On a cool calm day Medway's U13 1st team travelled to Rivals Canterbury for the 3rd leg of the 2024/25 waterfall cup. The boys travelled knowing they were light on the ground for a bench but were in good spirits. they have proven that they have a strong squad but were happy to see the return of some players back fighting fit and raring to go.
the game started extremely well with Medway hitting hard and fast in attack showing their coaches they have been taking on board what they have been teaching them. with superb linking play, quick off loads, fast hands and equally fast feet the boys scored quickly. this continued for the first 15 mins of the game building a commanding lead.
The last 10 minutes of the first half however was far quieter with Medway using a little less team work and more individual play. a rare lapse in defensive work and quick hands led to Canterbury's only try of the day. Medway went into half time 5-25 up but noticeably getting jittery with ball in hand.
The second half started much as the first ended with no scores from either side. however after 10 mins of this Medway pulled it back together and begun playing as a team again linking together beautifully to score a further 25 points finishing the game in style.
The coaches were very proud of the performance and could not pick a player of the match as all players played so well they could not chose between them.
There was a moment of the day however when flyhalf and captain Josh Dent assisted his team mate Jackson Attwood who was stuck at the bottom of a ruck by dragging him out of it by his ankles. needles to say the coaches and parents were in hysterics.
A quality performance by a quality squad, well done boys!!