After a freak accident on the car park involving one of Walsall's players walking to the pitch, they played today against a very good Staffordshire team. Stoke are a very well organised and established team and Walsall reacted really well today. The Bandits held their shape in defence making Stoke work hard for the space whilst attacking. Stoke worked the ball out wide to score their points using the overlap to great effect.

We must remember whilst reading this report that the u14's have been together less than two seasons. There has been some tricky and difficult games over the passed 2 months, putting the lads under extreme pressure but they handled it in the right manner. All digging in and pushing on.

Stoke however have been together 7 years and have a large squad. Take nothing away from Stoke they worked really hard to break Walsall's defence. They were held until the 12th minute when they started to take command of the semi, linking well through forward secure rucking platforms and set piece moves through the backs.

After talking to Richard and John ( Stoke u14's coaches ) they said they were aware that we could have caused them some trouble in the contact areas through forward play. And to be fair we matched them in the forward play.

The score didn't reflect on how hard Walsall worked in the game. Our spacial awareness is improving , however we need to focus and develop positional play. Which in time will come with practice and game time. We should be proud with the lads development so far. We can expect bigger and better things from The Bandits next season.

Many thanks to Stoke for a good game.

We as parents and fans are well aware of the potential the team has, and we are very proud of what has been achieved so far.

Keep up the good work, and work hard play easier.

See you all at training on Wednesday night

Your biggest fan,

Rob..

Walsall RFC

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