The Highland Rugby U8′s had a great showing in their first tournament of

the year.  When the day started, coaches Tim and Norm looked around to

try and find 7 players to field, and by the time the game started there

were 12 including 5 U6′s.

Led by several experienced players Highland first defeated a joint

Scottish/Saracens side while all got used to actual games and enforced

rules.  Matt Bell was Man of the Match for leading by example and

scoring some excellent tries.

Next the team overcame an Ajax squad while getting more involvement from

some first year players.  As the second Man of the Match, Josh Bell

leaves the older squads drooling over his inadvertent but effective

tackling; at least he did get the flag too.

The team looked tired by the third match against Oakville but battled

back from an early deficit to keep the match close.  Drew Costello

receives the third Man of the Match for being a flagging machine with 3

consecutive flags on one possession while narrowly missing the fourth

and her unique ’round and round the track’ running style learned from

coach Tim.

Most of all, everyone had fun and everyone got to play.  We are looking

forward to building on this experience in workouts as many of the first

year players improved immensely from game to game and started to

understand the passing, positioning and flow.  Great job Highland!

Well done to all players of the junior division that came to indoor training…with spring in the Air you certainly showed it in the effort that you put in.

we have two more weeks in inside for definite….hopefully after this we will be outside

lets start banning the drum and getting all of our friends out to play.

we are planning a great season for all ages.

see you all at Fergus Arena next Thursday April 7th 6pm.

Joe and Rob