Match Report v Chelmsford (a) Win 24-14
Brentwood U14s 24 Chelmsford U14s 14
Report by Becky Bassenger
Chelmsford give Brentwood a tough game..
The first quarter saw play mainly in the middle of the pitch as both sides struggled to control the ball with turnovers everywhere. Brentwood produced some good mauling but Chelmsford also made some good breaks and right before the end of the quarter a Chelmsford player broke numerous pathetic tackles to score under the posts. The conversion was kicked and it was 7-0 Chelmsford, with a pause as the ball was retrieved from over the fence.
The second quarter saw a much better start from Brentwood with a strong run and HUGE handoff from Chris McCarthy. The ball was quickly out to the backs and some slick hands put Joel Ison in a inch of space. He used his pace and then stepped the Chelmsford fullback to dash in unopposed from 50 metres. Gregor Deery kicked the conversion and it was 7-7. Soon after Chelmsford were struggling to contain Joel who made another good run and also a nice break off the side of the maul with some good last tackles just stopping him from being clean through on both occasions. Another bulldozing run from Chris McCarthy and quick recycling saw the ball go to Matt Gray on the blindside. He offloaded to the supporting Billy Aldous who sprinted in from just inside the Chelmsford 22 to score, possibly the most spectacular try he has ever scored, not that there is many to chose from! The conversion was missed, 12-7 to Brentwood.
Scoring a try, despite wearing him out, made Billy go up a gear and he took a good restart catch, made a strong run and then offloaded nicely. James Paton went on a charge through the middle of the Chelmsford pitch and got as far as the try line with the Chelmsford players unable to get him down, however the try was held up. From the scrum Brentwood knocked on and Chelmsford made a great break which should have resulted in a try however Sam Fry made a great covering tackle to prevent it.
Half time came and sources tell me that the coach completely lost the plot and couldn't remember who was playing. This resulted in nobody being quite sure how many players we had on the pitch as nobody had enough fingers to count to 15!! At one point there was concern that we only had 13 but eventually we ended up with 15 again.
Chris McCarthy was now playing for Chelmsford and playing a blinder, much to the disgust of his Brentwood team mates, making some good runs, producing a potentially try saving tackle and also taking a clean lineout catch. James Paton made another clean break but the game got extremely scrappy with too many turnovers for either team to get into a rhythm.
Going into the final quarter the game was still there to be won by either team with the difference only being 5 points. It looked like Chelmsford were going to score when one of their players made a clean break but a brilliant sprint back from Joel and a diving tackle made sure he was just hauled down before the try line. Joel then managed to ignite an attack with another break, Jordan Hill continued the move and popped off a lovely pass to Daniel Tomlinson who raced in to score. Adam Mathias kicked a good conversion, 19-7 Brentwood.
Joel then made another clean break and ran in to score under the posts from around 40 metres out, the conversion was missed but the score was now 24-7 and with not long remaining the game was won. Chelmsford however had the final say with a good try and conversion, final score 24-14 to Brentwood.
The second quarter saw a much better start from Brentwood with a strong run and HUGE handoff from Chris McCarthy. The ball was quickly out to the backs and some slick hands put Joel Ison in a inch of space. He used his pace and then stepped the Chelmsford fullback to dash in unopposed from 50 metres. Gregor Deery kicked the conversion and it was 7-7. Soon after Chelmsford were struggling to contain Joel who made another good run and also a nice break off the side of the maul with some good last tackles just stopping him from being clean through on both occasions. Another bulldozing run from Chris McCarthy and quick recycling saw the ball go to Matt Gray on the blindside. He offloaded to the supporting Billy Aldous who sprinted in from just inside the Chelmsford 22 to score, possibly the most spectacular try he has ever scored, not that there is many to chose from! The conversion was missed, 12-7 to Brentwood.
Scoring a try, despite wearing him out, made Billy go up a gear and he took a good restart catch, made a strong run and then offloaded nicely. James Paton went on a charge through the middle of the Chelmsford pitch and got as far as the try line with the Chelmsford players unable to get him down, however the try was held up. From the scrum Brentwood knocked on and Chelmsford made a great break which should have resulted in a try however Sam Fry made a great covering tackle to prevent it.
Half time came and sources tell me that the coach completely lost the plot and couldn't remember who was playing. This resulted in nobody being quite sure how many players we had on the pitch as nobody had enough fingers to count to 15!! At one point there was concern that we only had 13 but eventually we ended up with 15 again.
Chris McCarthy was now playing for Chelmsford and playing a blinder, much to the disgust of his Brentwood team mates, making some good runs, producing a potentially try saving tackle and also taking a clean lineout catch. James Paton made another clean break but the game got extremely scrappy with too many turnovers for either team to get into a rhythm.
Going into the final quarter the game was still there to be won by either team with the difference only being 5 points. It looked like Chelmsford were going to score when one of their players made a clean break but a brilliant sprint back from Joel and a diving tackle made sure he was just hauled down before the try line. Joel then managed to ignite an attack with another break, Jordan Hill continued the move and popped off a lovely pass to Daniel Tomlinson who raced in to score. Adam Mathias kicked a good conversion, 19-7 Brentwood.
Joel then made another clean break and ran in to score under the posts from around 40 metres out, the conversion was missed but the score was now 24-7 and with not long remaining the game was won. Chelmsford however had the final say with a good try and conversion, final score 24-14 to Brentwood.
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