Newmarket blooded all their new players in this fixture giving some of the more experienced players a rest. Daniel Abbs, Conner Croxton and Robert Shannon all had their first experience in the front row ably supported by Christopher Le at second row. The forwards took time to take shape and found themselves a try down after 3 minutes. Their strength however told as they constantly drove Haverhill off their ball and disrupted the play preventing more scoring opportunities. In the second half the backs came in to the play as the forwards settled into a pattern winning more possession allowing Oliver Green to distribute the ball to Gwilym Davies and debutant Jack Watson when with the last move of the game fed new full-back Lewis Heap to dodge four tackles to score allowing Green to make an easy conversion to level the scores.
Sunday 14 October 2007
Sunday 7 October 2007
Cambridgeshire County Cup: Sunday 7th October 2007
Newmarket Under 12's were unlucky not to progress beyond the group stages with a solid all round team performance which included some relatively new players in the squad with some excellent support from the "veterans".
Newmarket v Royston
From the start, Newmarket pressured Royston in all areas. The team’s commitment to training paid off as the forwards scrummaged the opposition off the park and in quick succession Nathan Buckle took scrums against the head driving Royston deep into their own half. A further strong scrum resulted in a loose ball coming out for number eight Ben Jaycock to dive onto to score the only try of the half. The second half Newmarket's forwards dominate which led to Royston kicking away possession. New recruit Lewis Heap linked up with Thomas Locke to counter-attack from deep in the Newmarket half. Joe Stafford was in support and thwarted five tackles to score in the corner. Good allround teamwork helped towards a Newmarket win.
Newmarket v Diss
Both teams started strong with Newmarket forcing the play. Good tacking from Daniel Bristow, Joe Stafford and Nathan Buckle were breaking down the Diss attacks. Despite their size and technical advantage the opposition constantly infringed and fly-half Oliver Green kept punishing them by kicking long range penalties back deep into their half. The second half saw Diss struggle to break through and only a lucky interception handed the win to Diss.
Newmarket v Shelford
Shelford started the stronger team and ran in an early try. Newmarket came close but a tight Shelford defence kept them at bay. Some good tackling by Anton Phillips and Ethan Brown in the second half was not enough to stop Shelford scoring late on.
Newmarket v St Neots
The first half was a closely matched affair with neither team able to score. St Neots turned up the heat in the second half and broke through to score. Newmarket fought back with Ian Moffatt making some superb catches to take the pressure off Newmarket, but time ran out.