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2009/10 Season NEWS

Staines Festival 18.04.10

Pool 2 saw the G’s drawn against old friends & some new opponents in the shape of London Welsh 2, Barnes & Bracknell.

The first game against Barnes was a very evenly matched & open game, with both sides creating lots of scoring opportunities, Grasshoppers running out eventual winners by 4 tries to 3.

Game 2 against London Welsh proved to be a little more challenging. The team demonstrated they can score tries, with some fine continuity in the attack to work the ball quickly up to the Welsh try line, scoring 4 tries, however they also showed that they need to maintain that same hard work in the defense , conceding 4, final score 4-4.

With a clash of shirts in Game 3 against Bracknell B’s, the G’s sported unfamiliar black bibs, but didn’t let that stand in their way as they went on a rout, scoring 6 tries and more importantly increasing their work rate in defense and conceding only 4.

With 2 wins secured, G’s topped the pool & were drawn against London Welsh 1 for the semi-final.

Welsh have shown their “pedigree” in previous games against the G’s this season and this game proved to be no exception, with Welsh running out eventual winners 7-2.

Although there were some brilliant individual performances, notably Avery in scoring & defending, this was a team effort, ably led by Joshua D as captain on the day.

Well done to Aidan, Charlotte, Marco, Joshua D, Avery, Sasha, Piers, Eamon, Callan & Dylan.

I would also like to say thanks to all the family & friends who gave their vocal support from the touchline.

Grasshoppers B Festival

Congratulations to the Under 7’s team who performed exceptionally well at their first ever festival. In difficult weather conditions they remained unbeaten throughout the festival. Unfortunately the Under 7’s narrowly missed out a final appearance on try differential. The key group match was against Teddington who scored with their last play of the game to tie the score at 6-6. The team went on to secure the 3rd position trophy with a 5-2 win over Finchley.

The team was well captained by Cormac who led by example and was our leading try scorer. Other try scorers included Avery, Aidan, Joshua and Dylan although all squad members should be congratulated on a great overall team performance.

UNDER 7s LAWS

  • Play games with small numbers, no more than seven players and not less than five players.
  • Match squads of 10.
  • Mini Tag Rugby.
  • Size 3 rugby ball.
  • Maximum pitch size is 40 metres x 30 metres, plus 2 metres for each in-goal area.
  • 10 minutes each way – Game no longer than 20 minutes.
  • Passes may be sideways or backwards through the air.
  • Free pass restart, opponents 7 metres away on line parallel to goal line.
  • No scrum.
  • No lineout.
  • No kicking.
  • A tackle – a ‘tag’ – is made by removal of one of the two tags from the ball carriers belt.
  • The tagged player must pass the ball to a team mate.
  • The tagger must stop running and wait for the tagged player to reclaim their tag before re-joining the game.
  • No hand offs, fend offs or barging.
  • Under 7s and under 8s may play together, utilising the Mini Tag format.
  • No under 7 or under 8 child may play with under 9 children or above in any circumstances.
  • Under 7 players must be limited to playing in not more than 12 fixtures and 3 festivals / tournaments per season.
  • Mouthguards, shin pads are mandatory.
  • Checking of studs at regular intervals.
  • On match days, a coaching session lasting no longer than 60 minutes with the addition of no more than 20 minutes devoted to match play against outside opposition is mandatory.
  • All matches must be used as an extension of the coaching session, with the emphasis being on the quality of performance rather than the result.

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