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After the Easter break, Stanford U7's came up against Upper Clapton and showed good determination with some excellent tagging and passing, but came out losers in both games to a better side on the day.
STANFORD 35 UPPER CLAPTON 40
Try scorers: Thomas Cubitt 6 and Alex Rapley.
STANFORD 15 UPPER CLAPTON 35
Try Scorers: Finley Maher, Callum Pluck and Clarice Frampton-Webb.
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UNDER 8
STANFORD 45 UPPER CLAPTON 35
Try scorers: Callum Newton 3, Vinnie Gordon 3, Max Clarke, Matthew Hook and Zack Burdett.
STANFORD 35 UPPER CLAPTON 30
Try scorers: Callum Newton 3, Vinnie Gordon 2, Max Clarke and Zack Burdett.
Short of a few experienced players and with some new players making their debut, this could have been a tricky encounter against a good passing side. However, the senior players left with the team played outstandingly well and were well supported by the rest of the team. Stanford played rolling substitutions througout both games to give all the growing squad game time and were in contol of both games from the start, slacking off a little in each match to make the scoreline closer than it could have been.
Parents player of the day was Zack Burdett who scored 2 good trys and played well both in defence and in attack. Well done Zack.
Congratulations also to Josh and Jake who played in their first matches for the under 8s. |
UNDER 9
STANFORD 15 UPPER CLAPTON 0
STANFORD 10 UPPER CLAPTON 10
STANFORD 10 UPPER CLAPTON 0
A fine performance from Stanford saw them finally beat Upper Clapton. The hosts had to loan the visitors two players, but still had enough quality to land a brace of wins.
Try scorers: Harry Tillett 2, L. Arnold 2, Mitch Aldridge 2, James Hutchinson.
Man of the Match: Charlie Graham. |
UNDER 11
STANFORD 12 UPPER CLAPTON 21
Stanford were short of players due to the school holidays and borrowed two under 12s to make up their numbers. With several players playing out of position, the home side found the matches difficult defensively,
Try: Dan O'Flaherty, Alfie Edmeades.
Con: Dan O'Flaherty.
STANFORD 7 UPPER CLAPTON 21
Stanford fought valiantly, but did not have enough experience to deal with their opponents' attacks.
Try: Dan O'Flaherty.
Con: Dan O'Flaherty. |
UNDER 12
STANFORD 40 UPPER CLAPTON 0
The Easter holidays affected both teams but with a bit of mix and matching two games were played. It is to the credit of the Stanford players who volunteered to play for the opposition and who in some cases played a little too well !! Stanford were a bit slow to start but soon began to dominate all areas and scored some well worked tries.
Tries by: Ryan Cronin 2, James Kitchen 2, Jake Kerr, Dominic McDonald. Conv : J. Kitchen 2, G Taylor 2, D McDonald.
STANFORD 33 UPPER CLAPTON 0
Upper Clapton did not roll over, they put up a good fight and at times asked questions of Stanfords defence, but the home side were in no mood to let them score. When Stanford were in possession they always looked dangerous and using both forwards and backs scored some very good tries. Once again a big thank you to the lads who played for other teams.
Tries by: Musa Yusuff 2, James Kitchen, Jacob Dennis, George Taylor. Conv: George Taylor1, Dominic McDonald, Sean Bunney, Joe `Red` Reilly. |
