Okehampton U16s 71

Bideford U16s 3

THE game started well with both sets of forwards looking evenly matched with some good scrummaging by Bideford.

However Oke started to put on the pressure with Daniel Lee scoring the first points. Deane Andrew then received the ball out wide and ran down the left wing evading some tackles to score.

Bideford, winning a penalty in front on the posts kicked for three points. The score line stayed at 10-3 for some time during the first half until some good runs down the wing saw Alex Arthurs and then Deane score two more tries.

The first half finished with Like Dennis running through the centre and passing the ball out to Jordan Cornthwaite to score putting Oke 25-3 up.

The second half started with Oke putting Bideford under pressure with some good free running. Dean Abrams worked well supporting and collecting the loose ball and deserved his try.

Luke then ran through to score before Alex Arthurs ran in his second and third tries - one of which was converted by Dean Folland.

With the Bideford backs struggling to stop Oke when they ran with the ball Deane scored his third. Josh Bush then picking up the ball halfway ran round a couple of tackles and outpaced Bideford to score under the posts for Dean Folland to convert. Marcus Garratt scored Okes' next try using his strength to run through the centre with Steven Paul scoring the last try for Oke.

There were some good individual performances although there were also a number of players who had an off day and the performance as a team lacked some cohesion.