Head's Newsletter 26 November 2021

SPORTS

1st XV Rugby Spotlight

We start off this catch up where we finished the last newsletter, with Tiffin flying in the cup! Tiffin travelled to London Oratory School and put in their best performance of the year to overcome London Oratory 41 - 20. A performance which exemplified the hard work the team and Mr Blackburn have been putting in at training, and saw the team progress through to the next round. Next up in the fourth round of the cup Tiffin welcomed Wallington County Grammar School to Grists. Unfortunately the weather conditions were not helping Tiffins usual free flowing passing game, and the physically dominant Wallington side were able to take a grip of the match through some tactical kicking from the opposition's fly half. Tiffin put in a spirited second half performance, but just fell short with the match finishing 21 - 10 to the visitors.

Brighton College Block Fixture

An historic Saturday followed the Wallington game which saw Tiffins first ever competitive fixture against one of the best rugby schools

in

the country - Brighton College.

1st XV vs Brighton College 1st XV

After conceding an early try, the result of a well executed chip and chase from Brighton College, Tiffin raised their game and had Brighton penned inside their own 5 metre line for the next 10 minutes. This pressure resulted in two yellow cards for consistent infringements at the breakdown. However, Tiffin failed to take advantage of these sin bins and Brighton now playing with confidence scored 3 consecutive tries to take the game away from Tiffin. In the second half the boys showed great heart to continue to play running rugby against an excellent Brighton side, and eventually got their reward. After a strong carry from Ricky P, Aran dotted the ball over the line from close range, with Alex C adding the extras from the conversion. This performance highlighted the improvements this team and school have made over previous years, and the squad can take great belief that future performances at a similar standard will bring with them positive results.