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Under 13 Match Report

SUNDAY 13th November 2005

Loughborough 26pts v Lutterworth  7pts 

On a cold breezy morning Lutterworth captain Chris Gutteridge won the toss and chose to play into the wind. Jack Tranter kicked off for Lutterworth who were themselves caught a bit cold when Loughborough caught the ball cleanly and swept up field and from the maul they moved the ball across the backs and scored in the corner. This was converted to give Loughborough an early 7-0 lead. With the wind against them Lutterworth were struggling to clear the ball and constant pressure from Loughborough set up their 2nd try - again converted. In a rare Lutterworth break from a scrum in their own 22 Lutterworth moved the ball along the backs for winger Josh Shevas to sprint past his man only to be stopped on the Loughborough 22 by the full back. The danger was cleared by Loughborough to give them a comfortably half time lead.

Half Time Loughborough 14  Lutterworth 0

Now Lutterworth had the wind behind them the forwards and backs were managing to gain some good ground and good breaks by Sam Huckerby and Jamieson Hodges were cleared by the Loughborough defence. The Lutterworth pressure had to tell and from a maul deep in the Loughborough 22 Sam Huckerby broke away to score their first try, this was converted by Jack Tranter to get Lutterworth back into the game. Lutterworth continued to take the game to Loughborough and great breaks by Jarrad Carter and Harry Gregory led to Jamieson Hodges crashing over only to have been judged to drop the ball before touching it down. With time running out Lutterworth pressed forward but it was Loughborough who from their own half passed the ball out wide and swept up field to score. Another try at the final whistle gave Loughborough the win.

Full Time Loughborough 26  Lutterworth 7