U16s defeat strong Saracens side
Maidenhead U16s 42pts v Saracens U16s 12 pts
Sunday 12th March 2000
| Maidenhead were delighted to
entertain Saracens as they offered strong competition for
the high calibre Maidenhead Under 16 outfit. The home team went ahead after 9 minutes
when Jonathan Hammond went on an elusive run from the A fine break from the back of the scrum by Gareth Edwards started another scoring move where the handling was particularly impressive. Christian Pedersen took the ball on from Edwards and in turn found prop Steve Bennett in support to drive into the Saracens half. The ball was then collected by winger Damian Bell who went into top gear and flew down the pitch to run in under the posts. Guest who had another top quality performance, saw dividends from his tireless running when he was able to take the ball from Ward who had sprinted through the flat defence and line the full back up before popping the ball off, and run the ball under the posts. Saracens were still competing strongly and starting to explore the channels around the edge of the Maids scrum. One such move saw them run over to score after a period of sustained pressure. The home team completed their first half scoring when Nils Mordt touched down after a crash ball set up. With the second half only ten minutes old, Hammond made another of his characteristic jinking runs and slipped by 5 players to run over. The conversion, 5 meters from the touch line capped an excellent kicking display from Simian Ward The final try for Maidenhead was a masterpiece of movement by the back line. Setting up a scrum 15 meters from the Saracens line, Maids executed a planned move seeing the whole back line darting in different directions pulling their covering defenders across the pitch. Scrum half Edwards seized on the opportunity and darted through the gap to run over. Saracens added another near the end when they exploited opportunities around the scrum again late in the second half, although Maids were already coasting a little. |
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