SOGGY END TO LEAGUE SEASON FOR U15s

Sunday 17th March saw Watford U15s entertain Wasps at Radlett Road for our last league game of the season. The conditions however were not great for a free flowing game following two days of heavy rain, but some nifty spade work by Dean ensured the game kicked off on time. Watford had a squad of 16 available to play, with John and Sam both AWOL for this game due to Paddy’s day.

Watford unfortunately started slowly again taking a good 10 minutes to get into the game, by which time they were already 12-nil down. This was following some good work by the Wasps backs for the first try, and a great pick and run from the back of a scrum by their impressive No8 for the second. Eventually Watford got into the game scoring when Tom made a break, got over the game line and off loaded to Smithy who crossed over the line for a try. Unfortunately it was instantly cancelled out when straight from the re-start Watford failed to gather in the ball and it bounced kindly to the Wasps winger who galloped over in the corner to make the halftime score 17-5.

In the second half Watford started to get on the front foot with the scrum looking strong and they began to spend most of the time in the oppositions half. However all the old habits came back and they all started to try and beat 15 players on their own. They cross the line for one score by Tom, but time and again Wasps managed to stop them as the forwards failed to work together and the passing and handling was poor. So at the final whistle the score was 17-10 to the visitors.

I think the boys would probably all agree that this was probably their poorest performance of the season, with individuals getting try line fever and all the teamwork moves we have been working on in training going out the window. There were though some positive points to take from this match though, with the scrum working well and Tom getting his first try of the season. Now we must put this game behind us, learn from our mistakes and move on to the next.

Watford Rugby Club

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