The sun was out at Moorefields on Saturday, but wouldn’t you know it, Stratford cried off the Second team match late on Friday and we had no games to enjoy, with the First XV having a free week and the Colts playing away in the Warwickshire Cup at Old Laurentians.
The Colts went down by 64-7 to exit the competition but they kept on going till the end despite being outgunned by the opposition. Drew Sinnott scored our only try, converted by Ben Leahy. Some good news from the Colts group is that Drew and Charlie Wiggin have come through the Warwickshire under-17 trials and have been picked for the County. Well done both. This week the Colts have a short but difficult trip to Old Leamingtonians.
It’s another big week coming up with the First XV entering their last six games with some work to do. This week we take on Earlsdon at home, a team we have done well against in recent years. Two years ago we got the double over them and last year we won away with two late tries from Danny Ruyssevelt and then lost at home in a see-saw game when we declined a kick at goal in front of the posts that would have given us victory. We lost again in the Autumn, but it was another close game and there is no reason why we should not reverse the result on Saturday. – kick-off reverts to 3.00 from this week.
It is also a big week for the Seconds who take on Kenilworth in the final of the Warwickshire Second Team Shield at Barkers Butts on Sunday. Kick off time is 2.15 for this game. We have had a number of semi-final losses in this competition over the years, including to Kenilworth two years ago, but we did win the trophy in 1988 with Dennis Brown captaining the side to a 8-3 victory over Trinity Guild in the final at Keresley. Tries by Mike Cleary and Paul Ackerman clinched the game. The final line-up is not available but the side the week before was - Tim Byford, Neil Hulme, Alan Reeve, Paul Mullis, Lester Turner, Paul Ackerman, Brian Taylor, Dave Jenkins, David Payne, Dave Pearce, Tony Philpott, Denis Brown, Richard Nuttall, Mike Cleary and Ade Cleaver. If anyone has any information on the game, please let me know.
On Sunday, the minis and juniors are all playing Old Coventrians, except for the under-16s, who are away at Rugby St Andrews. The Girls teams are training
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