South Leicester v Leicester Forest u13s

Match report by Steve 'the Pundit' Burge today!

South Leicester v Leicester Forest

After recovering from the dreaded lurgy the lads were back with a vengeance !

They had a stunning start following a great move from Callum and Jack, with Jack scything through the forest defence to score under the posts !

Alex the boot Toon slotted a tidy kick
7-0 South !

South continued with the pressure with some fine tackles coming in from Jack and Charlie 'The Hammer' Jackson who was literally throwing himself at Forests biggest players !

The South scrum was greatly improved with Morgan driving forward supported by a relentless pack of forwards.

The match continued at at a great pace with great tackles coming in from Ben 'The elbow' and a huge run from Charlie.

The pressure paid off when Morgan took an excellent quick penalty and thundered over !

Conversion missed 12-0 South at half time.

Great sniping play from Reece, who was outstanding throughout, was winning South lots of ball and Ben was making it count with some lovely running in open play.

The ball got to Sam 'The legs' Darch
Who made an outstanding rum down the right wing and was denied a try by a questionable decision by the linesman ( his dad ! Matt )

2nd half started brightly and true forwards try by Cameron 'The rock' Goode who powered over for a well earned score !

Alex again popped the ball over the sticks 19-0 South.

More tackling was coming in hard with Ollie stopping the forest no8 in his tracks !

Our efforts were taking there toll with some injuries to Big Joe, Mad Max the tackling demon and Ben the elbow but the whole team pulled together despite conceding two tries the final score was 19-10 !

What a great match to finish this half of the season. Lads you did us and yourselves proud !! A great team performance !!! And thank you to the coaches and management for all you are doing and have done.
It was also fantastic to see the mums and dads cheering you on well done all !! ... And finally Merry Christmas and a happy Rugby filled New Year !