28/9/14 Folkestone U13's 86 – Sittingbourne U13's 0

Sittingbourne arrived one player down so Folkestone lent them a player to make up the numbers.

A good maul by Folkestone started play and Folkestone took the ball up to Sittingbourne’s 22. However, Folkestone conceded a penalty through a knock-on and Sittingbourne benefitted from a good scrum. Folkestone then stole the play and some excellent passing followed with some quick thinking from Dylan Barnes and James Hughes set up a lovely try which was finished by Finley Russell. Will Mead converted. 7-0. A quick restart followed by a crashing try from Dylan Barnes who ran the length of the pitch. Unfortunately Will Mead was unable to convert. 12-0. The restart saw a powerful scrum enable play to be taken up into Sittingbourne’s half. Folkestone lost a line out and their play was halted by another penalty. Sittingbourne won the scrum but failed to hang on to the ball and Folkestone’s superior passing culminated in a lovely try from Freddie Faiers. Will Mead secured a tricky conversion. 19-0.

A scrappy restart led to Folkestone conceding a scrum but Tom Whelan balanced the books by taking out five players on his own and enabling Tiarnon Canning to go crashing over the try line. Will Mead was unable to convert from a tricky angle. 24-0.

After the restart Tom Whelan secured the ball and surged straight up field and between the posts. The try was superbly converted by Will Mead. 31-0. A lovely take by Johnnie Hobbs after the restart gained Folkestone much ground but ill-discipline gave Sittingbourne a scrum. Folkestone redeemed themselves with fluid play between Tom Whelan, Tiarnan Canning and finally Will Rayner to ground a super try under the posts. Unfortunately Johnnie Hobbs was unlucky to miss the conversion. 36-0.

Freddie Faiers streaked through to the try line and Will Mead converted. 43-0. However after the restart Sittingbourne caught Folkestone napping and booted the ball up field. Sittingbourne tackled well and managed to take a surprised Dylan Barnes into touch. Sittingbourne won their line out and took play up into the Folkestone half. Folkestone’s defence was ready though and Dylan Barnes cleared into touch to end the first half. 43-0.

A determined Sittingbourne started the second half and took play up into Folkestone’s 22. However, this was short-lived with some excellent defending and passing by Folkestone which in turn saw Harry Curtis go over line under the posts. Will Mead secured the extra points with a super conversion. 50-0.

A lovely take by Theo Dillon and some nifty moves by Dylan Barnes were scuppered by Folkestone conceding a penalty scrum to Sittingbourne. Sittingbourne then capitalised on some scrappy play by Folkestone and took the ball back into Folkestone’s half. Folkestone conceded yet another penalty which was taken quickly by Sittingbourne but Folkestone’s defence held allowing them to benefit from a scrum. Good tackling by Will Rayner and Tom Whelan gave Ted Bean the opportunity to stretch his legs and clear the line for a score. Dylan Barnes was unable to complete the conversion. 55-0.

The restart saw Kirkland Otto charge through Sittingbourne’s front line and James Leather take the ball further up field and hand over again to Kirk Otto for a lovely quick try. Unfortunately Dylan Barnes was unable to convert. 60-0. Folkestone collected the restart with a knock-on giving Sittingbourne a scrum. They failed to take advantage of this however and Dylan Barnes penalised them with a darting try right between the posts. Aurelien Austin completed with a conversion. 67-0.

A quick restart saw Tiarnan Canning go straight up field and power over the line which was nicely converted by Aurelien Austin. 74-0. The restart was followed by a nice chip and chase by James Hughes followed by a tremendous try by Ollie Turner. Unfortunately Aurelien Austin was unable to convert. 79-0.

Sittingbourne followed the restart by gaining a scrum only to lose it to Folkestone who got the ball out to Aurelien Austin who ran the length of pitch for a try and conversion. 86-0.

Folkestone Squad: Aurelien Austin, Dylan Barnes, Ted Bean, Tiarnan Canning, Harry Curtis, Theo Dillon,
Lewis Dorell, Freddie Faiers, Kai Freeth, Max Henderson, Johnnie Hobbs, James Hughes, James Leather, Callan Little, William Mead, Kirkland Otto, William Rayner, Finley Russell, Ollie Turner, Thomas Whelan, Toby Wills.

Scorers: Finley Russell 5; William Mead 2, 2, 2, 2, 2; Dylan Barnes 5, 5; Freddie Faiers 5, 5; Tiarnon Canning 5, 5; Tom Whelan 5; Will Rayner 5; Harry Curtis 5; Ted Bean 5; Kirk Otto 5; Aurelien Austin 2, 2, 5, 2; Ollie Turner 5.