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Saturday 11th April

Brecon RFC Under 16 - 34 v Stoke-on-Trent RFC Under 16 - 32

Brecon scored first in what was to be a ding dong match played in strong breeze and on a fine very warm day . Jake Newman kicked a perfect penalty. Stoke struck back almost immediately with a try which was converted. Minutes later, after a strong Brecon attack, Lloyd Davies intercepted Stoke’s pass and scored. Jake Newman converted. In less than 5 minutes Stoke scored two unconverted tries to give them a 17 points to 10 lead

Half time saw the Brecon coaches Mark Newman and Hugh Davies reminding their team that they had 15 players and the forwards should get the ball out quickly to the backs and play wider as they were allowing Stoke to control the game on a narrow front.

Only 2 minutes into the second half, Stoke scored again but failed to convert. Brecon began to use their backs and during open play near the Stoke line, Jack Jones played a dummy, side stepped a Stoke player to touch down. Jake Newman converted to bring Brecon back into contention.

After the restart, Brecon took the ball rapidly towards the Stoke line through an excellent passing move amongst the backs and Aaron Evans scored in the corner to level the scores at 22 -22. Stoke came back immediately and scored to re-establish their lead with an unconverted try.

Brecon forwards were playing very well against bigger and heavier opponents and during another excellent piece of open play Jake Newman scored through his kick and chase. Jake Newman converted to give Brecon a slender two point lead. Yet again, the irrepressible Stoke team came back and scored, regaining the lead.

Brecon’s forwards once again surged towards the Stoke line, winning a scrum and getting the ball out quickly to Davey Herdman who was fouled by an offside flanker. With a quick tap and go, Davey went over the line to score. By this time Jake Newman was injured and had left the field and Richard Marsh was playing number 10, and although his touchline missed the right hand post Brecon won a rousing game by 34 points to 32.

The Stoke players conducted themselves very professionally at all times and their discipline was exemplary throughout the game. They are a credit to their Club and to their coaches. Stoke’s Coach, Geoff Tomlinson, spoke highly regarding the way both teams conducted themselves. Stoke RFC also made 3 presentations, one to the referee Neil Pruwit who at short notice made himself available for the game. The second presentation was made by the coaching Staff of Stoke RFC to their Man of the Match, Brecon Number 10 Jake Newman and the final presentation was the Stoke RFC Plate to Brecon RFC.

The Brecon Team: 1 Jessie Ashby 2 Josh Hughes 3 Jack Jones 4 Dewi Jenkins 5 Owen Price 6 Rory Cremin 7 Toby Vaughn 8 Alex Moses 9 Davey Herdman 10 Jake Newman 11 Harry Lowles 12 Aaron Evans 13 Richard Marsh 14 Lloyd Davies 15 Rhodri Morris.

 

 

 

 

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