Abergavenny Festival

The plan was  to chill out on the Friday play the rugby on Saturday and then party on  Saturday evening but that plan lasted  about 5 minutes  with  the players arriving in fancy dress or lack of fancy dress in some cases  ( details can be found on face book). The quick  journey  down to Usk proved  to be exhausting for  some as they  rested and  watched the parents put the  tents up. It was then to the marquee where   the arm wrestling competition was a little disorganized  and no clear  winner was identified.  By Saturday morning   the impact of the new plan was clear with several players already unable to play. Hill  put in a few  under par performances but they did manage to raise their game for the last match to  score a draw with Buith Wells. With the rugby now over  it was back to the tents for a barbeque,  the  anticipation of Dawson’s cuisine  made a few people very thirsty  and  for some reason  in quenching  this thirst they became  tired and when to bed  early. For the others we traveled over to the marquee to watch the band and then back to  tents to sit around the fire and  talk rubbish ( mainly Julian). After a quick breakfast on Sunday morning we broke camp and returned to the club for what was an enjoyable weekend.

Berry Hill 34 North Dorset 29

Berry Hill hosted touring side North Dorset for their final full game of the season. Hill started well and quickly applied the pressure allowing Matty Office to open up the scoring with a blind side move. North Dorset then hit back to level the score before the omnipresent Harry Brown scored the first of his brace of tries to see the home team finish a scrappy half on a hard surface 15- 5 ahead. With Tom Burford and Kyle Bundy substituted due to injuries Hill turned to their U15’s that had performed well in the last match against Longlevens for the second half. North Dorset who now had the topography of the pitch in their favour started to settle into the game and found themselves ahead for a few minutes with 2 tries and a conversion before Scott Brown touched down to restore the status quo. Probably the pick of the tries came from Cobi Robinson who collected the ball in his own half and beating 4 players down the wing dabbed it down between the posts. The visitors were not about to capitulate however and came back again with a try before Nathan Tucker scored what was to be the winning try. It was left for  North Dorset to score the final try of the game in what was a mixed end of season performance by Hill. Louie Vaughan who was already celebrating his birthday picked up Hill’s man of the match. Hill now have 2 weeks to prepare for the Abergavenny festival.

Conor Evans, Ollie Morgan, Will Jones, Ashley Macey, Will Tyler, Tom Burford, Matty Office, Louie Vaughan, Craig Harris, Harry Brown, Sam Hughes, Billy Roberts, Kyle Bundy, Ricky Davies, Stan Hodder, Nathan Tucker, Scott Brown, Cobi Robinson, Matt Crocker

Longlevens 5 Berry Hill 65

Berry Hill travelled to Gloucester to play a spirited Longlevens side for the first time this season. Missing a few players Hill had recruited from the U15’s to make up their squad but Longlevens were also struggling for players so it was decided to play 12 a side . Berry soon took the game to the home team with Harry Brown touching down and with usual fly half Ryan Dawson out due to a shoulder injury it was left to hooker Ashley Macey to slot the difficult conversion against the wind. The lead was increased with winger Kyle Bundy making a great run to score the first of his three tries of the game. Hill were now dominating but as they moved the across the line an interception and a run for three quarters of the pitch saw Longlevens pull 5 points back. This however was their only score in the game as Hill started to run in a series of tries from Will Jones , Craig Harris and Billy Roberts to put them 36 -5 up at the break. On the restart Hill continued to expose Longleven’s defence with 2 tries from prop Conor Evans who was playing out on the wing and a second try from Craig Harris. The final try and his second in the match came from Billy Roberts who caught the ball from the kick off and weaved his way all the way up the pitch to touch down between the posts. The game now won the referee blew the whistle with ten minutes left to play but respect has to go to Longlevens who battled to the end.

Team

Kyle Bundy, William Lewis, Matthew Office, Conor Evans, Louie Vaughan, William Tyler, Will Jones, Oliver Morgan , Harry Brown, Craig Harris , Billy Roberts , Tom Burford, Sam Hughes, Ashley Macey, Ricky Davies, Nathan Tucker, Matthew Crocker, Scott Brown.

                                   

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