score 1 try to 0 to Giggleswick.
U11 Rugby v Woodleigh
On Wednesday the U11s played Woodleigh who scored an early try followed by another, which made the score 2-0 to them. We were making some good runs and good tackles but not managing to get the ball over the line. In the second half Woodleigh continued to breakthrough and increased the score to 3-0. At last I managed to break through and score a try! Followed by a second one made it 3-2. Unfortunately I injured myself in a tackle and wasn’t able to play for the rest of the match. With BGS one man down Woodleigh went on to score a further 2 tries. Final score 5-2 to Woodleigh. Well played everyone!!
Match report by Freddie Wright
BGS U11's vs Bronte House
On Wednesday 11th November the under 11s played Bronte House at rugby. Bronte House were, as we expected, a very well drilled and skilful team and they were all much bigger than us!! They started with an early try, which woke us up. After that our defence improved and we did some very good tackles to stop them scoring even more tries than they could have. The highlight of the match for us was a try by Ben from a pass out to the wing from me. Ben managed to get the ball over the line despite four Bronte House players trying to stop him! Final score: 5 tries - 1 to Bronte House Well played everyone!
By Freddie Wright
The Land Rover Premiership rugby tournament played by Harrogate RUFC U11 team on Sunday at Kirkstall training ground.
The Harrogate team included BGS pupils: Nick Henderson, Tom Lyons, Ed Scullion, Hugo Tasker, Robert Wilmore and Freddie Wright.
There were 12 teams in all, 3 pools of four. In the pool matches Harrogate beat Otley 2-0, Wensleydale 2-0, Wetherby 7-0, In the semi-final they again played Otley and won 2-0.
In the final they played Sandal and lost 0-2, both tries being scored in the second half in what was a very close game. The players were awarded their medals in the half time of the Leeds Carnegie vs Gloucester Premiership match in the afternoon and after the match had the opportunity to meet the players from both teams and get lots of autographs!
