20/04/08  Basingstoke  (H)  Hampshire Plate  Final W 21 - 10

The match kicked off at 12:30 on the Trojans 1st team pitch. Bobby Owen drop kicked to see good pressure exerted by Trojans. After about 7 minute Harry Brown, playing at fly half, executed an excellent cross field kick to see Huw Roberts narrowly beat the Basingstoke defence to touch down for 5 . A flawless conversion from Bobby Owen took the home team 7 points  clear. 

Basingstoke then enjoyed a period of sustained pressure , eventually creating a 3 to 1 overlap that took them over in the corner. Trojans at least pushed them to the out side so that they missed the conversion. Trojans were still 2 points up.

Trojans replied in the best possible way. They recovered their restart and rumbled it up through the forwards with Jack Storer and the rest of the forwards supporting well to see Thomas Dear smash over for Trojans 2nd try. Bobby Owen duly converted!

Half time was blown and the coaching teams went to work to get the boys ready for the rest of the match. The second half was closely fought with Trojans getting their final barn storming try from a Aaron Barnes Wilding, who left a trail of Basingstoke players in his wake. Bobby Owen got his final conversion to take Trojans to 21 points to 5.

Trojans then played good English Rugby and stuck the ball up  their proverbial jumper making Basingstoke try to regain possession and make the plays. A good period from Basingstoke and some indiscipline from Trojans gave them a well taken try in the corner, but again they failed to convert.  Trojans 21-Basingstoke 10 was the final score.

This capped a good season for Trojans Under 13s that will see them play in the 1st Division of Hampshire Under 14s Rugby next season. A big thank you to the staff who made this happen and all the support of the parents over the year!

Tries: Huw Roberts, Thomas Dear, Aaron Barnes Wilding

Conversions (3) Bobby Owen

16/12/07  Gosport & Fareham   (A)  Hampshire Plate  W 36 - 5

Trojans U13 played Gosport and Fareham today in the Hampshire Plate competition.

Try scorers were Aaron Barnes Wilding(3), Thomas Dear(2), Kieran Board (1). Bobby Owen got 3 conversions. Trojans dominated from the start and scored first. Gosport got a penalty deep into their half and scored a breakaway try to level at 5 all. From then on Trojans played well with the forwards winning against the head several times and winning most of the rucks and mauls. Some good passing and penetration by the backs with solid tackling and pressure kept Trojans going forward and the score board ticking. A great result for the team.

09/12/07  Salisbury   (A)  Friendly  L 7 - 31

Trojans Under 13s played Salisbury (Wiltshire Champions) on Sunday despite the weather. We played on a pitch aptly named 'The Eiger'. Salisbury won the toss and played uphill for the 1st half. A fiercely contested first half saw the sides level at 7 all, with Kieran Board scoring his 1st try for Trojans and Robert Owen converting it. At half time we put all of our subs on, as they deserved a run out after travelling and braving the wind and rain on the Eiger. Salisbury played down hill this time and were clinical in the use of it and ran in winners at 31-7.

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