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4TH GRADE REPORT
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Submitted by Ian Crothers


Hornsby 35 - Oatley 12
 
Our best effort this year! We took the field after some inspirational 
words in the sheds from Marksie, Seg and Rob Mooney and the boys were 
as fired up as they have been all year. Everyone wanted to do well on 
'Back to Hornsby Day' and that goal was well and truely achieved. What 
made the performance even more remarkable was that we played for 
slightly more than a full half with ony 14 men after Seg managed to get
himself sent off just before half time.
 
We opened our account with a great backline move finished off by a try 
under the posts to Trent Withers. This was followed by a good forwards 
try to Anthony Wourtez and we went to the break with only 14 men, but 
ahead 14 nil on the scoreboard. At half time, as coach, I was very 
concerned about our ability to hold onto the 2 try lead with only 14 
players, but I needn't have worried. We won the second half 3 tries to 
2 and the final score was 35 - 12 - with Simon Riddett kicking 5 from 
5 conversions! (It would have been 35 - 5 had I not come on to share 
in the glory with 5 mins to go only to miss a tackle - sorry about 
that chaps!)
 
A fantastic effort guys. I should also point out, we had 12 x 4th 
graders at training on Thursday and we were able to have a really good 
team run. Is there a connection perhaps between how we train and the 
result on the field??
 
Points this week were:
 
3 points to Anthony Wourtez - what a hugh work load!
2 Points to Wayde Smith who played a fantastic game on the wing
1 Point to Mark Jones - as solid as ever at Fly Half.