Eton Manor U17s were grateful to Saracens Amatuers for their kind offer to host this fixture at the Bramley Sports Ground in Southgate. We had one of our largest squad s turn out this season, 22 players in all.
Saracens are a top class side with some excellent players and it was clear from the start that this would be a close fought match. The deadlock 0 - 0 was broken by Saracens only on the stroke of half time. Eton Manor in the scond half then scorded 3 tries and only concededed a second try to Saracnens with 10 minutes left. The defence held while we were down to 14 men and the final result of 19 -12 gave Manor the victory.
It was great to see Ross Ingram back in the Manor shirt and his performance was outstanding. David Searle was superb at fly-half, marshaling the backs and our defense. It was , however the performance of the whole team that should be mentioned with replacements fitting well into the team as and when they were called upon. Well done all of you!