Hertfordshire Swifts Swallowed up!

Hertfordshire Swifts U17s are a combination of the best players from Fullerians, Old Albanians & Stevenage. The side includes East of England as well as County players. On paper & in fact, on the day,they provided Welwyn Warriors with their stiffest test to date!

Missing Lana Block & Mel Harcourt meant that Warriors fielded a depleted pack but Emma Cramphorn, Hannah Marques and Hitchin's Claire Foster rose to the occasion in wet and heavy conditions as Warriors stretched their unbeaten run by winning 35-0.

The first Warriors try came as Welwyn won their scrum and Jess Lane started a move that saw Megan Williams score and convert to put Warriors 7-0 up. Hannah Marques scored the second try with a mazy 22 yard run and with Williams' converting Warriors were 14-0 up. Another successful Welwyn scrum set Williams up for her second try, that she also converted. Skipper Charlie White marshalled her troops to maximum effect, never allowing Swifts to settle.

Swifts did get across the Warriors try line but Megan Williams tenaciously held up the ball and kept the Warriors a clean sheet. The next Swifts attack was stopped on the Welwyn 22. Marques fly hacked the ball over half way, as she dived on the ball, Swifts gave away a penalty. Marques' quick tap & go, released Jess Lane who found Claire Foster in space, back to Marques who crossed for her second try to make it 28-0. Another fine try for Williams finished off the match.

Warriors were severely tested but more than proved capable of digging in to win. Warriors team: Michelle Brophy, Jess Lane, Charlie White, Emma Cramphorn, Sarah Stedman, Carley Simpson, Jordan Pearcy, Hannah Marques, Emily Matuszcyk, Claire Foster, Mel Waites.