Kesteven U14’s last faced Oakham this time last year and were treated to a humiliated defeat. But we’ve come a long way since then and K’s made their intentions clear within 90 seconds with a storming try from No13 Hall off a turnover by Knight.
Tackles from Berry on wing and Mulvaney at fullback helped front row Gench, Shelbourn and Bannister to secure the rucks, with Daglish at No4 and Captain Arkley at No8 extending the breakdown to give scrumhalf Reynolds space for the next move. Flyhalf Austen found No7 Geraghty who drew in the Oakham defence before offloading via Hall at pace to Wray at left wing, with a well-timed pop to Staples-Hawthorne (No5) to go over for try number 2.
The second half saw a refreshed front row with props Swain and Pinckney, and Skelton and Majewski in the back row. Trundley came on at 14 making fast work off a free-kick to go over for K’s 3rd. Oakham then struck back, turning over a wild kick and securing a well-worked try.
K’s set piece off a solid scrum allowed Ratcliffe to charge through for our 4th try, converted by Hall. Then a series of solid attacking rucks on our line gave Oakham a converted try to finish the match.