Under 15s
Matches
Sun 15 Feb 2015
Eton Manor RFC
Under 15s
5
49
Southend RFC
Depleted Manor hold their heads up!!

Depleted Manor hold their heads up!!

Hollis Blake21 Feb 2015 - 14:52
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great second half

Eton Manor followed up last weeks sterling performance with another great effort full of Manor spirit and determination. school skiing trips and family holidays left manor with 10 players unavailable, but the boys still managed to put on a second half performance, which won the praise of the Southend coaches.
The boys started lively but soon turned the ball over and Southend pounched to score the first of their 5 first half tries.
Manor reach halftime 32-0 down and the referee warned the boys that once 50 had been reached the game would end and Southend were happy to play on as a bit of training. This was enough motivation to the boys to make them dig in and put in a second half performance that did manor proud. The boys tackled harder and started to take the game to Southend, and eventually began to exert some pressure and forced them back into their own half. Cormac, leapt like a salmon to charge down a clearing kick on the half way line, he regathered the ball and popped it up to Leo, who found Max who's quick hands transferred the ball onto Man of the Match Finn. He beat two defenders and had enough gas to out pace the cover defence and cross the line for a well deserved try. Manor then lost their outstanding prop Hayden to what looked like a dislocated shoulder, fortunately it was confirmed by A&E as badly bruised. Southend went on to score a further 3 tries, but Manor managed to keep them below 50 points which was a credit to them and the club as a whole, they stuck together and worked for each other. Great performance boys UTM

please see attached for Southend's match report worth a read!!

https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/southendrfc/j/match-centre-106542/0-2749664/

Match details

Match date

Sun 15 Feb 2015

Kickoff

11:00

Meet time

10:00
Team overview
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Team Sponsors

First XV Sponsor - White Skips Hire Ltd
1st Team Sponsor - Essex Security
Club Sponsor - Edwards Duthie Solcitors
1st Team Sponsor - Petty Son & Prestwich
Youth Sponsor - Ellicott Construction
RFU Member Club - Accredited RFU Club