RUGBY MIDGETS 4 P 8, W 4, L 4 This year’s team were phenomenally focused; their commitment during training and their team spirit during matches gave them and their supporters a huge amount of enjoyment on Saturday afternoons. By half-term the stats sat at won 2, lost 3; but the boys worked hard to claw back a few well-won victories to end the season with four wins and four defeats. A solid 41-14 win against Sherborne
on Centenary day got us off to a solid start to the season; however defeats against St Paul’s and Eton in quick succession came as a bit of a shock. Beating Tonbridge 39-13 was a real morale booster, before an unbelievably tight game against Abingdon just before halfterm, where the boys had to work extremely hard to end the game 5-12 down. The second half of term saw only three fixtures, and good wins against Marlborough and Bedford
RUGBY MIDGETS 5 P 8, W 5, L 2, D 1 Try Scorers: Henry Wiggin (6), Ed Andrew (3), Jess Beardsworth (3), Luke Howard (3), Raphah Jung (3), Ollie Sim (3), Henry Carson (2), Blake Hannaby-Cummins (2), Freddie Horler (2), Andrew Liu (2), Claud Marriot (2), Ee-thern Ship (2), Angus Parker (2), Will Shott (1), Tom Sweetnam (1), Jake Terry (1). Our first match was against Sherborne on a special day for the
school; it was gloriously sunny. We started well 22-0 up at half time. Our aim was not to concede; unfortunately that didn’t happen, but we still recorded a solid first win of 42-5. The next match was tough and one of our hardest matches of the season against St Paul’s, but with solid defence and very quick wingers, we managed to scrape through with a 10-0 win. Just before leave away we played Eton, who we were expecting to be tough, but they were not the greatest
Coach: DSB
saw us improving our stats to end the season having won as many games as we had lost. Overall this was a highly successful season against some tough teams, and the boys went from strength to strength as the season advanced. They never lost their team spirit and put in some unbelievably determined performances, even when faced with bigger and stronger opposition. Harry Purton, h and the Team
Coaches: JW Schfield / JPJ Dodd Captain: FJR Horler
side in defence and we earned a comfortable 27-12 win. Tonbridge was our next match and we struggled with a new look team. Mix-ups appeared and they capitalized on these, which resulted in our first loss 22-0; this was disappointing. We were hoping to turn the next match around, just before half term when we played Cheltenham’s 3rd XV, but they were skilled and we conceded penalties to our cost, eventually losing 10-16. After half term we bounced back with a convincing win against Marlborough 65-15. Then came our local rival St Edward’s, the match started well 7-0 inside a minute and the score ended 50-7, which combined with the Marlborough score brought morale to a high. Our final match of the season was against Harrow which we knew would be a tough end to the season. It was a close match, which ended at 12-12 draw. Freddie Horler, b
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