Starting with the good – back to back wins against a well organised and talented cheddar team showed off the ‘going forwards’ and ‘attack the gap’ attitude that the lads are embracing. This time last year we were banging on about not running into touch, now it’s about getting the off load behind the defence and the quality of support.

In attack the games today were broadly characterised by Harvey and Sam running into gaps and making a nuisance of themselves, Stephan and Leon jinking up the middle with Alfie and Joe providing great support out wide. Joe in the first half of game 1 must have touched down 2 or 3 times from the wing. Ben K and Frank our new recruits constantly showed the potential both these lads have. To this end the U8 man of the match has to be Frank. He’s been training hard, getting focused in the games and finished game 2 with a superb try from broken play – what’s more he’s always got a joke to share!

So for the Bad – In defence the organisation was pretty poor, some of the lads started falling off the tags again or not bothering to hold them up. There was also a constant tone of bickering about who was going to get the ball and who should be where. Hands up Lads - this is a coaching issue not yours! Since the Old Reds win we pretty much shelved the positions / channels and coloured tags in favour of a free flow game. In attack this has been working well but in defence confusion and frustrating is creeping in. It looks like no one other than the Captain is 100 percent sure of their position or role – Something for Wednesday.

And finally, the ugly – This is TAG rugby! Contact starts next year.

So despite the first wet and cold Sunday of the season the lads secured the results with some really strong running, good passing and great finishing. It’s amazing to see how well these youngsters take on board things practiced and discussed in training.

One more game to go before the well deserved Xmas break. Our focus for 2012 will be getting the squad to really organise themselves, for this to happen we need the coaches to deliver a clear framework in which the lads can express themselves!

Game 1: Cheddar 4 – 8 Broad Plain
Game 2: Cheddar 5 – 8 Broad Plain

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