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Herts County RFU Under 15 Trials

Hertfordshire County RFU Under 15 Representative Squad
2010/2011 Season Trials Information
Trial Dates
* Monday 27/09/10 - Trial Matches 1
* Monday 04/10/10 - Trial Matches 2
* Monday 18/10/10 - Final Trial Matches


General  Information
* 30 to 35 players will be selected for a training squad.
* From this squad a match day 23 will be selected to represent Herts in their 3 fixtures this season.
* Trial Matches will be played at St Albans RFC, Oaklands Lane, Smallford, AL4 0HR
* All sessions will start at 6.30pm and finish by 8.30pm


Eligibilty
A player may qualify to represent the relevant Age Grade team in a CB if he meets one of the following criteria:
* He attends a school situated in that CB;
* He resides in that CB;
* He was born in that CB; or
* He is a member of a Club affiliated to that CB.
* All nominated players MUST be 14 years old on 1st September

Membership of a CB School of Rugby or an Academy does not entitle a player to play for that CB if he does not satisfy one of the previous four criteria.
Nomination Process

* School Rugby Masters/ Club Coaches are asked to ONLY nominate players they believe have the necessary skills and physical attributes to seriously challenge for a position in the final squad. (Do Not include players who represented Herts U14 Rugby or who are in Herts School of Rugby/saracens EPDG)

* Nominations must include Players Name, Preferred Playing Position and their valid email address for correspondence, which will be sent prior to the training sessions.

* Players currently selected for the Saracens EPDG and/or the Herts School of Rugby will be invited directly to attend these sessions if they wish to be considered for selection into the final squad.

* Players who were selected and represented Hertfordshire Rugby at Under 14 Level will be invited directly to attend the trials process

* Nominations will NOT be accepted from parents. They MUST come from the Club Coach or School Rugby Master.

* Any player who attends without having been nominated by their school or club will not be allowed to participate in the trials process.
*   Nominations to be returned via email to davidtoon@btinternet.com by FRIDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2010.(Nominations wont be accepted after this date)

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Storm beaten in opening A-League clash
Saracens Storm were beaten 25-18 by Harlequins at a wet and windy Old Albanians on Monday night in the opening round of the Aviva A-League.

An early Rory Clegg penalty was followed by a converted James Johnston try to give the visitors an 8-0 lead. But No.8 Josh Lezszcuk finished off a peel move from a 5m lineout to hit back for Sarries and two penalties from Owen Farrell gave the home side an 11-10 lead at the break.

The heavy rain continued throughout the second half and a Chris York try saw Quins retake the lead. But with 10 minutes remaining, Sarries piled on the pressure on the Quins line and it eventually told when Will Fraser made the most of an overlap out wide to score. Farrell's touchline conversion extended the lead.

But there was to be a string in the tail. A Clegg up and under wasn't collected by the home side and when it fell into the hands of the Quins forwards, it was quickly recycled to Tom Casson who ran home. Clegg's conversion put the visitors 22-18 ahead and when the fly half added a penalty with two minutes remaining, it sealed the game for the visitors.

Saracens Storm v Harlequins

15 Ben Ransom
14 Rodd Penney
13 Kameli Ratuvou
12 Owen Farrell
11 James Short
10 Nils Mordt
9 Luke Baldwin
1 Matt Parr
2 Jamie George
3 Richard Skuse
4 Tom Jubb
5 Hayden Smith
6 Don Barrell
7 Will Fraser
8 Josh Lezszcuk

16 Harry Allen
17 Alex Brown
18 Jared Saunders
19 Tom Gillings
20 Matt Hankin
21 Kevin Barrett
22 Sam Stanley
23 Henry Staff

Kick off now 3pm on Sunday
Please be aware that owing to Sunday’s game being televised on ESPN, kick off has now changed to 3pm. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Sarries miss out in Aviva Premiership opener
Saracens were beaten 33-16 by London Irish on the opening day of the Aviva Premiership season at Twickenham.

A record London Double Header crowd of more than 75,000 saw Sarries hold a narrow half time lead thanks to tries from Ernst Joubert and Schalk Brits, but four second half scores from the Exiles secured the victory.

The game saw four yellow cards, two for each team, but it was while Sarries were down to 14 men midway through the second half that Irish took control, scoring two tries in that period and building a sound lead.

The first half belonged to Sarries. Two kickable penalties were turned down by the Irish in favour of a lineout and a scrum within the first ten minutes of the game, but tight Sarries defence meant that they were unable to capatilise on their position, with the strong Sarries scrum turning the ball over after 3 minutes of relentless attack from the Irish.

In the 13th minute the Irish opted to kick for goal at the third time of calling, but a miss from Ryan Lamb meant that there was no score from either team until the 25nd minute. The first the yellow cards was shown to Delon Armitage after he held Noah Cato who was trying to support the ball carrier on his way to the tryline.

Sarries opted for a lineout and after recycling the ball well an overlap was created, and after sharp hands from Brits and Wyles, captain Ernst Joubert collected the pass and dived over in the corner for the opening score of the game.

London Irish hit back soon after with a penalty kick from Lamb which took the score to 5-3 after 28 minutes. In the 33rd minute Joubert was involved again when he broke strongly through the Irish midfield to take Saracens well inside the opposition half. Quick ball again allowed the Irish little time to reorganise their defence and hardworking hooker Brits managed to crash over the line despite attention from Delon Armitage trying to put in a tackle.

The unconverted try took Sarries to a 10-3 lead afer 32 minutes. Irish were again able to hit back quickly after a breakdown offence gave them 3 points ahead of halftime which meant that the teams went into haltime with the score at 10-6.

Saracens went down to 14 men after Alex Goode was sinbinned for offiside inside the Sarries 22 in the fourth minute of the second half and Lamb kicked the accompanying penalty which took the Irish to within one point of the Saracens with a 10-9 scoreline. Passionate Saracens defence kept the Irish at bay for the next five minutes, but the pressure ultimately led to an overlap and try for Irish fullback Armitage. Lamb failed to convert.

Lamb was called upon shortly after when a crossfield kick was collected by Sailosi Tagicakibau and the winger dived over in the corner for a converted try that took Irish to a 21-10 lead.

Derick Hougaard was brought on the field with 25 minutes remaining in the game and his first action was to kick a penalty that was awarded to Sarries just inside the opposition half. The successful effort meant that Saracens were 13-21 down. Sarries then broke forward and it was then the turn of scrum half Paul Hodgson to be sent to the sinbin for a professional foul when he slapped down a pass from Brad Barritt that looked sure to lead to a try. Saracens took the opportunity for points and closed to gap to 16-21.

The Irish defence held firm while they were a man down and the score remained unchanged until seven minutes from time when referee Andrew Small ruled that Kevin Barrett had impeded Topsy Ojo as he collected his own kick through on the tryline. Barrett was sent to the sin bin for the rest of the game.

With the Exiles pushing forward for a bonus point, brave Saracens defending held them at bay until the final action of the game when with numbers out wide, Ojo went over in the corner to finish the match.

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Management Committee

Ged Elliott

Chairman

Richard Randall - Harpenden

League Secretary

Ged Elliott - Saracens

Division Administrators

Ken Macrae - Middlesex (U13s and U14s);

David Toon - Old Albanians (U15s);

Chris Mills - Datchworth (U16s);

Richard Randall - Harpenden (U17s);

Peter Houghton - Bishops Stortford (Colts);

Committee Members

Tony Lynch

 

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