QE Rugby Report - QE vs Yarm A

A hard game for us today, in very wet conditions and against a well drilled side.
From the kickoff the difficulty of the game was evident, showing that there is a big step between Yarm B and Yarm A. But it was a challenge we stepped up to.

For the majority of the first half no points were scored, both sides fought fiercely for possession. The Yarm offensive was a constant bombardment but we held them back with a strong defense, until a chip over the line brought about the first of Yarm's tries which was converted.

Yarm 7 - QE 0

At the kick off, the battle for possession resumed with both sides turning over the ball effectively in the slippery conditions. We then started to gain ground rapidly which led to big breaks in Yarm's defense by Ollie Pearse and John Payne narrowly missing out on tries. Then despite some brilliant tackling from all of the players Yarm were able to slip through the defense to score another converted try . Yarm were soon dropped to 14 men after a yellow card not long before the end of the half.

Half time Score:  Yarm 14 - QE 0


 The second half started with a bang as we applied pressure onto the Yarm offense pushing them back into their own 22. Kicking soon followed and the game was opened up again for another fast paced QE attack aided by the fresh substitutions. As the conditions took a turn for the worst knock on's became more frequent for both teams, but this didn't stop Sam Lorimer from chasing a kick to Yarm's try line to only just miss out on the try.  The defensive work by both forwards and backs was excellent with continuous tackling form Ollie Pearse, Josh Read, Fergus Chapman, Mark Moss, Olly Cooper and Costner Brown to name a few.

As the game drew to a close Yarm came back with fast offload play, which resulted in injuries for Sam L and Costner. This only inspired us however to push up to Yarm's 5m line, wit big runs from George Heron and Lewis Hogg and power over the try line. This was unfortunately held up.

Finally in the last play of the game Yarm scored again, leaving the final score at:

Yarm 19 - QE 0


It was a tough game in pretty bad conditions today but we pushed through it and showed some real skill out on the pitch.

Dan