Sunday 17th Feb 08

U15's v Reading
Sonning Lane
Reading

Yesterday saw a squad depleted by Half term holidays and injury travel round to Reading for what would be a taster ready for next weeks National Cup pool game.

On a sunny day with the pitches in excellent condition it was all set for a good days rugby.

In a closely contested first half, the opening score went to the Basford girls when a well worked move saw Lucie go over the line 5-0. This was quickly followed by a second try for the girls courtesy of Alex 10-0.Reading quickly fought back with a well worked try through Rebecca Moore 10-5. The rest of the first half was largely played in the centre of the field, with both teams struggling to impose themselves further on the game.
The second half started a bit brighter, with Meg taking a quick tap penalty to run through the Reading defence to score, Maddy duly converting her kick 17-5.
The forwards were still struggling to impose themselves and with the backs at times running into trouble the game looked like heading to a dull conclusion.
A stern talking to from Peter at one of the injury breaks, seemed to give the girls the kick they needed and the ball started to be played through the hands a bit quicker which resulted in further tries for Alex and Lucie along with 2 for Jess Wilkins. With Maddy putting away 2 further kicks, the girls left the field 41-5 winners.
Given that it is her 1st season, Amy is growing into the Hookers slot and as usual had a steady game, Hannah in only her 2nd game since her return made one of the tries with a great jinking run through the centre and made a couple of try saving tackles.
It was probably not one of the girls best performances this season, but again they ground out a deserved victory.

Tries: Lucie(2) Alex(2) Jess(2) Meg
Cons: Maddy (3)