Welcome to 2011

With the Ashley Website starting I thought this wouldn't be needed in 2011, I was wrong. I may try to link it with the Ashley Website but I reckon we will just stay here.
The season got off to a great start with the squad pretty much the same as last year, Callum coming in for Luke Gill.
Callum has added a great deal to the team with a good knowledge of the game, great elusive skills and speed!!!!!
All the boys have grown a great deal from last year with a greater level of running and definitely tackling. We saw the running ability when they blew Saracens Red of the park by 80 points. We area a team of runners but we still need to work on our contact areas.

Game 1 Hawarden United away game
Ashley 60 United 35
Baily 2
Callum 8
Logan 1
Jayden 1

Game 2 Kaiapoi away game
Ashley 25 Kaiapoi 25
Callum 4
James1

Game 3 Oxford red Home game
Ashley 25 Oxford 30
Callum 4
Ben 1

Game 4 Saracens Red
Ashley 80 Saracens 0
Baily 2
Callum 5
Travis 1
John Luke 1
Jayden 1
James 3
Sam 3

We have since played Glenmark-Cheviot, Oxford Black and Oxford Red(ish) again.
The last Game against Oxford Red(ish) was a loss but what a turn around for the boys in the tackle area. We counter rucked our butts off and produced one of our finer efforts. I believe we can only go forward from here.

Both these photos show how we attacked the ruck ball. With the Oxford player on our side of the ruck after Callum and then James has tackled them and got to their feet to drive over the ball. Great listening guys!!!!

All our team are starting to run straighter lines with the ball, all we got to do now is look to off load the ball to a player in space, before we get tackled.