Romford vs. Rochford U7s, 22 January 2012

Oliver.P then passed to Toby, then onto Joe. After the ball being knocked forward, Romford had the ball. Some great defending followed with tags from Oliver.P, Adam and Harry, but the player would have made it to the try line had he not fallen over just short. At this point it was clear to see that Rochford were not playing their best.

Oliver.P then passed to Adam, then Jamie and Joe, none of whom could make it through the Romford half. After another knock forward, Rochford were on the defence again and tags from Toby and Joe could not stop another try. The next play wasn’t much better as after Passes between Toby, Oliver.P and Harry, the ball was again dropped and knocked forward, giving an advantage to Romford. After tags from Joe and Harry, Romford made it through again to score their third.

After half time, the Rochford boys seemed more alert. Oliver.T passed to Oliver.P who made a great run and passed to Joe just short of the try line who scored Rochford’s first of the day. On Romford’s run, there was great tagging from Oliver.P and Joe and then a dropped ball gave Rochford another shot. Unfortunately, the ball was again dropped and led to Romford scoring again. From the centre line, Jamie passed to Joe who made a great run and scored again.

Tagging from Toby and Oliver.P saw a forward pass from Romford and another great try from Joe, after a speedy run from Jamie. Romford again passed forward after tags from Joe and Oliver.P, giving Rochford one last shot before full time. But after passes between Oliver.P, Adam and Joe the ball was dropped and knocked forward and the whistle blew.

A disappointing result for the boys after a good second half.