The opportunity came up for us to play at Lichfield U10s festival and we grabbed it with both hands!

We played a total of 5 games and the final scores are as follows:

Lichfield 3 vs Rugeley 3
Lichfield 6 vs Rugeley 1
Tamworth 3 vs Rugeley 3
Rugeley 5 vs Spartans 4
Stafford 9 vs Rugeley 1

Firstly, I would like to introduce Grace or The Fury! who attended the festival after just one training session! Well done Grace.

As the games were short 12 minute games we didn't waste any time settling in, the team hit the ground running and played some fantastic rugby from the start. As always the the atmosphere was great and the whole team were in high sprits.

We were evenly matched against most teams, Rugeley showed more aggression towards our first game against Lichfield. Brooke was a perfect example, throwing herself into the game and didn't hold back and Grace crashed into their defense making them work hard.

Playing against Spartans, there was a lot of loose balls. The team didn't let this advantage go to waste, Xavier managed to get some great runs after picking up a loose ball, great to see the quick thinking.

Doing full contact rucking in training is defiantly paying off, we defended the majority of our own rucks and Elliot won every attacking ruck that he was involved in, it was great to see. Our passing is getting much better with the team understanding that you have to pass the ball to get the trys, Quinn, Will and Henry were involved in a brilliant 3 pass try. Quinn was also great at finding the gaps and pushing through with that burst of speed to get the trys.

Our skills were shown again during our match against Tamworth who were a physically bigger team. We didn't get drawn into maul situations which would have been a struggle against a bigger team, instead Henry took the ball to ground with great positioning securing a Rugeley ruck giving us the opportunity to get the ball out.

During our game against Spartans George showed his strength by pushing through the defense giving himself a clear run at the try line. The whole team are starting to push forward as a line giving us a strong defense. During the game against Stafford, our hardest opponents, even though the game wasn't going in our favor we still committed to every single tackle (nice and low!). Will made Stafford work for their trys by throwing himself into tackle after tackle.

Our positioning when getting tackled is improving, Heath showed perfect positioning when shrimping giving us the best opportunity to win the ruck. When we have won the ruck and Joe gets the ball he is always pushing forward looking for the gaps in the defense to break through!

Overall, we had a great festival and showed that we can play some really good rugby. We will keep working on our positioning and passing skills so we can really show off at our next festival at the end of the month in Stafford. Thank you to our hosts Lichfield RUFC and thank you to all the parents who brought food and drink, it really was a thoroughly enjoyable morning.

Rugeley Rugby Club

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