HRUFC U16s V Rochdale 12.12.2021

The rugby Union family showed their best colours today with Rochdale the Lancashire champions declaring water logged pitches at 08:30 this morning and the mighty Huddersfield stepping up to switch to Lockwood. Thanks Tracy and the catering staff for moving so quickly.

With the Lancashire Cup in their pocket they came with immense confidence. What they didn’t expect was a Huddersfield team not too short on it themselves.
There was nothing between them in the first half with errors from both side neutralising the match.
Rochdale came out of the traps fast in the second half with a break away try. This is what Huddersfield needed and we quickly struck back followed by another.
10 minutes is a long time when you are defending a 5 point lead and trying to run the ball from your own line is certainly not in the defensive play book! Regardless we held our nerve and won the game 12-7!
A top performance from everyone and a special note for Josh Maughan who played out of his skin.