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Sun 25 Sep 2016
Didsbury Toc H RFC
Under 9s (Mini rugby)
10:00
Old Bedians
The 1st  Match of the 2016 - 2017 Season

The 1st Match of the 2016 - 2017 Season

Ian Hughes26 Sep 2016 - 15:08
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An encouraging start ....

TOC H Under 9s made a very encouraging start to the season with their first competitive match against local rivals Young Bedians. The match was spread out over 3 10 minute periods of which TOC won the first 2 and narrowly lost the 3rd.

First a quick mention to our new recruits for the year who hadn’t played in any form of rugby fixture before. Lucas and Sam put in some strong runs making it hard for the opposition to put them down, Theo made some darting runs and Edward added to a very committed defence. We also had fine performances from Sam Fordham and Seamus who had missed many of the training sessions and were playing on instinct.

The standard of tackling throughout the 3 periods was great to watch, with all the players putting their bodies on the line when needed. Thomas, James, Dylan, Charlie and Jude all put in some crunching tackles on their opponents during a hard fought game ably assisted by Nathan and Alex in slowing up the Bedians strong ball carriers.
We also had some superb tries scored with mazy runs from Ethan and Rohit leaving the Bedians defence in their wake on occasions.

Last but not least a mention for our captain for the day man of the match Daniel. As predicted over the past few seasons Daniel has taken to the tackling part of the game like a duck to water and continues to make telling direct runs at the opposition to create space for our willing runners.

All in all an hugely positive start to what should be a really enjoyable season . I believe with a few more training sessions and additional games we’ll develop into a really cohesive squad capable of giving all of the other teams we play a testing challenge. Our next game is away at Marple on Sunday so I hope to see as many of you as possible there to see how we develop as a unit.

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Sun 25 Sep 2016

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10:00
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