Bicester ‘A’ 20 v Marlow ‘A’ 0
The first meeting for this age group between Bicester and Marlow saw the ‘A’s make it 10 wins a row for the U14s squad, running out convincing winners but making heavy work of it at times. The Marlow pack were a strong unit which the Bicester pack could not resist fronting up to. Unfortunately this resulted in too many carries by the forwards into contact, and the backs not seeing enough ball. The Bicester backs looked superior, but with infrequent and sometimes badly presented ball, were rushed in their execution. On the good side James Grosvenor led the pack aggressively throughout from No8, the pack did get the better of Marlow, scrum half Mats Venning played well with good kicks, distribution and taking blind side options, and the backs did score two very good tries.
The tries:
Henry Gayler put up a high kick deep into the Marlow 22 towards the right hand corner, a great take by Antony Iveson was off loaded to Henry out wide to score in the corner.
Hooker Ollie Cavey took a scrum against the head which James G picked up, he came close to scoring from a great effort having broken the line and kicked ahead twice but just could not make the touch down. However he did get on the score sheet soon afterwards, Ollie Cassidy counter attacked from a clearance kick and having done the hard work fed James for a simple finish. HT:10-0
The backs best move was called and executed by the centres from set piece, a scrum on the Marlow 10m line. Perfect quick ball from Mats through Charllie Bethell to Henry who put the switch pass inside to Dan Rowland at pace, Dan broke the line and there was no stopping him on his way to scoring Bicesters third.
Forwards Jordan Hirons and Conor White drove through the Marlow pack to set up Ed Mawdsley for a close range try in the closing minute.
Try Scorers: Henry Gayler, James Grosvenor, Dan Rowland and Ed Mawdsley
Players Man of Match: James Grosvenor
Coaches Man of Match: Mats Venning
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Match report Bicester 'B' v Marlow 'B' - 25 Jan
Bicester ‘B’ 57 v Marlow ‘B’ 0
Bicester ‘B’s were simply excellent. This performance, coupled with last weeks effort against A&C, have proven to be their finest back to back games in recent seasons. Against the unknown quantity of a first meeting with Marlow, they came out full of confidence and delivered high quality rugby based around good structure, teamwork and continuity. Individual mentions for Harry Court who put in a solid display at 10 setting his backs well and varying his options, Will Allen-Miles took the ball on well through instinctive support play, PJ Gardiner adjusted well to being selected at fullback and would have learnt from the experience, and Jack Stone put in his seasons best performance, his rucking was second to none and with him stepping up to run penalties he has been rewarded with the Coaches MOM. Ben Jenks continued his good place kicking form and currently tops the squads averages.
The early exchanges between the forwards saw Bicester take the edge through good rucking and force a penalty. Jack took the running option and fed Tim Price out wide, Tim cut back inside and set the ruck, quick ball from PJ out to Callum Robertson who broke the line and popped to Ben Jenks who shrugged off the tackle to score under the posts for Bicesters first try. Callum collected from the restart and made a second decisive line break which was supported and taken on by Will, Harry C collected the pass to round the Marlow winger and finish under the posts.
Marlow rallied and put together a series of phases holding possession and forcing Bicester into their own half. The pressure was felt for 5 minutes until Bicester put up a huge kick and chase up to the Marlow 22, Marcus Linfoot was first to follow up and turned over the ball which Harry Bishop took on and found Tim Price on the wing who scored in the corner. Bicester were dominant, another penalty was awarded which Ben took quickly to make a 10m punch up to halfway, Callum took the ball at pace, found a gap and sprinted in to score his first try for Bicester. PJ Gardiner added a fifth try before the break, a fine individual effort as he showed great commitment and skill to dive and collect a clearance kick got straight up and ran through the surprised defence to score. HT: 31-0.
Credit should be given to Marlow for not dropping their heads and fighting to the end, but the second half saw 4 more tries for the home side together with a second successive clean sheet. From a scrum, Isaac Bensley gave quick ball to Harry C who stepped first inside and then outside his tacklers before bursting under the posts for his second try of the match. Fine support play ended with Joel Miller putting in James Nellis for his try from close range. A strong break by Conor White was supported and finished by Henry. Marcus created turnover again on his own 22 and set off to run all the way to the line and score the last try of the match.
Try Scorers: Ben Jenks, Harry Court (2), Tim Price, Callum Robertson, PJ Gardiner, James Nellis, Henry Gayler and Marcus Linfoot
Conversions: Ben Jenks (6)
Players Man of Match: The team
Coaches Man of Match: Jack Stone
Bicester ‘B’s were simply excellent. This performance, coupled with last weeks effort against A&C, have proven to be their finest back to back games in recent seasons. Against the unknown quantity of a first meeting with Marlow, they came out full of confidence and delivered high quality rugby based around good structure, teamwork and continuity. Individual mentions for Harry Court who put in a solid display at 10 setting his backs well and varying his options, Will Allen-Miles took the ball on well through instinctive support play, PJ Gardiner adjusted well to being selected at fullback and would have learnt from the experience, and Jack Stone put in his seasons best performance, his rucking was second to none and with him stepping up to run penalties he has been rewarded with the Coaches MOM. Ben Jenks continued his good place kicking form and currently tops the squads averages.
The early exchanges between the forwards saw Bicester take the edge through good rucking and force a penalty. Jack took the running option and fed Tim Price out wide, Tim cut back inside and set the ruck, quick ball from PJ out to Callum Robertson who broke the line and popped to Ben Jenks who shrugged off the tackle to score under the posts for Bicesters first try. Callum collected from the restart and made a second decisive line break which was supported and taken on by Will, Harry C collected the pass to round the Marlow winger and finish under the posts.
Marlow rallied and put together a series of phases holding possession and forcing Bicester into their own half. The pressure was felt for 5 minutes until Bicester put up a huge kick and chase up to the Marlow 22, Marcus Linfoot was first to follow up and turned over the ball which Harry Bishop took on and found Tim Price on the wing who scored in the corner. Bicester were dominant, another penalty was awarded which Ben took quickly to make a 10m punch up to halfway, Callum took the ball at pace, found a gap and sprinted in to score his first try for Bicester. PJ Gardiner added a fifth try before the break, a fine individual effort as he showed great commitment and skill to dive and collect a clearance kick got straight up and ran through the surprised defence to score. HT: 31-0.
Credit should be given to Marlow for not dropping their heads and fighting to the end, but the second half saw 4 more tries for the home side together with a second successive clean sheet. From a scrum, Isaac Bensley gave quick ball to Harry C who stepped first inside and then outside his tacklers before bursting under the posts for his second try of the match. Fine support play ended with Joel Miller putting in James Nellis for his try from close range. A strong break by Conor White was supported and finished by Henry. Marcus created turnover again on his own 22 and set off to run all the way to the line and score the last try of the match.
Try Scorers: Ben Jenks, Harry Court (2), Tim Price, Callum Robertson, PJ Gardiner, James Nellis, Henry Gayler and Marcus Linfoot
Conversions: Ben Jenks (6)
Players Man of Match: The team
Coaches Man of Match: Jack Stone
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Match report Bicester 'A' v Amersham & Chiltern 'A' - 18 Jan
Bicester ‘A’ 50 v Amersham & Chiltern ‘A’ 7
Bicester proved too strong for the Bucks County Champions and ran away with a score that bellied the quality of the opposition and the closely fought forwards battle. Whilst taking nothing away from a fine Bicester performance with intelligent build up and good support play, the number of missed tackles from A&C contributed to the 50 points total.
A&C got off to a great start with quick hands stretching Bicester out wide right and then left, they found a gap at the breakdown and rounded the fullback to score under the posts. The try converted and things looked ominous.
Unruffled by the early score, Bicester calmly built pressure to take the game to A&C forcing a high penalty count. A penalty on halfway was run by Jordan Hirons, the ball recycled at the breakdown and Henry Gayler fed off the ground to Tim Price who moved it out wide to Dan Rowland, Dan had men to beat but showed his power and pace to ride tackles and finish under the posts, Dan converted his try to tie the scores. Bicester spent the next 5 minutes camped out in A&Cs half, were awarded a penalty 5m out which Mats Venning fed to Henry on a punch move but he knocked on. Pressure on the kicker from the resultant scrum forced another penalty in front of the posts which Mats took quickly out to Harry Court who beat his man to score in the corner.
A&C could not break the defence but did force themselves into Bicesters half with kicks to touch, they put fly half Chris Nourse under a lot of pressure and threatened within our 22. Having soaked up all they had to offer with strong defence, Bicester cleared with a fine box kick from Mats reaching the 22. Cameron Fortin-Smith stole A&Cs lineout and quick ball was fed via a miss pass to Dan on halfway. Half a chance was all Dan needed as he set off for a superb score shrugging off tacklers on his way and a dive under the posts to finish. Dans conversion made it 19-7 at HT.
Bicester went on full out attack after the break, and coupled with a drop of heads from A&C, enjoyed a period of 20 minutes in the oppositions territory during which they added 5 tries to underline their authority. First a break from Henry and an offload to No 8 James Grosvenor, ever present at the breakdown, who took it at pace and powered over. Another break from Henry was again taken on by James to within sight of the line, the forwards were there in numbers forcing a penalty for offside at the ruck. Playing under advantage Jordan picked up and tried to burrow through for the line, although stopped short he had sucked in the A&C pack giving Cameron the gap to pile over for try number 5.
When A&C did get across halfway, Conor White turned them over and broke the gain line before feeding Henry in midfield whose sprint to the line was chased all the way but to no avail as he scored with a splash. Ed Mawdsley had put in a high tackle count and came close with a break but was stopped short. Pressure on the clearance attempt kept Bicester in A&Cs 22, good phases of rucking set up Conor for a clean break through the defence for another try. The final score came from a break down the right wing which saw Charlie Bethell held up short. A knock on gave A&C the put in for a 5m scrum, James Nellis hooked against the head and James G picked up off the back to score his second.
A&C put in a great effort to go for a consolation try, having worked their way up field their No8 was held up over the line. Two further attempts from 5m scrums by the No8 were held up by the excellent Bicester defence before the referee blew the final whistle.
Try Scorers: Dan Rowland (2), Harry Court, James Grosvenor (2), Cameron Fortin-Smith, Henry Gayler and Conor White
Conversions: Dan Rowland (5)
Players Man of Match: James Grosvenor
Coaches Man of Match: Jordan Hirons
Bicester proved too strong for the Bucks County Champions and ran away with a score that bellied the quality of the opposition and the closely fought forwards battle. Whilst taking nothing away from a fine Bicester performance with intelligent build up and good support play, the number of missed tackles from A&C contributed to the 50 points total.
A&C got off to a great start with quick hands stretching Bicester out wide right and then left, they found a gap at the breakdown and rounded the fullback to score under the posts. The try converted and things looked ominous.
Unruffled by the early score, Bicester calmly built pressure to take the game to A&C forcing a high penalty count. A penalty on halfway was run by Jordan Hirons, the ball recycled at the breakdown and Henry Gayler fed off the ground to Tim Price who moved it out wide to Dan Rowland, Dan had men to beat but showed his power and pace to ride tackles and finish under the posts, Dan converted his try to tie the scores. Bicester spent the next 5 minutes camped out in A&Cs half, were awarded a penalty 5m out which Mats Venning fed to Henry on a punch move but he knocked on. Pressure on the kicker from the resultant scrum forced another penalty in front of the posts which Mats took quickly out to Harry Court who beat his man to score in the corner.
A&C could not break the defence but did force themselves into Bicesters half with kicks to touch, they put fly half Chris Nourse under a lot of pressure and threatened within our 22. Having soaked up all they had to offer with strong defence, Bicester cleared with a fine box kick from Mats reaching the 22. Cameron Fortin-Smith stole A&Cs lineout and quick ball was fed via a miss pass to Dan on halfway. Half a chance was all Dan needed as he set off for a superb score shrugging off tacklers on his way and a dive under the posts to finish. Dans conversion made it 19-7 at HT.
Bicester went on full out attack after the break, and coupled with a drop of heads from A&C, enjoyed a period of 20 minutes in the oppositions territory during which they added 5 tries to underline their authority. First a break from Henry and an offload to No 8 James Grosvenor, ever present at the breakdown, who took it at pace and powered over. Another break from Henry was again taken on by James to within sight of the line, the forwards were there in numbers forcing a penalty for offside at the ruck. Playing under advantage Jordan picked up and tried to burrow through for the line, although stopped short he had sucked in the A&C pack giving Cameron the gap to pile over for try number 5.
When A&C did get across halfway, Conor White turned them over and broke the gain line before feeding Henry in midfield whose sprint to the line was chased all the way but to no avail as he scored with a splash. Ed Mawdsley had put in a high tackle count and came close with a break but was stopped short. Pressure on the clearance attempt kept Bicester in A&Cs 22, good phases of rucking set up Conor for a clean break through the defence for another try. The final score came from a break down the right wing which saw Charlie Bethell held up short. A knock on gave A&C the put in for a 5m scrum, James Nellis hooked against the head and James G picked up off the back to score his second.
A&C put in a great effort to go for a consolation try, having worked their way up field their No8 was held up over the line. Two further attempts from 5m scrums by the No8 were held up by the excellent Bicester defence before the referee blew the final whistle.
Try Scorers: Dan Rowland (2), Harry Court, James Grosvenor (2), Cameron Fortin-Smith, Henry Gayler and Conor White
Conversions: Dan Rowland (5)
Players Man of Match: James Grosvenor
Coaches Man of Match: Jordan Hirons
Match report Bicester 'B' v Amersham & Chiiltern 'B' - 18 Jan
Bicester ‘B’ 15 v Amersham & Chiltern ‘B’ 0
Bicester ’B’s matched the ‘A’s with a fine win over A&C ‘B’s. With the pitch in a state after the first game and so precluding any sort of a kicking game, Bicester produced some very good rugby based upon continuity and support and punctuated by high quality tries. A fine second row performance by George Myers and Scott Povey led the pack up-field at every opportunity, this momentum from the forwards coupled with an attacking mentality through the backs saw A&C on the back foot for most of the game. Callum Robertson had an impressive debut supported closely by the centre pairing of Callum McCulloch and Will Brett-Harding.
The opening try was the finest ‘team’ try of the day from either of the games. Bicester ran a penalty from their own 10m line through Scott who made a good 20 metre carry, from the breakdown quick ball gave Callum R space to run into, Jack Stone took it on from the next breakdown, another couple of phases punched forward and on the 5th phase the ball was moved wide for Callum McC to finish in the corner.
Both sides were fully committed and were equal to each other as they battled for the remainder of the half, providing good entertainment for those that had remained on the touchline to watch and to those from the comfort of the clubhouse! HT 5-0.
The second half saw Bicester enjoy the lions share of possession and build pressure well. The second score also started from a penalty this time 5m in on the oppositions 22. It was great to see Sam Clarke back from a lengthy injury take the tap from PJ Gardiner and power Bicester to within sight of the try line, Sam had the presence to offload to Scott who was stopped short, the ruck was solid, James Nellis saw the gap and caught the defence out with speedy pick up to drive over and score.
A&C enjoyed a period in our half threatening to pull one back. The Bicester defence was committed to keeping a clean sheet and managed to hold out and work their way back onto the attack. Repeated phases of pressure resulted in a Bicester scrum in front of posts from which Callum McC found the gap for Bicesters third.
Well done to the lads.
Try Scorers: Callum McCulloch (2) and James Nellis
Players Man of Match: Callum Robertson
Coaches Man of Match: Scott Povey
Bicester ’B’s matched the ‘A’s with a fine win over A&C ‘B’s. With the pitch in a state after the first game and so precluding any sort of a kicking game, Bicester produced some very good rugby based upon continuity and support and punctuated by high quality tries. A fine second row performance by George Myers and Scott Povey led the pack up-field at every opportunity, this momentum from the forwards coupled with an attacking mentality through the backs saw A&C on the back foot for most of the game. Callum Robertson had an impressive debut supported closely by the centre pairing of Callum McCulloch and Will Brett-Harding.
The opening try was the finest ‘team’ try of the day from either of the games. Bicester ran a penalty from their own 10m line through Scott who made a good 20 metre carry, from the breakdown quick ball gave Callum R space to run into, Jack Stone took it on from the next breakdown, another couple of phases punched forward and on the 5th phase the ball was moved wide for Callum McC to finish in the corner.
Both sides were fully committed and were equal to each other as they battled for the remainder of the half, providing good entertainment for those that had remained on the touchline to watch and to those from the comfort of the clubhouse! HT 5-0.
The second half saw Bicester enjoy the lions share of possession and build pressure well. The second score also started from a penalty this time 5m in on the oppositions 22. It was great to see Sam Clarke back from a lengthy injury take the tap from PJ Gardiner and power Bicester to within sight of the try line, Sam had the presence to offload to Scott who was stopped short, the ruck was solid, James Nellis saw the gap and caught the defence out with speedy pick up to drive over and score.
A&C enjoyed a period in our half threatening to pull one back. The Bicester defence was committed to keeping a clean sheet and managed to hold out and work their way back onto the attack. Repeated phases of pressure resulted in a Bicester scrum in front of posts from which Callum McC found the gap for Bicesters third.
Well done to the lads.
Try Scorers: Callum McCulloch (2) and James Nellis
Players Man of Match: Callum Robertson
Coaches Man of Match: Scott Povey
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