Okehampton U12s 35

Old Plymouth Mannameadians 5

THE whistle blew and a powerful Okehampton run from Dan, a pass to Craddy, an offload to Shortie for his try before the visitors knew what was happening. Another try swiftly followed for Ed.

New boy Tom made his mark for Oke with some great tackles from the outset. Dan took off again towards the corner and as OPM were trying to hold the boys back, quick passing from Josh to Craddy to Will to squeeze through for his try.

A scrum was won by OPM and Oke were quick to react but the visitors kept trying to drill into the Oke defence which they held well. Another scrum followed and OPM were close to the tryline, Oke hooked the ball, passed to Adam who kicked it back to the half way line. Dan, Ed and Craddy worked well together, Dan heading for the corner again was taken into touch.

Alex had a great game with some superb catches and scored his try taking the score to 20-5 at half time.

The second half saw another try for Ed. Teamwork resulted in Will’s second try of the day. Saul ran through a multitude of players who could not manage to stop him for his try. Communication between the Oke players was often heard, OPM were a solid team who kept attacking throughout the game, having a better second half than the first.

Adam had a strong game at flyhalf and Saul played well at centre together with Alex at fullback. Oke welcomed back Ryan together with another new player Warren.

Devonport HSOB Sharks

U12s 15

Tavistock U12s 40

IN near perfect conditions for this fixture  Tavistock were quick to get into their stride and opened the scoring early by some powerful, straight running by Brandon.

The home team could do little to stem the onslaught and determination of Tavistock, who played to their strengths, namely committing the defence and  passing the ball without getting caught up in rucks and mauls.

Tavistock have, in the past, been guilty of bunching and not running onto the ball at pace but there were definite signs of improvement in this department.  Tavistock have certainly improved in their tackling skills, which made progress for the home team difficult. In the scrum Callum was winning many against the head.

There were further scores in the first half by Luke, Eddy (2 ), Mack and Barney H while the home side scored two of their own.

The second half was more even and appeared not to be played at the same intensity. There were two tries scored by each team. The visitors who made the score sheet were Matthew D and James L. 

Tavistock U10s 14

Stonehouse Sharks U10s 0

THIS was a show of strength from Tavistock in a great team performance. From the first whistle the Tavistock boys imposed themselves on Sharks winning ball after ball in the ruck and snatching up loose ball.

Dominic was the first to get on the scoresheet, winning the ball back from Sharks’ possession and making a storming run across the try line.

Tavistock continued to dominate with some great rucking and mauling. William A showed his power in the game with his trademark bursting run and scored the first of two.

He was instrumental in the second try too, winning the ball back for his team after the Sharks’ kick-off and setting up a lovely series of passes between Harry and Matthew, putting in Nathan for his first of two tries in the game.

George, Gabriel and Ernie were again immense in the tackle, both often chasing across the field to stop the Sharks making any ground.

William TY showed his strength in making yards for the team, with Dylan and Harry putting in  good runs, Harry so close to the tryline a couple of times before making his touchdown.

The Sharks just could not see any way through this imposing Tavistock line-up, who played so well together as a team. This week’s captain Gabriel marshalled his players well and was rewarded with a quickfire hat-trick. There were some lovely runs through with Matthew, Harry and Michael popping the ball through for their skipper to score.

James refused to be taken down, slipping through the fingers of the Sharks defence twice to race half the length of the pitch to score.

The try of the game typified this great team performance. The ball was rucked back by William TY and popped to William A who powered through to the line. With Michael on his shoulder in support he passed across to him, allowing his team-mate to score.

George was rewarded for his great work in defence with a lovely running try. As was Edward, whose step around the Sharks advancing line took him through to score twice before the final whistle.