Burntwood Rugby Club

Burntwood U17s came on strongly in the second half to seal a good league win away to Wolverhampton after a fairly even first half. Despite starting without their regular half backs they won 10-3.
Jason Finch, who was outstanding in the line-outs, set up the ball for the first try. Centre Russ Lingwood cut in for the score.
The Burntwood lads went on to edge the first period with sound defence. They almost increased their lead but twice Alex Roberts lost control of the wet ball when over the line.
In the second half Burntwood were totally dominant. Danny Smith, Mitch Adams and Danny Hackett posed problems for the home defence but they only had a Hackett try to show for their efforts.
In their only visit to the visitors’ half, W’ton scored a penalty but generally Burntwood’s discipline was excellent. Stand out performer on the day was hooker Sean Williscroft.

Burntwood U15s were not at their best to begin with at home to Rugeley but some words of wisdom from the coaches put them straight and they finished 31-0 victors.
The first 2 tries came from individual efforts by prop Liam Wallace and then Dan Thornton who completed a strong run by stretching over. Mitch Careless converted the second score.
Burntwood then began to play more like a team with driving mauls to create space for Luke Briggs to dance his way through to the try line. Careless converted.
In the second half the forwards drove close again and this time Cameron Miles got the touch down. Careless converted.
The final try was another individual effort by Thornton following a charging run. This proved to be the final score as the match finished a little early due to a serious- looking injury to Tom Woodward. Fortunately, his injury was not as severe as seemed at the time.

With a somewhat depleted squad and in a match fought more closely than the final score suggests the U12's again put together a good performance.

Playing uphill and into a strong wind the U12's were unfortunate to be 19-0 down at half time, but then recovered well with tries by Joshua Birch and Sean Latham, plus a conversion by Daniel Black closing the scoreline to 19-12. As the end of the match drew closer and with several of the Burntwood side having to play 'out of position' Spartans put in some late scores, but this should not detract from the U12's effort and performance. The outstanding performance of the day was by Callum Grundy, who started the match by moving position from centre to play fullback and then having to move again to play at scrum half, a task that he fulfilled admirably.