Dear Parents,
Another great rugby day to report with lots of tries and emotion...
London Scottish Festival
We played 3 matches on Sunday at London Scottish in Richmond. We keep to the high standards and great work with 3 wins from three matches:
7-0 vs Wasps
3-0 vs Chiswick white
2-1 vs Chiswick Blue
Aggregate 12-1
Our match vs Teddington was stopped when a gazebo got caught by a wind gust. One of our players got hit and injured by the flying gazebo. As you have seen on Whatsapp, fortunately he is now well and recovering. Get back to us shortly Olly!
Our kids displayed a very strong collective spirit, encouraging each other, and particularly defended superbly. Our defence was especially tested in the last 2 or 3 minutes of the last match, which we spent 5 metres from our try line without conceding a score.
And, of course, we scored 12 tries !
Over the next few sessions we will want to work on:
Passing - shorter and less risky passes in wet and windy conditions, offloads out of the tackle or before contact.
Securing possession in contact - not getting caught facing the opposition, protecting the ball from being ripped, and presenting the ball on the floor.
Cleaning out rucks more effectively - we allowed Chiswick to compete for the ball on the floor.
Winning the scrums on our own put in...
And a bit of kicking (well done Paul!)
Keep improving our discipline too - although much improved. We want to cut out offsides, high tackles and have zero arguing with the ref.
Next events
Training next saturday. Thanks to their hard fought draw against France, we have England playing Saturday at 0815 , so we expect training to be slightly delayed. We will let you know
Ealing Mini festival on 26 october - this is Half term, so we understand not everyone is around, but we would need a couple of players more. Please sign up on Pitchero. Again we generally pick from the first to sign up, but we try to mix it around to give as many players the opportunity to play
Player of the tournament
Well this one is easy; the prize goes to Olly, for his successful tackle against Chiswick‘s gazebo. Olly, we have your medal waiting for you
See you on Saturday morning.
U11 coaches