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Great Team Performance at Ruislip

Great Team Performance at Ruislip

Chris mccarthy6 Apr 2014 - 22:50
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After a close first half with two tries apiece the Under 15s stepped up a gear and scored three tries in the first fifteen of the second.Well done lads

Streatham started strongly and took an early lead through a well worked try scored by Ibrahim Campbell converted by Jay Ogden. Ruislip fought back hard and scored in the corner but missed the conversion. Ruislip then took the lead with a move started deep in their half finished off by a brilliant run by their left wing. They kicked the conversion and were quickly back on the attack after the re-start. Streatham tackled ferociously and counter-attacked through their forwards led by Daniel May and Apia Awa. Winning quick ruck ball twenty metres inside Ruislip's half, Charlie Strudwick fed the ball to Max McCarthy who cut through the middle of the Ruislip defence to score under the posts. Ogden converted making it 14-12 at half time. After the restart Ruislip immediately pushed Streatham deep into their 22 and were only prevented from scoring by some fierce tackling by the Streatham backs lead by Billy Norton and Rhys Melhado-Thompson. After weathering the onslaught Streatham managed to win back possession and moved the ball wide to Gideon Bafoa who used his pace to score a brilliant individual try from deep inside the Streatham half. Ogden converted again to give Streatham a 21-12 lead. Streatham started to dominate the game now and scored again with another slick backs move started by Ogden that put Kay in under the posts. Another conversion making it 28-12. The Streatham forwards now decided to get in on the act and strong runs by Praise Williams-Ojomu, Luckie Frimpong and Carlitos Pinto were finished off by Kiran Roberts crashing over in the corner for Streatham's fifth try. The conversion was missed and Streatham starting to tire were forced back deep into their own half where despite some brave tackling by Vernon and McCarthy the Ruislip backs scored a great try which they converted to make it 33-19. Both sides had opportunities in the last 5 minutes but it was Streatham's Kay who took advantage of a tired Ruislip defence to score under the posts with Ogden converting to make the final score 40-19 to Streatham.
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