Match Report v Chingford (a) Won 27-26
Brentwood U14s 27 Chingford U14s 26
Brentwood snatch victory from the jaws of defeat…
Report by Becky Bassenger
Brentwood started badly, even by their sleepy standards. Tackles were being missed left, right and centre, the ball was being thrown away and also lost in contact. The only positive was that the strange flying things that had spent the hour before the match dive-bombing innocent bystanders seemed to be subsiding. Chingford were in control and deservedly so but Brentwood were starting to get their act together and from a good break from Jordan Hill got themselves in an attacking position. The pass however was forward and Brentwood could not shove Chingford off the ball at the scrum. Despite this the Brentwood back row were up quickly and forced Chingford into knocking on in a tackle. William Bassenger bashed up the middle, the ball went to Elliot who made a half break, committing two defenders to him, which put Tim in space, and he raced into the corner to score. The difficult conversion was missed, 5-0 Brentwood.
The good work was undone though as Chingford were straight through all the defence from the restart. Sam Fry was left one on one with his opposite number and despite an initial girly slap which I assume was meant to be a handoff from the Chingford player, Sam got his man in touch to save a try. Unfortunately Chingford nicked the lineout and some nice hands saw them over for a good score. The conversion was kicked, 7-5 to Chingford.
The next restart was much the same as the last with Chingford running the ball straight back down the touchline but this time there were no tackles and Chingford were straight in to increase the lead. The conversion was good, 14-5 Chingford and half time.
Onlookers knew it was bad as coach Ian adopted that stance – hands on head, grimace on face and if he’d been wearing a hat it most certainly would have been off!
The second half started off just as badly as the first half ended, Chingford running straight through and scoring again, the conversion went over and the score was 21-5 to Chingford. It looked like game over…but Brentwood was having none of it. And so the come back began. A bad box kick went straight to Sam Morgan who ran it back, straightened his line and sent out a good pass to Joel Ison who put the burners on and raced into the corner. Another difficult conversion was just missed, 21-10 to Chingford.
Brentwood’s next try came swiftly afterwards as a result of some great running rugby. James Paton at centre made the break, he passed it to Sam Morgan who did well to take the pass which was above his head, James your team mates aren’t quite your height yet! Roland, in the attacking line from fullback, received the pass from Sam, drew the defender and passed to Joel who was on hand to speed in for the finish. Conversion was again not the easiest and was missed. 21-15 to Chingford.
Chingford then struck back. Brentwood conceded a penalty and Chingford put in a very good kick, giving them a lineout 5 metres out. Brentwood stole the lineout but knocked on, scrum for Chingford. A number 8 pick up from the scrum saw Chingford set up a ruck on the blindside only metres short of the line and when their prop, not the smallest of players, popped up on the wing for the pass a score was inevitable. Joel put in a brave effort but from that range there would only be one winner. The conversion was missed. 26-15 to Chingford.
Things were seemingly getting worse as a scrum where Brentwood put on no pressure what so ever gave the Chingford kicker what seemed like an eternity to clear his lines and the ball went straight over Sam Fry’s head before bouncing for him very unkindly. However he eventually managed to collect it did extremely well to run straight back through the Chingford defence to gain ground from a very good kick. A maul was set up and William did his usual come from absolutely nowhere with the ball. Finding himself in a large amount of space, something probably quite daunting to a prop, he passed to Jordan who used the space to go in at the corner. The conversion was close but not quite there, 26-20 and suddenly Brentwood could win the game with a converted try.
Chingford regained possession from the restart and put in a clever kick with the aim of keeping Brentwood as far away from their try line as possible. Brentwood took the lineout cleanly and the ball was whizzed out quickly to Jordan who managed to find a hole in the middle of the Chingford defence and ran straight through. He managed to step the full back and with every Brentwood supporter who was aware of the score screaming, “POSTS! POSTS!” he dived over just to the side of them. 26-25 Chingford. The conversion looked relatively easy but with only a minute remaining and the kick desperately needed to win it was no easy kick. Under huge pressure Adam Mathias calmly stepped up and slotted it. The Brentwood fans went nuts. 27-26 to Brentwood but Chingford were already racing back to take a quick restart.
There looked set to be another twist in the tale as the ball took an unfortunate deflection off of Roland’s head, causing chaos amongst the Brentwood players trying to tidy up and in the kafuffle Chingford got the ball back. Fortunately the Brentwood defenders managed to wrap the man up and a maul was set up. The Chingford players shoved and were starting to edge towards the try line but the Brentwood forwards arranged themselves and put on a counter shove. The maul lurched back and forth for some time until finally with one last mighty shove the Brentwood boys got it into touch. The full time whistle went, 27-26 to Brentwood, a great, highly entertaining game and a good end to a good season.
The good work was undone though as Chingford were straight through all the defence from the restart. Sam Fry was left one on one with his opposite number and despite an initial girly slap which I assume was meant to be a handoff from the Chingford player, Sam got his man in touch to save a try. Unfortunately Chingford nicked the lineout and some nice hands saw them over for a good score. The conversion was kicked, 7-5 to Chingford.
The next restart was much the same as the last with Chingford running the ball straight back down the touchline but this time there were no tackles and Chingford were straight in to increase the lead. The conversion was good, 14-5 Chingford and half time.
Onlookers knew it was bad as coach Ian adopted that stance – hands on head, grimace on face and if he’d been wearing a hat it most certainly would have been off!
The second half started off just as badly as the first half ended, Chingford running straight through and scoring again, the conversion went over and the score was 21-5 to Chingford. It looked like game over…but Brentwood was having none of it. And so the come back began. A bad box kick went straight to Sam Morgan who ran it back, straightened his line and sent out a good pass to Joel Ison who put the burners on and raced into the corner. Another difficult conversion was just missed, 21-10 to Chingford.
Brentwood’s next try came swiftly afterwards as a result of some great running rugby. James Paton at centre made the break, he passed it to Sam Morgan who did well to take the pass which was above his head, James your team mates aren’t quite your height yet! Roland, in the attacking line from fullback, received the pass from Sam, drew the defender and passed to Joel who was on hand to speed in for the finish. Conversion was again not the easiest and was missed. 21-15 to Chingford.
Chingford then struck back. Brentwood conceded a penalty and Chingford put in a very good kick, giving them a lineout 5 metres out. Brentwood stole the lineout but knocked on, scrum for Chingford. A number 8 pick up from the scrum saw Chingford set up a ruck on the blindside only metres short of the line and when their prop, not the smallest of players, popped up on the wing for the pass a score was inevitable. Joel put in a brave effort but from that range there would only be one winner. The conversion was missed. 26-15 to Chingford.
Things were seemingly getting worse as a scrum where Brentwood put on no pressure what so ever gave the Chingford kicker what seemed like an eternity to clear his lines and the ball went straight over Sam Fry’s head before bouncing for him very unkindly. However he eventually managed to collect it did extremely well to run straight back through the Chingford defence to gain ground from a very good kick. A maul was set up and William did his usual come from absolutely nowhere with the ball. Finding himself in a large amount of space, something probably quite daunting to a prop, he passed to Jordan who used the space to go in at the corner. The conversion was close but not quite there, 26-20 and suddenly Brentwood could win the game with a converted try.
Chingford regained possession from the restart and put in a clever kick with the aim of keeping Brentwood as far away from their try line as possible. Brentwood took the lineout cleanly and the ball was whizzed out quickly to Jordan who managed to find a hole in the middle of the Chingford defence and ran straight through. He managed to step the full back and with every Brentwood supporter who was aware of the score screaming, “POSTS! POSTS!” he dived over just to the side of them. 26-25 Chingford. The conversion looked relatively easy but with only a minute remaining and the kick desperately needed to win it was no easy kick. Under huge pressure Adam Mathias calmly stepped up and slotted it. The Brentwood fans went nuts. 27-26 to Brentwood but Chingford were already racing back to take a quick restart.
There looked set to be another twist in the tale as the ball took an unfortunate deflection off of Roland’s head, causing chaos amongst the Brentwood players trying to tidy up and in the kafuffle Chingford got the ball back. Fortunately the Brentwood defenders managed to wrap the man up and a maul was set up. The Chingford players shoved and were starting to edge towards the try line but the Brentwood forwards arranged themselves and put on a counter shove. The maul lurched back and forth for some time until finally with one last mighty shove the Brentwood boys got it into touch. The full time whistle went, 27-26 to Brentwood, a great, highly entertaining game and a good end to a good season.
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