U16 - RVBY Turnier in München
München, 09. Juni 2013, Digvijay Chaudhuri
Auswahl Süd Bayern : Auswahl Nord Bayern
35 : 15
The first of its kind. To initiate competition and sense of belonging, the RVBy introduced the North vs South Bavaria to be played initailly within the agegroups U16 and U18 principally for the 15s version. MRFC were the proud hosts of the maiden test between the two U16 teams. The North Bavarians were already present and waiting even before the tournament staff arrived. Their mere presence and sense of commitment and drill showed what was in store. The „southern“ players arrived in dribs and drabs, and till the last, were not sure if they would get a reasonable team together. As luck would have it star scrum half Freddy twisted his knee during pregame training and had to sit out leaving the southern team with 14 players. After consultation wirth referee Justin Mashford and opposition staff Alex Michl and co. It was decided to play 14s, leaving out the nr. 8 man. Full of confidence the north team approached the refree, with the south dragging their feet. Justin exlained what he expected from the scrums and the game started. A kick off from the north ended up in the hands of Max playing at first five, who crisply passed to james. James clutched the ball and ran straight down the touchline to score a try! Max converted nochalantly, 7-0. The next quater of an hour saw two more tries with a brace of brilliant conversions. The north were instructed to avoid kicking and to concentrate on keeping ball posession due to the fact that they were weak in the line out. The first scrum showed the south dominating completely, the north being bowled over, leading to non contested scrums after loss of an experienced first row player by the north.
Pierre, replacing Freddy at scrum half brought out the ball quzickly and cleanly at all break downs. Many a time the ball was won by our start flanker Jojo Meister whose tackling and ball stealing skills no to mention counterrucking was a great bonus for the south. Philipp and Dima plyed consistently at second row foloowing on the short ball, and harry made many effective runs and gained ball posession against the feed at nr. 2. Tristan, with good hands and great acceleration matured his defence and improved his attacking play. The last quater of the first half saw another try for the south coming from James' run through the centre. The north came charging out of the second half, with precise play and great passing skills not to mention immaculate very trained line out work. 2 tries came in quick succession due to fast hands and even faster running from the north. A couple of dodgy decisions (thats what the north said) led to demotivation in the ranks that did not last long. A wonderful long run from thier own 10m right through the opposition by Jojo led to another try for the north. RVBy thanks Justin Mashford the Referee, both teams, trainers and managers, MRFC and the parents for making this successful event possible.
Mannschaftsaufstellung Süd Bayern:
Harry (captain) /MRFC, James BIS, Philipp Gym. FW/MRFC, Samuel MRFC, Pierrre MRFC, Dimitri Gym FW, Jojo MRFC, Tristan MRFC, Dario MRFC, Alexandre MRFC, Zacharias MRFC, Sebastian,MRFC Felix MRFC, Freddy (injured) MRFC