Harlow Rugby Club Youth Round Up  Sunday 30th October 2005.

Saracens Colts  31   Harlow Colts  17.

Although always under pressure from a heavier pack Harlow fell behind during this match but never accepted defeat until the final whistle scoring two converted tries and a penalty  as they kept coming back at the home side.

Saracens took the lead with a try which was not converted after two minutes but Harlow hit back with a Wayne Heapy penalty seven minutes later. Within ten minutes Harlow were well behind the home side having scored two more tries both converted . The Young Rams came back and prop Danny Stonehouse crashed over to score a try which was converted by Heapy leaving them trailing 10-19 at the interval. Following a fifteen minutes period in the second half Harlow fell further behind to another converted try and two minutes later their defence was breached again and Saracens lead by 31-10 but Harlow continued to press forward and had the last word when inside centre Heapy crossed the line himself and then converted the try .

A defeat for the Young Rams but no disgrace.

Harlow Colts. Stonehouse, Emery, Kanobar, Brennan, McArdie, Jones, Jessey, Smith, Claridge (Capt.), Fitzpatrick, Kavanagh, Rundell, Heapy, Mounsey, Hayden, Hearn.

Harlow Under 17’s  10  Bishops Stortford Under 17’s  5.

Since these two teams were under 13’s their matches have always been close contests and Sunday’s match at Ram Gorse was no exception. The Harlow pack had the upper hand when they rucked and mauled more efficiently than the visitors but Stortford had the better of the Scrummages. In the line outs Harlow’s Jack Elston was outstanding and stole the ball on several occasions. Both sides created opportunities in a scoreless first half but both defended well and were unable to profit from their efforts. Following a period of pressure from Stortford at the beginning of the second half Steven Barnard picked the ball up from a ruck in his own half and released Ian Adams who passed out to full back Ricky Ford coming into the line at pace. His run down the wing took Harlow up to the twenty two and he cut inside before passing to the outside centre Dan Jones who made it over the line.

The visitors retaliated with a well worked try by their left wing who had looked dangerous earlier and who was strong enough to break the tackle of the full back and cross the line. With the scores level both sides fought for the winner and Stortford dominated territorially but very good defence from Harlow kept them out. With ten minutes to go the Harlow forwards worked their way up into the twenty two and flanker Liam Brown picked up from the ruck and scored. Stortford tried to come back but ran out of time.

Harlow Under 17’s. Pike, Davies, Barnard, Elston, Swanton, Jarvis, Brown, Ellis, Woodington, Hills, Adams (Capt0, Jones, McNamara, Tucker, Ford.

Harlow Under 16’s 5  Camberley 52.

With four of their best players selected to play for the Essex Team which played today against Herts Harlow found the going hard against a strong side from  Camberley.

They were put under pressure from the beginning and the visitors raced to a 38-0 lead at half time. Harlow fought back in the second half and Stefan Archer playing at centre scored a well deserved try but the Junior Rams were outclassed and conceded another two converted tries during the second period.

The four Harlow boys chosen for Essex are James Clark, Luke Bowering, Jamie Clark and Michael Weston.

Harlow Under 16’s.   Ashoori, Mortimer, Rees, McGlone, Daglish, Ashcroft, Ansell, Archer, Hayden, Hockley, Reed, Edwards, Jenna, Treves, King, Carter, Barnes.

Stanford-Le-Hope Under 14’s 27   Harlow Under 14’s  42.

Harlow played their best rugby of the season to run in six tries against a game Stanford side. Harlow’s Joe Pite playing at inside centre lead the way with four tries, fly half Danny Smith and outside centre Jordan Cable scored one each as the Harlow three quarters showed how to profit from well won possession spun wide.

Harlow’s Danny Smith was also on target with his kicking as he converted all six tries. This was a great team performance from the Junior Rams who worked together throughout and gained a well deserved victory.

Harlow Under 14’s. Heaton, Hayden, Palmer, Heeney, Arundel, Dochery, Hester, Hammond, Davison, Mortimer, Almond, Gregory, Smith, Elston, Burroughs, Cable, Reape.

Woodford Under 13’s  50  Harlow Under 13’s  0.

Woodford’s huge squad proved to be too much for a Harlow side with four players making their debut. The home side had a strong pack who dominated possession but the Harlow boys never gave up and were only 19-0 down at half time. They then kept Woodford out for the first fifteen minutes of the second half but as they tired so Woodford ran in the tries.The new boys were Greg Norris, Sami Abysalem, Scott Cunningham and Terry Dover.

Harlow Under 13’s. Wooton, Goodchild, Hockley, O’Sullivan, Turner, Crafton, Norris, Flynn, Preater, Bessent, Sunshine, Mortimer, Stocker, Blackman, Clark, Monaf, Abysalem, Cunningham, Dover.

Harlow Minis Report.

The Harlow Mini section was in action on Sunday playing at home to Stanford-le-Hope. They had mixed fortunes, the Under Twelves losing 26-47 to the visitors. Harlow’s tries came from Connor Bice who scored two, Jack Perry and Adam Power , one apiece. Ryan Matthews was successful with three out of four conversions.

Harlow’s Under Elevens won their match 26-0, and the Under 8’s lost two games and drew one 4-4. The try scorers were Alfie Clark, Ryan Fern, Jarrad Bullen and Alfie Fletcher.

Harlow Ladies Sponsored by Essence Of India.

Cambridge Univ. Ladies  20  Harlow Ladies 17.

Harlow celebrated their new sponsorship deal with the Essence of India Restaurant with three well taken tries in this game at Cambridge but had to concede defeat when the home side kicked a successful penalty in the last few minutes.

Harlow had earlier scored through Skipper Kelly Cotterill playing at number 8 , her try converted by Nicky Millman. Their second try came from scrum half Nicky King to leave the scores level at 12 all at half time. Harlow fell further behind but then outside centre Sarah Stimpson intercepted a stray Cambridge pass ten metres from her own goal line and sprinted the length of the field to equalise. Harlow fought hard for the winner but were reduced to fourteen players when Charlotte Stead broke her ankle twenty minutes into the game.

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