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Hertfordshire Stags v Kent U20’s Sunday 19 March 2017, KO 2.30 pm,
Bishop’s Stortford RFC
Hertfordshire RFU RFU National U20 Championship
hertsrugby.co.uk
Message from The President of The RFU 7676
I am delighted to wish everyone involved in today’s game a most
enjoyable day.
County rugby is an essential part of the culture, history and
tradition of the game and, whilst considered by some as having
little meaning, is highly valued by the players and coaches
involved as well as the spectators and volunteers who commit their
time in supporting it.
Representative rugby helps players reach the highest level which
their natural ability will allow, For some, this will be County
level with the prospect of getting through to a County final at
Twickenham; others will go forward and play for their Division and
even be selected for the England Counties XV which at the end of
each season includes an overseas tour. Last year for the Under 20’s
the tour was to Hungary and this year it is to the
Netherlands.
A big thank you to all our excellent coaches and match officials
for their continuation and dedication in support of this important
competition and to the clubs hosting the matches.
I do hope you all have a great day at Bishop’s Stortford.
Peter Baines RFU President Herts RFU Vice President
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By the time you read this England may have won the 2016-17 Six
Nations Grand Slam. This is not to pre-empt the outcome as we have
had to go to press earlier this week however if it is so then what
a fantastic result for The RFU President, our very own Peter
Baines. Fingers crossed yet another record being broken with a
Hertfordshire man at the helm.
It gives me great pleasure in welcoming Kent to Silver Leys. You
will note that not only do they have
one of the finest playing surfaces you will find but also a club
that is on a serious roll with their senior side lying 5 points
clear at the top of National 2 South.
You will find on the back pages of this programme the latest on how
we have gone so far which leads us into this afternoons match with
all to play for from each side. Yet again many thanks must go to
the match officials and all the volunteers who have helped to host
this U 20’s County Championship game.
Win lose or draw this group of young men will play their hearts out
and will gain friendships which will last for years to come, that
is the real victory. Please keep your vocal support to the point
without complaint making applauding good play and forgiving the odd
mistake.
Martyn Kirk President of Herts RFU.
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HRFU U20’s Stags 7676
15: Matt Bendin Hertford 14: Tom Fawssett Fullerians 13: Tom Smith
Old Albanians 12: Brandon Bowden Bishop Stortford 11: Josh Rudling
Hertford
10: Jamie George Bishop Stortford 9: Alex Patton Bishop
Stortford
8: Ed Tidey Tring RFC 7: Teddy King Bishop Stortford 6: Sam Tanton
Old Albanians 5: Zac Scott-Grey Hertford (Captain) 4: Dan Wilton
Tring RFC 3: Karl Garside Old Albanians 2: Mike Bond Old Albanians
1: Seb Brownhill Bishop Stortford
16: Jordan MacDonald Leeds Beckett University 17: James Gallagher
Loughborough University 18: Matt Brooks Loughborough University 19:
Ethan Renny Enfield Ignatians 20: Harry Glennon Hertford 21: Alex
Brown Durham University 22: Julian Manieson- Fullerians.
R1: Josh White Ampthill RFC R2: Joe Tracey Bishop Stortford R3:
Cairo Sango Enfield Ignatians
Herts Stags Coaching Team: Paul Jelski Head Coach. Carl Bradshaw
Assistant and Backs Coach Bobby Graham Assistant and Forwards Coach
David Paine S&C- Assistant coach Ash Walsh Team/Squad
Manager.
Herts Physios and Medical Team: Mike Orr Rob Barr
Match Officials Referee:- Mr Alex Ebbage- Suffolk. AR1:- Mr James
Pidding- c/o Herts Society AR2:- Mr Matt Sharpe-c/o Herts Society
Referee Advisor- Mr Michael Harrison.
15. B Hutston Elthamians RFC 14. A Orris Medway RFC 13. H Roberts
Elthamians RFC 12. B Bateup Westcombe Park RFC 11. J Earle
Cranbrook RFC 10. F Reynolds Tunbridge Wells RFC 9. W Luxford
Elthamians RFC 1. M Young Dartfordians RFC 2. J Otto Dover RFC 3. J
Simmons Sevenoaks RFC 4. J Stubbington Medway RFC 5. C Self
Elthamians RFC 6. J Hawkins Blackheath FC (Captain) 7. M Skinner
Sevenoaks RFC 8. A Everett Sevenoaks RFC
16. S Stone Old Colfeians RFC 17. T Little Thanet Wanderers RFC 18.
M Hewitt Gravesend RFC 19. J Toriyen-Smythe Dartfordians RFC 20. C
Loyal Dartfordians RFC 21. W Kelley Blackheath RFC 22. J Regnier
Dartfordians RFC
Kent U20’s Coaching Team: Lead Coach Taff Gwilliam Coach Malcolm
Graves Manager Terry Hodson Secretary Adi Moss
Kent U20’s Physios and Medical Team: Physio Dan Horgan Masseur
Antony Clement
Kent U 20’s
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Match Officials Referee:- Mr Alex Ebbage- Suffolk. AR1:- Mr James
Pidding- c/o Herts Society AR2:- Mr Matt Sharpe-c/o Herts Society
Referee Advisor- Mr Michael Harrison.
The Stags so far.... 7676
The Stags so far The Stags have had a mixed season so far in the
RFU National U20 Championship, losing their opening pool match
against Surrey at Farnham the beating a weak Essex side at
Thurrock. With Kent winning both their games and having a superior
bonus points haul and points difference the Stags will need to beat
Kent by a large margin to top the table. In fact with Surrey
expected to beat Essex, a bonus point win is probably needed to
reach second place in the pool and a place in the quarter
finals.
The story of the first two matches is set out below
Surrey U20 30 Hertfordshire Stags 20 Surrey outplayed Hertfordshire
Stags in the set pieces to win the opening pool match. They were
stronger than the Stags in the scrums, frequently pushing the Stags
back and forcing them to conceded penalties, and also dominated the
lines out. In the loose however the Stags forwards had the upper
hand, both in attack and defence where they works as a good unit
led by skipper No 8 Zac Scott-Grey (Hertford).
With limited ball from the set pieces the backs were able to show
their paces in broken play, but fewer handling errors could have
produced more rewards.
Both sides took a few minutes to get used to playing on the
artificial surface at Weydon School, but Surrey soon showed their
scrimmage strength. They disrupted a Stag’s scrum on the Herts 22
and their scrum half Dabell (Hartbury Coll) took advantage and
swiftly crossed the line for the opening score.
Shortly after a good break by centre Tom Smith (Old Albanian), set
up a good position at which Surrey were penalised and Jamie George
(Bishop’s Stortford) kicked the penalty.
However Surrey continued to exert pressure and when on the half
hour the Stags scrum half was sin binned for an illegal tackle they
took full advantage. From a line out the drove for the line and put
Boater (Birmingham Univ) over for an unconverted try. That made the
score 10 – 3 to Surrey and that remained the score at half
time.
Despite conceding an early penalty which Forbes kicked, the Stags
dominated the third quarter. Good interplay between backs and
forwards too play to just shorts of the Surrey line from where
hooker Mike Bond (Old Albanian) was driven over for a try which
George converted. Then 10 minutes into the half the Stags took the
lead when scrum half Alex Patton (Bishop’s Stortford) took a wick
penalty on the Surrey 22 and Ethan Renney (Enfield Ignatians)
charged over for an unconverted try.
The Stags continued to have the better of play, even winning a line
out against the throw. This enabled them to asset up an attack and
after taking the ball deep into Surrey territory they recy- cled
and Renney extended the lead to 20 - 13 with a try.
Surry immediately closed the gap via a penalty from Gratton
(Chopham) and soon after the Stags received their second yellow
card of the match. This changed the balance somewhat and Surry came
back into the game. With 10 minutes to go Surrey regained the lead
when Tate (London Irish) scored from a line out catch and drive.
Then minutes later Lipinski (Richmond sealed the win with a
blistering run from the half way for the final try. Both these
tries were converted by Forbes to make the final score 30 – 20 to
Surrey.
The Stags so far....
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Essex U20 7 Hertfordshire Stags 57 Hertfordshire Stags swept Essex
U20s aside in their pool match at Thurrock eventually running in
nine tries to win by 57 points to 7.
The Stags dominated the game in all facets except at the scrum
where they struggled early on to such an extent that they lost
their loose head prop to the sin bin after half an hour’s play. But
the pack more than made up for this in the lines out where their
own ball was very secure and they won at least three of the Kent
throw-ins.
In the loose the Stags frequently drove Kent back and won many
turnovers. The half backs, Pat- ton and Matt Bendin (Hertford), had
outstanding games and they gave both backs and forward every
opportunity to run the ball. However at times players were a little
too enthusiastic to run the ball and as a result there were a
number of handling errors, without which the margin of victory
would have been higher.
Apart from one early run by the Essex left wing, the Stags won
territorial advantage from the beginning of the first half. They
were soon rewarded when No 8 Ed Tidey (Tring) crashed over for the
opening try following a good line out catch and drive. The Stags
continued to press and mid-way through the half they were twice
help up on or over the Essex try line. From the sec- ond 5 metre
scrum the ball was moved to the blind side and full back Tom
Fawssett (Fullerians) squeezed over in the corner. The Stags
immediately increased they lead when from the restart, Bendin made
a break on the half way line beat the defence and scored under the
posts. Brandon Bowden (Bishop’s Stortford) converted to make the
score 17 – nil.
Shortly afterwards the referee lost patience with the Stags’
scrummaging and the yellow card resulted. This did not deter the
Stags and on the half hour No 8 Tidey scored his second try from
another line out catch and drive. From the restart a lapse in the
Stags concentration enabled Es- sex full back McVeigh (Southend) to
score from a move that started on the half way line. McVeigh also
converted to close the gap to 22 – 7. Finally on the stroke of half
time skipper Scott –Grey scored from another dominant lineout and
Bowden added the extras.
The second half took a little time to settle as the Stags made four
changes within ten minutes of the restart. A couple of chances went
begging and so the third quarter was scoreless. Then the Stags won
another Kent throw in and replacement hooker Michael Bond (Old
Albanian) ran in from 20 metres for a try converted by Bowden. Five
minutes later replacement centre George scored from a quickly taken
penalty and then Alex Brown (Durham Uni) touched down, both tries
converted by Bowden. Finally, just before the end Bendin scored his
second try and converted with a drop kick to make the final score
57 – 7.
Senior XV County Championship ‘Bill Beaumont Cup’ Saturday 6 May
2017 Kent v Hertfordshire @ Charlton Park RFC KO 3.00 pm Saturday
13 May 2017 Hertfordshire v Gloucestershire @ Hertford RFC KO 3.00
pm* Saturday 20 May 2017 Cornwall v Hertfordshire @ Camborne RFC KO
3.00 pm Sunday 28 May 2017 County Championship Final @
Twickenham
*Herts Members Pre Match Lunch @ Hertford RFC Contact: Mark Elliott
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[email protected]
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