U14 Freundschaftsspiel
Ferrara, 25. März 2017
U14:
Trainer: Giacomo Bernobi
Teammanager: John Pritchard, Alessandro Cossu, Genaro de Lucia
Bericht: Alessandro Cossu
CUS Ferrara : München RFC
48 : 12
The MRFC U14 Lions travelled on the last weekend to Ferrara, birthplace of their coach Giacomo, where they had a common training session with the local club, CUS Ferrara, on Saturday, followed by a match on Sunday. Due to several U14 players being unavailable for the mini-tour, only 14 players - including three brave U12 players (Connor De Lucia and the Tarquinio twins) - were available for the 13-a-side match. The common training session on Saturday was relatively short (approximately one hour) but physically very intense and focused on the breakdown, restarting play from the rucks and attacking patterns. The evening was concluded by dinner in a pizzeria with our hosts and their families.
On Sunday morning, after an allocution by the local administration representative for sport and the presentation to ÇUS Ferrara of a MRFC pendant and a tie, the two teams crossed swords in a game played in three times of 15 minutes each.
Munich opened the game promisingly with a searing break by Connor, our U12 bulldozer; his pass to the wing before being caught by the Italian defense went astray and was collected by our opponents, who scored the opening try through a quick, sweeping vounter-attack movement. Munich riposted immediately with a try by their scrum half, Cilian; David narrowly missed the conversion. Before the end of the first time Ferrara profited from a lapse of concentration by the Lions and scored a second, unconverted try.
Ferrara scored again at the restart of the second time. The Lions reacted immediately and opened quickly the game by spreading the ball wide out to Fynn, who charged onto the opponents; Cilian quickly moved the ball back again from the ensuing ruck to Georg, who beautifully sliced through the Italian defense at pace and scored a try, converted by David. Munich just seemed to have awakened and produced another moment of brilliance through another break by the impressive Connor, followed by a change of direction again inside to David; unfortunately, his beautiful spin pass caught Orlando, our brave U12 winger, by surprise and went out. Ferrara began to gain the upper hand and scored a third try; a fourth try before the end of the second period was narrowly avoided only due to the Italian ball carrier having inadvertently trodden on the touchline just a few yards before our try line, when he seemed poised for a sure touchdown. Tiredness began to exact its toll on the 14 Lions; the 30-man strong Italian team began to rotate its players and scored several beautifuly crafted tries. Although the final score suggests a one sided-affair, the Lions showed composure during the game and kept the discipline by conceding very few penalties; the defense was in general well organised; ball distribution was instead a bit slow. Giacomo was however satisfied by the team performance and endurance, despite the limited number of players. The match was followed by the traditional third-half banquet, generously organised and offered by the magnificent Italian hosts, before returning to Munich.
Mannschaftsaufstellung MRFC:
David Pritchard (Capt.), Georg Lorenz, Anton Eldracher, Adam Lauvergne, Cilian Moughty, Connor de Lucia, Eliseo Tarquini, Orlando Tarquini, Fynn Khiari, Vincent Bonetti, Miguel Garbino, Jérémie Kerschensteiner, Oscar de Broissia, Daniel Cunney.