Reading U13s V Witney
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On a cold and wet day at Holme Park, Reading Played Witney an unknown and untested by our Reading team. Reading started off well and kept possession of the ball for the first 10 minutes of the game. The forwards who consisted of Nathan Cross, Tom Everett, Ryan forester, Tom O’Rourke and Charlie Dean kept on the pressure. A loose ball not scooped up by Reading gave the away side the lead.
The opposition had a good outside centre and winger who ran past Reading scoring 8 Try’s and caught Reading chasing the ball. A couple of good tackles by Ryan Forester saved Reading, and stopped Witney scoring a couple more. The ball was wet and the weather cold which stopped the backs of Sam brown, Luke Nichols, James Few, Charlie Nicol and George Withers from making the most of the ball that they had. The ball didn’t reach the hands of wingers James Perry and Michael Irvine enough form them to make an impression in the game.
Full back Jack Taylor in the second half gave chase to a deep ball kicked by Witney and managed to scoop it up and regain 15 meters back in play. He also gave chase to one of the largest players in opposition and almost prevented one of the try’s from being scored but from that had to come off injured.
The man of the match was given to Ryan Forester for his commitment and good tackling where it counted.
Mark Everett