From the kick off, the Exmouth girls went through a couple of phases, not making much ground, until a penalty was awarded against Crediton in the Exmouth half.

Taken quickly, the ball was passed through hands to Centre Sophie Piper who broke through the Crediton defensive line and managed to sprint to the line for the opening points.
Conversion was successfully kicked by Milly Fisher.

For the first scrums, Crediton managed to push the Exmouth pack back, but were unable to capitalise.

Following a sustained period of pressure in the opponents 22, Rianna Boere was able to score from short range on 18 minutes - another 2 points from Milly Fisher made the score 14-0

The game settled for the remainder of the half, but it was a scrappy nervy game, with lots of dropped balls and resulting scrums.

Crediton seemed to come out of the blocks much better for the second half, but excellent defending kept them out.

After 3 crediton penalties on the bounce an infringement in exmouth's favour allowed a clearing of the exmouth lines. After 6 phases of continued movement upfield, Emily Stewart was able to get to the line to increase the score in Exmouth favour. Once again, the conversion was successful 21-0 to Exmouth.

A second period of Crediton pressure, and repeated infringements by Olivia Bailey - who otherwise had a great game - saw the referee reach for his cards and send her off for a 7 minute rest.

Despite the numerical disadvantage, exmouth girls managed to build pressure on the Crediton line, and Rianna Boere was able to cut through the defensive line from 10m and increase the score further. This conversion attempt was not successful.

With the clock running down, Crediton girls bravely built up a head of steam and were able to score a consolation try in the last minute. Their conversion attempt was unsuccessful, so the final score 26-5.

Darren Fisher
Exmouth Rugby Girls U15
Head Coach