Chiltern 3's finish season in style
Aylesbury 3XV 7 - 34 Chiltern 3XV
Chiltern (22) 34
Tries: Sanford, Richardson B (2), Long, Smith
Cons: Nicholls 3
Drop goal: Schrauwers T
Aylesbury (0) 7
Tries: 1
Cons: 1
The 3s finished a great second half of the season, with a 34 - 7 win away at Aylesbury.
Today's team, had, Bobbett, Long and Shanks in the front row, Fischer (G) and Gibson in second row and a back row of Lawson, Smith and Kent. Half backs were Jarrold (S) and Nichols, centres Fischer (N) and Richardson (B), on the wings were McHugh and Sandford and Schrauwers (T) at fullback. Second half appearances by John Hughes and Paul Sitzberger ensured a comfortable victory.
The pack dominated up front, making the scrum a strong platform, providing solid ball for the backline to thrive on, unfortunately the lineout didn't work as well as usual. The big advantage was the ability of the chiltern 15 to turn over ball, probably due to fact that 7 players on the pitch were more used to the back row than the positions they were allocated today.
The first half saw Chiltern score three tries, the first by Mike Sandford finishing off a wide move on left wing, the second was scored by Dangerous (Brian Richardson) again finishing off a good period of Chiltern play, and the last was by Rob Long, driving over from about 5 yards. Dougal Nichols managed to convert a couple, and the half was finished by a long range drop goal from Yogi's brother Tim, who had a great game a 15, not only defending well, but coming up effectively into the attacking line. The half finished with score 22-0 to Chiltern, and would be best summed up by a solid performance by the pack, excellent defence across the pitch, and ruthless turnovers led by Nick Fisher in the centre which denied Aylesbury any effective possession, ensuring Chiltern spent most of the game, in Aylesbury 22.
The second half started off with a some positive play, by Aylesbury resulting in their only try of the game. A change in the front row saw Shanks replace skipper Rob Long at 2 and Chips coming up to tight head, and as Aylesbury pack tired the Chiltern pack, drove them off the ball several times, ensuring Chiltern were able to regain the upper hand in possession, and resulting in another move creating a second try for Dangerous. Chiltern completed a five try haul when Darren Smith broke off a driving maul to score. A word must go to Aylesbury who were generous hosts and competed well throughout the game, another word must also go the young man who refereed today's game Joel Taylor, only just 18, a good performance, good luck to Joel just starting out on refereeing career, however for many us on the pitch today it is worrying when the ref looks so young.
Today's man of the match was one of the Fischer twins, Nick, inventive and strong running in centre, tremendous defence and the volume of turnover ball he supplied was awesome, well done Nick, special mentions must also go Tim at 15 and twin brother Graham, at 4 both had great games.
So that's it for 2007 / 2008, as the Aylesbury 1st team coach commented after the game today, 'If you guys had managed to get this side out for the first few games you would have won this league by miles' so that's our challenge for next season lads, lets get out for every game, and deliver what we are capable of.
Let me finish with a special mention to our skipper, Rob Long, who works tirelessly to get the great teams out for Chiltern, thank you Rob.
Its been a pleasure to play with this squad this season, and I look forward to the 08 / 09 season.
Richard Bobbett
Team:
1 Bobbett, 2 Long, 3 Shanks, 4 Fischer G, 5 Gibson, 6 Lawson, 7 Smith, 8 Kent, 9 Jarrold Scott, 10 Nicholls, 11 Sanford, 12 Fischer N, 13 Richardson B, 14 McHugh, 15 Schrauwers, 16 Hughes, 17 Sitzberger 18 Yandell (pulled out before KO)
Chiltern (22) 34
Tries: Sanford, Richardson B (2), Long, Smith
Cons: Nicholls 3
Drop goal: Schrauwers T
Aylesbury (0) 7
Tries: 1
Cons: 1
The 3s finished a great second half of the season, with a 34 - 7 win away at Aylesbury.
Today's team, had, Bobbett, Long and Shanks in the front row, Fischer (G) and Gibson in second row and a back row of Lawson, Smith and Kent. Half backs were Jarrold (S) and Nichols, centres Fischer (N) and Richardson (B), on the wings were McHugh and Sandford and Schrauwers (T) at fullback. Second half appearances by John Hughes and Paul Sitzberger ensured a comfortable victory.
The pack dominated up front, making the scrum a strong platform, providing solid ball for the backline to thrive on, unfortunately the lineout didn't work as well as usual. The big advantage was the ability of the chiltern 15 to turn over ball, probably due to fact that 7 players on the pitch were more used to the back row than the positions they were allocated today.
The first half saw Chiltern score three tries, the first by Mike Sandford finishing off a wide move on left wing, the second was scored by Dangerous (Brian Richardson) again finishing off a good period of Chiltern play, and the last was by Rob Long, driving over from about 5 yards. Dougal Nichols managed to convert a couple, and the half was finished by a long range drop goal from Yogi's brother Tim, who had a great game a 15, not only defending well, but coming up effectively into the attacking line. The half finished with score 22-0 to Chiltern, and would be best summed up by a solid performance by the pack, excellent defence across the pitch, and ruthless turnovers led by Nick Fisher in the centre which denied Aylesbury any effective possession, ensuring Chiltern spent most of the game, in Aylesbury 22.
The second half started off with a some positive play, by Aylesbury resulting in their only try of the game. A change in the front row saw Shanks replace skipper Rob Long at 2 and Chips coming up to tight head, and as Aylesbury pack tired the Chiltern pack, drove them off the ball several times, ensuring Chiltern were able to regain the upper hand in possession, and resulting in another move creating a second try for Dangerous. Chiltern completed a five try haul when Darren Smith broke off a driving maul to score. A word must go to Aylesbury who were generous hosts and competed well throughout the game, another word must also go the young man who refereed today's game Joel Taylor, only just 18, a good performance, good luck to Joel just starting out on refereeing career, however for many us on the pitch today it is worrying when the ref looks so young.
Today's man of the match was one of the Fischer twins, Nick, inventive and strong running in centre, tremendous defence and the volume of turnover ball he supplied was awesome, well done Nick, special mentions must also go Tim at 15 and twin brother Graham, at 4 both had great games.
So that's it for 2007 / 2008, as the Aylesbury 1st team coach commented after the game today, 'If you guys had managed to get this side out for the first few games you would have won this league by miles' so that's our challenge for next season lads, lets get out for every game, and deliver what we are capable of.
Let me finish with a special mention to our skipper, Rob Long, who works tirelessly to get the great teams out for Chiltern, thank you Rob.
Its been a pleasure to play with this squad this season, and I look forward to the 08 / 09 season.
Richard Bobbett
Team:
1 Bobbett, 2 Long, 3 Shanks, 4 Fischer G, 5 Gibson, 6 Lawson, 7 Smith, 8 Kent, 9 Jarrold Scott, 10 Nicholls, 11 Sanford, 12 Fischer N, 13 Richardson B, 14 McHugh, 15 Schrauwers, 16 Hughes, 17 Sitzberger 18 Yandell (pulled out before KO)