U/14 County Cup Semi Final

Hinckley 0 Market Harborough 22

Games don’t get much tougher than this, a county cup semi-final and the biggest storm for 13 years.
The first half was attritional with the conditions dictactating a tough narrow game with both teams battling hard at the break down, eventually Harborough got the ball out wide on the left putting their winger over in the corner for an unconverted try. Moments later a serious injury to Hinckley’s 9 meant the game was stopped due to concerns over a neck injury. The game was eventually restarted on a different pitch. The remainder of the first half played out with both teams nullifying each other. The second half started in the same vain but Harborough now using the wind to utilise the kicking game. Hinckley’s defensive line was incredible but handling errors would prove costly as Harborough ran in 2 more try one of which was converted even with the wind. The game went to and fro and Hinckley looked to have scored twice only for the ref to call held up. 10 minutes from the end and Hinckley’s 10 was injured and had to leave the field. The rejigged team rallied again but as they pushed forward Harborough got a break to run in a final try 0-22.
Although beaten the team should hold their heads high for their display of rugby and teamwork.