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Hounslow Borough Tag Rugby Tournament

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Last Wednesday we took some of our Grade 5's to the Springwell Tag Rugby Tournament. For many of our players, it was a new sport they had only just learnt but were keen to try and for others, it was their favourite sport. With such a mix of experiences, we didn't know what to expect, but one thing was sure, due to the cold temperatures outside, everyone was as keen as possible to run around as much as they could to keep warm. 

Our first game was against the host school Springwell, and we got off to a fast start with Santi running down the wing past their defences to score the opening try. Billy was distributing the ball well throughout as well as going on some mazey runs. Springwell hit back, breaking through our defensive line to tie the game. With only seconds to go Santi jinked past a couple of players to score the winning try.

Our next game was against Our Lady and although we opened the scoring through Aiden flying into the corner, they managed to score 2 tries in quick succession to narrowly defeat us. This focussed our team to work together to make a plan for defence and it really showed as we shut out Hounslow Primary, stopping them from making any headway with the ball as Rebecca and Aiden led the line pulling off tag after tag. Jood was gaining confidence with every game and made some great line-breaking runs taking us close to the try line, and Sophie scored a try only to be called back for a forward pass that had happened earlier in the play. Finally, we scored what proved to be the winning try with another defence-splitting pass from Billy finding Santi who ran in to score.

Our final game was against the other Springwell team with our defence becoming an impenetrable wall that the other team couldn't pass. Now in attack, we were more fluent with lots of jinking runs from Jood and Sophie supported by decisive runs from Aiden and Santi, both scoring tries to give us another win. We finished the tournament second which was a great result for their first time at a competition like this, with lots of enthusiasm and looking forward to the next tournament.

Hounslow Borough Tag Rugby Tournament
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Hounslow Borough Tag Rugby Tournament
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  • Sports