Sunday Match Reports

The U7s finally donned their new kit this morning (sponsorship thanks to John). They seemed immediately lifted and were so keen on a match that they took on the mixed U8s / U7s Swansea Uplands lads. As I was doing my impression of a market trader, I missed much of the game, but from what I saw it was really competitive and I did see the flowing 5-tag play that ended up in a great team try for Thomas. Here’s Rob’s report:

“To start with can I thank all for a great turnout of under 7’s. There was 14 in all, they were really excited getting back into rugby with a game of tag with their new shirts on! Overall a good match especially Mike has only just told me many of Uplands RFC were under 8’s. They had a great boost playing a game for the first time in 3 weeks! Good passing of the ball and giving each other the extra man support. We looked strong in attack and got a fair amount of tags. We turned the ball over once! There was a lovely moment as William went up to the try line blocked by Uplands and he timed a great pass to Jake who then scored a perfect try. A great point was scored by Thomas with our pack showing good support. Other tries were scored by Cai, Elias, Tomasz, Tal and I’m sure I missed some others out as well. I think the final score was about 7-9 and there were lots of positives in the way we played. I couldn’t believe the team character in our under 7’s and the urgency to get that tag and score that try WELL DONE ALL."

The U7s performance was put into perspective as the same Uplands side took on our 8s and were a match, try for try. With Mumbles debuts from Lloyd, Connor, Nye, Rhys and Liam, there was a record turnout of 22, so we divided our 8s into 3 sides, balancing experience with new players throughout. Each game was a draw and all the sides were very even. It shows some great strength in depth, and a good sign for the future of this age-group, that 3 sides could match a talented Uplands side with all our players having equal game time. Great credit to Uplands for keeping going and never running out of steam. Rhys, Ben C, Ben M, Cian, Tom L (wriggling through most of the defence several times) and Max (returning with a trademark sprint to the corner) notched up the tries. James, Connor, Nye, Tom G and Lloyd all went close too.