Scotland Under-17 38 - 10 England Blues: Sparkling Scots crush England

Published Date: 20 April 2011
By JIM SCOTT
IN BERKSHIRE
The young Scots made it two wins out of two games at this year's Wellington Festival, scoring six tries against England Blues. The Scots were put under early pressure and England scored after four minutes, the try unconverted.
However Scotland replied quickly, with good hands from centres Cameron Jeffrey and Tom Moncur leading to captain Chris Dean crashing over. Then No 8 Dean drove through the English defence and offloaded for Moncur to score, the try converted by stand-off Gregor Mein.

A period of sustained pressure just before half-time led to a try for England, and the Scots went into the break leading by two points. Scotland's third try came ten minutes after the restart when lock Cameron Turner cut through England's defence. The try was converted by replacement Ben Cooper. Then Neil Herron ran in a superb try from 40 metres, before scores from Turner and Sam Moncur put the seal on a fine win.

Scotland Under 17s: D Hoyland (James Gillespie HS/Boroughmuir); R Smith (North Berwick HS/North Berwick), S Moncur (St Ambrose College/Sale), C Jeffrey (Epsom College), N Herron (Jordanhill School); G Mein (Gala Academy/Gala Wands), J Rutnagur (Hutchesons' Grammar School/GHA); J Malcolm (Hutchesons' Grammar School/GHA), S Rendall (Orkney RFC), D Rae (Marr College/Kilmarnock), C Turner (Robert Gordon's College), M Bradbury (Oban HS/Oban Lorne), P Redmayne (Loudoun Academy/Kilmarnock), S McDonald (Dunblane HS/Stirling County RFC), C Dean (Edinburgh Academy, captain). Subs: T Moncur (St Ambrose/Sale) for Rendall, B Richardson (Wellington College) for Turner, R Young (George Watson's College) for Rutnagur, B Cooper (Sedbergh) for Mein, B Hutchinson (Longridge Towers/Melrose Wasps) for Smith. Not used: C Barnes (High School of Glasgow/Glasgow Hawks), F Irvine (Selkirk HS/Selkirk YC), C Simpson (Edinburgh Academy), T Boyd (Marr College/Kilmarnock).

This article was originally posted on 20-Apr-2011, 06:50 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 20-Apr-2011, 06:50.