Amersham & Chiltern Colts took part in a thrilling U18s National Cup match away at Maidenhead RFC on Sunday. Scoring first from a well worked lineout Alex Koumi throwing in to Peter McAuley followed by passes from William Yarroll and Thomas Treloar to put Nick Maclauchlan through a gap to score under the posts, conversion by Ross Tobin.

Amersham & Chiltern then came under intense pressure from Maidenhead with the back row of William Curry, Edward Batchelor and (Captain) Dylan Morgan organising a concerted defensive, despite this Maidenhead found the edge to score two unconverted tries making the scores 10 – 7 to Maidenhead at half time.

The match was much more even in the second half with both teams having periods of pressure but unable to score. With pressure building Maidenhead took 3 points from a penalty with 7 minutes to go to increase their lead to 6, at which point the game opened up as Amersham & Chiltern went looking for a try.

Edward Batchelor spear headed a number of breaks into the Maidenhead half, but it was a speculative kick and bounce for Maidenhead that saw the home team extend their lead to 20 – 7. With time running out Amersham & Chiltern first won a penalty and then a line out near the Maidenhead line, Freddie Moxom throwing into Dylan Morgan enabled Amersham & Chiltern to set up an attacking maul from which William Curry was able to break and score.

Team:

Liam Bruno
Alex Koumi
Joshua Eveliegh
Peter McAuley
Leo Wilson
William Curry
Dylan Morgan
Edward Batchelor
William Yarroll
Thomas Treloar
Jack Fisher
Nick Maclauchlan
Matthew Warren
James Thomas
Ross Tobin
Freddie Moxom
Raphael Baker
Oliver Bloore
Harry Dardis
Samson Ray

Next Sunday Amersham & Chiltern Colts start their OBB League campaign at Windsor RFC…