Harlow Colts 15 Southend Colts 7

The Young Rams were pleased to record their first win of the new season against Southend   who had beaten  them only two weeks ago.

Harlow began well when a well struck penalty from thirty metres  by fly half Danny Smith went over  the posts. Within minutes Southend redressed the  balance and went into the lead. Slack defence allowed them to score a converted try to lead 7-3 at the interval.

In the second half Harlow began to dominate the possession against a big and heavy pack of forwards. Good work by Lewis , Ansell and Hammond kept the Young Rams on the front foot. Ten minutes into the second half saw Danny  Smith break the Southend defensive line to score, the try converted by Smith. Ten minutes before the end a superb backs move by Harlow saw Smith score his second try in thecorner.

Southend strove to get back into the gamer but the home side were not going to surrender their lead and were well deserved winners. 

Harlow Colts. Ansell, Coleman, Potter, Lewis, Tovey, Palmer, Elston, Hammond, Drake, Gregory, Smith, Gleeson, Heaton, Heeney, Scanlon, Poon, Charambe, Wilkinson.

East London u16s 19 Harlow u16s 7

Harlow Under 16s travelled to East London with only twelve players but the home side sportingly agreed to loan them three players to even up the sides. Harlow fought hard but found themselves defending against a powerful pack of forwards. ,Some missed tackles allowed the home side to run in three tries , two of them converted. Harlow created a number of chances but were only able to score one try. It was wing Taylor Peters who scored in the corner following a well executed backs move. Jack Perry slotted home an excellent conversion from wide out.

The Young Rams worked hard in the second half but were unable to score .

Harlow Under 16s.  Alden (Capt,) Melville,O’Len,,  Don, Pucill, Healy, Humphries,

Pery, Evans, Peters, Finch,Sinfield.

Cambridge u15s 49 Harlow u15s 5

Harlow met the Cambridgeshire  County champions at Cambridge and were given a lesson in fifteen man rugby. The home side also profited from the fact that injuries and unavailability forced Harlow to play players out of position in the pack.

Despite that handicap it was the Harlow forwards who were on top but when the Cambridge boys won possession they spun the ball wide and ran in four tries in the first half.

After the interval the Junior Rams had a good spell and flanker Andre Riddell won a loose ball and went for the goal line He was  stopped but passed to scrum half  Hayden McMaster who scored. As the match wore on Cambridge, with a large supply of substitutes began to wear down the tiring Junior Rams. The home side scored another four tries and a penalty with one conversion.

Harlow fought to the end and Manager Kevin Ellis was pleased with the boys’ performance and the spirit in which they played the game. 

Harlow Under 15s.  Doe,Chamaniou (Capt.), Foley, O’Hanlon, Boswell-Banks, Handscomb, Riddell, Lane, McMaster, Hunter, Healy, Davies, Knightley, Ramsey, alger,m Roberts.

Westcliff u14s “b” 10 Harlow u14s 38
The Junior Rams won again to extend their excellent unbeaten run to four games.
Their league game against Ilford next week has been postponed as Ilford cannot get a side out. Westcliff “B” have taken Ilford’s place in the league and the Harlow boys now know what standard they will be playing at, at this level.
Westcliff dominated the early stages and took a five nil lead with a try but no conversion. This spurred the Junior Rams into action and Full Back Tom Cunningham scored a try which was well converted by inside centre Scott Whitby.
The home side replied with a second unconverted try and the score at half time was 7-10 to Westcliff. Harlow made a few changes in the second half and took control of the game., They scored five more tries and Scott Whitby was successful with three more conversions. Flanker Fraser Bleach opened the scoring for the Junior Rams then Mitchell Sinfield (outside centre ) scored. Fly half Jordan Shipp was the next to score before Whitby added a try to his conversions giving him a personal tally of 13 points. Mitchell Sinfield then wound up the scoring as he crossed the line for his second try.
Another excellent team performance by the Junior Rams.
Harlow Under 14s. Trevillion, Clark.C. Coughbrough, Clark.R. , Bleach, Shipp. Bilton, Humphries, Hoy, Adams, Jones, Manzo, Harvey , Whitby.Stallman.
Lang, Parker, Davis, Burns, Hatcher –Staines,Clark.B,Barnard, Sinfield,Cunningham.

Harlow u13s 36 Datchworth u13s 17
Following two tough opening games, both of which Harlow lost heavily, they kept trying and earned a well deserved win against Datchworth. The visitors came four short but the Harlow boys agreed to play for the opposition and balance the numbers. The Junior Rams set the pace from the first whistle and the Harlow pack dominated the loose play., and did well in the set pieces .The Junior Rams played very well in the first half to build up a 24-5 lead. The four tries came from Jack Christie who scored two, Adam Seeley and Corey Smith who scored one apiece.
Datchworth rallied in the second half and scored two tries and a conversion but the Harlow boys soon responded with another two tries from scrum half Alfie Clark and a conversion, Clark also converted two of the first half tries and his personal points tally for this match was 16 .
Harlow Under 13s. Seeley, Clark(Capt.), Kuczko, Lane-Matthew, Almond, Bullen, Tucker, Whitby, Christie, Mallardo, Jenkins, Prudence, Woodward, Gray, Lambert, Dowers, Radford, Shipwright, Mason, Eldridge, Corey Smith.