Excellent conditions at the Whiteway saw a feast of highly entertaining rugby
Game 1
CRFC 20 ORRFC 5
Richians took control of the first half with a committed and powerful performance. Brooke Turner put in an excellent performance on his debut at hooker (winning 5 against the head) who was assisted by his front row colleague Matt Wood who powered over for the opening score. Although Richains dominated possession and territory they couldn't find that final pass to cross the line and increase their advantage. Richians changed things at half time and put on a number of new faces. Cirencester exploited some weaknesses out wide and crossed for four unanswered second half tries.

Game 2
CRFC 5 ORRFC 30
A good all round performance saw Richians cross the line six times against Cirens less experienced side.
Try scorers were Ellis Thompson (2), Harry Page (2), Callum Marsh and Eli Hicks

Game 3
CFRC 10 ORRFC 5
A very entertaining and physical game to finish the morning with both teams trying to get the ball wide at every opportunity. Ciren opened the scoring from close in, but powerful play from Matt Wood at prop saw him cross the line for the equalising score at the end of the first half. Richians controlled alot of the ball in the second half coming close to scoring on a number of occasions only to be thwarted by excellent last ditch tackling by some of the Ciren back line. Ciren took the game with a breakaway try on the last play of the game as Richians tried to throw it around to find the decisive opening themselves.

An excellent morning of committed rugby from both sides and a very warm welcome from Cirencester.

Start of the 2010/11 Season with a highly anticipated triple header (which turned into a three way because Hucclecote cried off on Friday) with Droitwich and Cinderford

Game 1: ORRFC 0 DRFC 30
A real wake up for the lads, as Droitwich powered into a three try lead within minutes. Richians were half asleep evidently ring rusty, and completely off the pace physically against a very capable Droitwich outfit. The second half was more even with excellent performances from new faces thrown into the fray, such as Callum Marsh and Matt 'Woody' Wood.
Game 2: ORRFC 30 Cinderford 0
More physicality and intensity saw Richians power past plucky Cinderford, good all round performances and tries from Woody, Will, Matt, Eli and Callum who was everywhere.
Game 3: ORRFC 5 DRFC 5
A much more even contest as Richians confirmed that they had woken up. Droitwich scored a good individual try to which Richians responded with good driving play up the middle of the park, culminating in Will Akerman scoring from close range. Excellent commitment from both sides in a very entertaining game.

Welcome to ORRFC Under 10's Blog

The new season is almost here, and we have our first games of the season this Sunday 3rd October 2010 with a Triple Header at home against Cinderford, Hucclecote and Droitwich. Meet 10am.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SPONSORED BIKE RIDE LAST SUNDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER

The boys (and a few keen adults) cycled around the Sandyleaze Pitches on a 5 to 10 mile trek with all funds going towards our end of season tour. Jake 'The snake' Turner and the Page Family jogged it! Crazy dudes!

Sponsor forms (and moolah) to be handed in as soon as you've fleeced the relevant individuals you 'encouraged' to sponsor you. Thank you for efforts in both the ride and the fund raising.

Congratulations to the Team for an absolutely brilliant 2009/10 Season.

Played 33, Won 27, Lost 6, Drew 0

Points for 905, Points against 200

Runner up GRFU County Plate

Barnstaple Tour - Excellent fun, good rugby and a streaker!

2009/10 Awards:
Players Player: Will Akerman (Played 30, 34 tries)
Coaches Award: Travis Williams (Played 32, 17 tries)
OA Award: Brooke Turner (Played 32, 64 tries)
MI Award: Ellis Thompson (Played 32, 11 tries)

This years Fun Day will take place at the club on Saturday the 15th May 2010.

Start 1pm and finish at 5pm

Inflatable activities: Human Demolition Zone, Pole Joust, Sumo, Bouncy Castles, Soak the coach, Golf Challenge and much more.

End of season presentations will take place the same day.

Raffle donations would be very welcome as well as any other activities you would like us to consider, just let us know (07789405794 Phil)

Bredon 0 ORRFC 80
Stunning weather was matched by a stunning performance from the team. This was the last friendly match of the season and the team played with fluidity and power, moving the ball wide at every opportunity. Bredon kept tackling and tried to get the ball wide to their speedy wingers, but the Richians pack tore into them, driving them off their own ball and created a number of opportunities which were taken clinically. The whole squad had a good run out and there were stand out performances from Rob Hemms, Charlie Major, Travis Williams, Eli Hicks, Callum and David Blackburn. The pack of Hicks,Williams and Thompson were very effective and built on the development they showed as a unit on our North Devon Tour.

Try scorers: Brooke Turner (6), Will Akerman (2), Eli Hicks (2), Ellis Thompson, Matt Lampitt, Rob Hemms, Travis Williams (2) and Alex Willerton

Excellent Tour, the rugby was hard and the craic was fierce! Swimming, Beach Sports, Drinking Games, Kangaroo Court and that was just Saturday afternoon!

We all had a fantastic time and well done to the lads for some excellent rugby against some very strong (bigger and OLDER) teams! Outstanding performances throughout the team and we think we learnt alot by trying players in different positions for this tour.

Thankyou to the parents for allowing the boys to tour this year and a big thankyou for those parents and siblings who toured with us and made it such an enjoyable time (apart from the ronkeys!) Special thanks to Whippersnappers Nursery for their sponsorship and organisation of the Tour T-Shirts, which were fantastic and looked really good at the award presentation.

ORRFC Tourism Awards to:
Eli Hicks 'Tour Streaker'
Chris Thompson 'Tour Fairy'
Heath Turner 'Tour Mascot'

Remember 'What goes on Tour, stays on Tour'

Once again the lads had reached County Finals Day and had lined up Lydney in the Plate Semis, with either Hucclecote or Frampton Cotterell potentially in the Plate Final.

Chosen Hill RFC were hosting the Finals Day and the weather was bright and warm.

GRFU Plate Semi Final

ORRFC 45 LYDNEY 0

Richians were really up for this from the outset. Travis Williams was running with menace supported by the pack of Will Akerman, Matt Lampitt and Eli Hicks who were providing the lions share of the ball. Brooke Turner and Charlie Major were in sparkling form at half back creating chances from all over the park. Richians defended well and attacked at every opportunity. Lydney never gave up and put together some really good rugby. Ellis Thompson finished well from the half way with excellent tackling from David Blackburn, Alex Willerton and Robert Hemms. Harry Page and Nathan Hines made good runs and presented the ball excellently. This was a comprehensive performance.

Try scorers: Ellis Thompson, Matt Lampitt, Will Akerman, Brooke Turner (6)

GRFU Plate Final

ORRFC 5 HUCCLECOTE 20

After such a sparkling performance in the Semi's expectations were high for the Final against a large and direct Hucclecote outfit who had got past Frampton to reach the final. Before the match we spoke about using the width of the pitch and using our pace out wide, however we were dragged into a narrow maul of a match. It was a try apiece just before half time when Hucclecote were awarded a scrum, 2m? from the Richians line which resulted with Hucclecote scoring from close range. The second half was just as tight, with Brooke Turner, Will Akerman, Travis Williams and Matt Lampitt putting everything on the line and running at Hucclecote like men possessed, but all credit to Hucclecote they held firm and scored two more tries on the break from close range as Richians tried to sling the ball around to get back into the game.

Try scorer: Brooke Turner

Hopefully lesson learnt and congratulations to the lads for getting to another Finals Day, which bodes well for next year.

LRFC 5 ORRFC 10

A bright sunny morning in rural Herefordshire was the back drop for a thoroughly entertaining contest between ORRFC and Ledbury. The game was played over four 10 minute quarters, with Richians coming out on top after a bruising contest.
Good all round displays from Brooke Turner, Ellis Thompson, Harry Page and Travis Williams, with Callum and Ethan making their competitive debuts and contributing well. Matt Lampitt cleared rucks well and made good ground in open play and Charlie Major directed things well from scrum half. Will Akerman used the ball well and ran with directness and power. Rob Hemms put in some excellent tackles.
This was a good all round display against a strong Ledbury unit.

Try scorers: Brooke Turner, Will Akerman

A warm, sunny morning at Sandyleaze saw Richians hosting Cinderford.

Match 1:

ORRFC 50 CRFC 0

Richians approached this game from the outset with discipline and good structure. Everyone played a part in a good all round performance with the ball going wide at every opportunity. Straight running and good offloading to use the width of the pitch were features of this performance.

Try scorers: Will Akerman 4, Brooke Turner 6


Match 2:

ORRFC 30 CRFC 10

The second match of the day saw numerous changes with both teams utilising their full squads. Charlie Major made some excellent breaks from the scrumhalf position and finished well from distance twice. Brooke Turner had another industrious performance and set up Harry Page for an eye catching try which included fluid hands and good timing. Ellis Thompson continued his scoring run on the wing and Matt Lampitt snaked his way over from half way with a mazey run.

Try scorers: Charlie Major 2, Brooke Turner, Harry Page, Ellis Thompson and Matt Lampitt.

Match 1:
DRFC 0 ORRFC 45

Crisp conditions, muddy underfoot and Plump Hill was the backdrop for an open and entertaining contest between Richians and a spirited Drybrook team. This was a powerful all round display from Richians who tackled extremely well and used some good running lines to finish a number of fluid moves.
Excellent performances from Brooke Turner and 'on fire' Travis Williams. This match also saw welcome returns from Harry Page and Luke Atkinson, who both made valuable contributions.

Try scorers: Brooke Turner 4, Charlie Major, Travis Williams, Matt Lampitt, Will Akerman and Ellis Thompson.

Match 2:
DRFC 0 ORRFC 30

Richians changed their line up for the second match of the day, with Ellis Thompson helping out with Drybrook numbers, running with relish at his mates! Excellent tackling from David Blackburn and Alex Willerton, sublime hands from Luke Atkinson and powerful running from Travis Williams were key features of this display.

Try scorers: Luke Atkinson, Travis Williams 3, Will Akerman and Brooke Turner.

ORRFC 25 BERRY HILL 10

Fresh, sunny morning on a muddy pitch, saw an entertaining game played over four periods of eight minutes starting with eight a side. Richians were slightly subdued in the opening quarter, with Berry Hill opening the scoring breaking away from a midfield ruck. This woke Richians up and Eli Hicks broke away from the restart and finished well. Committed tackling from both sides and the muddy pitch were not condusive with Richians usual running rugby style, however Richians began to dominate the match. Dave Blackburn played for Berry Hill for the last two periods to help out with their numbers as the match went to 9 a side. Good clearing out by Matt Lampitt and Will Akerman supplied good attacking ball finished off by Brooke Turner (2) and Charlie Major. Richians could have had three more tries with Brooke Turner denied two tries by foul play behind the line and a knock on by Richians as they were crossing the line from a good set move. This was a well contested game, played in an excellent spirit on a muddy pitch.

Try scorers: Brooke Turner (3), Charlie Major, Eli Hicks

Drybrook RFC hosted the pool stages of the 2010 GRFU County U9 Festival on a fresh, sunny morning in the depths of the Forest of Dean. The team arrived early and got on with warming up (larking about like rutting stags). We were drawn in Pool C with Chosen Hill, St Mary's Old Boys and Dursley.

Game 1:

ORRFC 15 SMOB 5

We opened the pool matches with a reasonable but scrappy performance against previously unknown opponents for us. Glimpses of good attacking rugby from Richians especially Brooke Turner who took the game by the scruff of the neck and ran in two tries. Good ripping on the fringes of mauls by Eli Hicks saw him race away and score. The pack cleared out well and Rob Hemms put in some good tackles.

Game 2:

ORRFC 0 CHFP 20

Our second match was against last years County Cup winners. A team we had already played twice this season sharing the results. This game followed the same pattern of our previous encounters with ferocious tackles on both sides. Chosen led by one at half time. The second half saw Richians piling into Chosen and having the lions share of possession, however three break away tries from mauls finished the game.

Game 3:

ORRFC 25 DRFC 0

Our final pool match was against a spirited Dursley team. This was a much better performance by the lads, with excellent rush defence forcing turnovers and better running lines to finish moves off. Ellis Thompson opened the scoring wide out after good hands from Matt and Will in the pack. Travis Williams made some powerful straight breaks and crossed for a good try. Brooke Turner was ever industrious and scored twice and Eli Hicks made a half way dash to complete the scoring. This win saw us finish second in our pool and progress to the Quarter Finals of the Plate.

Match 4:

Q/F Plate

ORRFC 30 SRFC 0

The Quarter Final was against Stroud. The team was really up for this and put in the performance of the day. Travis Williams was outstanding in defence and attack. He made a number of barnstorming runs and crossed before half time. Brooke Turner led by example with another outstanding performance making some good runs, off loading in traffic and finishing well with two tries. The score at half time was three nil. The second half saw the lads still fired up score three more tries through Brooke Turner (2) and Ellis Thompson with a powerful run down the line, saw him pile over in the corner (even got his knees muddy).

So well done Lads, you are through to the County Finals Day at Chosen Hill RFC on Sunday 28th March 2010.

CRFC 5 ORRFC 80

A crisp and damp morning in Cinderford greeted the lads. The pitch was boggy underfoot, with some interesting artefacts embedded in the playing surface. Playing uphill in the first half, the team pressurised Cinderford into early turnovers and put together a good mix of power rugby and intelligent line running. Richians were six tries up at half time. The second half saw more of the same with good pressure defence from Matt Lampitt, Brooke Turner, Alex Willerton and Travis Williams. Eli Hicks ripped the ball extremely well and made a number of breaks from mauls. Charlie Major kept the ball flowing and deft hands from Will Akerman set up a number of wide out tries. Good all round contributions from David Blackburn Nathan Hiles and Rob Hemms, with a powerful finish from Ellis Thompson.

Try scorers: Eli Hicks 4, Brooke Turner 4, Charlie Major 2, Travis Williams 2, Will Akerman 2, Matt Lampitt and Ellis Thompson

TRFC 5 ORRFC 35

Brooke Turner opened the scoring by running through the opposition to make it 5 nil after just 30 seconds. Good work from Travis Williams and David Blackburn in defence, fed the ball to Brooke Turner who scored from close in to make it 10 nil. Ellis Thompson made an outside break off turnover ball on the half way and finished in the corner. Good runs and fluid handling from Will Akerman and Matt Lampitt set up David Blackburn and Eli Hicks with close range efforts. Ellis Thompson made more powerful runs and linked with his support well. Industrious work from Brooke Turner and Will Akerman stretched Richians advantage.
Good passing and use of the overlap was a key feature of this display.

Try Scorers: Will Akerman 2, Brooke Turner 2, David Blackburn, Ellis Thompson, Matt Lampitt

ORRFC 30 EVESHAM 10

Excellent conditions complemented an excellent all round performance from the lads. Travis Williams was very effective in leading the rush defence and put in some really big hits, causing a number of turnovers, and contributing with some powerful runs. Richians dominated the close quarter work and Brooke Turner and Matt Lampitt won virtually everything on the ground.

Charlie Major put in an excellent display at scrum half, distributing well and made a number of sniping runs from the set plays. Rob Hemms made some excellent tackles.

Good runs from Ellis Thompson, Matt Lampitt and Eli Hicks set up close range efforts for Brooke Turner and Alex Willerton.

Good ball retention and fluid use of the ball were key features of this display.

Try Scorers: Brooke Turner 2, Eli Hicks, Alex Willerton, Rob Hemms, Ellis Thompson

ORRFC 15 STROUD 10

Another close game with Stroud, very physical with Stroud enjoying the rolling maul. Richians were looking to bounce back from an earlier subdued performance against CHRFC and they came out full of intent. Charlie Major opened the scoring with excellent support play after Brooke Turner made inroads into Stroud's midfield. More strong runs from Matt Lampitt and Ellis Thompson led to Brooke Turner finishing off nicely to make it 10 nil after 4 mins. Rob Hemms was everywhere and made it 15 nil before halftime with a well taken outside arc. Stroud came back in the second half with ferocious tackles flying in from both sides. Brooke Turner and Rob Hemms put in excellent performances including some fantastic cover tackles.

Try scorers: Charlie Major, Brooke Turner, Rob Hemms

ORRFC 5 CHOSEN HILL 25

A subdued Richians were caught cold by a strong Chosen outfit who were straight out of the blocks scoring on their opening possession. Although Richians had the lion's share of possesion and territory for the match, they could not get through the excellent Chosen defence, who scored 3 break away tries from turnover ball. Strong performances from Brooke Turner (1 try) and Rob Hemms both in attack and defence.
This was a lesson in finishing and hopefully lesson learnt.

Try scorer: Brooke Turner (1)

Match 1: Droitwich 0 ORRFC 25

Damp and drizzly conditions did not hinder an excellent all round performance from the lads. The team used a 'rush' defence to great effect, keeping a very capable Droitwich team off the scoreboard. Travis Williams was very effective in leading the rush defence and put in some really big hits, causing a number of turnovers, and contributing with some powerful runs. Richians dominated the close quarter work and Brooke Turner and Matt Lampitt won virtually everything on the ground. Rob Hemms put in an excellent display at scrum half, distributing well and made a number of sniping runs from the set plays. Will Akerman opened the scoring from the kickoff by running through the opposition to make it 5 nil after just 20 seconds. Good work from Travis and David Blackburn in defence, fed the ball to Brooke Turner who scored from close in to make it 10 nil. Will Akerman made an outside break off turnover ball on the half way and finished in the corner to make the half time score 15 nil to Richians. The second half saw more aggressive defence shutting down Droitwich and turning over possession,good runs from Matt Lampitt, Harry Page and Eli Hicks set up close range efforts for Brooke Turner and Will Akerman. Good ball retention and aggressive defence were key features of this display.

Try Scorers: Will Akerman 3, Brooke Turner 2


Match 2: Evesham 5 ORRFC 30

The second match followed directly after the Droitwich game and the damp and drizzly conditions continued, with the sun eventually breaking through in the second half. Another excellent all round performance where the team used a 'rush' defence to great effect again. Travis Williams was instrumental in leading the rush defence and put in more really big hits, causing a number of turnovers, and contributing with some powerful runs. Charlie Major put in an excellent display at scrum half, distributing well and made a number of long range passes to utilise the width of the pitch and get the wingers involved. Will Akerman opened the scoring, with good work from Travis Williams, Ellis Thompson, Harry Page and David Blackburn making strong runs. Richians turned the ball over from close range and Will Akerman scored his fifth of the day. Eli Hicks ran the length of the pitch to score, displaying excellent pace and Brooke Turner stole the ball in contact to score from close range to make the score 20 nil. Just before half time Richians were attacking again and were spinning the ball wide when an Evesham player intercepted and ran the length to score. Half time Evesham 5 ORRFC 20. The second half saw more aggressive defence shutting down Evesham and turning over possession,good runs from Matt Lampitt, Harry Page and Eli Hicks set up close range efforts for Brooke Turner and Will Akerman twice. Aggressive defence and good use of the ball passing out of contact were key features of this display.

Try Scorers: Eli Hicks, Will Akerman 4, Brooke Turner 2

Match 1

TRFC 10 ORRFC 30

Excellent conditions complemented the great rugby on show from the lads. A whole team effort in this first game, with outstanding performances from a streamlined Eli Hicks and a fired up Matt Lampitt. Excellent support running and tenacious defence saw a number of turnovers generated which were capitalised on by direct running and clinical finishing most notably by Lampitt (2) and Hicks (2). Brooke Turner put his name on the score sheet with a well taken try and Ellis Thompson continued his scoring streak with a good finish in the corner.

Match 2

TRFC 5 ORRFC 30

The first half saw Richians playing up the slope and they dominated possesion and territory. Will Akerman made a number of good runs and sneaked over down the blindside 2 mins from half time. Thronbury took the last possesion of the half and drove through midfield to score in the corner. 5 apiece at half time. The second half saw Richians in more determined mood, with good work from David Blackburn and Alex Willerton and more powerful and direct runs from Matt Lampitt, who burst through on a number of occaisions and scored his third try of the day. Brooke Turner was everywhere, supported by Captain Charlie Major who made some very good sniping runs and kept the ball flowing at all times. Brooke bagged a hat trick in this match and was joined on the score sheet by Will Akerman who powered his way through to score his second of the day.

Excellent display of support running and finishing, with alot of effort put in by all.

Try scorers: Brooke Turner 4, Matt Lampitt 3, Eli Hicks 2, Will Akerman 2, Ellis Thompson

ORRFC 20 SRFC 15

Cold and drizzly conditions did not dampen an excellent game with both sides getting stuck in. Stroud were a physical unit with strong runners and were coming off a floodlit tournament two nights before. Richians were straight out of the blocks tackling well and winning a fair amount of ball from turnovers. Strong work from Ellis Thompson saw him break away and score, with more strong running from Will Akerman, Rob Hemms, Travis Williams, Alex Willerton and Brooke Turner. Captain Charlie Major kept the ball moving from scrum half and got stuck into clearing out the rucks. A powerful and direct run from Will Akerman saw him score in the corner with the half time score 10-5 to Richians. Excellent work from Brooke Turner and Alex Willerton at the start of the second half saw Brooke Turner crash over, and he added another 3 minutes from time. Good set plays and pretty good scrambling defence saw Richians home, but the moment of the match was an absolute corker of a try saving tackle in the corner by Brooke Turner half way through the second half. Good all round performance against a strong Stroud unit.

Try scorers: Ellis Thompson, Will Akerman, Brooke Turner (2)

Chosen Hill (Away) 18th October 2009

Our second game of the season saw our U9's take on Chosen Hill away in excellent conditions.

CHRFC 15 ORRFC 30

Chosen Hill were last years CC Winners and it was obvious that they would provide a stern test for the lads. Chosen were straight out of the blocks scoring two early breakaway tries but with excellent tackling and pressure play forcing turnovers, a try from Brooke Turner made it 2-1 at the end of the first quarter. More excellent defence and straight running in attack led to five more tries, and only one against in the last three quarters.

Explosive defence from Travis Williams and Charlie Major created a number of turnovers, which were exploited by strong direct running from Will Akerman, with searching runs from amongst others Rob Hemms, Matt Lampitt, Brooke Turner, Alex Willerton, Ellis Thompson and Charlie Major. Good tackling performances from David Blackburn and Harry Page.
Excellent rolling mauls and set piece moves from both line out and scrum were features again for a second week running.

Try scorers: Matt Lampit 2, Brooke Turner 2, and one apiece for Alex Willerton and Eli Hicks.

Gritty display , well done boys.

Chipping Sodbury (Away) 11th October 2009

First game of the season saw our U9's take on Chipping Sodbury away in damp and drizzly conditions.

1st Match: CSRFC 5 ORRFC 70

Straight out of the blocks with excellent tackling and pressure play forcing turnovers, leading to eight tries before half time. More excellent defence and straight running in attack led to six more tries, and only one against in the second half.

Try scorers: Matt Lampit 3, Brooke Turner 3, Will Akerman 2, Charlie Major 2, and one apiece for Alex Willerton, David Blackburn, Rob Hemms and Ellis Thompson on debut.

2nd Match: CSRFC 5 ORRFC 50

Explosive defence from Travis Williams and Rob Hemms created a number of turnovers, which were exploited by searching runs from amongst others Alex Willerton, Eli Hicks and Charlie Major. Excellent rolling mauls and set piece moves from both line out and scrum were features of an excellent display.

Try scorers: Will Akerman 3, Travis Williams 2, Alex Willerton 2, Eli Hicks, Charlie Major and Matt Lampitt.

Fantastic overall display in attack, defence and support running.

Wow how well did you guys play last season!