Last Updated
September 22, 2011
U17 MATCH REPORTS
| Sunday 3 April 2011 - Kent Cup Final Sittingbourne travelled to Aylesford to meet Canterbury in the Kent Cup Final, and we got a game of two halves!!! From the kick off Bourne put Canterbury under pressure in every facet of the game and this led to Canterbury conceding a penalty just outside the 22 and to the left of the posts, But as all season Ford stepped up and slotted home the first points of the game. From the restart Bourne again pressured the Canterbury defence and with quick ball fed wide for Shangobiyi to score in the corner. Canterbury seemed to wake up after this score and had some phases of their own before kicking it away to Williams who in turn put a high ball up and after a few bounces it was Jenkins who like any good open side would, scooped the ball up to score under the posts with a conversion from Ford. With the half time whistle rapidly approaching Bourne showed some great defence to hold Canterbury up over the line on a couple of occasions. Bourne were able to kick clear and with some great discipline at the rucks were able to turn the ball over. With Canterbury being starved of any quick ball it was them who showed indiscipline at a ruck in front of the posts and Ford duly obliged with another 3 points making the half time score 18–0. With more of the
same asked for by the coaching team for the second half, Bourne
began nervous and started to take the wrong option and gave the
ball away needlessly. This saw Canterbury begin their fight back
with a good jinking run by the Canterbury centre who scored under
the posts to make the score 18 – 7. Canterbury now had their
tails up and with a harsh sin-binning of a Bourne player Canterbury
made the extra man tell again scoring a converted try 18–14.
From the restart Canterbury again showed some quick hands out
wide to score in the corner and take the lead for the first time
in the match 18–19. Bourne had now had to dig deep and find
the form they showed in the first half, and they did, with some
strong rucking by the forwards earning a penalty just to the left
of the posts and again Ford duly obliged kicking Bourne into a
2 point lead 21 – 19. From the kick off Canterbury threw
everything at Bourne and a moment's lapse in discipline saw Bourne
give away a kickable penalty and the Canterbury kicker calmly
stepped up and slotted them to a 22 -21 victory. Sunday 27 March 2011 - East Kent Cup Final Sunday 20 March 2011 Sittingbourne 12 - Tunbridge Wells 9 Sittingbourne 9 - Beccehamians 8 Sunday 6 March 2011 Bourne took early control at the rucks, lineouts and scrums and took the lead from a line-out when Captain Huntley set up the forwards after a good take and they drove the Bromley pack over their own line for Russon to score. Ford converted. In the second half, Bromley upped their game and scored an unconverted try in the corner. Jenkins won the ball from the opposition and earned a penalty in front of the posts which Ford converted. From the kick-off Nightingale picked up and scored under the posts with Ford converting. With 10 minutes to go, Bromley threw everything at Sittingbournewho conceded a penalty. After a quick tap-and-go Bromley crossed the line for the final score of the game. Sunday 13 February 2011 Looking to make up for their disappointing performance from the previous week, Sittingbourne showed great “bounceback-ability”. They soon opened the scoring when Josh Bacon capitalised on a well-organised move and Harry Williams stepped his way through the Whitstable defence for the second. Toby Shangyobi scored the next try after some fancy footwork and very good link play through the rest of the back line. The backs continued to pressurise and Josh Bacon finished off another sizzling move in the corner. Brad Ford converted three of the four tries to make it 26-0 at halftime. Bourne made some changes at the turnaround and started the second half positively with the new additions all playing well. Chris Tanner and Japhet Goodburn stopped Whitstable keeping the ball for any length of time and the next try came when dummy running made a huge hole which Williams was only too happy to exploit for his second try. The forwards continued their dominance and good linking play with the backs gave Shangyobi his second try in the corner. A great pickup and drive by Charlie “The Power” Heathfield was well rucked by the pack, producing very quick ball for Shangyobi to run in his third of the match. Ford added more conversions and sealed an entertaining anddetermined performance from the whole squad. Sunday 30 January 2011 Sittingbourne played host to League One Tonbridge Juddians on Sunday in cold but dry weather conditions for the first round of the Kent Cup. Sittingbourne fielded an experienced team and from the opening whistle it was clear it was going to be a keenly contested game. However, Sittingbourne gradually started to gain a terriorial advantage with great rucking from the forwards and got close to the TJs' line on a number of occasions. Following the sustained pressure SIttingbourne must have been disappointed to go into the half time break 3-3 with penalties having been exchanged, Brad Ford converting SIttingbourne's opportunity. As the second half opened Sittingbourne again put pressure on TJs. Ffollowing their full back's clearance Harry Williams cut through their defensive line and, collecting his own kick through, crossed the line for a great individual effort which was well converted by Ford. TJs came back into the game and on a number of occasions put pressure on the hosts but with solid defence Bourne kept them out. With only five minutes remaining Sittngbourne were awarded a lineout 10 metres from TJs line. With a fine throw in from Russon and take from Huntley the pack drove the resulting maul forward with great control and it was Ben Teeder that came up with the ball to take Sittingbourne into a 15-3 lead which they held onto to progress to the Quarter Finals. Another great team performance. Following the game the lads presented Matt Franklin with a farewell gift thanking him for his huge contribution to the team over the last two years as he emigrates to Australia. He will be sorely missed! Sunday 23 January 2011 Sittingbourne U17’s welcomed Bromley to the Grove for a league decider, and what a decider it was. Both teams started this fixture unbeaten in the league and both teams gave all the supporters who turned up a thrilling game. In the early exchanges Bourne started extremely strong at the contact and rucking areas, but it was Bromley who got on the board first with a penalty. It wasn’t long till Bourne played their way into Bromley’s red zone and Bromley conceded a penalty from a dominant Bourne ruck. Ford stepped up to slot the ball over for a well deserved 3 points. Again some indiscipline by Bromley at the ruck gave Ford the opportunity to kick Bourne ahead and he duly obliged. With the game ebbing and flowing with both sides playing some superb rugby, but it was Bourne who once again showing why they remain unbeaten this season with some sublime passing from the backs and the ball ending up in the hands of the Bourne number 7 Jenkins to score in the corner. This left the half time score in Bourne’s favour 11-3. With little having to be said by the Bourne coaching staff apart from more of the same please, that’s exactly what they did with more superb scrummaging and rucking by the forwards and some exquisite passing and moves from the backs, all being orchestrated by Nightingale and Ford. And it was Nightingale who set up the next score from another steady Bourne scrum receiving the ball from the workhorse of a captain Huntley who popped the ball to Nightingale who drew the defence before offloading for Coleman to score in the corner. Bourne carried on playing some of their best rugby off the season but were unable to cross Bromley’s line again. In the dying minutes of the game Bromley threw everything at Bourne, but they responded with superb tackling from every player especially Goodburn who put in some crunching, try-saving tackles. Bromley did manage to crack Bourne’s defence for the last score of the game, making the final score 16-8 to the still unbeaten champions Bourne. Well done lads. Sunday 9 January 2011 Stringer (Ford); Stringer (Ford); Jenkins (Ford);
Williams (Ford); Williams (Ford) Sunday 2 January 2011 Sittingbourne under 17’s visited Sidcup on Sunday in bright but cold conditions, one of three games postponed from December due to the snow. Sittingbourne fielded an experienced team, however with skipper Huntley was missing Ford provided a great game as captain. The opening exchanges where tight with Sidcup counter rucking well but 7 minutes in Shangobiyi was set up well following a backs move and scored in the corner. This early success was followed by a period of end to end rugby with solid defence from both teams. This was finally broken with a converted try on the 25 minute mark and was the followed up by two further tries from Coleman and Williams all three tries well converted by Ford leaving the half time score 26-0 in favour of Sittingbourne. The second half continued as the first had ended with Sittngbourne well in command and through basic rugby were now starting to finish their chances well with five further tries being added by Bacon (2), Franklin, Williams and Coleman four of these converted by Ford. Whilst all the try scorers this week came from the backs, the forwards hard work and platform provided was a real credit to all of them. Sunday 21 November 2010 Sittingbourne travelled to Faversham to play Whitstable with a changed team due to unavailabilities. This was not obvious as the Bourne forwards started very strongly at the rucks and scrums, although the first half closed at 3-3 with Bourne missing out sue to basic handling errors and missed overlaps. After a motivational team talk from the coaches at half time, the team started the second half much more positively with Toby Shangobiyi sprinting in to score the opening try. With Connor Russon having a great debut game at hooker, Bourne's hard work lead to a penalty which Josh Bacon took quickly and powered over for the second try. Whitstable gained three points from a silly infringement but Bourne hit back through Brad Ford and then a try for the forwards with Ben Teeder touching down. With the match essentially won, Bourne made some changes which didn't affect the pace of the game and in the dying minutes Teeder pounced on a mistake to score his second try which was converted by Charlie Coleman. A solid performance with strong rucking and great determination and a little bit of patience showing through. Sunday 14 November 2010 Sittingbourne under 17’s played host to Canterbury for the semi-final of the East Kent Cup on Sunday in wet and rainy conditions. Sittingbourne fielded an experienced team against a Canterbury Team who have won the corresponding fixture for the three years. From the opening whistle it was clear it was going to be a keenly contested game but Sittingbourne had a good spell of pressure leading to a penalty expertly taken by Brad Ford. Canterbury came back well and put Sittingbourne under a great deal of pressure eventually resulting in them crossing the line for their opening score which was well converted giving them a 3-7 lead. Sittingbourne narrowed the gap with another penalty. As the first half drew to an end Sittingbourne again through the boot of Ford capitalised on Canterbury indiscipline only to concede a further converted try leaving the score 9-14. The second half saw Sittingbourne start to gain some territorial advantage and with penalties exchanged two to one in favour of Sittingbourne they found themselves just two points adrift. Canterbury’s continued indiscipline saw a player being yellow carded and Sittingbourne with a one man advantage. The game contined to ebb and flow with Sittingbourne starting to win the rucking contest to take the lead following a defensive mistake by Canterbury seeing Matt Franklin ground a ball kicked through which was converted by Ford giving Sittingbourne a 22-17 lead which they defended to the end. Sittingbourne can be rightly proud of their defensive play throughout the team with particular praise for an immense forwards display against very strong opposition. Sunday 31 October 2010 This was an important clash that might decide the ultimate destination of the League title this season. Bourne started the better through hard game-line tackling and domination of the ruck areas and an early try went to second row Hayden Stringer from a well-set maul. Medway clearly needed to get back into the game and threw everything they had at the home side, but they soaked up th epressure and stopped the visitors in their tracks. Bourne did conced a penalty but they were not fazed and following a good restart from fly half Brad Ford and strong competition in th eairby the pack they went deep into Medway's half from where they forced a penalty which was neatly converted by Ford. Centre Matt Frankln scored the next try, hitting the line at pace and cutting through the back line, to make the score 16-3 at the interval. Bourne conceded a converted try through a momentary lack of concentration at the beginning of the second half, but then got back into their stride with hard running by centres Franklin and Josh Bacon and winger Charlie Coleman. It was no surpise when Josh Bacon went over to extend the advantage. Splendid tactical kicking from Ford pined Medway back at every opportunity. following a lineout deep in their half, captain and Man-of-the-Match Dan Huntley stole possession and sparked off the move which brought Franklin's second try. Ford converted and the Medway pack's heads dropped from th econtinual onslaught and superb mauling. Another well-worked lineoout and try by prop Jacob Smith wrapped it all up nicely. Sunday 10 October 2010 Sittingbourne started well with a well-worked try from Harry Williams, but the lead was short-lived as Ashford broke away to score an unconverted try. Bourne responded with some superb scrummaging and rucking from the forwards with excellent work from the tight five. This pressure resulted in tries from Steve Thelwell, Josh Bacon and Steve Goodhew. Two were converted by Brad "The Boot" Ford. The second half carried on in the same vein with the forwards rucking and scrummaging hard and the whole team tackling well. Williams scored two more tries including the try of the match when Ford chipped into the corner for Williams to run onto. Ashford managed a consolation converted try. Sunday
3 October 2010 Sittingbourne under 17’s visited Beckenham on Sunday in very wet conditions to play their first League game of the season. Sittingbourne were only able to take 16 players but found themselves up against a team also struggling for numbers. From the opening whistle it was clear Sittingbourne were going to control the game easily and by half time held a 26-6 lead with tries from Williams (3) and Shangobiyi, three of which were expertly converted by Ford. The second half was equally one sided with further trys from Williams, Thompson-Stringer and Shangobiyi with Ford converting twice. Beckenham scored a late consolation try leaving the final score 13-45 to the visitors. Team - 15 Harry Williams,
14 Jamie Talbot 13 Josh Bacon 12 Steve Goodhew 11 Tobi Shangobiyi
10 Brad Ford 9 Jake Nightingale 1 Jacob Smith 2 Sam Martin 3 George
Wheeler 4 Hayden Thompson-Stringer 5 Steve Thelwell 6 Dan Huntley
7 Charlie Coleman 8 Japhet Goodburn 16 Ben Driscoll |
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