U15's 19th October 2008

In the U15's the girls were 1st up against a strong Kent side containing many girls who they had faced 2 weeks earlier in the league game against Ayleford.
From Kick off both sides were guilty of handling errors which slowed the game down a little, but once they found their rhythm the Essex girls started to put Kent under pressure and much of the play in the first half was spent inthe Kent half of the pitch.
As the game progressed Kent started to force their way back into the game and went over for a well deserved try to give them a 5-0 lead.
However within a couple of minutes the Essex girls had leveled the score with a well worked try by Abi Graham. 5-5
throughout the game there was some excelent tackling by the Essex girls and in particular Lucy and Maddy.
In her first game back after a serious skiing accident Hannah made some terrific breaks along side Yasmin and Claire.
Result of game 1 Kent 5 Essex 5

The girls went into their 2nd game against Sussex full of confidence following their performance against Kent.
From the off they were pressuring the Sussex team however a lapse in concentration after 4 minutes gave the Sussex girls the 1st try of the match which went unconverted to 5-0.
This seemed to spur the Essex girls on and a terrific drive late in the half resulted in an Essex effort being held up on the line, from the resulting play Lucy crashed over at the 2nd attempt to level the scores 5-5
Again the Essex girls were making their presence known with some telling tackles from Olivia, claire, Amy and Lucy with Hannah, Abi, Abbie and Hannah making continual runs at the Sussex defence.
However with 5 minutes to go Sussex escaped the Essex grasp and went over for their 2nd try 10-5.
Final Result Essex 5 Sussex 10

Well done to all those Basford girls and also thank you to Graham who kindly lent Essex a couple of his players from Aylesford to bolster our depleted squad.

Match report courtesy of Trevor (Jocks Dad)