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Youth Rugby - Sunday 7th December

Youth Rugby - Sunday 7th December

Ross Cowie10 Dec 2014 - 09:25
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See all the match reports for all 9 games this week

Royston 0 - Colchester Colts Development 19
Colchester started strongly however through inaccuracy by Colchester and good defence by Royston the first half ended 0:0. During the second half Colchester started to use their dominant scrummage and line-out, and James Dudman finished off a good passage of play with some strong running to score a try. Colchester's rucking began to improve and they scored two more tries by Craig Tierney and two conversions by Elliot Hinton.
Colchester U16B 55 - Burnham-on-Crouch 0
Tries: Georgiou (2), Cowley, Wiiliams, Finesilver, Murray, Roper (2), Bond Cons: Murray, Fearn (4)

Colchester U16C 55 - Sudbury 15
A very competetive first half saw Sudbury take the early initiative with a try in the corner after only a couple of minutes. After this slow start, Colchester got themselves into the game. With some good ball retention from the forwards allowing the backs opportunities to run the ball, the home side responded with a close range score from number 8 Luke Beattie and two further well worked tries from Jamie Leigh and James Pilcher. Sudbury responded and capitalised on a handling error to dive over for their second try but it was centre Ben Ward who had the final say of the half when he ran in after some quick ball movement out wide. Half Time: Colchester C 20 Sudbury 10
Having the luxury of a number of replacements, Colchester maintained the initiative in the second half. Fly half Jonny Spurling beat a number of tacklers to dive in under the posts before Jake Southwell increased the advantage with a try of his own. Prop Tom Pike then picked up a loose ball on half way and raced away under the posts before Craig Lane then worked his way over. To their immense credit, the Sudbury side kept going and earned themselves a very well worked in the corner before Colchester's scoring was completed by winger Will Goodwin who ran in from distance after receiving a good pass following some slick backline work.

Cambridge U15A 10 - Colchester U15A 17
In a thrilling encounter, last year's Suffolk Cup winners met Cambridgeshire Cup winners and returned with a well deserved 17-10 win. With both sides fielding only 15 men, the match promised to be a survival of the fittest, and the early exchanges showed it was going to be a close game. Colchester had the better of the breakdown, and used the advantage to press their attack, but Cambridge were bossing the scrums and enjoying more lineout ball. And it was Cambridge with first points on the board with three points after Colchester were judged to have held on too long after the tackle, and in front of their own posts. Just before half time, Colchester worked their field position up to Cambridge's 22, and took the ball wide for Rhys Smith to open the visitor's scoring, and end the first half with a slender 5-3 lead.
Colchester continued to win possession in the second half, comfortably containing the Cambridge backs, and using a strong pick up and drive to make ground. And it was prop Mike Everitt who broke the deadlock with a storming run and clever one handed offload to debutante winger Craig Doran. Needing no second invitation, Doran raced away to the corner to put Colchester 10-3 ahead. To their credit, Cambridge came back strongly, working their way up the pitch, and kicking cleverly for field position, before finding an overlap and splitting the defence to level the scores.
It looked like the match was headed for a draw when Colchester butchered a short range penalty and allowed Cambridge to clear their lines, but as time ran out captain Jordan Milburn cut through the opposition defence to touch down under the posts. Tom Williams added the extra points, and as the whistle blew Colchester enjoyed a fine win against thoroughly worthy opponents.

Cambridge U15B 30 - Colchester U15B 0
An understrength Colchester U15B side took the field against a strong Cambridge team. With many boys playing out of position and a novice front row, Colchester nevertheless dug deep to give the hosts a tough first half. Cambridge struggled to contain strong runs from centre Herbert-Scott and only the referee's whistle kept Colchester from scoring. Having spent much of the half inside the Cambridge 22, poor tackling saw Colchester concede two sloppy tries in quick succession and the hosts ended the half 12-0 ahead. The second half began well for Colchester with Herbert-Scott and winger Mazabarni chasing a well placed kick for what looked to be a certain try before the referee judged that an infringement had occurred and pulled the game back to the half-way line. Infringements frustrated every attack by Colchester and disrupted their shape, preventing them from gaining any forward momentum for the rest of the second-half. Cambridge fully exploited their advantage to extend their lead to 36-0 by full time. Cambridge were the stronger team and the result was never in doubt but the final score doesn't do justice to the tenacity and determination shown by Colchester in a difficult environment.

Colchester U14 1st 70 - Cambridge 5
After five minutes Kirk open the scoring with a solo run from the halfway line. This was soon followed by an attractive passing movement for Bourne to finish off under the posts and Bacon converted. But Cambridge worked the blind side well to make their only score of the game. Further first half tries came from Bull, Borges twice and a second from Bourne and a further conversion from Bacon.At the start of the second half Cambridge put Colchester under more pressure but despite poor scrum ball Batley picked up at eight linked with Slater who slipped to Bull to score his second try. Soon after Welch touched down to put the match out of reach. From the restart Coates fed to Lilly who took on three opponents to set up a move which Kirk finished off with a try. Within moments of the restart Haines won a scrum against the head and Batley drove over for Bacon to convert. In the last five minutes Bourne sealed his hat-trick with the best solo try of the match and Borges matched his tally with his third try of the day from inside his own half.

Colchester U14 2nd 57 - Braintree 5
Colchester U14 2's hosted Braintree in what to be another excellent win for CRFC. The initial exchanges were won by Braintree, their pack especially powerful and easily winning the first few scrums, and Colchester struggling to find any rhythm. CRFC stuck to the task, gradually getting into the game and importantly preventing Braintree from scoring or gaining any significant positional advantage. Midway through the first half Colchester started to dominate the opposition, with strong runs from the forwards and quick, decisive play from the backs and it wasn't long before the tries started to flow for CRFC. The second half continued in similar fashion, and although Braintree were still winning the scrums, the Colchester forwards were excellent in open play and at the breakdown. With the big guys securing ball at the ruck, the backs were able to play their quick passing game, and once again the tries came for CRFC at regular intervals. This was a real team effort by Colchester, scoring 9 tries, conceding only 1, and deservedly winning the game 57-5 against a spirited Braintree team.

Shelford U14B - Colchester U14 3rd 0
Colchester were under pressure Straight from the kick off as Shelford ran back the opening try untouched. After this Colchester found their tackling boots and put up greater resistance. This could not prevent Shelford adding a second try following a scrum five. Nathan Linscott and Manny Wright briefly gave Colchester hope as they threatened the Shelford line but the bigger, faster and stronger Shelford team ran in two further first half tries. The whole team tackled much better than last week with Ewan Waters, Jamie Tilley and Manny Wright putting in some big tackles. Ewan enjoyed Colchester's best moment of the match when his kick and chase almost led to a deserved score but he was tackled just short of the line.
In the second half Shelford scored a further 5 tries as Colchester could not cope with their tactic of committing fewer men to the breakdown to secure the ball which created an overlap whenever Shelford attacked. Colchester's best moment of the second half came when Nathan Linscott, Tom Williams and Jonny Barnes combined to pressure the Shelford line. Colchester won a number of attacking penalties and scrums but were unable to get the try that their spirit and commitment deserved.

Cambridge U13 5 - Colchester U13A 47
We made a number of changes to the team which beat Brentwood so convincingly 47-5 at home last week, some positional and some new faces.
In the opening exchanges Cambridge were very effective at winning ball in the breakdown with a couple of speedsters in their back-row but didn't really turn it into any advantage or threaten to score against a solid Colchester defence. On the other hand Colchester made far better use of possession with much better handling and movement in the backs, to gain acres of territory with a series of sweeping attacks to score 3 tries in the first quarter. This weeks starting half back combination of Tom Smith and Archie Wright ignited the backs where centres Tom Reid and Jamie Bunyan made trade-mark runs taken on by the back three of wings Joe Herbert and Will Bond, with Alex Clack joining the line really effectively from full-back.
In the second quarter Colchester made a couple of changes due to a player receiving first aid and the momentary lapse allowed Cambridge to score their only try of the game through an overlap down Colchester’s right wing. Colchester won the first half 4 tries to 1.
In the second half Colchester made more changes bringing Charlie Lapping into the wing, Will Bond into scrum half, Tom Smith to centre, Tom Reid to flanker. The scoring continued despite the changes which is testament to the growing cohesion in this side.
Of course this is only possible with a solid forward platform where the front five of Charlie Jacobs, Conall Corcoran. Finn McCartney, Josh Colairo and Haydn Milkins were growing in dominance through the game aided by the wind on Colchester backs in the second half. This allowed the back row to support the backs, where James Stephens had good game stealing ball in contact and linking effectively with the backs. Liam Beton put in his usual yeoman defensive action taking the first tackles at a series of Cambridge tapped penalties and carrying the ball effectively in the loose and really marshalling things from number 8.

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