Tavistock U13s 39

Plymstock Oaks U13s 5

WITH new additions to the squad, Tavistock looked in dangerously good form from the outset.

Morgan and Bailey drove the ball deep into Oaks territory delivering clean ball to spin wide and see Joe P in at the corner. Al converted. The resulting scrum and a charge by Morgan released Jake and Ffin who were unlucky to be held up on the line. With the ball retained at the five metre scrum, clear thinking, speed and strength saw number 8 Toby pick up and drive in the second.

Keeping the pedal firmly pressed, a great run down the wing by Reuben was held out by mere inches. Moments later the ball was spun wide again through Al and Max to see Ed in for the third.

Now it was the Oaks turn to attack and two superb tackles by Max initially held the Oaks charge down the centre. However a conceded penalty and solid work by the Plymstock pack resulted in a score. Tavistock came back hard as Toby scored and Al added the extras to make it 24-4 at half-time.

Tavistock took control of the second half. Al's probing kick, a great tackle by Bailey and solid forward play in the loose gave Reuben the space to land in the corner.

Jai showed pace to keep the pressure on and a Ben R charge and quick hands and determination led to Nathan scoring another. Despite the score line, Plymstock never gave up. Only hard work in defence held them out. Nathan, Jasper, Jake, Max and Ed in particular made try saving tackles.

The final try came when Jack M broke through the Oaks defence and rolled through a crunching tackle with Ed in close support to receive Jack's well timed pass and seal the game.

Ivybridge U12s 35

Okehampton U12s 0

FROM the start Okehampton met a more imposing, well drilled squad. The visitors won the toss, with Kai kicking up the middle with the slippery conditions caused Ivy to knock on.

Oke put in at the scrum but despite the Oke forwards digging deep Ivybridge closed down on their opposition and from that moment on the game belonged to the home team. With a sweet offload in front of the posts the Ivybridge backs broke through to score their first points. They continued to dominate possession and Oke's defensive game was no match as the first half ended 21-0 to the home team.

The second half started with a ruck and as Ivybridge had a superior rucking and mauling game throughout Okehampton were again playing in defence. In sticky, cold conditions both teams remained undeterred and towards the end Okehampton began to come alive.

Strong tackling from Oke's Alex, Jim and James stopped the score from running away, but with all the forwards from Ivybridge driving each rolling maul it enabled them to reach within striking distance for their last try before the final whistle blew.

Ivybridge U11s 7

Okehampton U11s 0

ALTHOUGH there were some sound Okehampton defensive displays by individuals the ruck and maul areas were dominated by the home side.

A well drilled and much improved Ivybridge side turned over countless rucks turning defence into attack, only being kept out by some resolute Oke tackles.

The game turned around at half time with the stalemate at 0-0 but in the second half with the makeshift pitch deteriorating both sides made several handling errors leading to a stop-star game.

With ten minutes to go Ivybridge broke the deadlock touching down after good work by their forwards and the extras being added.

Oke can take some positives from the game through the tackles made in the centres, James Stevens best game of the season and Greg Haste who was thrown in at the deep end to cover at fullback made some try saving tackles.

Oke team: Joshua Burgoyne, Greg Haste, Sonny Luxton, Jake Laing-Taylor, Harry Laing-Taylor, James Stevens, Cole Pengelly, SaulHolliday,James Close, Charlie Glanville, Joshua McCulloch, George Cox and Robert Whitby.

This week Oke U11s are away to Exeter.

Ivybridge U10s 7 tries

Okehampton U10s 0

DESPITE the poor weather and atrocious pitch conditions, this was a very spirited performance from the U10's.

Against a strong Ivybridge side Okehampton never stopped trying, with Jay's bulldozing runs and Ryan's tackling taking the game to the opposition.

The West Devon team continue to improve from week to week, and should be very proud of their effort and commitment.

Ivybridge U8s 6 tries

Okehampton U8s 8 tries

THE sticky conditions made for a physically challenging game on a sloping pitch. The boys all worked well continually supporting each other.

Oke captain William pulled a quick thinking tag just before the line to prevent scoring and was also noted for his passing, especially when he passed to Saul for him to score one of his four tries. Passing from Adam to Saul to Callum for one of his two tries was excellent. Archie S made the perfect tag again close to the line to stop Ivybridge from scoring. Adam worked hard with his tagging and scored two tries. Lachlann slowed down the opposition on several occasions together with Korben. Ben was always quick off the mark and made some great moves.

Ivybridge U8s 5 tries

Okehampton U8s 4 tries

OKEHAMPTON were captained by Adam who scored three tries and William one. The game was equal until the deciding try at the end of the match scored by Ivybridge. A well matched game.

Ivybridge U8s 11 tries

Okehampton U8s 5 tries

THERE were plenty of players to keep the tempo of the game going with Oke's Korben tagging well and scored one try together with Archie G, who also scored. Dan made an outstanding run to score one try. Jacob and Finn also scored one each. Chris tagged well as did Max. All the players were running well and getting themselves involved in the game.

Ivybridge U8s 10 tries

Okehampton U8s 6 tries

CHRIS kept trying for Oke but the strong Ivybridge defence would not let him pass. Korben for Oke tagged well and scored one try, Liam scored one also. Jacob kept up with his tagging. Saul scored three tries and Dan scored one as did Finn in a great team effort.

Ivybridge U7s 25 tries

Okehampton U7s 26 tries

BOTH sides had plenty of ball which was passed around a lot and lots of tries scored.

One of the bonuses of the game was Okehampton players showed they are learning the offside rule really well.  

This was a good effort from the players to just pip the home side by a single try.

Okehampton tries were scored by Grady Alford (12),Cain Holliday (5), Freddie Dunford (2), Callum Keegan (5), Grace Gillard (1),Thomas Priday (1).