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Youth Rugby Round Up
7th March 2010

Harlow U17’s 34 – 10 Datchworth U17’s

Harlow U17’s were host to Datchworth on Sunday in a friendly match.

After an even first 10 minutes it was Harlow who registered first on the
scoreboard. The hosts swept into the opposition 22, where Datchworth were
penalised for going off their feet. Skipper Denzel Crafton made no mistake with
the 3 points. Datchworth immediately responded by applying some pressure from
an interception. After a few phases they span the ball out wide, and took
advantage of an overlap to take the lead. Conversion missed. The conceded try
seemed to spark Harlow into action, with
Andrew Goodchild powering through four tackles to score and immediately re-take
the lead. Conversion kicked. Much of the remainder of the first half was played
in neutral territory, but Harlow controlled
much of the play, and were persistently dangerous out wide. This was proven
when shortly before half time, scrum-half Ryan Clark made a break and offloaded
to Dave Brigenshaw who outpaced the covering defence to cross the whitewash.
Conversion kicked.

Half time: - Harlow 17-5 Datchworth.

The second half started poorly for Harlow.
The hosts were caught napping and a missed tackle meant that Datchworth crossed
the line out wide for their second try. Conversion missed. This again gave Harlow the shock that they needed, and the young rams
spent the rest of the match attacking the Datchworth line. A long period of
pressure on the opponents 5-metre line earned no points, however once Harlow worked their way into the same position, they were
determined not to leave without the vital score. The Datchworth fly-half
attempted to kick clear from behind his try-line, however he was charged down
and Harry Flynn was first to react and fall on the loose ball. Conversion
missed. It was at this point that Harlow hit
their straps, repeatedly fielding clearance kicks and running straight back
into the danger zone. Ben Hockley did this to great effect, his mazy run ending
with some excellent strength to bulldoze over out wide. Conversion missed.
There was still time for Harlow to score
again, as their pressure told for the final time. A sweeping move between Ryan
Clark, Ryan McGlone and Denzel Crafton gave space for Dave Brigenshaw to use
his pace to dot down under the posts for his second try of the match and
Harlow’s fifth.

Harlow’s forward of the match was Greg Norris, and the back of the match was David
Brigenshaw, however other stand out performers were Ryan Clark, Denzel Crafton,
Harry Flynn and Jordan Dunn. This was a really good all round performance, and
an excellent win over a real old foe. Special thanks to Shane Evans who stepped
up from the U16's, and Andrew Newton-Rae who played for Datchworth.

Harlow: - Pedder, Flynn, Buckridan, Foster, Evans, Dunn, Norris, Goodchild, R.
Clark, McGlone, Moore, Crafton, Brigenshaw, Hunt, Hockley.

Harlow U15’s 0 – 0 Chingford U15’s

Quarter final Essex Cup
A harsh result for the Harlow under 16's. They go out of the cup and Chingford go through becauase in the case of a draw (0-0) Chingford win and through to next round of the Essex cup as they were the away team.

In a great game, where Chingford dominated first half Harlow dominated 2nd half and even though one try was disallowed due to being held up. It is unfortunate that the team go out in this way.

Team
1 Zaki Chamnaiou
2 Daniel Bailey
3 George Foley
4 Matthew Smith
5 James O'Hanlon
6 Mason Newborough
7 Sonny Handscomb
8 Dominic Lane
9 Andre Riddell
10 Joshua Davies
11 Haydn Macmaster
12 Jake Alger
13 Kurtis Knightley
14 Lewis Brown
15 Cormac Roberts
16 Joshua Doe
17 Jack Boswell Banks
18 Connor Ramsey
19 Jordan Mansfield
20 Jess Healy
21 Thomas Bircham