U16's Match Report

Match Reports - 2011/12 Season 

Sunday  15^th January – Friendly - Away

Crowborough 15 – Chichester ‘B’ 17 

Crowborough travelled to West Sussex to play Chichester who were lying 2^nd in the league. The game was a very closely contested match from the outset with both teams attacking with a purpose. Crowborough’s defence was resolute and from turnover ball in their own half the backs ran the ball straight through Chichester with Ollie Canning scoring a try wide out.  The home side responded with two tries, each time the scorer seemed to glide through the Crowborough line. The score at half time was 10-5.  

Crowborough 7 – Hove ‘B’ 22 

Crowborough hosted the league leaders from Hove on Sunday. Whilst the opening skirmishes were fairly even, Hove looked the sharper team and soon opened up a 12-0 lead in the first 15 minutes. Crowborough responded with a lot more urgency and George Bigwood intercepted a Hove pass to score under the posts. Hove came back at Crowborough with their third try and at half time the score was 17-7 to the visitors. A serious looking injury to one of the Crowborough players (Ollie Beaumont) meant the match had to be moved to the adjacent pitch. Ollie had a brief stay in hospital but thankfully was soon home again, somewhat battered and bruised. 

The second half started with Crowborough fired up to get back on even terms. They spent 15 minutes battering away at the Hove players, most of who were on or behind their try-line. Although Crowborough had a try disallowed they could not make the final break through a very resolute defence. The half remained scoreless until Hove scored their fourth try right at the final whistle. The Crowborough team should take great credit from their performance against a well drilled and organized Hove team. If the home team had started the game the way they started the second half then a different score might have resulted. 

Sunday 20^th November – League - Home 

Helstorm 7 – Crowborough 20

Crowborough battle to a hard fought win 

Under a bright blue sky Crowborough were the slower to start and soon found themselves behind after five minutes to a converted try, scored by the Helstorm scrum-half running straight through a number of missed tackles.

Crowborough responded to the rude awakening knowing they needed to take control of the game.  Ten minutes later Olly Canning scored a solo try for the visitors from a scrum. On the half hour Lawrence Berry, not to be outdone by his fly half, scored a similar try having sold a wonderful dummy to the full back. The sides turned around at the interval, with Crowborough leading 10-7.  

Crowborough began the second half the way they should have started the match, spending the next 15 minutes camped in home side territory. A scrum taken against the head, wonderful quick hands in the backs, led to a try by Jake Crouch in the corner. The winger hurt himself in the process and had to be replaced.  

The home side battered the visitors defence and were eventually thwarted by Dominic Williams (prop!) kicking the ball downfield and into touch. A home lineout on their own 22 metre line was disrupted by Crowborough and Fergus Millson found his way to score under the posts.  

Helstorm spent the last few minutes of the game pressing hard for a score but blanket defence from Crowborough managed to keep them out. The game ended, Crowborough knowing they had had a real battle on their hands. Joe Hawkins was the worthy man of the match. A number of substitutions had been made during the game, some forced by injury, but the strength in numbers shows that Crowborough have high hopes for coming matches. 

Crowborough 33 – Bognor 0 

Crowborough exerted pressure on Bognor right from the start. Stout defence from the visitors, ably led by their fly half, coupled with conceding too many penalties meant that Crowborough had to wait nearly 30 minutes before Fergus Milson opened the scoring. Crowborough only led 7-0 at half time despite having had the lion’s share of territory.  

The home side began the second half just where they had left off at half time and within 5 minutes scored again. A quickly taken tap penalty followed by slick hands in the backs allowed George Bigwood to run round and touch down almost under the posts. Crowborough now began to turn the screw on their visitors, winning a Bognor scrum and the try was scored by the Crowborough scrum half (Lawrence Berry). 

The home side made a series of substitutions in the forwards as the rather unseasonal temperatures took their toll on both sides. With 15 minutes left, a Bognor player was yellow carded giving the home side a player advantage. Another quickly taken penalty resulted in another try, this time by Dominic Williams who was helped over the line by the whole pack.  

Crowborough now made some changes in the backs and the fresh players began to punch holes in the visitors defence. A series of quick passes and some straight running lines ended in another try by the backs, this time by the replacement centre, Tom Nelson. With less than a couple of minutes to go Crowborough had a player sin binned. The referee blew the last whistle of the match, Crowborough winning 33-0.  

Crawley 10 – Crowborough 7 

Crowborough U16 travelled to Crawley, with a few players missing and a number of new ones, looking to repeat their win at the end of last season. The first half was end to end play, both defences cancelling out excellent attacking moves from both sides. Crowborough scored shortly before half time and the conversion was successful. 

Crawley started the second half obviously having had a serious team talk and they were fired up to reverse the score. The Crowborough defence managed to hold out until the Crawley No 3 made a bullocking run at the defence that ended up with a try which was unconverted.  

Crowborough went looking for more points but it was Crawley who scored a second try with 5 minutes left. Despite lots of interplay between backs and forwards, Crowborough were unable to break the home defence. Like last year’s result the score-line reflects just how closely matched these two sides are. 

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Match Reports 2010/11 Season

U15 League Match Report

Sunday 13 March 2011

Crawley vs Crowborough

Result: Crawley 17 – Crowborough 19

Crowborough travelled to West Sussex to face a strong Crawley U15. The visitors carried on from their victory over East Grinstead the previous week with a solid team performance. Their forwards dominated the first half with three tries, two from Dominic Williams and one from Tom Glenn. Jamie Bird converted two of them. Crawley had responded with a well worked unconverted try with a half time score of 19-5 to Crowborough. As in the first game between these two sides last year, Crawley started the stronger in the second half scoring two tries with only one of them converted. The last five minutes were nail biting with the play moving from end to end of the pitch. Crowborough’s tackling was ferocious and they managed to keep the home team out of penalty range. The match ended with Crowborough camped in the Crawley 22 but fine defence forced the Crowborough player into touch. It was a fast and furious game with stern tackling from both sides; Crowborough have now shown their true potential in their last two games. Next week they travel to Bognor Regis for the final round of league games.

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 Crowborough v Hellstorm – Sunday 14^th November

The first home match of the season was played in cold, wet conditions and against a Hellstorm team bolstered with some Crowborough substitutes. The game plan was immediately disrupted by the necessity of playing a six man scrum, but the players quickly adjusted to a new line up.

The men in red & white kicked off and it was immediately obvious that they were in no mood to play on the back foot. With plenty of possession they held on to territory and maintained it through good support play, a lesson learned from last week. The forwards too dominated in the rucks, although Hellstorm gave a good showing at scrum time.

There were a couple of sniping breaks from Lawrence Berry after which the back line started playing the ball amongst themselves and running some nice, straight lines. Olly Canning went over for the first try, although the extra points went begging as the ball bounced off the crossbar. Lawrence Berry crossed the line shortly after & George Bigwood later in the first half to give ‘Boro a useful lead.

Things slowed down a little in the second half with Crowborough again taking their foot of the gas and making hard work of getting and keeping possession. This meant that much of the third quarter was spent in the wrong half of the pitch with Hellstorm looking to make the best of the possession that was granted to them. There was solid work from the subs that came on, particularly Jack Knapp who made a couple of stunning tackles and Henry Boddy who made some useful breaks.

Crowborough pulled it back in the final quarter although ill-discipline cost them several penalties, one of which allowed Hellstorm to cross the line under the posts for seven points. The last few minutes were disrupted by injury scares although Dominic Williams did barrel over for a final try.

This was a good first victory for the under 15’s and the first step on the path to many more. 

Final score: 33 – 7

Man of the match: Jordan Jarrett.

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Sunday 7th November 2010.

Under 15's - Crawley V Crowborough - Away - Freindly.

The match started at pace and the ‘Boro boys quickly found themselves on the back foot, with Crawley finding themselves under the posts for a penalty, duly converted, to give them a 3-0 lead. 

From then on, the first half belonged to the men in red. Dominant in the scrum and ruck, they found themselves with plenty of ball which they kept in the Crawley half of the pitch. The home team appeared to be at sixes and sevens, but managed to repel wave after wave of ‘Boro attack, sometimes more by luck than judgement. There were several close calls for them, but ‘Boro couldn’t convert the possession into points. Eventually, the try came, Jack Weedon scoring a well-deserved try. The conversion points went begging so at the half time whistle, ‘Boro led 5-3. Having dominated the first 30 minutes, more of the same was demanded by the coaching team.

Crawley came back with a vengeance in the second half, catching ‘Boro off guard and scoring a quick try. Crowborough were somewhat shell-shocked, but Crawley maintained possession of the ball and in a reverse of the first 30 minutes, camped at the ‘Boro end. ‘Boro continued to tackle and ruck well, but the passion of the first half was clearly absent, so lacked ferocity and intent. Crawley went over again and once more in the dying minutes of the game, giving Crowborough a harsh lesson in why the game should be played to the final whistle. 

Despite the final score, there is much improvement in Crowborough’s game and the lessons will be applied at the forthcoming home league match v Hellstorm.

Score: Crawley 22 – Crowborough 5.

Man of the match this week was Fergus Millson, Well Done !

This season, (2010/2011) we are very keen that someone within your age group writes a match report, after every match. With this in mind we have devised a simple template for you to complete.Please see below: 

 Junior Match Report Template Crowbourgh U15's ? Vs ?

 Date: Sunday ?/?/? 

Score: ?/? 

Trys scored: ?

Conversions: ?

Penalties: ?

Drop goals: ?

 Man of the match: ? 

Other players that stood out: ? 

1st Half Performance: ?

 2nd Half Performance: ? 

Any-other points/mentions/comments: Examples: This was there 5th win in a row.much improved on the same fixture last year.Weather conditionsA player who represnce the county? 

Officials: Ref and Linesmen if known

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Season 2009/2010 

Sunday 24th January 2010 - Home - Friendly - Horsham `B`

Crowborough U14’s v Horsham U14’s `B` 

Playing in fine conditions and a rare bit of sun at times, the weather belied the fact that this was first time that many of the players has picked up an oval ball since before Christmas. Despite this and the fact that some were playing in unfamiliar conditions, the small squad set themselves the goal of playing passionate and aggressive rugby from the first blow of the whistle. 

Horsham scored all too quickly when a hard fought defence was finally breached, the ball spinning out wide for a try. Nevertheless, this was something new for Crowborough who for the first time this season seemed to have found an appetite for defence, with tackle after tackle coming in. At the scrum, Horsham initially seemed to have the advantage but as the first half progressed things evened up a little as the Crowborough tight five found their footing. Wave after wave of Horsham attacks were snuffed out by stout-hearted aggressive defence, although the visitors soon exposed and exploited a Crowborough weakness, not scrapping for the ball on the floor. This resulted in Horsham getting plenty of ball which they used to great effect, crossing the try line a number of times. The second half continued in much the same vein, although the Crows game was disrupted by the loss of scrum half Lawrence Berry. 

 It was pleasing to note the spirit with which Crowborough played this game. There was new-found determination and passion for the duration of the game and whilst there was a certain amount of ring rust to shake off, there were many, many positive green shoots that can be nurtured for the rest of the season. There were many who showed individual flashes of brilliance. George Bigwood tackled like a demon and was calm under pressure and Ata Yazicilar made a couple of nice breaks. Jack Weedon continues to show a talent for ripping the ball of the opposition, but the coaches Man of the Match was Henry Boddy. He seemed to be everywhere at once, ball in hand charging at Horsham or ensuring that another attack was disrupted. 

Next match – home v Edenbridge on 31^st January. 

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Sunday 22nd November 2009 - Away

Hastings 46 - Crowborough 0 (League)

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Match Reports

Can you help ?

Coach , Coach's Assistant, Parent, Grandparent or Guardian.

We are looking for someone within this age group to write a match report after each fixture.

It doesn't have to be much, You may like to mention the score, try scorers, try saving tackle etc.

If you are intrested talk to your head coach first - then please forward to Ian Geering CRFC Mini/Junior Fixture Secretary before the Monday evening following the fixture. His email address is itag.geering@btinternet.com.

Thank you.