Running Lines: Volume 1 2025
After a disruptive week of heavy and persistent rainfall, the sun came out early Saturday morning. The group of rugby boys donning the Cranbrook rugby jersey were ready to give it their all in our opening CAS fixture against St Aloysius.
Our results were:
| Team | Opposition | Result | Win/Loss |
| 1sts | St Aloysius | 64-7 | Win |
| 2nds | St Aloysius | 56-0 | Win |
| 3rds | St Aloysius | BYE | – |
| 4ths | St Joseph’s 8ths | 0-26 | Loss |
| 5ths | St Aloysius 3rds | 19-19 | Draw |
| 6ths | St Aloysius | BYE | – |
| 16A | St Aloysius | 17-0 | Win |
| 16B | St Aloysius | 36-0 | Win |
| 16C | St Aloysius | BYE | – |
| 15A | St Aloysius | 26-0 | Win |
| 15B | St Aloysius | 52-14 | Win |
| 15C | St Aloysius | Cancelled | – |
| 14A | St Aloysius | 5-37 | Loss |
| 14B | St Aloysius | Cancelled | – |
| 14C | St Aloysius | Cancelled | – |
| 13A | St Aloysius | 50-7 | Win |
| 13B | St Aloysius | 33-7 | Win |
| 13C | St Aloysius | BYE | – |
- Player of the Day: Junior Teams (13s, 14s & 15s)- Harry Keats (15A)
- Player of the Day: Senior Teams (16s & Opens) – Otto Cumming (16A)
- Rugby All Rounder of the Day (for effort/attitude on and off the field) –
Lachlan Scott (2nds Captain) - Team of the Day- 15A
After our parents and rugby community supporters enjoyed a very successful rugby lunch on Friday, it was time for our boys to get their weekend enjoyment in. Some great support field side from our parents with sunnies on, not only for the sun that eventually came through after a rather gloomy week.
As the results above suggest, Cranbrook enjoyed being on top of the scoreboard in most of the fixtures. Our Under 14A’s remained positive throughout their fixture and never dropped their heads as they were always chasing the game. They need to stay motivated and need to start learning the game in more detail. Watching televised games/other teams/their own games on Hudl will springboard their rugby IQ.
The team of the day: under 15A’s
The 15As had a brilliant weekend after a dominant 26-0 win over St Aloysius. Seb Gray and
Jonny Yetton controlled the game superbly, distributing the ball with precision and setting
the tempo throughout. Harry Keates lit up the field with his electrifying pace, crossing for
two outstanding tries, while Tristan Atkin anchored our defence with some brutal and
relentless tackling. A complete team effort with standout individual performances. Well
done boys.
The 16B’s also had the time of their lives scorring multiple tries from all over the park.
Cometh the hour, cometh the Man. James Horton. This loose head prop challenged Mr
Dumbleton to a sprint off during the weeks practice, leaving Sir in his dust (or in this case
water splash). There is no need for a prop forward to posess this amount of speed. James
lands the ball in his hands on his own 22. Pass..no, Kick..no, to the try line we go. An 80
metre sprint to the try line by the big man saw an elated team celebrating this moment of
brilliance.
The 1st and 2nd sides got back onto winning ways after some physical battles in their trial
games. A much needed confidence boost for this group. Over a hundred points scored
between the two teams really displayed the flair that these two teams played with.
Defensively, the two teams were rock solid, and managed to hold of the Aloy’s attack, many
times on their own goal line. Some discipline issues saw the 1st team receive two yellow
cards in close proximity of each other. Whils defending with 13 players on the field for a
period of time shows the defensive effort put on by the boys. As large as the score margin
is, the 1st side certainly left a few tries out there from some careless errors and lineout
issues. These boys will no doubt brush up on these in the week ahead of their next fixture.
Well done to all the boys who took to the field this weekend.
Our next challenge is Knox Grammar at Home. We look forward to huge support for our
boys based on their round 1 efforts.
Brent Crossley
Master in Charge of Rugby
