U10's the RWC at Ripon

Match Report:
The first rugby festival of the season for the under 10s was an early morning trip to Ripon for a mini world cup. With 4 of the 5 team taking part fielding 2 teams divided into 2 pools. With one team playing 4 games and the other playing 3 games and the winners of each pool playing in a final.

Pool 1
Game 1
Selby started brightly but from a scum Harrogate won the ball and made a short pass and made a run for the line to open the scoring. Selby came close when Michael Prosser made a run but was tackled just short of the line. Selby was working well together and with a string of passes from Thomas Gable, Ben Abram’s and Tom Scholefield made good progress down the field. Harrogate scored their second after Selby lost the ball in open play and they made a run down the flank. The team rucked well but was 2-0 down at half time.

The second half was tight and again Selby performed well in the rucks with Eddie Liddle, Jonathan Green and Michael Prosser. Thomas Gable prevented a try by getting under the ball has Harrogate tried to ground the ball from the drive. This was repeated shortly afterwards after a scrum saw Harrogate driving the ball forward and Selby got under the ball again to prevent the try being scored. Harrogate didn’t give up and past the ball along the line and again made for the line which this time they found. Selby again stopped Harrogate after they made a run down the flank which was tackled into touch in the last play of the game.
Full time Selby-A 0 - Harrogate-A 3

Game 2
Wensleydale nearly opened the scoring from the start but a poor pass by them saw Thomas Gable making a run down the field but was tackled 5 metres from the line. From the ruck Thomas Gable passed to Tom Scholefield who made the short distance to the line. From the restart Selby continued to push with a good string of passes from Michael Prosser to Tom Scholefield to Thomas Gable to Lauren McDermott and made good progress down the field before Wensleydale slowed them down. Selby ended the first half 1-0 up.

Wensleydale tried to get back into the game with an equaliser shortly after the start from a run down the centre the pitch. Selby was the stronger side and Lauren McDermott picked up a loose ball and ran across the field before being tackled into touch. Selby’s Second came when the ball came free from the maul and was passed from Tom Scholefield to Zak Cicero who dashed down the remaining third of the pitch to score.
Full Time Selby-A 2 - Wensleydale 1

Game 3
York opened the scoring after a Selby gave away a penalty which they ran down the line to score. Selby tried to get into the game with tackles coming from Eddie Liddle, Michael Prosser, Sam Llewellyn and Jonathan Green couldn’t stop York regaining the ball and driving for the line to score a second in the first half.

From the start York pushed Selby into making mistakes and added another try. Selby worked hard in the second half with good efforts from Ben Abram’s, Zak Cicero and Lauren McDermott in the rucks but couldn’t make the break through to the line.
Full Time Selby A 0 York A 3

Game 4
In the final game both sides seemed evenly match and with mistakes from both sides neither could find the try line. Selby did come close after we had stolen the ball and past along the line from Tom Scholefield to Sam Llewellyn to Thomas Gable but was tackled just short of the line. Good maul work came from the whole of the team.

Ripon seemed to take the foot off the pedal in the second half and Selby took advantage with 2 tries coming from Tom Scholefield both from driving the ball forward.
Full Time Selby A 2 Ripon A 0

Pool 2
Game 1
Selby was caught off guard straight from the start with York B running straight through to open the scoring. There was some good tackles but in by Harry Barlow and good ruck work by Melissa Howden passing the ball out but they couldn’t stop York B from scoring again before half time and was 2-0 up at the break.

The second half didn’t get much better and let York B rule the game and allowed them to put 3 more tries past Selby in the second half. Selby did make some good runs with Sam Flinders and Josh Knowles but unfortunately failed to find the try line.
Full time Selby B 0 York B 5

Game 2
Selby started the game and piled on pressure with a run down the flank by Ella Parsonage before being tackled into touch. With Ripon B trying to push Selby back James Simpson showed that size doesn’t matter and but a great tackle in to stop Ripon getting to far ahead. Ripon B had the scrum and passed out which Selby failed to close down saw them take the lead. The first half continued have plenty of action with good runs from Ella Parsonage, Josh Knowles and James Simpson all failing to get to the try line due to Ripon closing Selby down. The breakthrough came from after the ball found its way out of the maul with Nick Clarke passing to Brett Howden who made the run and dancing side stepped avoided the tackle and found the try line to equalise going into half time.

The second half although saw no more tries saw Selby pressurise Ripon with great tackle by Melissa Howden, Ella Parsonage, Sam Flinders and Brett Howden. Several times Ripon tried to overpower Selby but we stole the line outs with help from Harry Barlow. With Ripon feeling the pressure of Selby they were pulled up after they made an overzealous tackle lifting James Simpson off the ground in the last play of the game.
Full Time Selby B 1 Ripon B 1

Game 3
Selby Bs last game was against Harrogate B which saw finding the try line 3 times in the first half, which doesn’t show how hard Selby worked in the mauls and the tackles that they made.

The second half was much tighter and even though Selby didn’t find the try line saw good tackles from Harry Barlow, Nick Clarke and Melissa Howden. Our best runs in this half came from Sam Flinders down the flank but were tackled into touch. In a lapse of concentration Harrogate scored a try in the last play of the game.
Full Time Selby 0 Harrogate B 4

Both sides finished 3rd in their respective pools.