The U14 girls travelled to Reading Abbey for this weekend's pitch up and play off of a narrow defeat to Basingstoke last weekend. With a few players not available for various reasons it was an opportunity for the girls who were there to show their skills and they did that in abundance. Kicking off the day against the host Bracknell took an early lead with Lyla S powering over to score after some strong carries from Mia, Katie and Emily. Abbey came storming straight back and scored a try of their own to level things before the girls really took control of control of the game.

Some committed defence on our 22 saw us turn the ball over, with Mimi shipping it quickly left to Ellie, who beat the outside defender and outpaced the covering players to go the length of the field for her first try in only her second ever game of rugby. Shortly after, having secured the restart in our 22, Neve repeated the trick, seeing a gap in line and going the length of the field for her first try for Bracknell.

Abbey came back but spirited defence from the girls kept them out until the final play of the game when the burrowed over from close range to make the final score 15-10.

Lots of positives from the girls building from last week, with strong carrying and committed defence, and a great start to the day.