MALVERN RFC U14 Pirates claimed two well-earned wins at Luctonians last Sunday despite missing seven regular players.

In their first match against Westfield School from Leeds, who were returning home from a successful tour of South Wales, the Pirates made the best of the deteriorating weather conditions and began the match in a positive manner by keeping play in the tourist's half. The re-jigged pack with David Wood moving to prop from lock and prop Tom King to hooker, were dynamic throughout the first phase of the match,

In the second half, Malvern regained the upper-hand and from a quick-tap penalty outside the Westfield 22, Rhys Coles slipped the ball to full-back John Brierly who ghosted through the confused defence to put Malvern 7-0 ahead, with Brierly converting his own try.

Brierly then linked up with the Will Bowen and Alex McToal and with a deft grub kick into space, McToal won the chase to the ball to slide over for Malvern's winning try. Final score Westfield School 0, Malvern U14 Pirates 12pts.

After a five minute break, Malvern kicked-off against Luctonians and immediately put the home team under pressure.

Luctonians made good use of the short-side and out-flanked the Malvern defence to clock-up the first five points of the match.

The centre pairing of Richard Pitt and David Morgans found space in the Luctonians defence and play was brought close to the Luctonians line. A penalty was awarded for off-side and from the set-scrum, Will Bowen broke along the short-side to equal the score.

After the break Malvern kept the pressure on and Brierly, playing an outstanding game at full-back, linked with a promising backline to score and convert his second try.

Then to put the game beyond the reach of Luctonians, flanker Alex McToal completed a well executed drive by the Malvern pack with a deserved try. Brierly converted the score from a difficult angle to make the final score 19-5.