Match Report for Thurrock

The U13's second league match of the season was another tough game against strong opponents from Thurrock. This was a match that could easily have been a lot closer and the scoreline isn’t a fair reflection on the tightness of the game nor the strength of the Thurrock team. The first half was a very closely contested affair with some good defence and both sides looking more than capable of scoring tries. The half finished with the score line 10 - 7 in favour of Brentwood. The Brentwood boys stuck to their game plan for the second half and had the advantage of playing downhill. With the forwards demonstrating some excellent rucking and support play, they were securing very good ball for the backs which gave Brentwood the opportunity to run in a further 3 tries making the final score 27 -7.

Well done to all the boys for some entertaining and well disciplined rugby. The tackling and handling was first class and hopefully the boys can maintain this standard in the weeks ahead.


Match report for Westcombe Park

The Stags travelled down to Orpington for their fixture against Westcombe Park and Brentwood had 2 new boys starting a game for the first time in Rory Hannell and James Croxon. As we expected, Westcombe Park were a very well drilled side and Brentwood were immediately on the back foot. However, some excellent defence from Centres Louis Mayo and Charlie Noble ensured that Brentwood would make Westcombe Park work hard for their scores. The team battled for the first 10 mins before the powerfull runners from W Park eventually started to find some gaps and ran in 3 very good first half tries.

Brentwood continued to tackle well with Tom Melvin, Jack Mellor and new boy James Croxon all putting in strong tackles. Brentwood eventually lost their structure as Park began to dominate with some strong runs from their powerful centre. The new look front row had struggled in the first half but eventually managed to gell and secured some scrum ball. It was from this that James Croxon displayed a searing turn of pace to out flank the Park backline and open his account for Brentwood. He followed this up with another long distance try following good work from Brentwood Skipper, Billy Summerfield.

The game finished with Brentwood looking for their third try and this character was encouraging as they refused to give in. Westcombe Park were well worth their victory and played some very good attacking rugby that was too much for the Stags, although the boys can take spirit from the way they ended the game. It was an enjoyable fixture for boys and parents and thanks to our hosts at Westcombe Park.