Rugby Union: Old Brodleians v Littleborough U15 Girls

After the brilliance of last weekend's away day performance at Burnley, Littleborough's Under 15 Girls came into this week's fixture against Old Brodleians full of confidence and anticipation.

From the first whistle, the Hipperholme-based home side pressed and harried Littleborough into mistakes and opened the scoring early on down the right.

Old Brodleians continued to hold the ascendancy and scored twice more to take a 17-0 lead into the break within the first game.

Littleborough were a shadow of their former selves as simple handing errors and some highly suspect breakdown work from the home side stunted any momentum they generated.

Eventually through centre Courtney Mills strong running through the heart of the Old Bros defence, Littleborough got a big reward for their effort and commitment.

The second game for large parts was even, as both teams had periods of sustained pressure.

Unfortunately for the visitors, it was Old Brodleians who made the breakthrough with a couple of scores.

When an opportunistic try from the full back appeared, Littleborough had managed to deny the home side.

The third proved particularly controversial as the flanker looked to knocked on as she went to ground the ball. The referee was unmoved and gave the try anyway.

Littleborough never gave up and threatened a way back into the game with strong breaks from the likes of Amy Perren, Kirsty Bella, Kiera Boardman and Ellie Overton.

However, the comeback never materialised as Old Brodleians U15s utilised having 17 on the field of play for the majority of the afternoon with another two scores in the left corner.

On a day of disappointment and frustration, it is a huge opportunity for learning in the hope of re-capturing the obvious quality they have showed all season.