Match Report v Harlow (h) Win 43-7
Brentwood U14s 43 Harlow U14s 7
Report by Becky Bassenger
Brentwood back to winning ways…
Brentwood got themselves back to winning ways with a victory over Harlow on Sunday although the game started badly when not for the first time this season we ended up with only 14 players on the pitch after Michael Good disappeared just before kick off and I nearly had to write a missing persons report…fortunately he turned up again!
Harlow started the game much better than Brentwood and were very close to scoring a try until Sam Morgan made a crunching tackle on one of the Harlow players into touch. From then on, due to weather conditions, the game got quite scrappy with both sides attempting to play rugby but numerous knock on's occurring resulting in many turnovers and scrums.
Eventually Brentwood managed to exert some pressure on Harlow and work their way into their 22, Sam Morgan making a powerful surge for the line to get the first score. Adam’s conversion from out wide was on target but just bounced off the wrong side of the crossbar, 5-0 Brentwood.
After the try the game was still quite messy with turnovers all over the place, despite this Sam Fry managed to make some strong runs and eventually Brentwood worked their way into the Harlow 22, the ball was then turned over again and in trying to clear their lines Harlow decided to kick, however the kick was charged down by a Brentwood player (unfortunately I didn’t see who but if you will play in the furthest corner away from the match reporter…) and Brentwood gained a 5 metre scrum. From the scrum Chris Doble did his usual number 8 pick up to bash over the line and score. The conversion was missed, 10-0 to Brentwood and half time.
Half time saw most of the Brentwood team changed and the immediate effect was that the scrum was suddenly much more dominant, because of this Brentwood created a try scoring chance almost immediately as Joel Ison made a good run and the ball was recycled quickly but the overlap was butchered. Harlow kicked away but some clever thinking by full back Roland Johnson and supporting Jake Eagleton got the ball to Joel who was one on one with the Harlow fullback, who he stepped and went over. Billy Aldous, now on at fly half with his groupies watching, kicked the conversion 17-0 Brentwood.
From the restart Joel Ison caught the ball and came steaming down the touchline and looked to be clear in, especially with his pace but somehow he was short of the line. The ball was recycled to Billy Aldous who popped a pass to Jake Eagleton, coming in on the angle to go under the posts. Billy Aldous again converted, 24-0 Brentwood.
The next restart was caught by William Bassenger who proceeded to make an eel like run through the Harlow defence (not another forward who thinks he’s a back!), He was eventually hauled down but despite the ball being recycled pretty slowly Chris Doble managed to spot a big hole in the defence and went charging through to run in from 40 metres. Billy’s conversion was just wide, 29-0 Brentwood.
The next try came quickly after as again Brentwood got into the Harlow 22 and were right near the line when William ‘5 yard’ Bassenger popped up for one of his usual run over from about a metre out tries! Billy converted, 36-0.
After scoring his try William wasn’t done yet, his next trick at the restart was to take a diving catch which caused a few chuckles among the supporters but unfortunately didn’t amount to anything.
Chris McCarthy was now on at number 8 and after some pressure Brentwood earned a scrum 5 metres from the Harlow line. Chris picked up from the back and crossed the line only to have his try disallowed, from the next scrum he did exactly the same thing and again had a try disallowed. I wish to know why the TMO wasn’t consulted on these…
From the next scrum Harlow cleared their lines but only as far as Roland who took a good high catch and passed to Jordan Hill who danced his way through the defence to score. Billy again converted, 43-0 Brentwood.
Harlow, however, were not about to give up and scored a great try of their own in the last play of the game which was well deserved, the conversion making the final score Brentwood 43, Harlow 7.
Harlow started the game much better than Brentwood and were very close to scoring a try until Sam Morgan made a crunching tackle on one of the Harlow players into touch. From then on, due to weather conditions, the game got quite scrappy with both sides attempting to play rugby but numerous knock on's occurring resulting in many turnovers and scrums.
Eventually Brentwood managed to exert some pressure on Harlow and work their way into their 22, Sam Morgan making a powerful surge for the line to get the first score. Adam’s conversion from out wide was on target but just bounced off the wrong side of the crossbar, 5-0 Brentwood.
After the try the game was still quite messy with turnovers all over the place, despite this Sam Fry managed to make some strong runs and eventually Brentwood worked their way into the Harlow 22, the ball was then turned over again and in trying to clear their lines Harlow decided to kick, however the kick was charged down by a Brentwood player (unfortunately I didn’t see who but if you will play in the furthest corner away from the match reporter…) and Brentwood gained a 5 metre scrum. From the scrum Chris Doble did his usual number 8 pick up to bash over the line and score. The conversion was missed, 10-0 to Brentwood and half time.
Half time saw most of the Brentwood team changed and the immediate effect was that the scrum was suddenly much more dominant, because of this Brentwood created a try scoring chance almost immediately as Joel Ison made a good run and the ball was recycled quickly but the overlap was butchered. Harlow kicked away but some clever thinking by full back Roland Johnson and supporting Jake Eagleton got the ball to Joel who was one on one with the Harlow fullback, who he stepped and went over. Billy Aldous, now on at fly half with his groupies watching, kicked the conversion 17-0 Brentwood.
From the restart Joel Ison caught the ball and came steaming down the touchline and looked to be clear in, especially with his pace but somehow he was short of the line. The ball was recycled to Billy Aldous who popped a pass to Jake Eagleton, coming in on the angle to go under the posts. Billy Aldous again converted, 24-0 Brentwood.
The next restart was caught by William Bassenger who proceeded to make an eel like run through the Harlow defence (not another forward who thinks he’s a back!), He was eventually hauled down but despite the ball being recycled pretty slowly Chris Doble managed to spot a big hole in the defence and went charging through to run in from 40 metres. Billy’s conversion was just wide, 29-0 Brentwood.
The next try came quickly after as again Brentwood got into the Harlow 22 and were right near the line when William ‘5 yard’ Bassenger popped up for one of his usual run over from about a metre out tries! Billy converted, 36-0.
After scoring his try William wasn’t done yet, his next trick at the restart was to take a diving catch which caused a few chuckles among the supporters but unfortunately didn’t amount to anything.
Chris McCarthy was now on at number 8 and after some pressure Brentwood earned a scrum 5 metres from the Harlow line. Chris picked up from the back and crossed the line only to have his try disallowed, from the next scrum he did exactly the same thing and again had a try disallowed. I wish to know why the TMO wasn’t consulted on these…
From the next scrum Harlow cleared their lines but only as far as Roland who took a good high catch and passed to Jordan Hill who danced his way through the defence to score. Billy again converted, 43-0 Brentwood.
Harlow, however, were not about to give up and scored a great try of their own in the last play of the game which was well deserved, the conversion making the final score Brentwood 43, Harlow 7.
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yes as you may know by now i do have various tricks up my sleeve.....and yes most of them are due to good luck!!!
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