Head's Newsletter 12 October 2018

U13 RUGBY The season has started well for the U13s and included comfortable wins over Reigate, Wallington, Emanuel, Christ’s Hospital and Gunnersbury. There was also a good win against a decent Halliford side. In the absence of a handful of players, who were away on a Classics trip to Pompeii, opportunity fell to some of the leading B team players. They rose to the challenge and looked anything but out of their depth in the 45 – 30 victory. In all these matches, Tiffin have played with good continuity and an impressive ability to move the ball wide quickly. What has been the most pleasing to see is the number of tries scored on the wing, following excellent ball handling from both backs and forwards. In particular, Ben Coats has been the primary beneficiary, scoring 16 tries in our 7 matches to date.

Noah Huntley on the charge

line was put under serious strain. David Grem, Max Symons and Aaron Houlder stood up to the test and put in numerous, brave tackles to keep their big runners out. Trailing by 2 scores, with only 15 minutes to play, Godwin Afreh had a tremendous impact on the match. A couple of huge tackles and strong runs led to important turnover ball and good line -breaks that, in turn, led to us scoring 4 tries in quick succession. Man-of- the match Godwin scored two of the tries himself including what turned to be the match winner. This successful run is the product of hard work on the training field and great cohesion in the team. Captain Kai Smith is doing a grand job leading the side and is being well-supported by all.

Leading try scorer Ben Coates in full flow

Our toughest test was against Grey Court School, where our defensive