MAIDS FORWARDS DISAPPEAR - POLICE ISSUE DESCRIPTIONS |
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was a distressing incident at Effingham, Surrey last
Sunday when eight young Maidenhead lads went missing for
an hour. "I told them to make sure they appeared in
rucks," a worried coach Ed Parrott later commented
of the absent forwards. "But whenever I
looked, they had simply vanished. " It was only when volunteers searched the area that the eight were found. "No wonder we couldn't see them, " Parrott added. "They were all standing miles away on the wing and in the centre. I can tell you I was very relieved when I found them but I did warn them not to go absent again. They claimed they'd scored all the tries between them but it didn't cut much ice with us coaches." Police later confirmed that eight Maidenhead youths were helping with their inquiries and that they expected to press charges of impersonating a back. |
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U15s continue unbeaten run at Effingham Effingham U15s 10 Maidenhead
U15s 49 |
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| Maidenhead U15s played a hastily-arranged fixture against Effingham & Leatherhead in Effingham last Sunday. They were without six players on the injured list, and others were given only brief spells on the field after most of the squad played school matches on the Saturday. The conditions were extremely heavy. | |||
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| It was no surprise that Maids gave a very lack-lustre performance, winning by 49-10. Their forward play was not impressive, with too many forwards lacking commitment to the forward phases, especially the rucks, and the half-backs had problems in dealing with the poor quality possession supplied. Effingham, who resisted strongly, eventually allowed their discipline to slip and three of their team were warned by the referee, one being sent from the field. | |||
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| Maids were disappointed to concede two tries - the first time they had conceded more than one all season. They scored seven tries, three from skipper Joe Thomas, whose two-handed line-out catches were a feature. Other tries came from Luke Knowles, Alex Cannon, Pat McSweeney and Mitch Batten. The best were Batten's, touched down after superb handling of the slippery ball, and an individual effort from the dangerous Cannon, who carved through brilliantly on a set moved. | |||
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| The
only aspect of the game which really reached a high
standard was the goalkicking - David Hodgson kicked six
conversions from six attempts and after Hodgson had been
replaced, Chris Adam kicked a superb conversion of the
seventh try from a wide angle. Maids most impressive players were Andrew Hogan and Andrew Foot in the backs, who both showed endless tenacity and commitment; Ali Bruce showed good tactical nous and Andrew Jones and Jack Robinson were among the few forwards to commit to the rucks. |
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| The
Maidenhead squad was: Chris Richardson, Sam Stefan, Andrew Hogan, Anthony Lewis, Andrew Foot, Alex Cannon, Ryan Christian, David Hodgson, Alasdair Bruce, Tom Lewis, Chris Adam, Ollie Styles, Jack Robinson, Christian Paul, Pat McSweeney, Tom Morgan, Chris Parrott, Tom Plumer, Joe Thomas, Mitch Batten, Andrew Jones, Luke Knowles, Tom Kay. |
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