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Blues U18’s v Ospreys U18’s
Cardiff Blues Girls make that step closer to winning Regional WRU Championship.
Cardiff Blues Girls make that step closer to winning Regional WRU Championship.
The match started of well with strong forward play from the Ospreys, causing a
few problems for the Blues within the scrum, the Ospreys forwards kept ball in
hand and remained within the blues half for sometime, however the blues
defence kept strong and the blues soon found their footing and drove play
down field, which opened the door for the Blues young prop Lily Snape to drive
over for a try, with Brogan Jones to converting.
Down came the rain, making play slow at times, but again the Blues defiant to
win at all costs, kept their backs in work with quick runs down field and at half
time saw the score Blues 7 - Ospreys 0.
Second half of the game became open play for both sides, we saw the outstanding Ospreys number 12 make a run down field for a great try under the posts, unfortunately the Ospreys could not convert the ball to make up points.
With the Blues within the Ospreys 25 and putting on the pressure the crowd had no doubt a try would soon come! and they were not disappointed when the Blues pushed back the Ospreys and young prop Lily Snape made her second try of the match, not converted on this occasion, never less the Blues were happy with 12 points at this time.
On the final whistle, Blues U18's 12pts v Ospreys U18's 5pts.
Team Manager Alan Roberts said: The Girls have proved their ability and commitment to play rugby at Regional Level and we look forward to travelling up to North Wales in February to take on Gogledd Cymru and the possibility of gaining the Regional WRU U18's Championship Title.
few problems for the Blues within the scrum, the Ospreys forwards kept ball in
hand and remained within the blues half for sometime, however the blues
defence kept strong and the blues soon found their footing and drove play
down field, which opened the door for the Blues young prop Lily Snape to drive
over for a try, with Brogan Jones to converting.
Down came the rain, making play slow at times, but again the Blues defiant to
win at all costs, kept their backs in work with quick runs down field and at half
time saw the score Blues 7 -
Second half of the game became open play for both sides, we saw the outstanding Ospreys number 12 make a run down field for a great try under the posts, unfortunately the Ospreys could not convert the ball to make up points.
With the Blues within the Ospreys 25 and putting on the pressure the crowd had no doubt a try would soon come! and they were not disappointed when the Blues pushed back the Ospreys and young prop Lily Snape made her second try of the match, not converted on this occasion, never less the Blues were happy with 12 points at this time.
On the final whistle, Blues U18's 12pts v Ospreys U18's 5pts.
Team Manager Alan Roberts said: The Girls have proved their ability and commitment to play rugby at Regional Level and we look forward to travelling up to North Wales in February to take on Gogledd Cymru and the possibility of gaining the Regional WRU U18's Championship Title.
Blues U15’s vOspreys U15’s
Blues Girls 64 -19 victory over Ospreys Girls
Blues Girls 64 -
On what was a wet and windy day the Blues took to the Leckwith stadium pitch looking to build on their excellent second half performance last time out against the Dragons. Their opponents this time were the Ospreys, in good form following a thumping win against the Dragons, the Blues should have known that they were in for a tough day.
The first half started with a bang, once again the Blues being caught cold, some naive defending
left a huge gap for the agile Ospreys 10, Hannah Jones, and she duly took her opportunity to
expose it in full. From inside her own twenty two she ghosted on the outside of two Blues
defenders and into open space, with a straight foot race from 60 metres Jones was in no mood to
be caught and dotted down under the posts to complete what was an extremely impressive score.
A pattern seemed to emerge for first half, despite the Blues commanding possession, the attack
would break down seemingly at the vital moment leading to a swift response and counter from the
Ospreys. In what was a tit for tat first half the Blues handling and team interplay was met by some
stand out individual performances from the Ospreys youngsters. Slick handling and unselfish play
put the nimble Niamh Gibbons in for a try in the corner, the youngster, normally a forward having a very prominent day on the wing and providing the Blues with an instant response. The Blues swiftly followed up that success with strong forward play, leading to a try for one of the stand out performers of the day Amy Thomas, a barn storming blindside run leading to a well taken try from the deceptively quick forward. Trading tries up until half-time the Blues led 22-14 with just seconds remaining in the first half, courtesy of scores from Rachel Morris and Jess Pritchard, ensuring a lead however another mistake led to a swift pick up from Ospreys’ Jones who scooted past a posse of players into open field once again, with only the fullback to beat Hannah’s deft chip and one bounce re-gather was easily highlight of the evenly contested first half.
It seemed that a different Blues team came out for the second half, a few positional changes led to more continuity in the second half and the visible ‘ring-rustiness’ of the first half performance was almost all at once replaced with a new vigour. After a near anonymous first half on the wing Rachel Morris’ transition to 8 seemed to spark her interest in the game, a strong, pacy run led the 8 through the Ospreys pack and into open field and an offload to the Blues captain Megan Jones lead to the youngster extending the Blues lead. In what was a highly impressive second half performance, laden with quick interplay between backs and forwards, Morris and Thomas continued in their strong and direct styles of running, leading to more tries for each, including a 50m show and go from the former. A solid pack performance and some excellent tackling from Meggie Lewis and Chloe Mulligan, in an unfamiliar centre position, allowed the Blues to completely control possession, the introduction of the Jodie Minett at Half time giving the blues an extra edge at ruck time and allowing them to dictate play. With Megan Jones already on the scoreboard once again in the second half there was just enough time for the blues to string together the best try of the match, a two phase close ruck play followed by a break lead to the ball being passed through several sets of hands before reaching Chloe Brock, in her cameo wing performance, the second row galloped in from 25m to put the icing on the cake for the Blues. With Jones nailing 5/6 conversions in the second half, no mean feat considering the wind and position, the Blues finished up with a resounding 64-19 victory, something that looked unlikely just two minutes in.
A fantastic way to round off the season for the extremely young Blues squad, their effort and commitment throughout rewarded with three superb performances and the standard of rugby played ever increasing – Ladies there is bright hope for the future of women’s rugby.
The first half started with a bang, once again the Blues being caught cold, some naive defending
left a huge gap for the agile Ospreys 10, Hannah Jones, and she duly took her opportunity to
expose it in full. From inside her own twenty two she ghosted on the outside of two Blues
defenders and into open space, with a straight foot race from 60 metres Jones was in no mood to
be caught and dotted down under the posts to complete what was an extremely impressive score.
A pattern seemed to emerge for first half, despite the Blues commanding possession, the attack
would break down seemingly at the vital moment leading to a swift response and counter from the
Ospreys. In what was a tit for tat first half the Blues handling and team interplay was met by some
stand out individual performances from the Ospreys youngsters. Slick handling and unselfish play
put the nimble Niamh Gibbons in for a try in the corner, the youngster, normally a forward having a very prominent day on the wing and providing the Blues with an instant response. The Blues swiftly followed up that success with strong forward play, leading to a try for one of the stand out performers of the day Amy Thomas, a barn storming blindside run leading to a well taken try from the deceptively quick forward. Trading tries up until half-
It seemed that a different Blues team came out for the second half, a few positional changes led to more continuity in the second half and the visible ‘ring-
A fantastic way to round off the season for the extremely young Blues squad, their effort and commitment throughout rewarded with three superb performances and the standard of rugby played ever increasing – Ladies there is bright hope for the future of women’s rugby.
BLUES GIRLS V OSPREYS GIRLS
