Knutsford Rugby Club | Mini and Junior Section | Match Reports 2009

  March 7th 2010 | Match report | Knutsford Rugby Club U8's v Wilmslow

Match report by Robin Maxwell.

Knutsford v. Wilmslow (Under 8s) Knutsford played Wilmslow this Sunday, fielding two teams in a mini series of four matches. Conditions were fair but wet underfoot and both teams enjoyed the opportunity to get very muddy! In spite of the conditions, Knutsford played well, keeping the ball in hand where possible and looking to force handling mistakes from their opponents. Josh Wyatt was player of the week, scoring a number of opportunist tries, which resulted from Wilmslow errors. He also impressed the crowd with two interceptions from within the Knutsford half, which both resulted in Knutsford tries. Matthew Flint fought off the cold, to give an impressive performance in defence, putting his opponents under pressure from each restart. In parallel, on the other pitch, Knutsford put in another very committed performance exemplified by some robust defending from both Patrick Brogan and John Bolton. Strong running from both Tom Nanda (through the middle) and Louis Thomas (out wide) yielded several tries and could have resulted in more if it wasn’t for the occasional tendency to dive for the line; not surprising in the conditions but nonetheless still discouraged in mini-rugby. In all the series ended in a draw with Knutsford winning 2 games of the 4 played. Player of the week – Josh Wyatt Teams: Josh Wyatt Matthew Flint Joseph Blakemore Henry Halpin Harvey Reyer James Davis Patrick Brogan Finton Boyle Louis Thomas George Henty Tom Nanda John Bolton

  January 7th 2010 | Match report | Knutsford Rugby Club U 8's v Trentham



Knutsford v. Trentham (Under 8s) Game 1 Knutsford 10 tries v. Trentham 11 tries Game 2 Knutsford 9 tries v. Trentham 8 tries ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Knutsford and Trentham under 8s teams were very closely matched, resulting in two exciting, competitive and fun games. There were some brilliant individual performances but a majority of tries resulted from very good teamwork and support play. James Davis and John Bolton were particularly strong in defense and Harvey Reyer scored a very exciting opportunist try running the length of the pitch from his own try line. Player of the week - Joseph Blakemore Team: Joseph Blakemore Patrick Brogan Finton Boyle Louis Thomas Henry Halpin Harvey Reyer James Davis George Henty

  January 18th 2009 | Match report | Knutsford Rugby Club U12's v Warrington

Match report by Craig Lunnon.

After a five week break caused by bad weather and Christmas, it took the lads no time to return to winning ways against Warrington this Sunday.

On a pitch better suited to bog snorkelling than Rugby, Knutsford started brightly with some forceful and effective work from the forwards opening up an opportunity for Seb Charlton to break down the line for an early try. Not to be outdone, Warrington started to put some phases together and managed to establish a presence in the Knutsford half. Despite heroic tackling from the likes of Seb Charlton, the pressure eventually told and Warrington got a deserved equaliser.

The second half started with more Warrington pressure that, if not for some determined defensive would have led to more points for Warrington. Having weathered the onslaught, Knutsford eventually started to get the upper hand in the rucks and mauls and, through some great technical work by props Keilan Heffernan and Ralph Lea, started to control the scrums as well. With more ball coming their way, the backs started to pile on the pressure with breaks from Ed Lunnon amongst others. The deciding try inevitably came when Rory Armstrong stole the ball in the maul and broke several tackles to touch down for a well deserved try.