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U19 Colts v Nuneaton: 0-29 |
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Written by Terry Hobman
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 |
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The Colts were hosts to a strong Nuneaton squad, with additional players from
Nuneaton
2nd Team whose game was cancelled. As OL's squad was depleted due to injuries and holiday commitments, two
Nuneaton
players were borrowed one being a much needed prop. OL's started strongly and the majority of the first quarter was played in
Nuneaton
's half. The home Colts defended well and showed strong tackling, resulting in good attacking play by the forwards, simple kicking and good passing moves by the backs. However,
Nuneaton
exploited OL's the occasional defensive lapse and scored three tries and two conversions resulting in a misleading first half score of 0-19. The Second half saw a number of injuries to OL's players and a 10 minute sin-bin for Ben Palmer.
Nuneaton
continued to pressurise OL's and showed good passing skills across their backs, this resulted in 2 further tries.
The OL Colts again demonstrated their sense of team spirit with Jake Copper showing good leadership as Captain. Eddie Purdoe & Scott Goudie showed excellent tackling skills; Will Johnson & Michael Baylis for good forward play, Mike Tattersfield & Tom Smith for all round play. Jason Hobman was awarded man of the match by Martin Rawbone, who watched and supported the Colts throughout the game
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