Warriors
Squad: Ciaran, Charlie, Dan, George, Fergus, Mateusz, Jonah, Matthew, Thomas, Ben & Edward

Warriors opened up with a game against the hosts. The omens looked good in the early exchanges as Warriors got the upper hand and turned around 3-2 in front. The second half however was a different affair and Stratford scored some good long range support tries to emerge victorious 7-3.

With a colour clash in the second game against Birmingham & Solihull Bees, Warriors opted to reverse their shirts and play in white. This did not prove to be a lucky move as the Warriors went down 1-6.

Third on the agenda was Worcester A. Warriors started well and worked their way into a 3-0 lead by half time. Worcester rallied in the second half and scored with the final play of the game to equalise and draw the match at 4-4.

The final pool game was against Kings Norton and the Warriors steady improvement over the morning suddenly went into overdrive and no mercy was shown to King Norton. Warriors romped home 9-0.

With the Warriors finishing third in their pool a final game against Worcester B who finished third in their pool rounded the long day off. The momentum from the Kings Norton game was in evidence and Warriors ran out comfortable 7-2 winners.

Hares
Market Harborough Under 9 Hares venture to the home of Shakespeare and return victorious beating the home team in the final of the Stratford upon Avon festival to maintain the under 9's third consecutive festival win.

Game 1 vs. Stratford B 8-1

The day started against Stratford B team with a dominant performance in attack and defence allowing the team to use the width of the pitch to give a 5-0 half time lead. The second half continued with good defence leading to lots of 6 tackle turnovers and good win at the end of 8-1

Game 2 vs. Burton 4-1

The Hares came up against a strong Burton team but the defence held up to give a narrow half time lead of 1-0. The second half continued in the same vain with the Hares running out victors at 4-1

Game 3 vs. Worcester a 7-3

A comfortable first half with the defence holding to give a 3-1 lead at half time. At the start of the second half Worcester came back at the boys but they held on for a 7-3 win.

Game 4 vs. Kings Norton 9-2

For the final pool game the Hares started with some strong running gave a half time lead of 5-1 excellent second half defensive play restricted Kings Norton to allow them to coast to a 9-2 victory and a Cup final place as pool winners.

Cup Final vs. Stratford A 5 -1

A strong Stratford team were unable to stop the Hare’s team of Max Pollard, Oliver Rodgers, Jake Thompson , Finn Carnduff, Callum Leat, Ben Marlow, Chris Branch, James Garner and Raffy E-M to a well deserved final win of 5 -1.

Roll on Richmond and Jersey at home next week when the under 9’s go for their final games of the year and hoping for another fun weekend for the whole under 9’s squad.