New Girls’ Team Face First Opponents
Glossop Under 15 Girls’ Rugby Team travelled to Caldy on Sunday to face their first opponents. The team came together only 5 weeks ago following the Inter-School Sevens Tournament at Glossop Rugby Club.
The girls, all aged between 13 and 15, enjoyed their first taste of contact rugby at the school tournament so much that, in mid-March, around 20 of them began training at the Club on Thursdays with the already established Under 18 team. With the end of the Rugby season fast approaching it was decided that the girls should have a competitive game now rather than wait until September. This was a big gamble with only 5 weeks to train but the girls showed commitment and enthusiasm and bravely headed to Liverpool for their match.
Playing on the first team pitch, in front of a very ‘vocal’ crowd, the girls were not intimidated and soon began to look like a rugby team, showing courage in defence and confidence in attack.
The final score was Caldy 25 – Glossop 5 which was a fantastic score-line considering how new to the game Glossop were. The Team showed great spirit and team play, putting in several try saving tackles, some confident kicking and finishing their game with a lovely try by the fly-half running blind-side from a 5-metre scrummage.
The girls will follow up this game with an end-of-season Tournament at Sandbach where both Under 15 and Under 18 teams will take part. Throughout the summer the girls will stay together doing fitness training each week on Tuesdays. Any girls interested in rugby or general fitness should give Jayne Owen a ring on 07930669096.