With the 10s tournament at Norwich next week, it was decided to use this ‘training’ fixture as a bit of practice for that and we played x3 20minute games. This did mean lots of changes and several players playing out of position but everybody got on and had a chance to shine...
Fakenham have always been the kind of opposition that Holt have felt they can beat. However, they were the better team out there today. They were better organised, keener and wanted the ball more. We may have better individual players, match-winners in fact but rugby is a team game.
There were positives to take from the day but there were many negatives and areas to work on. I’ll do the negatives first:
Too many players turned up either still asleep or like they hadn’t slept all night.
Too many tackles were either not made or not finished or too high.
Lack of support for the runners. In fact lack of support all round.
Our stamina was very poor, we need to manage ourselves better through a game.
Rucks were not cleared. Low and hard please. This gives us quick ball to use our pace.
I shouted too much.
And now for some positives.
We scored 7 tries.
Callum scored 3, in one match.
Alex stormed into the game, taking out their receiver.
There were several tries saved on the line. Simmo saved a certain try by chasing back.
Dean made a very encouraging start.
Jali worked hard in defence.
Jack and Shed worked hard and combined well in the centres.
Jenks put a lot of effort in, all morning.
We got better as the morning went on.
The shirts looked good.
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