Daventry
ALL Black Juniors
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB

 Under 10’s V’s Harbury

Daventry under 10’s were back in action today, we entertained Harbury and Bugbrooke.

The first match the Raider’s  took on a strong Harbury side and started from the kick off. A slow start by Daventry allowed Harbury to open the scoring, before hitting back with some fine rucking and running rugby. The break came when Kieran sprinted through touching down in the corner, following quick ruck ball from Joe and Thomas. Daventry continued to celebrate after the restart and were caught off guard by the strong direct running of the Harbury prop who powered through to score despite brave tackles from Angus and Rhys.

Daventry responded well and played a controlled patient game moving the ball wide and rucking before 6^th phase ball moved accurately and swiftly by scrum half William, to Kieran, Dawson finally putting Angus away in the corner, who dived in true Ben Cohen style.

The second half proved equally good with both sides scoring and the match ending in a 15 – 15 draw.

Players making a big impact were Thomas, Rhys, William and Sam S for some fine brave tackles.

The second match the Gladiators took on a strong Bugbrooke “A” side and quickly found themselves behind to several scores. However this seemed to gel the team and they played with great determination and character and battled away. Jordan began running strongly and creating opportunities for support runners. Thomas galloped around the pitch with Bugbrooke unable to control his strength and power. Robert tackled his heart out and chased the ball continually finally having the highest tackle count for the day. Alex distributed the ball well at scrum half to the back line. Seb on the right wing delivered his best performance of the season, and Elliott started to find his pre-Christmas form once again. The final score was 10 – 35 to Bugbrooke.

All the players showed well today and it was clear to the large crowd that their commitment to training is paying off as the skill levels was high.

Todays coach’s award went to Robert who said”i never touched the ball all game” but his contribution to the team was massive. His strong tackling and pursuit of the ball and never give up attitude was fantastic, congratulations Robert. 

The player of the day went to one of our smallest players who put in three of the biggest tackles on Harbury’s big prop, and that was Angus “The flyer”. Angus rounded off a strong performance with his great try and had a magnificent attitude today.