Burton Under 11's on February 3rd 2008

Rugeley 0  v  Burton 25

In the first match against Rugeley Burton dominated, scoring 5 excellent tries with no reply from Rugeley. Second Row Tim Robinson scored two tries, peeling off the back of a line out on halfway he ran through the Rugeley defence to score his first. Tim's second try came from a maul on the 22, where he received the ball and ran past the last defender to score. Centre Scott Hickinbotham showed his strength when receiving a pass from Fly Half Jack Nicolle on the opposition 22 he burst through several Rugeley tackles to score his try. Prop Ben Higginson was next to score, breaking of the back of a maul to power his way over the try line to score his first try for Burton. Scrum half Charlie Wootten rounded the victory up with a great solo try from half way, dodging and weaving his way through the Rugeley defence. Prop Josh Shaw broke through a line out and ran the length of the pitch to score only for it to be ruled out as the ref had blown the whistle and no one had heard it. George Wyton playing at Fullback came in the back line well showing his pace and was solid in defence putting in the biggest tackle of the day against Rugeley's giant prop stopping a certain try.  A great team victory.

Rugeley 10 v Burton 10

In the second match against Rugeley the match was a much more even contest, finishing in a draw. Tries from Prop Ben Higginson again showing his strength and power to score his second of the day, and playing in his first match Sam Tidmarsh demonstrated electric pace following the restart kick off he chased the kick and was the first to touch the ball down over the try line for a fine debut try. Rugeley's Giant prop powered his way over the Burton try line to level the game, two tries each. Centres Scott Hickinbotham and Matthew Knowles were solid in defence putting pressure on their opposite numbers, Mark Titley and Ben Tomlinson were tireless in their forward play. Winger Greg Toon was solid in defence and attack, with prop Will roe working hard in the ruck, maul and scrums. Liam Gray had some great runs and was unlucky not to get on the score sheet coming very close to scoring.

Burton  0  v  Willenhall  20

Burton played host to a very big and strong Willenhall side, the game was played at a fast pace and was a very physical game. Burton started well but gifted Willenhall with  two easy tries in the first half, a sloppy pass put Burton under pressure and Willenhall sneaked through to pick up the ball to open the scoring. A missed tackle on the wing let Willenhall in for their second.

The first half was rounded off again by Willenhall with their big second row breaking through the maul to dive over the line to score. Burton had their moments in the first half, putting in huge tackles and releasing the ball down the back line well.

Burton's performance was much improved in the second half, only 1 try conceded to Willenhall's whippet centre. Burton's forwards worked extremely hard in this physical encounter, with Alistair Robson the pick of them, he was solid all round the park, showing great strength in attack and defence. Josh Greenwood put in some big tackles, with fellow front row Adam Dolman and Abe Furner always in support.

Terrior 2nd Row Lewis sturgess tackled hard and had the bloody nose to prove it. Oscar Phillips playing at Scrum half passed the ball out well and put in some great tackles, whilst fly half Alex Finney exerted great pressure on the opposition back line tackling well. Centres Jacob Brown, Tai Fellows and Samuel Bridgen commanded the midfield in the second half letting nothing through and having some good forward runs.

Wingers Lewis Mason, Joshua Thorman and Ewan Collins showed their great pace with some exilerating runs and were solid in defence. Full back Ben Whitehouse was a solid rock as the last line of defence, clearing the ball with some great clearance kicks and also using his strength to run the ball out of defence. Burton showed great character in the last 5 minutes of the game camped on their line they battled and bravely defended their line with huge tackle after tackle and eventually Ben kicks clear to relieve the pressure as the final whistle is then blown.

A great day of Rugby with all players going home happy with Smiles on their faces.

Well done to all.