 Bermuda & Yardley Battle IslandStats.com
Bermuda Rugby Union President Michael Montgomery has announced the Bermuda National Senior Squad that will be embarking on a tour from April 29th to May 3rd, to compete against Cayman Islands.
“The Senior match is being recognized by the International Rugby Board as a full International match, with “caps” being awarded to the players. We are also taking our representative sides at Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 & Under 16 age levels”, continued Montgomery.
Bermuda National Senior Squad - Paul Dobinson, Dustin Archibald, Ed Barnes, Jahan Cedenio, Thomas Greenslade, Pieter Erasmus, David Rourke, Scott Brown, David Bird, Conor McGlynn, Rich Brown, Peter Dunkerley, Tom Healy, Mark Pomeroy, Rich Holden, Lachlan Armour, Chris Way, Tom Edwards, Neville Zuill, Shauntino Simons, David Porter and Mike Kane.
Bermuda Defeat Yardley
As www.islandstats.com reported on Saturday, the Bermuda's Under 14 Rugby Team recorded their second win over the visiting team from English school Yardley. It was clear that the English schoolboys had given the local side a useful lesson in their first encounter when the tourists played quality controlled rugby but were somewhat overpowered and outpaced by the locals. With the benefits of playing against quality opposition evident, Bermuda showed what they had learned, often setting up second and third phase ball before releasing their speed.
Bermuda opened the scoring with Micah Perozzi shaking off tackles to cross the line early in the first half. This was followed by a fine solo effort by Kevin Fraser which saw him score under the posts, but strong defense work by Yardley prevented any further tries in the first half, despite Bermuda repeatedly knocking on the door.
The second half scoring was opened by Graham Cooke who picked up from the base of a ruck and dove over the line. Perozzi then broke through the centres to score his second try of the day. Despite some probing runs by wingers Calum Maule and Rory Crofts, the Yardley defenders again showed their mettle, and Bermuda was stopped short on a number of occasions. However, moments before the final whistle from a strong scrummage platform Bermuda's backs spun the ball wide and Jahcari Francis carried 3 Yardley defenders across the line but was unable to ground the ball. Never giving up, Bermuda fed the ball back and an opportunistic Cooke drove over for his second try at the whistle.
With 2 conversions from Daniel Nash, Bermuda won 29 - 0, although most spectators agreed that the score did not do justice to the standard of play of the visitors.
The next match that the team plays will be in two weeks' time when the U10s, U12s, U14s and U16s all travel to Cayman to compete for the Conyers Youth Cup. The senior national team will also be travelling at the same time to play a full IRB sanctioned international against Cayman.
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