Southport Under-11s...38


THE Duke Street Carpet sponsored under-11s beat Ormskirk last Sunday.

By playing fast running rugby and keeping the ball away from the Ormskirk pack, Southport took charge of the game.

The first try was scored by Daniel Holden using his power to run through the Ormskirk defence.

When Ormskirk did attack, disciplined defence was shown by the home side.

Southport often won the ball back allowing Toby Gjertsen and Owen Pye to show off their mazy running skills and head for the Ormskirk line. Southport's passing and off-loading of the ball when attacking is improving with each game.

No better example of this is in James Parr scoring Southport's next two tries after the ball had been moved across the field.

He was able to score from his position on the wing.

The final try of the half was scored by Jonathan Roberts who scored after picking the ball up in his own half, showing that he hadn't left any of his speed on the slopes of Kitzbuhl.

With a half time score of 26-0 it was now the time for the newer members of the squad to join some of their more experienced team mates and show they can now transfer the skills and techniques they are being taught in training onto the rugby pitch. Southport were able to withstand exerted amounts of Ormskirk pressure with stand off Alex Taylor and man of the match Adam Crowther leading the front line.

After both sets of players had tried so hard throughout the match, the last five minutes became a close affair with both teams seeming quite content to scrummage their way to the final whistle.

The last word was left to the hardworking Southport pack and Owen Pritchard to scramble over the line for the last try of the match.

This try was converted along with three others by Alex Taylor and Harry Butcher.