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Bugbrooke 12-14 Harbury
A spirited performance from the badgers with an exciting match with both sides evenly matched.
The first half saw both sides score try's with Dan Martins finishing a strong passing move. Bugbrooke failed to convert so the half-time scoreline of 5-7 was in favour of our opponents.
Early in the 2nd half badgers were unfortunate not to be awarded a try and from the resulting phase of play, Harbury punished us with a converted try.
A thrilling run from Jake Howard saw Bugbrooke earn their 2nd try (converted by Joe Elliott) but late pressure was enough to win the match.
Old Scouts : 3
Bugbrooke : 1
About one minute into the game a poor Bugbrooke pass lead to Old Scouts opening try and the only one in the first half. From there the game settled down into a hard slog with neither team’s forwards giving much away.
Bugbrooke opened the second half with renewed vigour. Their efforts paid off with a try from Adam Croutear. However, the Old Scouts fought back hard and got a try for their trouble. Late on in the game Old Scouts ran in a third from a penalty set piece. The evenness of the play wasn’t reflected in the 3:1 final score
Old Scouts : 7
Bugbrooke : 0
Bugbrooke held out against a strong Old Scouts for most of the first half. However, once the defence was broken the Scouts ran in 4 trys in 3 minutes.
The Old Scouts continued their scoring run from the start of the second half. Although Bugbrooke defended well the home side managed to score twice more.
Old Scouts : 8
Bugbrooke : 0
The third game was more of the same. Bugbrooke defended well but were overpowered by a strong Old Scouts side. Three trys scored in the first half and five scored in the second.
Old Scouts : 1
Bugbrooke : 0
The last game was a close, hard fought affair similar to the first. Neither team could break the dead-lock until seconds before the end of the first half. From a 5 metre scrum the Scouts drove over the Bugbrookes line to get the first and only try of the game.
Determined Bugbrooke wouldn’t give in and kept possession well. However, the Badgers couldn’t find a way to the try line. Bugbrooke played well and only narrowly defeated.
Rob Smith
U10s Coach
Bugbrooke
Match 1: Bugbrooke 7 v Kettering 0
Bugbrooke faced a difficult opposition but came out hard and produced
some excellent Rugby. Strong tackles from Sam East, Chris Berridge and
Peter Austin kept Bugbrooke in the game. Some more good defending,
notably by Callum Ogden and Jordan Hamer prevented Kettering taking a
lead. Bugbrooke had more posession in the second half and two near
misses by Dan Ponder and Julian arrowsmith spurred them on. Eventually Joel Martin fed Courtney raymond a perfect ball and Raymond ran it over. Hamer converted.
Match 2: Bugbrooke 26 v Long Buckby 0
A fired up Bugbrooke came out of the blocks quickly and the backs
moved the ball round well. Steven Gill, Matt Smart and Dylan Forbes
made up lots of ground but it was Toby Hunt who drove over 2 tries and
capitalised from a mistake for a third. The forwards recycled well
with Tommy, Jordan and Joseph giving the backs some good chances. The backs capitalised on this and Ben Stobart ran over an excellent fourth try. Peter Austin converted 3/4. MOM: Sam East.
Bugbrooke Vs Long Buckby (5-7)
Sloppy defence gave Long Buckby early advantage. Badgers fought back to make it a close contest, only for Buckby to steal the win within the dying seconds of the game. It was a good team effort by the Badgers with Dillon, Dan, Brody, and Matt (2) all capitalising on good passing moves to run in tries. The pick of the bunch was Brody’s who exploited Dan’s penetrating run against Buckby’s solid defence to provide a great lay off to Brody to run in a well deserved try.
Budbrooke Vs Kettering (2 – 3)
Bugbrooke spent long periods of the game dominating possession and were unfortunate not to secure their first win of the season. Badgers took an early lead thanks to a well worked try by Tom. Brody added a second with a sole run. Badgers were solid and determined in defence and looked the better team on the day However, Kettering patience and some clever individual footwork allowed three tries to be run in for the away win.
Budbrooke Vs Long Buckby (4 – 6) 2nd Game
An entertaining game with both teams conceding early tries. Bugbrookes attacking play was excellent with four tries coming from good team work and solid hands allowing Robert, Dan (2) and Dillon to all run in tries for the home team However, Buckby took the initiative to the Badgers, making continual probing runs against Badgers defence, and were rewarded with their second win of the day.
Oundle : 4
Bugbrooke : 3
As soon as the whistle blew Oundle ran straight through to get the first try of the game. Although shaken Bugbrooke got down to their now trademark rucking and mauling, driving forward to the Oundle line. Joe Barringham ripped the ball from the maul and scored Bugbrooke’s first try at the corner flag. Following sustained even play around the ½ way line Oundle broke through to score their second.
The second half started with more of the same tight forward play. But Oundle broke through again to get their third. On the re-start Sam Shouler made a driving run to the Oundle line. He was denied a try but passed to Joe Elliot for the touch down. Minutes later Oundle ran in their fourth. Just before the final whistle Gavin Hyde scored Bugbrooke’s third try. A tight game. Bugbrooke unlucky to be beaten.
Oundle : 1
Bugbrooke : 10
Almost straight away William Jeffrey began Bugbrooke’s try bonanza. Second up was Jack Andrews followed by Daniel Martins with an end to end run. In response Oundle made a good run to get their first and only of the game. At the re-start Cameron Young made a great run to get his first of the game. Before the half time whistle Daniel Martins got Bugbrooke’s 5th.
Cameron Young opened the second half with a great run and a try. Jack Andrews made a strong run to get the 7th. Minutes later a driving maul from Bugbrooke released the ball to Cameron Young who stuck in at the corner flag for Bugbrooke’s 8th. Following effective Bugbrooke rucking Liam Wood picked up well and scored. To finish things off Cameron Young ran in his 4th, Bugbrookes 10th.
Oundle : 2
Bugbrooke : 2
The final game was a hard fought affair, much like the first game with excellent rucking and mauling and text book tackling from both sides. However, Oundle made a surprise run just before the half time whistle and scored.
Not long into the second half Liam Wood ripped the ball out of a maul and made a spirited run to the line to get Bugbrooke on the score sheet. On the re-start Oundle made a driving run through Bugbrooke defence and scored. Following an incident Bugbrooke got a penalty 5m from the Oundle line. Daniel Martins received the ball and ran in the try to level the score. The game finished level which reflected the play well.
Rob Smith
U10s Coach
Bugbrooke
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Bugbrooke U9’s at Oundle on 12/11/06
Players – Josh, Jonjo, Oliver, Jake, Kit, Taz, Luke, William, Haydn, Dan, Rhys, Chloe, Sam, Dominic and Sam.
Match 1 – Lost 2-3
Match 2 – Lost 0-3
Match 3 – Won 2-1
Match 4 – Lost 1-3
Overall Bugbrooke were beaten by a better team who were able to pass the ball around more effectively. Games were all close and Bugbrooke tackled and chased well but ultimately could not convert the possession they won into tries.
Towcestrians : 1
Bugbrooke : 4
Bugbrooke immediately showed they were a match for a strong Towcester side. A driving Bugbrooke maul released the ball via James Foster to Joe Barringham who scored at the corner flag. It wasn’t long before the Badgers had the ball over the line again and Adam Croutear made the touch-down this time. The last try of the half came from Daniel martins who made a charging run from deep in the Bugbrooke half.
Not long into the second half and Joe Elliot cut through the Towcester defense to get Bugbrooke’s fourth. In the dying minutes Towcester managed to get a try to finish the score at 4:1 in favour of the visitors.
Towcestrians : 7
Bugbrooke : 0
Bugbrooke didn’t fair so well in the second game. Although defending gallantly, Towcester were too strong and ran in seven tries.
Towcestrians : 4
Bugbrooke : 2
Towcester wasted no time in scoring straight from the start. Budgbrooke knuckled down and fought a hard rucking and mauling game until Joe Elliot made a break to the try line and levelled the score.
The second half saw more of the same until Towcester saw a gap and scored. Minutes later the Tows got their third. However, Bugbrooke weren’t for giving up and made a driving maul deep into the Towcester half, released the ball to Joe Elliot who got his and the teams second of the game. Before the final whistle Towcester got their fourth.
Rob Smith
U10s Coach
Bugbrooke
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U9’s Matches
Match1
Bugbrooke 2 Towcester 3
Match2
Bugbrooke 4 Towcester 0
Match 3
Bugbrooke 3 Towcester 0
Three close matches with plenty of tries and hard tackling by both sides. Quick thinking passes made by Bugbrooke and lots of teamwork produced the rewards of creating a multitude of quick tries.
Well done to: Jonjo, Oliver, Kit, Dominic, Taz, Dan, Harry W, Harry C, Sam, Matt, Joshua, Luke, William, Sam, Tom, Rhys, Jacob, Joe and Hyden,
Bugbrooke RUFC Minis U10s - 29th October 2006 at Brackley.
Bugbrooke : 0 Brackley : 4
An average performance by Bugbrooke allowed a sharp Brackley side to make a convincing win.
Despite sometimes-spirited defence by the Badgers, Brackley pressure paid off in the first half with two tries.
Two further scores followed for the home side in the second half and although Joe Elliot and Jack McGuinness looked menacing on the attack, a Bugbrooke try never looked likely.
Bugbrooke : 0 Brackley : 4
Bugbrooke started the second game showing much more determination. Excellent mauling and rucking from the whole Bugbrooke side restricted Brackley to around the halfway line.
However, a momentary lapse of concentration allowed Brackley to make a dash for the line and score the first try. Later Brackley drove over the line but a gallant Bugbrooke denied Brackley the touch down.
At the half time whistle Brackley snuck in a second at the corner flag.
The second half saw the same even play but Bugbrooke couldn’t find the try line.
Before the end of the game the home side’s superior weight paid dividends as Bugbrooke were driven over their line twice. The attackers scored on each occasion. The final score didn’t reflect Bugbrooke’s
excellent play.
Rob Smith U10s Coach
Bugbrooke
BUGBROOKE U7’s @ BRUFC
GAME 1: BUGBROOKE Vs CASUALS
Bugbrooke won by 4 tries to 3.
A quick start to the game by Bugbrooke saw Mitchell Coldwell score 2 tries in the first half.
The game was then very close with both teams playing very well. Casuals brought it back to 3 -3
in the second half but Bugbrooke managed to score the winner in the last few minutes.
Other tries were scored by Harry Underwood and Harry Mason.
GAME 2: BUGBROOKE Vs CASUALS
Bugbrooke won by 7 tries to 6.
Another excellent game with very few mistakes,
Casuals made some excellent runs down the wings and through the Bugbrooke defence.
Bugbrooke managed to hold on by a narrow margin with some good tagging and some equally
good runs with Adam North and Harry Underwood combining well. Bugbrooke try scorers were:
Mitchell Coldwell (2), Glen Middleton (2), Harry Underwood (2) and Adam North.
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Match Report U9’s
Match 1
Bugbrooke 6 Casuals 0
Match 2
Bugbrooke 6 Casuals 0
Match 3
Bugbrooke 6 Casuals 0
Bugbrooke played some strong rugby attacking and good defense work stopped a determined Casuals side. Plenty of tries from a number of different players showed good team work.
Jonjo, Kitt, Oliver, Sam, Harry C, Harry, Dan, Joshua, Joe, Sam, Luke, Rhys, Dominic, Taz, Matt, Tom, William and Hyden
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Bugbrooke RUFC Minis U10s
Bugrooke U10s hosted the Northampton Casuals at the Bugbrooke Community Centre
Bugbrooke : 2
Northampton Casuals : 5
The first game opened with the Casuals making a strong drive over the line
and scoring. The Badgers answered with a driving mould which carried the ball
over the line for William Jeffrey to make the touch down. An even midfield slog
ensued until casuals pushed Bugbrooke back to the try line to get their second.
Before the half time whistle the Casuals had scored a third.
After the restart Bugbrooke were forced into a defensive position again.
Although defending well the Badgers conceded another. Casuals superior passing
lead to their fifth. Embattled Bugbrooke soldiered on eventually getting the
final try of the game through Daniel Martins.
Bugbrooke : 6
Northampton Casuals : 2
Bugbrooke enjoyed a convincing win over Casuals thanks to strong rucking and mauling, teamwork and good passing down the line. After 10 minutes of pressure from Casuals with spirited defence from
Bugbrooke William Evans broke away to score the first Badgers try. Casuals continued their early strong forward play and responded quickly with a try minutes later.
After the restart Jack McGuiness ran in a
powerful try to regain the lead for the home team. The remainder of the first half saw Bugbrooke shutting down Casuals whenever they threatened, excellent teamwork from the backs and two further tries
from William Evans and Joe Elliot.
The second half started with a period of intense forward play with no team gaining the upper hand. Casuals then showed signs of tiring and two tries followed with a great run in by William Evans and Joe Elliot
scoring by the flag having broken away from a maul on the 10m line following a battering ram charge by Jack McGuiness from the halfway mark. Casuals scored the final try just before the whistle.
Rob Smith
U10s Coach
Bugbrooke
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Under 11s Versus Casuals:
Match One: Lost 7 - 14
Team: Sam Gowen,Callum Wallace,Oliver Dancer,Laurence Ward,Joseph Needham,Jake Beasley,Charles Wilkins,James Letts,Henry Vass,Scott Sargent,Alex Simms,Kieran Beddoe,Keaton Smith.
Report: The autumnal sun shone down on the Bugbrooke paddock as the under 11's
ran out for their first match of the new season.
In a evenly fought first half the home side went into the lead with a fine individual try by scrum half Jake Beasley who burst from the base of the scrum to dot down in the corner,
Charles Wilkins stepped up to add the conversion for a 7-0 half time lead. Casuals came out in the second half with more purpose and using there slight advantage in the forwards managed
two well taken tries both of which were converted. The game turned into a stalemate with both teams making unforced errors,
until the referee ended a closely fought encounter.
Match Two: Lost 31 - 0
Team: Ben Ralton,Alasdair Townsend,Josh Fitzhugh,Damon McElroy,Sam Malin,Michael Smith,Alex Marriott,Adam Hutchinson,David Beel,Alex Simms,Keaton Smith,Kieran Beddoe,Charles Wilkins.
Report: Bugbrooke fielded an much changed side for the second game, using the
opportunity to give no less than seven new faces a run out. Enthusiasm
overshadowed their inexperience, as they knuckled down to the hard task ahead.
Casuals gelled well on the back of their first game victory and ran out 31-0 winners,
but not willing to admit defeat the Badgers battled well to the end.
After only a handful of training sessions the new boys look like they will be an integral part of the Bugbrooke junior section
which each week continues to go from strength to strength.
Match Three: Lost 7 - 12
Team: Sam Gowen,Callum Wallace,Oliver Dancer,Laurence Ward,Joseph Needham,Jake Beasley,Charles Wilkins,James Letts,Henry Vass,Scott Sargent,Alex Simms,Kieran Beddoe.
Report: For the third and final game the Badgers fielded a team identical to match one, which resulted in an almost identical score line.
After Casuals took the lead with an unconverted try, Bugbrooke responded in the best way possible through James Letts
who converted his own score to give the Badgers a 7-5 lead. Casuals with their pride dented laid siege to the Bugbrooke line eventually scoring a converted try to run out 12-7 winners.
BRUFC U13s
Bugbroke 5 Ons 10
Both sides failed to play with any fluency in the early stages with handling errors causing the game to stop and start.
Ons started to move the ball around without causing Bugs defense to many anxious moments. Bugs really struggled to use the ball provided by the heavier pack turning over far to much
possession.
Towards the end of the first half Bugs press the Ons line with Callum Mayer scoring with the last play of the first half.
The second half saw better rugby played by both sides although the Bugs penalty count was causing them to lose some very promising attacking positions allowing Ons flowing rugby to open up gaps in the
Bugs defense.
Ons pressure finally told when they scored under the post to level the scores at five all a second well worked try saw Ons take a lead they defended until the final whistle.
MOM Stevie Fanning
GAME 1: BUGBROOKE Vs BRACKLEY
Bugbrooke won by 8 tries to 6.
An excellent first game of the season. The team performed really well and you
would not of believed that it was their first game together. The first try was
scored by Izzy Cara, followed by 3 tries by Mitchell Coldwell, 3 from Glen and 1
from Nicholas. An all round excellent performance by all.
GAME 2: BUGBROOKE Vs MENS OWN
Mens Own won by 9 tries to 6.
Another excellent game with very few mistakes, Mens Own made some excellent runs
down the wings on the wide pitch which just gave them the edge. Bugbrooke try
scorers were: Mitchell Coldwell, Glen, Nicholas, Harry, Adam North and Aurthur.
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Bugbrooke U8’s
Team:
Brodie, James, Spencer, Dan, Ben, Matt, Dylan, Charlie,
New boys: Joe, Josh, Harry
Ist Game Mens Own v Bugbrooke
Bugbrooke won 5 -2
The opening match of season for Bugs started well, a disallowed try by Mens Own
gave Bugs a break allowing Dan to score Bugs 1st try. Ben followed up with an
amazing 3 more tries in the first half, a very credible try by Edward Hearn for
Mens Own left halftime score- 4-1 to Bugs.
The second half provided some excellent tagging and team work by both teams with
two more tires 1 from Edward Hearn and Dylan scoring Bugs 5th try in the closing
minutes sealing Bugs win. All in all a cracking start to Bugs season.
2nd game Brackley v Bugbrooke
Brackley won 6-0
Although the score suggested the match was a bit one sided, it was infact
anything but. Brackley were strong in defence but Bugs did find some breaks and
were unlucky not to score 2 tries. Although this was predominantly a coaching
match for Bugs new boys
to ease them into the new season, you couldn’t really tell that from the
determination and effort put in by all players.
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Under 9's Rugby
Match 1
Bugbrooke 2 Brackley 1
Match 2
Mens Own 1 Bugbrooke 3
Although all teams were match rusty, good tackling and team spirit saw Bugbrooke
take control off both matches. Both sides tried hard in the wet weather, but
gaps and good passing saw them come through for a strong finish.
Team
Jonjo, Oliver, Kit, Joshua, Connor, Dan, Hyden, Harry, William, Taz, Rhys,
Jacob, Sam, Tom, Luke, Joe.
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Bugbrooke RUFC Minis U10s
Bugrooke U10s traveled to Men’s Own RUFC in Ashton where they played two games.
One against visiting Brackley RFC and one against the home team.
Bugbrooke : 6
Brackley : 6
Bugbrooke’s first game of the season was a close fought affair. Jack McGuiness
made a driving run through the Brackley defense to open the scoring one minute
into the game. Brackley immediately answered with a try. Daniel Martins was next
over the line for the Badgers. Brackley followed soon with a second then a third
before Bugbrooke’s Jack Andrews leveled the score. Jack McGuiness got his second
to put the Badgers ahead at half time.
Adam Croutier got the first try of the second half for Bugbrooke. Again,
Brackley soon followed with another which in turn was followed by Daniel Martins
second of the game. Brackley scored another two before the final whistle.
Bugbrooke : 1
Mens Own : 12
Bugbrooke didn’t fair so well in their second game which was against the home
side. Mens Own opened the scoring and dominated the first half getting five
tries. Apart from a moment of brilliance from Bugbrooke’s Gavin Hyde which
resulted in a try Mens Own went on score another seven tries making this worst
defeat that Bugbrooke have have ever suffered.
Rob Smith
U10s Coach
Bugbrooke
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Under13s
Dunstablians 12 Bugbrooke 5
If ever there was a game of two halves this was it. Bugs were made to defend for
most of the first half soaking up attack after attack but very nearly opened the
scoring against the run of play with a breakaway that they failed to ground.
As the first half drew to close a fine move by Dunstable opened up the Bugs
defence to score a good try which was well converted.Bugs lost concentration and
almost from the restart conceded again to turn around 12 nil down.
The second half was a complete reversal with Bugs playing almost the whole
second half on the attack.Dunstable defended very strongly and only allowed a
consolation try in the dying seconds from Jordan Smith.Despite superb
performances from Callum Mayer,Jake Springthorpe, Jordan Smith and a m.o.m
performance from Matthew Smith Bugs came up short. A great game played in a good
spirit.
M.O.M Matthew Smith
THE OPENING FIVE MINUTES SAW BUGS PRESSURING THE BLETCHLEY DEFENCE BEFORE A BREAKAWAY SAW BLETCHLEY OPEN THE SCORING.
FROM THAT MOMENT ON BUGSS DOMINATED THE GAME, PLAYING ALMOST EXCLUSIVLY IN BLETCHLEYS HALF.
BUGS FORWARDS WERE AWESOME DRIVING HOLES THROUGH THE BLETCHLEY DEFENCE AND LEADING THE WAY WAS PERRY GITTEN WHO OPENED THE SCORING FOR BUGS WITH A 15 METRE SOLO EFFORT.
THE CONSTANT PRESURRE TOLD AGAIN WHEN THE EVER ALERT JAKE SPRINGTHORPE CRASHED OVER FROM SHORT RANGE TO SCORE. JORDAN SMITH CONVERTED.
THE SECOND HALF AGAIN SAW BUGS FORWARDS DOMINATE WITH THE SCRUM WINNING A LOT OF BLETCHLEY BALL,
BUGS SCORED AGAIN THROUGH LUKE GOWEN WHO CAPITALISED ON A BLETCHLEY MISTAKE AND JAKE SPRINGTHORPE WHO SCORED FROM CLOSE RANGE ALLOWING JORDAN SMITH TO CONVERT.
A SOLID ALL ROUND PERFORMANCE
M.O.M PERRY GITTEN
They played teams from Belper and Ilkeston and in true rugby tradition, supplied some players for a Barbarian side. During the tournament the Barbarians showed both Bugbrooke and Belper how to play and came through as the eventual winners. The Barbarians from Bugbrooke RUFC should be rightly proud of themselves. Following the Tournament there was the small matter of the ‘Belper Cup’ to be decided between Bugbrooke and Belper. A very hard fought game ensued with Bugbrooke emerging as the eventual winners, to the delight of the travelling fans. A great weekend was had by all.
Team Captain : Gawain Hyde
MOTM1 : James ‘Fozzie’ Foster
MOTM2 : Dan Martins