U15 Girls - National Cup v Hitchin
Wednesday 2nd Feb 22Sunday is a day of rest unless you are a parent/coach for the U15 girls in the last 16 of the nation cup.
We travelling up the M25 and then the A1 well some of us took the M1 and really shouldn’t have but we made it to our hosts at Hitchin and were ready for the match kick off 1.30.
A Great start for Guildfordians using the line gave Jasmine the space to race up the wing and score the opening try underneath the posts which allowed Charlotte convert 0-7.
The rest of the first half was tougher, Hitchin had worked hard on scrums and set pieces, which allowed them to dominate and they scored 4 try’s and converted 2 so we went into half time 24-7 down.
The girls regrouped, kept their heads high, and showed great team spirit to come back with a combined effort of Sophie and Charlotte which saw Charlotte go over the line and then convert her own try. She followed this up a few minutes later with another try but narrowly missed the conversion 24-19.
A penalty in our own half to Guildfordians saw Dita take a quick tap and go and she kept on going all the way under the posts 24-24.
Charlotte converted 24-26.
Hitchin came back fighting a fantastic set piece driving maul gave them a try but they missed the conversion 29-26.
At the restart Guildfordians pushed everyone forward and this allowed Charlotte to go over the line again placing the ball under the posts As her conversion sailed over the final whistle blew.
Final score 29-33.
We go again!
By Ele Shaw