U15s - Selby Vs Barnsley

SELBY U15’S 42 - BARNSLEY U15’S 12

Barnsley U15’s traveled to North Yorkshire on a typical autumn morning of sunshine and showers and showed great tenacity despite being defeated by 42 – 12.

The tackling by the forwards and great defence by the backs held Selby until the 10 minute mark when a slick interpassing move enabled the hosts to score wide out.
Barnsley made several forays into the Selby half but were unable to turn the pressure into points, and the home side used their well organised back line to score a further 3 tries before the visitors best move of the first half. The ball was chased down in the Selby half and following a powerful rolling maul Tom Henighan spun his way out of a tackle and forced his way over in the corner.

The second half began at a tremendous pace and despite some excellent covering tackles the Barnsley defence was unable to stop the Selby backs scoring 3 tries wide out.

Then came Barnsley’s best period of the match with both forwards and backs tackling their hearts out and forcing errors from the well drilled Selby side. After winning the ball deep in the opposition half Sam Wollerton picked the ball up from a ruck and smashed his way over the line. Josh Lewis added a superb conversion from a difficult angle.
Despite further pressure being applied Barnsley were unable to add any further points and conceded a late try.

Special mention must go to Jordan Marples who had a solid game, his first in a Barnsley shirt, but the man of the match award went to Joe Maycroft for his excellent tackling and marshalling of the defensive line.