Felsted Rugby U16: It's a long way back to Norfolk!

Felsted U16 A v Greshams (A)

Result: Won 5-52

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Despite the long journey, Gresham’s (who had put 70 points on Framlingham last week) came out of the blocks brilliantly. From the kick off, they attacked, with an intelligent kick, and then moved the ball quickly from the line out, to take an early lead. However, in the next 15 minutes the boys put together their best rugby of the season to date, with a score from Ben Thompson, and then two tries for Miles Singleton, whose pace caused Gresham’s problems all afternoon. The pace, and intensity of this period of play was really impressive.

As Gresham’s tried to launch a counter attack, the hostile defence of the Felsted boys forced their captain from the field, and as their attack was just snuffed out on the left, we attacked from our own line. Hutchinson saw the space, and released Edwards, who in turn fed Singleton, who burst through a gap on the left, and having stepped the full back, seemed to be in under the posts. Their centre just caught him, but Max Paulin was on hand to finish the try, and with Hutchinson adding his fourth conversion, we turned round 28-5 up.

In the second half, the intensity dropped slightly, but the aggressive defence and continuity remained very impressive, and there were further tries for Hutchinson (with a chip and chase), Singleton, completing his hat trick, Thompson, once again in excellent support, and Max Paulin finishing things off. The whole squad of 21 played their part, and the ferocity of the tackling and scrummaging, along with the desire to keep the ball alive whenever possible made this a torrid afternoon for Gresham’s.

I am grateful to George Bentley who has managed to capture some of the key parts of the match on video. This was filmed on the PE Dept iPad, so I apologise for the lack of zoom.

Man of the Match: Bertie Wells