U15s - Barnsley Vs Rotherham Clifton

ROTHERHAM CLIFTON U15’S 0 - BARNSLEY U15’S 12

Barnsley U15’s made the short trip to Clifton Lane, Rotherham and managed not to concede any points for the second consecutive week, and beat their South Yorkshire rivals by 12 points to 0.

It was the best defensive performance of the season so far by the Shaw Lane outfit, and credit must go to every player who tackled their hearts out throughout the game.

The first half started with the huge Rotherham pack driving forward, but being stopped dead in their tracks by some text book tackling and rucking by the Barnsley side. Pressure was applied by the back line constantly and scrum half ‘Fan’ Tuttiett and fly half Josh Lewis were always sniping at their opposite numbers, which caused the Rotherham back line to make several mistakes.

It was however centre Adam Parr who made the decisive score. He managed to rip the ball from the Rotherham forwards and spin off towards the corner. With only the full back to beat, he produced a neat step and cut back inside to plant the ball to the right of the posts.

The half continued with the Barnsley pack driving back their Rotherham counterparts and shipping the ball down the back line at every opportunity with only some desperate cover defence preventing further scores.

After the break both sides came out fired up but it was Barnsley who took the initiative almost immediately. After a superb couple of passes by the centers, the ball was spun to flying winger Greg Colbridge who turned on the after burners and sprinted past his opposite number for an outstanding try. He also popped over the conversion.

This appeared to inspire the Rotherham side to come at Barnsley time and time again, but some immaculate tackling kept them at bay. Special mention must go to Man of the Match Jordan Fletcher who lead by example by making tackles constantly throughout, and played his best game in a Barnsley shirt so far.

Rotherham twice had the ball over the Barnsley line in the closing stages, but the Shaw Laner’s drove them back on both occasions, and on the third attempt Sam King managed to rip the ball from the opposition when a try seemed certain.
‘Shiner of the Week’ award this Sunday fell to ‘Smoking’ Joe Green who will no doubt be retelling the story for the rest of the season !

The whole squad played with commitment and tenacity throughout the match and provided a thoroughly entertaining game for both sets of supporters