Camberley win 8-2 against Whitgift A

From the very start the boys looked up for it. Good early pressure kept the play down in the opposition half and after 2 or 3 phases of good attacking play, Louis went over for the first try after a very good break by Will (E).
From the re-start, the intensity was still at a high level, Josh making a great tackle and strong rucking putting Camberley on the front foot again. A super cross field kick by Will dropped nicely and almost resulted in a try for Alex (T), whose chase was perfect, but just couldn’t gather this time.
Play continued and another opening was marginally knocked on and resulted in a breakaway try for Whitgift’s right winger, who showed good pace, despite valiant cover attempts by George and Will.
Not deterred by this minor setback, Camberley continued to play strong aggressive rugby, especially in defence and won key rucks in the middle of the field. As a result, the next few minutes, saw two tries scored, firstly Josh who took a pass in space and sped down the left wing, beating his man and leaving others in his wake and then almost immediately from the restart Rosko took advantage of a wayward Whitgift pass to go over.
With halftime approaching, Whitgift refused to go away. They were awarded a penalty on the halfway line and from the tap, their strong running right wing went though untouched, again their try felt slightly against the run of play, but it was a reminder to the boys, that they had some decent players, who could do some damage.
Once again though the response by Camberley was fantastic and a two scrums won against the head in our half saw Will take the ball as first receiver and he took advantage of gaps opening up with a quick and powerful run resulting in try. The second scrum saw Rosko go over for a another try.

Wonderful intensity in the first half, typified by great rucking and counter rucking, with Christopher instrumental in a lot of this excellent, but often unseen work. Aggressive tacking led by Alex and backed up by everyone, never really let Whitgift settle and resulted in some very good tries.

In the second half the team changes made little difference to the intensity of Camberley’s early play and almost straight from the start, Will (Billy) made a great break, but was slowed 5 or so metres from the line. Nice offload to Ben (H) who ran over for a try.
It wasn’t long before Camberley were piling on the pressure again. Another scrum won against the head resulted in a great run from George, quick re-cycling from Cillian and Beau went over for a nice try. Another try quickly followed with a quick sniping run from Cillian who showed good strength to force himself over. This try ended the match giving Camberley a 6 try lead.

Both teams played on the remaining 5 minutes, Whitgift won a penalty and again, their strong running right winger went over to make the score. Camberley continued to play some good rugby and Billy made a wonderful tackle to stop another Whitgift attack. Whitgift did eventually run in another try. Then from a scrum, a nice passing move down the line, gave Josh some space and he used his pace to run to the corner for a try. Final score went to Whitgift who bundled over from short distance. Final whistle followed and great sportsmanship showed by both sides.

Very enjoyable game. The quality at times was very impressive and whilst the score would suggest an easy win, Camberley’s aggressiveness and intensity in all areas made it hard for Whitgift to get a foothold in the game and stopped their danger players from making an impact. On the flipside all the boys played good hard rugby as a collective and there were some wonderful individual moments too.
It must be said that the coach’s efforts to drill the boys, support them in their approach during the game and getting them ready for the rest of this season has been fantastic, so thank you!

Final score: Camberley 8 Whitgift 2