U18's Sunday 19th October

Many of the Basford girls turned out for the county side last Sunday against Kent and Sussex.

First up was Essex v Kent which was an entertaining game with both sides determined not to give an inch.
The forwards found themselves up against a bigger pack which at the scrum put considerable pressure on the Essex girls, who led from the front by captain MCB, gave everything to contain them.
The backs ran constantly at the Kent defence but some unforced handling errors kept giving the advantage back to the Kent girls.
Mid way through the first half Kent applied pressure close to the Essex line and their reward was a well taken try to give them a 5-0 lead.
The Essex girls came straight back at them and some excellent tackling from Jen, Fi, Sophie & Frances halted Kent in their tracks.
Turning round in the 2nd half the Kent girls came at Essex strongly and again some excellent defence by the forwards kept them at bay and with the backs looking to break quickly and punish Kent it was turning into a very good game of rugby.
Unfortunately midway through the 2nd half the Kent girls proved too strong and following some tough tackling around the Essex line, went over for their 2nd try which was duly converted.
Final score Kent 12-Essex 0

In the 2nd game Essex came up against a Sussex team that had also been beaten by Kent so both teams were playing for the runners up position.
The Essex girls from the off, piled pressure on Sussex and with the forwards having the upper hand on their opponents, some quick ball of the back of the rucks gave the backs chance to do what they do best and run at the opposition defence with Jess and Anna making some excellent ground.
The Essex girls took advantage of some great handling in the centre by India and Tash allowing Emily to skip clear and make a break to go over to make it 5-0 which she duly converted, 7-0.
Turning round at the break the girls continued to put pressure on their Sussex counterparts and some excellent form from Siobhan, Megan, Sam & MCB kept Sussex at bay and allowed our backs to again put pressure on the Sussex try line. Some deft handling allowed India to jink through and go over to make it 12-0 and with Emily putting the conversion away the girls had a comfortable 14-0 lead going into the final minutes.
Final score Essex 14 Sussex 0

Well done to all those girls who played this weekend.

U18's Sarah MCB, Sam, Jemma, Megs, Frank, Fi, Frank, Siobhan, Jen, Emily, India Tash, Sophie, Anna, Kezia, Jess
U15's Lucy, Maddy. Layla. Abbie, Abi, Amy, Bron, Katie, Hannah, Olivia, Yasmin, Claire

Congrats to Emily and Jess who were named Player and runner up of the tournament respectively at U18 level and Claire who was named runner up at U15 level.

Thanks Also to Kent for organising a terrific days rugby.