MATCH REPORT - SAT 28 MAY

ROCKETS 2 - 0 UPTON YOUTH

A really solid display this morning brought about our 12th win in 18 games since Christmas and takes our win and draw percentage to 89% in 2016 and 83% for the campaign! Not that I'm counting or anything....

We started really well again with a nice shape playing Rory up top ahead of William, Xander and Harry. In the first quarter we caused Upton lots of problems. We had talked before the game about the need to score early against a defensive Upton set-up, and from a Xander corner which was part cleared William slammed the ball home.

We went on to dominate the first two quarters and it was great to see Harry and Rory back to their best in terms of skills and running ability. Harry was getting lots of joy down the right and it took a string of last ditch tackles to keep the score down.

After the first quarter we talked about the need to shoot earlier and asked Xander and Harry to get some shots on goal. Immediately Xander hit one from a great run and was unlucky not to score. Then Harry broke down the centre, beat two players before striking one to the top corner which was too strong for the goalie. Will B followed up on the shot but it had already crossed the line and was Harry's goal.

The third quarter went by without too much incident although Upton did start to press which Alex and Charlie dealt with very well. Charlie was also on his 'A game' today and every time we looked in danger he sprang into action with tackles and great distribution. We were unlucky not to extend the advantage with a great shot from Fin being saved at point blank range and some great saving tackles.

In the fourth quarter we stopped our passing a little and this resulted in a few hairy moments when we tried to run out from the back. Against better teams we would have got punished but Hugo wasn't tested too many times and when he was he was up to the task. Hugo's kicking and distribution was perfect.

A good win, some great moments and a clean sheet for our defence and Hugo. So well done to everyone.

MOTM was between William, Charlie and Harry who all played excellently. The award went to Harry who played brilliantly in training and took this form into the game today.