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November 18th 2007

On Sunday morning the U17s returned to winning ways with a hard fought victory at home to Burton by 17-6.
They faced the elements in the first half and spent most of it defending but they shared possession to deny Burton any tries. The visitors did land a penalty from infront but just before the break Danny Hackett went in from close range to give his side the lead.
In the second half Burntwood picked up the tempo and went further ahead when Matt Wood collected his own chip ahead to touch down and then converted as well.
Burton responded with a prolonged spell of pressure, Burntwood not helping themselves by giving away a string of penalties. However, they only conceded a penalty to make it 12-6 going into the last few minutes.
Wood’s long range clearance kick put the visitors deep in their own half and when Burton tried to run out of their own 22 the ball ran loose to winger Gavin Smith who scooted in to the corner to seal the win.
Ben Bailey impressed on his debut at prop, Matt Fowler proved a key figure in the second half and the whole side defended superbly when under pressure.

Burntwood U13s also reversed a 2 match losing streak by thumping Spartans at home 62-0, a result made even more remarkable by the fact that Spartans won the encounter between the sides last year.
Back rower Ryan Percox was the star performer and he also helped himself to one of the tries. The other scorers were Drew Adams (2 tries and 3 conversions), Troy Coleman (3 tries), Aaron Dunnet (2 tries and a conversion), skipper Rob Jones (2 tries) and Matt Geldhard-Williams (2 conversions).
Special mention goes to K. Blacker who did well in control of his first match as referee.
 

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