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Under 14 Match Report

SUNDAY 18th  November 2007

Belgrave20pts  v  Lutterworth  0pts 

As part of a double header at Syston, Lutterworth also played a Belgrave side looking for match time. Belgrave started strongly with the wind, or perhaps it was more a case of Lutterworth starting slowly after a difficult preparation in the conditions. Two quick tries resulted before the Lutterworth team got out of their stride. However, when they did get into the game some storming play from the forwards, notably James Fox, carried the Lutterworth team into the Belgrave half. Despite having some pressure, it was always a case of letting the opposition off the hook with one or two missed tackles. Belgrave certainly had the strong runners to take advantage of the lapses in the Lutterworth defence.

Tom Reddin, leading from the front, galvanised his troops into greater efforts for the second half. James Fox again led the way, making a 25 metre run to the posts only to be held up over the line. As time went on, Lutterworth began to tire and Belgrave took advantage with two late breakaway tries to make the score 20 nil to Belgrave. A scoreline which didn't really reflect the effort and level of performance of several of the Lutterworth players, but which also showed the importance of making those first up tackles against strong  running backs.

Two more games this week, Hinkley A and a return match against Belgrave, both at Belgrave.