LONGLEVENS U11s 0 Droitwich U11s 35. In difficult conditions Droitwich continued their excellent start to the season, delivering the performance promised all season. Working hard everywhere, Droitwich wore their opponents down through hard work after surviving early pressure from a good Gloucester side. Droitwich's kicking game opened up Longlevens' defence throughout and the Droitwich forwards' hunger for the ball turned Longlevens' mistakes into Droitwich possession.
With the team solid in defence tries came when Chris Reece scored two in quick succession from two excellent runs and Charles Jackson joined in the fun moments later. The forwards started to plough their way through players as well as the mud, resulting in tries for David Edwards and Tom Stedmen who both brushed Longlevens aside with power. Conversions by Bobbie Scott-Walker (three), Edwards and Stedmen.
Longlevens U11s 7 Droitwich U11s 26. Longlevens looked to get quick revenge in the second game and came after the Spa side strongly. But Droitwich set about this game the same as the previous one. With seven changes in the Droitwich side it wasn't long before Droitwich started to grind down their defence. When Longlevens started to kick deep to relieve pressure from Droitwich's constant attacks it played into Droitwich's hands.
Full back Phil Hurlston collected long clearances twice and ran the whole length of the pitch, splitting the defence wide apart to score, to earn himself the MoM award. Longlevens scored a well worked try early in the first-half, but this only worked as a wake up call as Droitwich ran in two more tries through David Edwards and Will Baillon. Conversions by Will Baillon (two) and Scott-Walker.
Bromsgrove U14s 48 Banbury U14s 0. Bromsgrove continued their unbeaten run this season with a sound performance against a solid Banbury side. The half time score was 31-0. James Hinks scored two tries with Richard Lee, David Hughes and Kyle Everton claiming the other tries.
Hughes converted two and Andrew Strong converted one. In the second half Banbury rallied but were kept out by a strong home defence. Bromsgrove extended their lead with further tries from Everton and Lee with Thomas Winterbottom claiming the other try. Hughes completed the scoring with one conversion.
Old Halesowenians Colts 12 Bromsgrove Colts 12. Bromsgrove earned a draw against a hard working Old Halesowenians side. James Waddy, Bromsgrove's captain came off the injury list to play a major part in this game of two halves. He was named man of the match. In the first half Bromsgrove threatened to score a hat-full of tries. Winning the ball with ease at the line out and scrum, the backs were presented with plenty of ball. Ben Copson took every opportunity to get his backs going, but poor handling and a number of wrong options prevented Bromsgrove from opening their account. It was following a missed opportunity that Old Hales found themselves deep in Bromsgrove territory.
After a good line out jump and forward drive, Old Hales came up with a try against the run of play. Ten minutes later following good surging runs by Dan Grant and Carl Bradley, Bromsgrove drew level when Waddy crashed over near the posts. Copson converted to give Bromsgrove the lead. Almost immediately Old Hales came back with a good try fashioned by the forwards and finished off by the scrum half.
Old Hales converted to take a five point lead. Bromsgrove lost Steve Blackburn with an injured ankle, and with Carl Bradley unable to lift the jumper, Bromsgrove's line out ball dried up. In the second half Old Hales were gifted two strikes against the head and virtually all the line out ball. The fact they could not conjure up another try was down to resolute tackling by the Bromsgrove backs, with Matt Lewis and Ben Copson showing their defensive qualities.
Old Hales were frustrated at their inability to break through and conceded a number of penalties. The normally reliable Copson failed with two such penalty attempts which proved crucial to the result. Due to their inability to win line out ball Bromsgrove were forced to run with the ball, and showed how adept they were with this option, carving through the Old Hales midfield.
Adam Heaton, showing his versatility by playing in the centre, made several useful contributions one of which led to Bromsgrove's second try. A flowing movement across the whole width of the pitch saw Frank Hale, Bromsgrove's hooker, sprint in for a try near the touchline. The conversion was missed, and Bromsgrove had to settle for a draw.
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