Meltham All Blacks
Match Reports
Sunday 29 October 2006
Meltham All Blacks Under 8’s – Away at Siddal
Siddal 6- Meltham 22
Meltham Under 8's are getting better week by week and this Sunday saw a real battle of determination and skill. A confident side after two good wins last week against Newsome and Wibsey showed that they could mix it with the best on offer. An excellent tackling side, Siddal were giving nothing away.
Carl Sykes, Alex Zatorski and Darran Walker working extra hard in defence, with George Sykes-Kenworthy making at least four try saving tackles taking the Siddal players into touch with skills beyond his years.
It wasn't until the second half all the hard work paid off with a converted try from the ever faithful Jordan Williams. Meltham then fell asleep and let Siddal in with an easy try (6-6). Meltham stepped up a gear with a battling run from Christian Pestell, which seemed to lift the side (10-6).
With strong teamwork, Molly Doyle and Tom Hindle drove the ball forward, backed up by Jordan James, Ryan white and Lewis Bull. Jordan Williams skirting the touchline for his second, followed by Christian, who is keeping the top try scorer trophy hot in his sights. Finished off with a conversion from Darren Walker (22-6). A well deserved victory, keep up the hard work
Meltham All Blacks Under 9’s – Away at Wyke
Wyke 16 – Meltham 56
A magnificent team performance gave Meltham a comfortable win against Wyke.
Scoring eleven tries by six different players showed how good the teams support play is becoming, with 1 try going through eight pair of hands.
The try of the game came from Ryan Hirst, who received the ball on his own try line, ran to the right beating one tackle and then ran down the wing where he had the power and pace to run the full length of the pitch, shrugging off two would be tackles in the process. This was the first try of his rugby league career and earned him the most improved player award.
Man of the match Jacob Glover had an awesome game coming third in the tackle count, scoring four tries and 2 conversions. His defence was very impressive putting some crunching tackles on the big Wyke players and scoring at regular intervals by backing up his team mates or going route one straight down the middle.
Michael Tooley hit double figures in defence and scored a very good try tyo win him the player of the week award.
Jack Evans was once again top tackler showing superb technique to go with his two tries.
Daniel King was one of four players to hit double figures in defence, he also got a brace of tries
Cory McDonagh at stand off dummied and swerved his way over for his well deserved try
Acting Half back Oliver Szlachcic did not score, however he set up half a dozen tries and pulled off many try saving tackles.
Christopher and Matthew Brearley are beginning to challenge team mates for a greater share of the drives and tackles.
Tries were scored by Jacob Glover (4), Daniel King (2,) Jack Evans (2), Cory McDonagh, Ryan Hirst, and Michael Tooley
Conversions were scored by Jacob Glover (2), Ryan Hirst, Daniel King, Jack Evans and Cory McDonagh.
Meltham All Blacks Under 10’s – Away at Siddal
Siddal 18 - Meltham 30
The Under 10’s travelled to Siddal looking to avenge their only defeat of the season so far and came away with a satisfying victory in what proved to be a very physical game.
Despite Meltham taking an early lead with a try and conversion by Luke Pogson in the first minute, Siddal started the brightest with some stout defence and nippy ball play which at times had Meltham scrambling in defence, and it was no surprise that the home team levelled the score after ten minutes.
However as the first half progressed Meltham began to dominate the play and ended the half with an eight-point lead
The second half commenced as the first had finished with Meltham in the ascendance. Excellent running especially from Frazer Morris and Elliot Currid ensured Siddal’s defence was constantly stretched, whilst defensively Meltham worked as a unit thwarting the Siddal attack, allowing Meltham to score a further three unanswered tries.
Lapses in the Meltham defence allowed Siddal to score two late converted tries, punctuated by a further try from Meltham
Man of the Match was awarded to Calum Linton with Jack Parkin’s tackling and ball handling earning him the player of the week award
Tries were scored by Luke Pogson (3), Calum Linton (2,) Elliot Currid and. Greg Thompson
Conversions were scored by Luke Pogson.
Meltham All Blacks Under 11’s – Away at Queensbury
Queens Knights 28 - Meltham 0
Fine tackling by Jordan Fleary, Oliver Kirk and Joe Wood wasn’t enough to stop the under 11s being beaten 28 0 by a very well organized Queens side. Top tackler was Jordan Fleary and top driver was Elliot Morris. Man of the Match was Jack Thackerey.
Meltham All Blacks Under 12’s – Away at Wyke
Wyke 0 - Meltham 48
Meltham cruised to victory against a spirited but outclassed Wyke team. With Meltham’s defence working overtime virtually the entire game was played in Wykes half of the field. Meltham scored 4 first half tries through a solo effort from fullback Jack Thompson, Michael Holmes finished of a great move where the ball passed through several pairs of hands, and 2 barnstorming efforts from Tre Miller, together with 1 conversion gave a half time score of 18 to 0.
After the break Meltham continued to pile on the pressure, scoring tries at regular intervals. George king scored 3 times the pick of which was after a length of the field run from Jack Thompson who beat several would be tacklers before putting in a great pass to the supporting George who had a clear run to the line. Michael Holmes scored 2 more tries to complete his hat trick, and Patrick Diavewa completed the try scoring, showing a good turn of pace and power with his run to the line. George King added three more conversions to round of a good team performance. Special mention to Jordan Valerio who put in some great tackles and came close to scoring on his debut for the team. Jack Thompsan was Man of the Match. Sam Rochfored was Top Tackler.
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