A tough contest against Longlevens, but our lads kept going and earned a deserved late try. Here’s the match report 
Cinderford U16s v Longlevens U16s
Cinderford RFC welcomed their visitors to a sun-drenched Bell Sports & Rugby Park for this eagerly awaited league clash.
Two very well-matched teams took to the field. The visitors starting the faster, a very stop/start game blowing off the off-season rust!
Longlevens scoring out wide, 0–5. The pattern of the game was the hosts’ defence against the visitors’ attack. Longlevens score again out wide to give them a 10–0 lead at half-time.
The second half continues much the same as the first half, with neither side finding a comfortable rhythm, with errors on both sides stopping phase play.
Longlevens’ centre breaks out for a fine individual score under the posts. 17–0.
With a bonus point up for grabs, the hosts finally started to play and, after concerted pressure, Harry W fed Ollie Evans to go over in the corner, a try the hosts thoroughly deserved for continuing to play to the final whistle.
We had two MOTMs today. Fin J, picked by the referee for a solid all-round performance, and the Longlevens coach chose Harry Williams for his tireless tackling in defence — and on debut too!
Plenty to work on in training, but a losing bonus point was well deserved.
Final score: Cinderford 5–17 Longlevens
Photo Credit: Kairos Sports Photography