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Sun 04 Oct 2015
Clevedon
28
19
Gordano Rugby Football Club
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Clevedon U15 v Gordano U15

Clevedon U15 v Gordano U15

Steve Gazzard4 Oct 2015 - 19:29
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Gordano play Barbarian style attacking rugby but lose to clinical Clevedon

A sunny October on the Clevedon school ground hosted an evenly matched encounter. Clevedon took an early lead as they used space effectively to create a converted try. Gordano realised they had to close down the space of the dangerous Clevedon back line and showed good progress in organising their defence.

Gordano responded to going behind with pushes into the opposition half. Their endeavour was rewarded by an equalising try by Isaac Barr (conv. Macie King) running in under the posts after pace and footwork took him away from the defence.

Clevedon responded with positive attacks which were repelled by strong tackling marshalled by captain Kody Golding. After another Barr breakout Ethan Ando crossed for Gordano's second try (conv. King.) The half finished with Gordano maintaining their 14-7 lead and all to play for.

The second half started with a well worked series of phases by Gordano starting in their own 22 through the interlinking forwards and backs, culminating in a side-stepping Matt Eichenberger try which pushed the visitor's lead to twelve points.

Clevedon responded with a converted try to take the score to 14-19. Gordano failed to control the ball in their own 22 after good Clevedon pressure leading to a penalty try to the hosts taking the score to 21-19.

A fourth Clevedon try was scored by a decisive interception at a 5 metre lineout and a touch line conversion to push the host's lead to 9 points. A strong Clevedon attitude to rucking and mauling brought them possession and frustrated any Gordano response to finish the match at 28-19 to Clevedon.

Gordano showed again that they are a team with great potential, with ambition to run the ball from anywhere, and a willingness to put their bodies on the line.

Match details

Match date

Sun 04 Oct 2015

Kickoff

11:00

Meet time

10:15
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