Match Reports

Fine and well deserved victory U12 U12 : vs Worcester (A) Worcester 7 - 19 Bredon Sun 07-Feb-2010   Bredon travelled to sixways this week to take on Worcester in a keenly anticipated fixture. Bredon hadn't played this year, the weather forcing several cancellations, and the lads were itching to get stuck into a match. Joining the Buzzards this season are Matt Hamilton, Nick Miners, Harry Jones and George Creese, adding depth to the squad. From the kick off, both teams were keen to get on with the game. The early exchanges were physical with honours even. Worcester had a size advantage in the forwards, but Bredon's pack was keen to put into practice some of the hard work from the training field, following a couple of poor results. They were keen to contest the rucks, and mauled with great determination. The scrum has been one of Bredons best attacking weapons of late, and today was no exception. Some good work by hooker Euan Archer meant some scrums against the head gave Bredon the early advantage. Pressure began to build against Worcester and the deadlock was broken after 10 minutes. Number 8 James Newey made a superb break and finished well to open the scoring with a fine solo try. Newey converted. Bredon very nealy scored from the restart. The kick was collected by prop, Dom Heeks, who went on a charging run straight down the pitch back at the home side. It looked like he was held up in the tackling players; but his team was on hand to drive the maul on. Dom emerged from the maul, still charging to the line. He was finally brought down but scrum half Jake Carrolan was on hand to keep the ball alive. Quick hands from fly half Sam Darcy allowed winger Tom Kenwright to go for a try in the corner. However some desperate defence from Worcester drove him into touch inches from a debut try. Bredon took great heart from this play. Growing in confidence, they kept attacking Worcester's line. Successive scrums kept the pressure on. Eventually the ball broke loose and centre George Barrel was on hand to pounce on the ball and score Bredon's second try. The second half saw Worcester mount a much stronger challenge to the Bredon line. The first five minutes saw the home side pressing hard for a score. However some ferocious tackling kept them at bay. As a unit, the forwards were much quicker to the breakdown than in previous matches, all of them aquitted themselves admirably to the defensive duties. The line held firm. As the Worcester pack began to tire, Bredon began to string the ball wide along the back line. Good runs from Ollie Goodwin and Dan Robertshaw showed signs of promise, only to be thwarted by last minute tackles or the odd knock-on. Some very clever positional kicking from George Barrel kept Worcester on the back foot. Eventually Bredon scored again, James Newey on hand to finish off another passage of play that saw Bredon utilise the full width of the pitch. The try was converted by Barrel. Worcester scored a late try to salvage something from the game; a well worked passage of play resulting in a try in the corner, which was converted. However it was Bredon who finished the game as strongly as they had started it, a fine return to form.