In a story as old as time (its feeling that way now) still reeling from the officiating lesson which ended our Worcester Tournament early but buoyed by the experience of playing at Half Time of the Warriors v Exeter match, the 7s welcomed Droitwich ‘B’ to a sunny and warmish Marpool Lane

There may not be much match info today folks as I was removed from refereeing duties by our ONE AND QUALIFIED REFEREE (he made me put that in) Rhys Olson, so I was blagged into trialling a new ‘Tag Count’ system of counting every time one of our players got a tag with our ‘slower’ paced team (yeah right). I quickly found this quite difficult as being a bloke and having no glasses by the time I had found the player who had tagged someone and marked it down we had got about 5 more tags. I did still manage to see some good play from both our teams.

With a new rush defence strategy we embarked on an eventful mornings rugby.

Game 1 Cheetahs 9 Droitwich 1
Droitwich fielding a considerably weaker side gave a 7 – 0 half time score line, Droitwich then duly switched over half of the team from the other game. This made little impact upon the game or the final score maybe it prevented us scoring some tries. Joe Rumleys try needs a mention as I turned around I saw him darting down the far touchline round a couple of players to score in the corner!!
Tries: Henry x2, Jake I x2, Callum x3, Joe, George B

Game 2 Tigers 9 Droitwich 10
With me counting tags and missing tries left right and centre this game was probably a draw but as the ref didn’t keep score (??????) I was again being harsh and gave us a loss. Again in this match players suddenly came from nowhere Rhys Brown turned into a ‘Tag Monster’ getting 40% of our tags, Salvador got his first couple of tags then got the tagging buzz. The tag veterans Matty and Tafty put in another solid performance, and the player to watch for the future is Charlie Whitehouse as after only about his 3rd Match for us he has 6 tries!
Tries: Tafty x2, Matty 4, Rhys B x2, Charlie x2

Game 3 Cheetahs 8 Droitwich 6
This was a more even affair with more runs from Joe, Jake Irish scampering through to claim 4 tries it seemed our rush defence was working well. Can’t really say too much about this game as I was again losing count of tags.
Tries: Henry x2, Jake I x4, George, Callum

Game 4 Tigers 10 Droitwich 6
Again this was another good game our resident surfer dude Jake V (have you seen his hair? I’m only jealous) tagging and running like a machine. Linked with excellent support play carried the team through for a much deserved win! Archie L scored his first try by outpacing Droitwich's player.
Tries: Tafty x4, Matty x4, George S, Archie

Our rush defence seemed to be quite effective especially as Droitwich opted for a double pass from the restart which gave our fast centres to blitz them. We still need to make the first tags count and not bunch up or fight over the ball (we’re getting better). Does anybody know how to teach 7 Year Olds, Jam and Drift defence?? I’ll give you till September for answers.

All in all a very surprising and enjoyable morning had by all. Last game of season next week, change of venue Bromsgrove will now be coming to us so we are at HOME. I’ll clarify details and let you all know. I’m still not here for this one.

Some photos from Worcester half time are attached to this report

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