Salisbury crushed by U13s nine tries

Maidenhead U13s 49 v Salisbury U13s 10

Sunday 9th January 2000

MAIDENHEAD under 13s scored nine tries as they crushed Salisbury 49-10 at Braywick on Sunday, with lock forward Carl Corcoran bagging a hat-trick to cap a fine performance.

Maids were in charge from the first scrum as hooker Grant Shearer struck the first of many takes against the head, Salisbury could only kill the ball and from one such penalty the ever alert Alex Barnett took a quick tap, fed Corcoran, and he bulldozed his way over from five yards.
Two minutes later Corcoran rampaged his way once again through the frail Salisbury defence to score his team's second try, with full-back Matthew Wardle converting to make the score 12-0.
Maids continued to make progress though their forwards with props James Emmanuel and Kaz Jasnikowski breaking the gain line time after time, but it was Corcoran’s second row partner Adrian Griffiths who was the next to score after a scintillating run past three tackles.
Salisbury tried to rally and their persistence paid off when their winger was able to dive over in the corner for a well deserved try, but leading 17-5, Maids moved up a gear and began to bring their backs into the game for the first time.
Crisp passing gave both wingers Tom Robinson and Greg Burgess opportunities, and eventually the constant pressure paid off when Barnett fed inside centre Michael Rubber, and he had timed his burst perfectly to dive over for Maids' fourth try.
And the Braywick side added another on the stroke of half-time when No. 8 Ben Sedler popped the ball to Barnett, he accelerated past his would be tackler, and laid an unselfish return pass back to Sedler to post a 27-5 half-time lead.

The second half started in similar fashion with' Peter Neill and Simon Standfast contributing in the centre with some nice runs, but it was Griffiths who completed a solo effort in fine style.
Corcoran got his hat-trick soon after following a flowing, move along the backs, when Robinson looked like scoring in the corner only to be tackled close to the line, and there was Corcoran to pick the ball up and dive over.
Full-back Wardle wrapped up proceedings with two fine tries, the first following a quick tap penalty from Barnett, and the second after Neill had raced clear of a tiring Salisbury defence.

The visitors did manage to get a consolation try to make final score 49-10, but Maids ran out convincing winners and can now look forward to their Berkshire League clash with Newbury in two weeks time with confidence high.

 

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