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Under 13 Match Report

SUNDAY 20th November 2005

Aylestone St James 7pts v Lutterworth  38pts 

On a bright but very chilly morning Aylestone St James (Jimmies) kicked off, the ball was taken cleanly by Lutterworth and good forward play took them deep into the Jimmies half. After a number of mauls Lutterworth gained there first scrum in an ideal attacking position From the scrum Jack Tranter fed Adam Fisher who broke past his marker and then the full back to score under the posts, Jack Tranter then converted to give Lutterworth]a early 7-0 lead. The Lutterworth forwards gained confidence from this early score and were playing excellently as a unit mauling and scrumaging to keep good possession. From another attacking scrum the ball was passed across the backs to winger Josh Shevas who then passed inside to full back Jamie Milner who touched down un opposed. The conversion from wide was just missed by Jack Tranter. Now the forwards and the backs were playing with confidence and excellent breaks by Jarrad Carter and Jamieson Hodges again set up an attacking scrum on the Jimmies 22, again the ball was moved along the backs to winger Josh Shevas who this time sprinted past the Jimmies defence and touched down in the corner. The conversion was just missed this time by Chris Gutteridge. Yet more pressure from the forwards with breaks by Sam Weatherall and Harry Gregory, set up Jamieson Hodges to dart over from 5 yards out, this time Jack Tranter converted to give Lutterworth a comfortable half time lead.

Half Time Aylestone St James 0 Lutterworth 24

Lutterworth introduced a number of changes for the second half and for a time lost a bit of the fluidity and the Jimmies forwards started to gain some ground and kept the pressure on the Lutterworth defence and when Lutterworth failed to clear from their own scrum the Jimmies touched down and then converted to make it 7 - 24. This stirred Lutterworth and from a break by Ben Niblett the forwards won a number of phases of good possession, before Sam Weatherall broke through the Jimmies defence to touch down, this time Harry Gregory missed the conversion from out wide.
From the kick off Chris Gutteridge caught the ball and sprinted past the Jimmies only to be caught by the last man. But from the ensuing pressure the forwards took the ball into the Jimmies 10 yard area and again Sam Weatherall broke from a maul to touch down under the posts, Jamie Milner converted to make the final score Lutterworth 38 Aylestone St James 7

Full Time Aylestone St James 7 Lutterworth 38