On a mild Sunday morning Selby took on Pocklington who was one short of making 2 teams and was loaned a player from Selby to keep all the players active. The Selby players was split into 2 even strength teams, all played 2 games before being mixed again before a final game was played.

Game 1
Selby hadn’t woken up for their first match and started slow letting Pocklington open up the scoring almost from the start. There were good tackles by Matt Young and runs by Eddie Liddle. From a scrum put in by Selby the ball was passed out along the line which saw a good run by Ella Parsonage but was halted just short of the try line by a tackle from Pocklington. Selby continued to tackle well and pushed Pocklington into touch by Matthew Francis preventing them advancing their lead going into half time.
Half time Selby 0 – Pocklington 1.
With very little in it in the first half Pocklington started the brighter of the 2 sides and with Selby on the back foot Pocklinton scored 5 times in the second half. Selby tried to dig deep and continued to put in some good tackles in by Ella Parsonage and Harvey Catling. A game the Selby side may like to forget.
Final Score Selby 0 - Pocklington 6

Game 2
Pockington opened the game with a try from the start. With the thoughts of the first game on their mind this may have been the turning point and Selby were on home soil and decided to wake up and take charge of the game. Selby lost the restart through not respecting the referees decision but Selby soon won the ball back and started there scoring with Jude Smales running half the length of the pitch. Selby won a scrum and with passes between Harvey Catling, Matthew Francis and Thomas Gable who was pushed into touch just short of the try line. From the line out Matt Young won the ball and passed it to Ella Parsonage who nipped it across the try line to score just before half time.
Half time Selby 2 – Pocklington 1.
From the restart Selby continued to take control with a passes from Ella Parsonage to Matthew Francis who ran through their defence and to the try line. Selby nearly scored again when James Simpson ran half the pitch put was tackled just short of the line. With Selby in Pocklingtons half Pocklington lost the scrum and Selby pushed the ball over the try line again. With very good team work shinning through in the last play of the game Ella Parsonage passed to Matthew Francis to score the last try of the game.
Final Score Selby 5 - Pocklington 1

Game 3
With the Selby players swapped around they played one of the Pocklington teams again.
From a loose Sam flinders picked up the ball and ran down the wing and opened up the scoring. Shortly after the restart Tom Scholefield added to the try scoring after a pass from Sam Flinders, James Simpson, and Jude Smales. Selby was well in control and Ella Parsonage ran half the pitch and passed to Harry Barlow and then back to Ella Parsonage to score the third try. Selby scored their fourth try just before half time from the line out which was passed to Sam Flinders to take it over the line.
Half time Selby 4 – Pocklington 0.
Selby was working well has a team and a passed the ball around and had their fifth try from driving the ball forward with Sam flinders and Tom Scholefield. With excellent rucking by Ella Parsonage, Sam Flinders, Tom Scholefield, Jack Rioden and Eddie Liddle Selby won a scrum. From the scrum Pocklington lost the ball and a sneaky pass from Harry Barlow to Ella Parsonage who skipped round past Pocklington to score a sixth try. From the restart Pocklington caught Selby catching their breath and with a dash to the try line scored a consolation try.
Final Score Selby 6 - Pocklington 1

Game 4
Selby’s other team was wide awake for the games against Pocklingtons other team. There was a string of 8 passes which lead to Selby’s opening try from Tom Scholefield. Selby continued to pass well which also led to the second try by Jack Rioden. Pocklington tried to get back into the game and nearly scored but Selby stole the ball and Ben Hudson ran the full length of the pitch to score the third. The team continued to interact well with passes between Melissa Howden Ben Abrams, Jack Rioden who ran ¾ of the pitch to score a fourth. From a penalty given to Selby for coming in at the side Jack Rioden was passed the ball and ran through their defence and the full length of the pitch to score a fifth just before half time.
Half time Selby 5 – Pocklington 0.
Selby continued the second half as they finished the first and advanced the scoring through Michael Prosser driving through their defence. More tries came from Ben Hudson and Harry Barlow has Selby steam rolled forward. The ninth try came after a penalty for a high tackle with a pass to Ben Hudson who ran down the wing to score. Harry Barlow took the try scoring into double figures shortly after the restart. Pocklington didn’t give up and managed a consolation try just before full time.
Final Score Selby 10 - Pocklington 1

Game 5
Selby were slow off the mark with Pocklington scoring straight from the kick off as the defence was not organised. However, Selby then woke up and after some excellent counter rucking, Melissa fed the ball to Jack and then on to Ben who scored down the wing, 1-1. The effort was exemplified by Tom, who created a knock on after a crunching tackle, the ball then passed down to Benj to score in the corner again, 2-1. Then followed a period of no scoring, but both teams were putting together top class rucking and phase rugby. Selby had the last say though, with Harry making a sublime break, and after further quality rucking, Tom bundled over,
FINAL SCORE Selby 3 - Pocklington 1.

Game 6
Selby took off from the previous game and tries were all scored in the same vein with Benj finishing all of them off, 5 in total! A lot of credit must go to the groundwork of the tight 3, Michael and Sam D were outstanding in the scrum and lineout, winning many balls against the head. All the backs contributed to the tries, Lauren having several elusive weaving runs, Matty creating 2 tries with long range passes, Jack selling a beauty of a dummy for Benj for the 4th and Sam L created the last with a good catch, making ground and timing the pass perfectly.
FINAL SCORE Selby 5 - Pocklington 0.

Selby came back from last week’s loss to win very convincingly and every single player gave 100% into their game this week and it showed and paid off. Well done boys and girls.

A fantastic effort all around against a dogged opposition, really well done! Special mention must go to Matthew and Sam Flinders for playing for Pocklington.

Thank you for the Match Reports from Jen and Rod and the special appearance from Andrew!