Under 08

Sandbach 15 - Stoke 0 Sun 19 November 2000 For the match against Stoke the team again included 2 fresh players from the squad of 11. Within the first minute, a brilliant switch move followed by a run up the touchline left both the crowd and Stoke amazed (even the coaches didn't know how they did that one!). Thereafter, Stoke proved solid in defence and the game was very closely fought until just before half time when the home team strung together a good series of passes to create a gap in the Stoke defence from which a second try was scored. In the second half the visitors upped their pace and the game was played at a speed (and ferocity) that wouldn't have been out of place at Under 9's level. Through all of this the Sandbach defence were totally committed, and in desperation Stoke began to make errors which finally led to a third try, to give a hard but well earned victory to Sandbach. Try scorers: Barton (2), Robinson Derek Jepson