Romford Colts 21 Harlow Colts 13

The Young Rams exited from the Essex Cup in a match which they should have won.

Still without fly half Barney Goodey they nevertheless took a 13-0  lead having

scored a try and two penalties. Terry Blackwell , playing at centre, took over the goal kicking duties and  slotted over two  successful  penalties. and a conversion. Flanker James Clark, also deputising in the centre, scored the Harlow try

The Young Rams then relaxed and allowed the home side to .get back into the game with two penalties and a try to leave the half time score at 13-11 to Harlow.

In the second half Harlow chose to kick for territory rather than running the ball and this proved to be their undoing. After 20 minutes Romford scored a penalty and  in the last few minutes of the game,  a converted try. Harlow were left disappointed that they had adopted the wrong tactics and lost the match. However for a  young side they showed lots of promise for next season.

Harlow Colts. Carter, Mortimer, Cunnngham, Tovey, Lewis, Ashcroft, Buckner, Mintoff, Ellis, Hockley, Clark, Blackwell, Jenner, Treves, Perry, Read, Ansell, Rosario-Haribo, Potter.

Bishops Stortford Under 17’s  12  Harlow Under 17’s  13.

In a closely fought contest the Young Rams played brilliantly to secure victory over a well drilled Stortford side.

Harlow drew first blood when fly half Danny Smith chipped the ball over the advancing defence to run through and touch down. The fly half then kicked a successful conversion.

Some determined defence by the Harlow lads , in particular winger Chris Turner, ensured that Harlow lead 7-0 at the interval.

Half way through the second half Stortford pulled back the 7 points with a well deserved converted try. Within minutes they had taken the lead scoring a try through their powerful forwards.

The young Rams came storming back and were awarded two penalties in the dying minutes. Smith converted both to win the game for Harlow by the narrowest of margins. Full marks to Harlow’s Connor Byrne , returning from injury after a six month break, and to two Harlow under 16’s who played up. They were second row Jordan Dunn and flanker Jack Derby.

Harlow Under 17’s. Heaton, Hayden, Dickason, Gleeson, Dunn, Derby, Hammond, Palmer, Gregory (Capt.), Smith, Turner, Cable, Coleman, Mortimer, Elston, Byrne.

Harlow Under 15’s  73   Old Verulaniums  Under 15’s  12.

Verulaniums turned up at Ram Gorse with 9 players and Harlow agreed to give them two so that the match was played as an 11 a-side game.

As a consequence the Harlow three quarters revelled in the open spaces and ran in 13 tries,  four of them being converted.

It was one way traffic for most of this match and although the visitors battled bravely to gain possession it was always Harlow who came away with  the ball.

 Harlow’s winger Jamie Sinfield was top scorer with four tries to his name. Other Harlow try scorers were Lewis Pucill, who scored twice, scrum half Jack Perry ,and  second row Jay Humphries, Shane Evans, fly half and number 12 Ryan Matthew.

In the second half, despite being completely dominated, Veruliams managed to cross the line twice, one of the two tries being converted. For Harlow Ryan Matthew put over three conversions and Jack  Parry one.

Harlow Under 15’s.  Alden (Capt.), Humphries.L.,  Melville,  Humphries.J., O’Len, Lunn, Perry, Evans, Matthew, Sinfield, Healey, Pucill, Walker,

Harlow Under 14’s 0 Woodford Under  14’s 53.

  The Junior Rams were completely outplayed by the visitors on Sunday. From the outset the Harlow boys had to defend and thus created few opportunities.

Woodford were a big and well drilled side. They soon began to score tries and had crossed the line four times by half time. With two conversions they lead 24-0 at the interval.

In the second half Harlow had to defend again and there was some very  good tackling from the Junior Rams. They could not , however , prevent Woodford scoring another five tries and two conversions.

The Junior Rams did their best despite being rather weakened by absence and school holidays.

Harlow Under 14’s.  Chamnaouis, (Capt.), Jenkins, Judge, O’Hanlon, Foley, Newborough, Handscombe, Boswell-Banks, McMaster, Hunter, Riddell, Knightley, Healey, Ramsey, Roberts.

Harlow Under 13’s  0     Diss Under 13’s  51.

The visitors’ huge pack and well organised three quarter play were in a different class to the newest Harlow side who defended heroically throughout.. Diss sscored three quick tries at the start before the Junior Rams were able to settle down.

There was some great defending by the Harlow lads and their heads never dropped despite the scoreline..  Following their success last week Harlow will learn from the experience the boys have gained  in this match.

Harlow Under 13’s.  Seeley, Kuczko, Glanfield, Stallman, Shipp, Kyland, Hoy, Humphreys, Whitby, Gallagher, Bleach, Clark,  Massey,  Lang, Sinfield, Jones, Coubbrough,. Clark.