Match Report v Stanford (a) Win 85-0
Brentwood U14s 85 Stanford U14s 0Report by Becky Bassenger
Brentwood get their Essex cup campaign off to a flyer…
From the kick off Brentwood were raring to go. They must have all eaten their weetabix that morning as within the first minute Jake Eagleton had crossed the line for his first try of the match. Stuart Frith made it the dream start by converting, 7-0 Brentwood.
The next try came from Joel Ison, playing at fullback, who crashed over the line, Stuart again converted making it 14-0 with only a few minutes gone.
The third try of the match was from our high scoring prop, William Bassenger, who managed to avoid running into the posts this time. He assures me he made a dazzling run from his own 22 and was so fast I didn’t notice him run past me in a blur of speed. From where I was standing it looked suspiciously like he smashed over from about 5 metres in the usual fashion…Stuart again converted, 21-0 Brentwood.
There was some nice slick play with both backs and forwards running nice lines and linking well, Chris Doble in particular making some strong runs in both halves. Good play eventually resulted in Jake’s 2nd try of the game with Stuart again kicking the conversion leaving the score 28-0 in Brentwood’s favour.
The fifth try was scored by Sam Morgan. From the kick off and some neat pop passing he barged his way through a couple of tackles and was away, beating the Stanford fullback to the line before he was tackled. Stuart kicked the conversion, 35-0.
Chris Doble scored the sixth try, again in typical Chris fashion taking a few players over the line with him. Stuart’s difficult conversion dropped just short. 40-0.
Jake scored his third (another jug Bill, I hope you realise we’re keeping a tally!) with some strong running and Stuart kicked the conversion, 47-0.
The last try of the half came from Joel who moved into the line to take the ball at pace on the wing and left everyone else for dead to dot down in the corner. Stuart’s conversion was accurate but just short, 52-0 at half time.
At this point I would like to say that it was very admirable how, despite being 52-0 down, Stanford didn’t give in and came out in the 2nd half and made life difficult for us.
The second half began with Keith putting on all of our substitutes at once. We wonder if maybe he’s been watching Sven Goran Eriksson who also seems to sub half the team at once…
Soon Matt Smith crossed the line having been a persistent pest to Stanford through out the game. For one of the smaller lads he seemed to revel in launching himself at some of Stanford’s bigger players although occasionally he did bounce off there was no faulting the effort. Stuart kicked the conversion from the touchline, a very difficult kick, putting the score at 66-0.
Jake went in for his fourth try not long after as the ball was kept alive well by off loading in the tackle and a gap opened in the centre for Jake to take advantage of. Stuart again kicked the conversion, 66-0.
The next player to feature on the score sheet was Daniel Tomlinson who scored a nice try with some good linking play with Adam Mathias who was playing in an unfamiliar position on the wing. Stuart missed the straight forward conversion but can be forgiven as had otherwise had a great day with the boot!
Chris Doble scored his second try and Brentwood’s 12th when he broke straight down the middle and went racing over the line, Stuart making no mistake with the conversion, 78-0.
The 13th and final try of the match was scored by Jake for his 5th of the match. After some more good play and passing he broke down the wing and ran round the defence before side stepping one of the Stanford players in the in goal area to put the ball down under the sticks. No need for show boating Jake! Stuart kicked the conversion, leaving him with a personal haul of 20 points in conversions, to leave the final score 85-0 to Brentwood.
A quick mention must go to Matt Gray who had a good game, making some strong runs but also took one of the restarts in a true Martin Corry style by plucking the ball out of the air rather than waiting for it to come to him.
We’d also like to thank the referee, provided by Stanford due to the Essex nominee failing to show, having only been notified he was going to have to ref at 11 o’clock and for refereeing very well and fairly.
A joint decision was made late in the game by Sam and William, having been subbed by Sven, to slide off for an early shower thus securing the limited amount of hot water, who said forwards are thick?!
The next try came from Joel Ison, playing at fullback, who crashed over the line, Stuart again converted making it 14-0 with only a few minutes gone.
The third try of the match was from our high scoring prop, William Bassenger, who managed to avoid running into the posts this time. He assures me he made a dazzling run from his own 22 and was so fast I didn’t notice him run past me in a blur of speed. From where I was standing it looked suspiciously like he smashed over from about 5 metres in the usual fashion…Stuart again converted, 21-0 Brentwood.
There was some nice slick play with both backs and forwards running nice lines and linking well, Chris Doble in particular making some strong runs in both halves. Good play eventually resulted in Jake’s 2nd try of the game with Stuart again kicking the conversion leaving the score 28-0 in Brentwood’s favour.
The fifth try was scored by Sam Morgan. From the kick off and some neat pop passing he barged his way through a couple of tackles and was away, beating the Stanford fullback to the line before he was tackled. Stuart kicked the conversion, 35-0.
Chris Doble scored the sixth try, again in typical Chris fashion taking a few players over the line with him. Stuart’s difficult conversion dropped just short. 40-0.
Jake scored his third (another jug Bill, I hope you realise we’re keeping a tally!) with some strong running and Stuart kicked the conversion, 47-0.
The last try of the half came from Joel who moved into the line to take the ball at pace on the wing and left everyone else for dead to dot down in the corner. Stuart’s conversion was accurate but just short, 52-0 at half time.
At this point I would like to say that it was very admirable how, despite being 52-0 down, Stanford didn’t give in and came out in the 2nd half and made life difficult for us.
The second half began with Keith putting on all of our substitutes at once. We wonder if maybe he’s been watching Sven Goran Eriksson who also seems to sub half the team at once…
Soon Matt Smith crossed the line having been a persistent pest to Stanford through out the game. For one of the smaller lads he seemed to revel in launching himself at some of Stanford’s bigger players although occasionally he did bounce off there was no faulting the effort. Stuart kicked the conversion from the touchline, a very difficult kick, putting the score at 66-0.
Jake went in for his fourth try not long after as the ball was kept alive well by off loading in the tackle and a gap opened in the centre for Jake to take advantage of. Stuart again kicked the conversion, 66-0.
The next player to feature on the score sheet was Daniel Tomlinson who scored a nice try with some good linking play with Adam Mathias who was playing in an unfamiliar position on the wing. Stuart missed the straight forward conversion but can be forgiven as had otherwise had a great day with the boot!
Chris Doble scored his second try and Brentwood’s 12th when he broke straight down the middle and went racing over the line, Stuart making no mistake with the conversion, 78-0.
The 13th and final try of the match was scored by Jake for his 5th of the match. After some more good play and passing he broke down the wing and ran round the defence before side stepping one of the Stanford players in the in goal area to put the ball down under the sticks. No need for show boating Jake! Stuart kicked the conversion, leaving him with a personal haul of 20 points in conversions, to leave the final score 85-0 to Brentwood.
A quick mention must go to Matt Gray who had a good game, making some strong runs but also took one of the restarts in a true Martin Corry style by plucking the ball out of the air rather than waiting for it to come to him.
We’d also like to thank the referee, provided by Stanford due to the Essex nominee failing to show, having only been notified he was going to have to ref at 11 o’clock and for refereeing very well and fairly.
A joint decision was made late in the game by Sam and William, having been subbed by Sven, to slide off for an early shower thus securing the limited amount of hot water, who said forwards are thick?!
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see, forwards arent so stupid not only did we get a clean changing room but 2 showers each and all the hot water!!we arent as dumb as we look!!well maybe we are...
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