U10s Triumphant at the Cs and Ds development Festival

GAME 1: Barbarians vs Camberley

Barbarians 4
Camberley 3

Referee: Mike Mckenzie

Coach: Dave Epps/Mike Richards
Players: Jake, Ewan, Elliot, Toby, Barney, Matthew, Josh, Patrick (camb), Ben (camb), Charlie (Camb)

Tries:
Farnham: Jake(3), Toby(1)
Camberley: Ben(1), Trey(2)

A hard fought game won by the narrowest of margins. Incisive running from Barney, Josh and Jake disrupted the Camberley defence on many occasions. Ably assisted by some great Rucking and Mauling from the whole Barbarians team which kept the pressure on Camberley, with large portions of game being played within the Camberley half.

Solid defence from the Barbarians broke up some very dangerous Camberley breakaways with great tackles made by Ewan and Toby.

Jake's running was direct and his change of direction caused the Camberley defence many problems and led to an impressive personal try tally

GAME 2: Barbarians vs Barbarians

Barbarians (team1): 9
Barbarians (team2): 4

Referee: Marcus Coleman

Coach: Dave Epps/Mike Richards
Players: (team1): Jake, Elliot, Toby, Barney, Toby, Josh
(team2): Ewan, Matthew, Patrick(Camb), Ben(Camb), Charlie(Camb)

Tries:
Team1: Jake(5), Toby(1), Elliot(1), Josh(1), Barney(1)
Team2: Jake(2), Ben(1), Ewan(1)

Team1 put lots of pressure on team2 with strong running at and through the defence. This led to Jake breaking the line to get 5 tries, with Elliot, Josh, Barney and Toby bagging a try a piece.

A late fightback from team2 saw them run in 4 tries, with 2 from Jake, having swapped sides, 1 from Ben(Camb) and a great breakaway try from Ewan on the wing after a fine team move.

GAME 3: Farnham vs Camberley

Farnham 5
Camberley 4

Referee: Mike Mckenzie

Coach: Dave Epps/Mike Richards
Players: Noah, Toby, Regan, Ben, Barney, Jake, Josh, Nye, Ewan, Elliot, Edward, Finbarr

Tries:
Farnham: Jake(3), Finbarr(2)
Camberley: Shawn(4)

Farnham played fine attacking Rugby, with strong runs from Edward, Josh and Jake keeping the pressure on the Camberley defence. This was eventually rewarded with tries from Jake and Finbarr.

Camberley were dangerous on the break and were held up by some great tackling from Jake, Ben, Ewan and Finbarr.

Strong scrummaging from the Farnham forwards offered a great base for the Farnham attacks. The speed of Farnham to the breakdown was excellent and the teams commitment in Rucks and Mauls helped set the base for the Farnham tries in this very competitive contest.

A fine match was ended with a try from Camberley, but it came too late to wrestle the spoils from a hard working and committed Farnham team.

Report by Ewan McLeod/Duncan McLeod