U15s - Malton and Norton Vs Barnsley

East Retford U15’s 0 - Barnsley U15’s 59

Barnsley U15’s travelled to East Retford on Remembrance Sunday, and after observing a minutes silence at 11 o’clock the Shaw Lane side appropriately notched up 11 tries on the 11th day of the 11th month to record a 59 – 0 victory.
It was another display of running rugby with exceptional ball handling being demonstrated by the whole side.

Fly half Josh Lewis was first on the score sheet after he picked the ball up from a scrum. He ran straight over the Retford winger to score in the corner.

This was quickly followed by a typical Sam Moss try. The hooker used his upper body strength to good effect and powered over from short range. He makes the close range efforts look simple and is very difficult to stop when he sniffs the line.

Tom Henighan once again showed great pace for the third try of the day. The back row forward received the ball wide out and cut inside at full tilt to outrun the Retford defence. Josh Lewis added the conversion.

At this point in the match the Barnsley side totally dominated possession and after they were awarded a penalty the ball was moved quickly along the back line for winger Joe Maycroft to score the first of his three tries. Josh Lewis again added the extra two points.
After the break the Shaw Lane side continued to move the ball wide at every opportunity, and after scrum half Greg Cranston picked the ball up at the base of a scrum he fed centre Adam Parr who powered his way over.

Blake Marsland-Gray then tore through the Retford defence and with three supporting players outside him chose to cut inside. It looked as if he would be stopped short, but he used a hand off to good effect and squeezed over.

Possibly the best try of the match came from a lovely handling move by the backs. The ball was moved from scrum half all the way through to winger Joe Maycroft who used his pace to cross wide out.

Liam Roebuck was ‘ten bob’ better off after scoring the side’s eighth try. His dad’s generous bonus payments have inspired the centre in the last few games, and he used his long legs to good effect by spinning out of two tackles to crash over the Retford line.
Not to be outdone Josh Lewis scored twice in quick succession to complete his hat trick. The first was a powerful effort with the fly half jinking his way past three would-be tacklers and the second saw him simply out-pacing the Retford winger to go over in the corner
The last word went to Joe Maycroft who for the second week running completed a thrilling hat trick. He collected the ball following a series of rucks and used a superb line of running to cross out wide.

Man of the match as chosen by the referee was Tom Henighan for his ever-present support play throughout the match.

Special mention must also go to Greg Colbridge who showed excellent handling skills in his first game for the club.