Shore Rugby Report – Oakhill
Winter is back!
Last Saturday, Shore teams headed out to the hills and took on Oakhill College. Playing away against Oakhill is always a tough ask and it was great to see so many teams do well.
Our Under 13s played as a complete age group for the first time for Shore and came away with 4 wins from 5 games. In tough first halves in the As, Bs and Cs, it was wonderful to see the Shore teams comes home so well and manage to wrestle the momentum in their favour.
The U14s and U15s had a mixed day but one of the most pleasing matches of the Round was the U14As. The Shore team was outgunned for size across the park but they were not out-gunned in spirit. Some amazing grit was shown by the boys – starting the game about 5 players down and losing Dan Gall in a brave tackle, the team held on and never gave up. They didn’t come away with the win but they came away with much admiration.
The U16s did well, with the As taking a very strong win on the main ground, ironing out some combinations and we are looking forward to seeing this age group develop.
Shore’s Opens teams had a good day, winning all games against Oakhill except for the Fifths.
The Fourth XV continued where they left off last year and claimed a good solid win in the wet. There are some strong players in this team who we will see in the Comp teams at some stage this year. The Third XV also continued their good start to the season after beating Sydney High First XV last week in a trial. The “thirsty thirds” lived up to their name and had to drink rain water for most of the match. Well done team and welcome back Duncan Cowan who was busy at full-back.
The Second XV had a unique start to the day. For the first time, three of our First Nations brothers at Shore were starting for the Second’s. In the changeroom before the match, a very proud Mr Blood and Mr Molloy, together with Shore’s Physio Harley Donoghue (who was raised in Darkingjung country), presented the whole team with their game day jerseys. It was a special moment and one which represents the senior boys’ Trademark of “All In together”. The Second’s then went on and had a great, tough win. Felix Harvison and Oli Ferguson carried well and Ethan Hamilton was busy. Jye Peters with 2 tries was pretty good!
The First XV was the last game of the day and the stage was set. The rain had stopped but the field became darker and the first half became an arm wrestle with Shore showing they were the more dominant team with possession and territory. Marshall Le Maitre opened the account with a clever run from the back of a maul. Oakhill hung in and we were very unlucky not to get a try at the end of the first half and so the scores were locked at 5-5.
The second half saw Shore take advantage of some ill-discipline and James Warner took his chances and scored two great tries. Shore’s backs were beginning to show their flair but the greasy field thwarted several raids. Henry Conick managed to get another try and that put the game away. Hugo Orpin was good with the boot again getting 3 from 4 conversions. Whatters also had a good game, being well controlled when needed.
Tomorrow sees a massive game at Knox and we urge all Rugby boys to get to Wahroonga and support Shore. It is a wonderful ground to watch Rugby, so don’t miss out.
Team of the week – 14A XV
Although the boys did not come away with a Win, they showed tremendous courage and were in the fight the whole game. Welcome to Cooper Glanville in his first game, as well as Henry Trueman who almost got Play of the Day for his 85m chase to defend his try line – what a great try saving tackle that was!
Play of the Day
Our First & Second XV hookers! James Warner (First XV) and Jye Peters (Second XV) have had a strong start to the seasons and both scored 2 tries on the weekend. Quite a rare double – double.
Mr D Mason-Jones
MIC Rugby
| Shore Rugby Results – Saturday 29 April 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| First XV | Oakhill | Won 26 – 12 |
| Second XV | Oakhill | Won 17 – 5 |
| Third XV | Oakhill | Won 19 – 7 |
| Fourth XV | Oakhill | Won 19 – 0 |
| Fifth XV | Oakhill | Lost 0 -5 |
| Sixth XV | SPC | Won 44 – 10 |
| Seventh XV | TSC | Lost |
| Eighth XV | Joeys | Lost |
| 16A XV | Oakhill | Won 26 – 12 |
| 16B XV | Oakhill | Lost 10 – 12 |
| 16C XV | Oakhill | Won 24 – 7 |
| 16D XV | Oakhill | Won 15 – 5 |
| 16E XV | N/A | |
| 15A XV | Oakhill | Lost 7 – 31 |
| 15B XV | Oakhill | Won 21 – 12 |
| 15C XV | Oakhill | Lost 0 – 14 |
| 15D XV | Oakhill | Draw 10 – 10 |
| 15E XV | BYE | |
| 14A XV | Oakhill | Lost |
| 14B XV | Oakhill | Lost 0 – 33 |
| 14 C XV | Oakhill | Lost 0 – 44 |
| 14D XV | Oakhill | Lost 10 – 39 |
| 14E XV | Oakhill | Won 35 – 5 |
| 14F XV | Newington | Won 84 – 10 |
| 13A XV | Oakhill | Won 34 – 10 |
| 13B XV | Oakhill | Won 25 – 12 |
| 13C XV | Oakhill | Won 27 – 12 |
| 13D XV | Oakhill | Lost 7 – 10 |
| 13E XV | Oakhill | Won 35 – 0 |