Saracens v Welwyn v Basford

Welwyn Warriors played host on Sunday 27th as both Basford and Saracens descended on their Hobbs Lane ground. On a day when the pitches had recovered really well from the recent downpours and with sun shining all 3 teams contributed to some excellent and entertaining rugby. The first game saw Saracens take on Welwyn, and what a game this turned out to be. From the whistle the game was played at a terrific pace with neither side giving an inch. Saracens had a guest player in Alex at full back. Saracens took the lead early on with a well worked try from Finn, and continued to press to try and stretch their advantage during the first half, but the Welwyn defence stood up to everything being thrown at them. Welwyn came back into the game towards the end of the first half starting to harass the Saracens defence and mid way through the 2nd half they were rewarded for their pressure with Sam going over to level the scores. The game was being played at such a pace, with big tackles being put in by both teams all around the pitch, and Saracens managed to keep it level. The full time score of 5-5 was probably a just result, as neither team deserved to lose following that performance. The next game saw Sarries take on Basford. As with the previous games this was played at a fast pace, with the boot of Claire putting the Basford defence on the back foot on a couple of occasions. Neither of the two packs were going to give an inch, and for long periods the game was centred around the middle of the park. When ever one side tried to free their backs to run at the other team, they were quickly shut down. First blood was drawn by Basford when their winger made a break down the left and managed to hold of the last ditch tackle from Alex to go over for 5-0, with a conversion to make it 7-0. The girls soon found themselves desperately defending their line as Saracens launched attack after attack at them. When the Girls were penalised for failing to roll away just outside their 5m line, they were punished when a quickly taken penalty from Claire was spun wide to give Finn space to go over in the corner to make it 7-5. Turning round for the second half, again both teams refused to give an inch, however Finn found a gap to step inside and go over the line for her 2nd try of the game, and 3rd of the day, to give Saracens a 10-7 lead. As the game wore on the Saracens defence didn’t look like they were going to be beaten, and with it inflict only the 2nd defeat on the Basford girls this season. Again the team made some stunning tackles, literally in the case of Frank who left the field shortly before the end. However with only a couple of minutes remaining, the wing again stepped outside and made a break down the sidelines and again, despite some great tackles, managed to stay on her feet and cross over for her second try to give Basford a 12-10 lead. A narrow defeat but one that Basford had to fight for and grind out the hard way. We were very close to inflicting only their second defeat of the season. This shows a significant improvement from the game before Christmas. We would like to thank Alex for coming along and joining us for the day. Final Results:Welwyn Warriors 5 - 5 Saracens Basford 27 - 0 Welwyn Warriors Saracens 10 - 12 Basford Well done to each and every girl who played today and made it an enjoyable day for all those who watched from the sidelines

Regional Selections

Well done to Alice, Meg, Finn, Sidney and Claire for making it to East Region.

Well done to Amy for being the only Middlesex player to make it onto Thames Valley Region.

Sarries Girls Vs Letchworth

On Sunday 13th January, the sarries girls kick started the new year with a fantastic win under their belts away to Letchworth. In one of the most enjoyable games of the season, Sarries scored 12 tries to nil, with nearly everyone in the team scoring. It was a fantastic match and well done to all the girls who took part, including the Letchworth/Amptill girls, for many of which it was their first game.

Saracens v Slough

Nine Saracens girls went to Slough to play as part of the Middlesex Lions against the Berkshire cluster. Playing on the Slough main pitch the girls took the game to the opposition from the kick off. Three times in the first half the ball was moved wide to Finn who was able to score a hat-trick to give the girls a comfortable half time lead of 17:0. She could have had a 4th try from a kick through, but knocked on with the line at her mercy. The Berkshire girls came out for the second half with renewed determination and strong tackling restricted the girls to one try in the second half. Although the girls played really well the final bonus point try eluded them. The final score was 22:0.