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Under 16 Match Report

Boston 10's Tournament

Sunday 11th March 2007

This Sunday Lutts split their resources sending a 15 man squad to the Boston 10’s whilst the rest of the squad took on Belgrave at home.

This Tournament involved 12 teams, split between 2 leagues, with the winners playing each other in the final. The games were 7˝ minutes each way, with no conversions.

Lutts results were as follows:

25-0 vs Lincoln B

Tries from Gareth Clarke (2), Matt Everard, Josh McLaurin and Connor Smith.

40-0 vs Barnsley

A great hat trick from both Clarke and Smith and two tries from Luke Ball.

15-0 vs Grimsby

Tries from James Cooke, Everard and Joe Sullivan.

45-0 vs Mansfield B

Two tries each from Dan Holmes, Smith, Clarke and Bradly Milner, with a try each from Joe Sullivan and Everard.

25-0 vs Scunthorpe

Another great hat trick from Clarke and a try apiece for Everard and Cooke.

This left the standings in group 2 as follows:

Team:                                     P          W         D         L             F          A          Pts

Lutterworth                           5           5          0          0          140          0          10

Grimsby                                 5           4          0          1             45        20            8

Scunthorpe                           5           3          0          2             60        30           6

Mansfield B                           5           2          0          3             25        75            4

Lincoln B                               5           1          0          4             15        85            2

Barnsley                                 5           0         0           5            10        95            0 

So Lutts moved on to meet Mansfield A, who won league 1, in the final.

Both teams had remained unbeaten in the league stages, so something had to give and we weren’t disappointed as we witnessed a great final. Both teams cancelled each other out and it took another great piece of individual skill as Lutts took the first score. Gareth Clarke, who had been on fire all throughout the tournament, picked up the ball deep in his own territory and made a brilliant mazy run, handing off three defenders to score in the corner.

Mansfield were quick to respond as they equalised through their winger, finishing off a good passing move in the corner. Both sides had opportunities to clinch the game but it finished 5-5 at the close. This meant the dreaded ‘golden try’ extra time, meaning the next score won it!

Both teams had attacking opportunities, but Mansfield sealed it when they won the race to a hack forward and scored the winning try.

Head Coach Chris Everard said after the tournament:

‘We played some fantastic, attacking rugby, reaching the final without even conceding a try. I was very proud of how well the entire squad performed throughout the day and golden try time is always going to be a lottery. Well done Mansfield for a great final’

Tournament Statistics:

                                        Lutterworth                       Opposition

Tries                                         31                             2

Points                                    155                           10

Average Score                       26                             2

Lutts Tournament Try Scorers:

Clarke                11                             Cooke              2

Smith                   5                              Sullivan           2

Everard               4                              Holmes            2

Milner                  2                              McLaurin          1

Ball                      2

Lutterworth RFC u16’s Boston 10’s Squad 2007:

Luke Ball, James Cooke, Gareth Clarke, Matt Everard (Captain), Dan Holmes, Will Keeling, James Lloyd, Josh McLaurin, Bradly Milner, Connor Smith, Joe Sullivan, Zac Wilkins, Ethan Wright