Black & White
Vay Wilson (31)
Newington displayed a clear superiority over Knox in both the Backs and Forwards. In the first half Newington dominated at the Breakdown and used their possession very effectively. This was best demonstrated in a vast improved backline performance. New backs throw the ball alone the backline with total confidence, precision and pace. They used the width of the field to stretch Knox's defence to create gaps. Their back up play was excellent and where it be backs or forwards. Additionally, New punched up the ball and made yards against a Knox defence that simply missed first up tackles too often.
The second was more even, but Newington"s errors in their pick and drive on the Knox defensive line lost then an opportunity for at least two further tries to be added to their score.
This was a most impressive display by Newington as team. The coordination between forwards and backs is getting stronger and can be expected to improve even further.
Knox for its part was very competitive but were a level or two below that of Newington. They had some great individual performances, but where never in the hunt in comparison to the team effort produced by Newington. One school had a good team, the other had an excellent team.
In other games:-
Newington 2ndXV 26 b Knox 5
Knox 3rd XV 15 b Newington 7
Newington 4th XV 19 b Knox 5
Knox 16As 34 b Newington 5
Newington 15As 60 b Knox 0
Newington 14As 29 b Knox 22
Newington 13As 46 b Knox 5
The second was more even, but Newington"s errors in their pick and drive on the Knox defensive line lost then an opportunity for at least two further tries to be added to their score.
This was a most impressive display by Newington as team. The coordination between forwards and backs is getting stronger and can be expected to improve even further.
Knox for its part was very competitive but were a level or two below that of Newington. They had some great individual performances, but where never in the hunt in comparison to the team effort produced by Newington. One school had a good team, the other had an excellent team.
In other games:-
Newington 2ndXV 26 b Knox 5
Knox 3rd XV 15 b Newington 7
Newington 4th XV 19 b Knox 5
Knox 16As 34 b Newington 5
Newington 15As 60 b Knox 0
Newington 14As 29 b Knox 22
Newington 13As 46 b Knox 5