ECCLES COLTS Eccles RFC Senior Colts line up with Fleetwood RFC Senior Colts before their Lancashire Cup fixture at Fleetwood last Sunday Eccles Senior Colts September Review At last! A return to Rugby! After our covid ‘year off’ the U18s were delighted to finally get a chance to play competitive Colts Rugby. The season this year is split into 2 parts, an initial 5 match Prelim League, followed by a 10 match home & away conference. Clubs will be seeded into conferences based on their Preliminary league performance. We also have county and league cup competitions to look forward to. We started well with a great home win against a strong Sale team and came back to snatch a late win against Rossendale with 3 tries in the last 9 minutes. The only blot on our record so far was an away defeat at Kirkby Lonsdale where we were only 13 against a squad of 22. But at least the lads got the full Rugby Travel Experience – the less said about the coach trip back the better…. We also started our Lancashire Cup campaign with a 19 - 57 away win at Fleetwood. Next round will be a home fixture against Littleborough in a month’s time which I’m sure will be a far tougher test. However, the season has been overshadowed by the tragic loss of Gail Russell, mother to our stalwart prop, Harvey. Gail was a fixture on the Eccles touchline, normally with her husband Craig and Harvey’s twin brothers, Daniel & Robert. Gail was always keen to help the team and nothing was too much trouble. We never wanted for half time oranges with Gail and she was always first to volunteer for any task. Gail sadly passed away on the 9th of September. Report by Andy Connell, Eccles U18 Colts Manager.
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