Under 19's win 32-12 away to Castleford. : Sun Jul 14, 2013 10:55 am  

Beat Cas 32_12 in a totally dominant display.
Londond forwards won the arm wrestle up front early on with
Cas finding it difficult to contain the power and pace of the pack.
Cox, mooney and Wallace were making easy yards through the middle.
With George Taylor filling in at hooker giving the halfs quick service.
Which allowed the backs room to impress again.
Keyes and Woodburn-hall enjoyed the space the forward platform gave
To pull the strings in a 7 try scoring spree. Unfortunately the kicker had left his kicking boots at home which cost me £5 in bets.
Wicks and Little were causing trouble on there flank with some great handling resulting in several line breaks.
I've only mentioned a few players by name, but from 1-17 they were impressive.
Well timed interchanges made sure there was no let up for Cas, as there was always a more than willing player to smash the ball up! This quietened the home support down, which in turn encouraged the small pocket of London support to find our voices!! Talking to several players after they said it felt like a home game.
Cas never gave up and scored with a slick back line move almost on the final whistle.
Played in 32* at a fantastic pace it was a real testimont to the work both teams do on the training field. Fitness levels were amazing.
When Several Castleford supporters tell you "that was a great performance by London" you know it must have been.
Credit To Jame'O and his coaching staff, the boys superior fitness and ability to carry out the game plan were the decisive factors.

Re: Under 19's win 32-12 away to Castleford. : Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:26 am  

Will be great for the young lads to have support like that up there. Well done to all involved

Re: Under 19's win 32-12 away to Castleford. : Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:54 am  

Well Done once more to The Under 19's, who seem to have built up a great team spirit & stand together.

The view from the Yorkshire side?

" Castleford Tigers Under 19’s Academy were defeated 32-12 on Saturday afternoon, when they couldn’t claw back a strong first half lead, against visitors London Broncos at the Wish Communications Stadium.

Richard Tunningley’s men a were staved off possession for much of the opening quarter, with harsh penalties gifting the Broncos attack good field position, which they quickly capitalised on to establish a 16-0 lead.

Nathan Darby (pictured) laid the platform with a drive through the middle, and lively hooker Tom Holmes asked questions of the London defensive line, before Ben Reynolds split the back line with a slick pass to Lewis Farr on an angled run to go crashing over. Reynolds added the conversion.

Another try from the visiting attack saw them lead at the break 20-6.

The Tigers pinned the Broncos deep with their early start to the second half but couldn’t break through and were tackled at the line. The London attack had other ideas and broke through the middle before finding rewards down the right hand side to score.

An arm wrestle followed for much of the second half, with spilled possession and fragmented play in strong heat, stopping the momentum of the game, with no more points scored until the final ten minutes.

Farr almost crossed but was held up at the line, winger Jamie Graves tried in vain to cross but the Tigers couldn't execute the final play to get back in the game.

A penalty for interference at the play-the-ball against the Tigers, piggy-backed the Broncos deep into the home sides half, and a short pass sent their centre through to score another try.

Returning up-field, the London half backs opted to run the ball on the last tackle and reaped rewards out wide for their option scoring again.

The Tigers stuck to the task and found themselves in possession deep in the Broncos ten metres with the last play of the game when they forced an error with the visiting attack spilling the ball. Jordan Gill was on the end of the play and the Tigers crossed again in the right hand corner.

Reynolds added the difficult conversion, but it wasn’t enough for the Tigers with them going down 32-12. " Castleford RFLC Website

Re: Under 19's win 32-12 away to Castleford. : Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:57 am  

Sounds like a strong lineup with Little, Wicks and Woodburn-Hall back after playing SL last weekend.

Re: Under 19's win 32-12 away to Castleford. : Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:34 pm  

Suitably vague from Cas.

Re: Under 19's win 32-12 away to Castleford. : Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:53 pm  

Coxy127 wrote:

Beat Cas 32_12 in a totally dominant display.
Londond forwards won the arm wrestle up front early on with
Cas finding it difficult to contain the power and pace of the pack.
Cox, mooney and Wallace were making easy yards through the middle.
With George Taylor filling in at hooker giving the halfs quick service.
Which allowed the backs room to impress again.
Keyes and Woodburn-hall enjoyed the space the forward platform gave
To pull the strings in a 7 try scoring spree. Unfortunately the kicker had left his kicking boots at home which cost me £5 in bets.
Wicks and Little were causing trouble on there flank with some great handling resulting in several line breaks.
I've only mentioned a few players by name, but from 1-17 they were impressive.
Well timed interchanges made sure there was no let up for Cas, as there was always a more than willing player to smash the ball up! This quietened the home support down, which in turn encouraged the small pocket of London support to find our voices!! Talking to several players after they said it felt like a home game.
Cas never gave up and scored with a slick back line move almost on the final whistle.
Played in 32* at a fantastic pace it was a real testimont to the work both teams do on the training field. Fitness levels were amazing.
When Several Castleford supporters tell you "that was a great performance by London" you know it must have been.
Credit To Jame'O and his coaching staff, the boys superior fitness and ability to carry out the game plan were the decisive factors.

No mention of a hat trick from Iliess Macani

Re: Under 19's win 32-12 away to Castleford. : Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:00 pm  

Yes sorry about that. I lost track of who scored what. I was too busy listening to the Cas support moaning about the ref.