Match Report v Eton Manor (h) Win 17-0
Brentwood U14s 17 Eton Manor U14s 0
Report by Becky Bassenger
Brentwood unconvincing but win in the end…
The first half was dismal. I’m sorry but there is no other way to put it, take it as constructive criticism…With Brentwood unable to keep hold of their own ball and conceding turnovers left, right and centre Eton Manor had all the pressure, some last ditch defence, especially some superb defence from Roland Johnson, just stopping them scoring. (A prophecy as to what the England game would be like later perhaps?!)
With the substitutes and supporters getting equally as frustrated at the lack of ball retention and Del being in a particularly good mood with **** this and **** that being heard at regular intervals half time couldn’t have come sooner and unsurprisingly mass changes were made.
The tempo of the game picked up after half time and Brentwood were finally able to keep hold of the ball for a period of time. The forwards set up a good platform and the ball was spun wide to Joel Ison who, after a bit of stepping, raced in to score in the corner, the conversion was missed, 5-0 to Brentwood.
Brentwood were now starting to dominate in the forwards and from a scrum on the half way line after the restart had not gone 10 they gained a penalty. Billy Aldous, in-between nosebleeds, took it and crashed into the Eton Manor defence. The ball was recycled and Jake Eagleton made a good break and popped the ball to Tim who did well to straighten his line to give Joel space. Tim then passed to Joel who raced in and ran round to the put the ball down under the posts. Adam Mathias’s conversion went straight down the middle, 12-0 Brentwood.
Brentwood again piled on the pressure from the restart and had quickly turned the ball over. After numerous phases Sam Fry came through on a good line and looked to be in but was just tackled and Brentwood lost the ball. After some more hard forward work Brentwood gained a five metre scrum and as the scrums were now uncontested there was no chance of Brentwood losing the ball. From the scrum the ball was passed blind to Sam Fry who came flying in on another good line, very similar to the one in the Essex Cup Semi last weekend, and ran over to score. The conversion was missed 17-0 Brentwood.
Full time and despite starting very badly Brentwood came through in the end, the theory being that the boys were probably unsettled due to the absence of their coaches who’d snuck off to Paris for the weekend…
Also one last request for Rob, after being screamed at to come on as a blood sub for Billy so loudly for so long that you were possibly the only one in the Brentwood borough that couldn’t hear, could you please invest in a hearing aid.
With the substitutes and supporters getting equally as frustrated at the lack of ball retention and Del being in a particularly good mood with **** this and **** that being heard at regular intervals half time couldn’t have come sooner and unsurprisingly mass changes were made.
The tempo of the game picked up after half time and Brentwood were finally able to keep hold of the ball for a period of time. The forwards set up a good platform and the ball was spun wide to Joel Ison who, after a bit of stepping, raced in to score in the corner, the conversion was missed, 5-0 to Brentwood.
Brentwood were now starting to dominate in the forwards and from a scrum on the half way line after the restart had not gone 10 they gained a penalty. Billy Aldous, in-between nosebleeds, took it and crashed into the Eton Manor defence. The ball was recycled and Jake Eagleton made a good break and popped the ball to Tim who did well to straighten his line to give Joel space. Tim then passed to Joel who raced in and ran round to the put the ball down under the posts. Adam Mathias’s conversion went straight down the middle, 12-0 Brentwood.
Brentwood again piled on the pressure from the restart and had quickly turned the ball over. After numerous phases Sam Fry came through on a good line and looked to be in but was just tackled and Brentwood lost the ball. After some more hard forward work Brentwood gained a five metre scrum and as the scrums were now uncontested there was no chance of Brentwood losing the ball. From the scrum the ball was passed blind to Sam Fry who came flying in on another good line, very similar to the one in the Essex Cup Semi last weekend, and ran over to score. The conversion was missed 17-0 Brentwood.
Full time and despite starting very badly Brentwood came through in the end, the theory being that the boys were probably unsettled due to the absence of their coaches who’d snuck off to Paris for the weekend…
Also one last request for Rob, after being screamed at to come on as a blood sub for Billy so loudly for so long that you were possibly the only one in the Brentwood borough that couldn’t hear, could you please invest in a hearing aid.
posted by woodsnews @ 11:33 pm
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