Fort Collins Youth Rugby Girls remained undefeated by beating Summit High School Girls 17 to 5. This was a battle of the only two teams in Colorado Youth Rugby that were still unbeaten. A large crowd was on hand at Greenbriar for both sides to witness this tightly fought hard hitting contest under clear blue skies.
The first half started with Fort Collins attacking hard against Summit but about every time Fort Collins would make progress into Summit territory, Summit would steal the ball from a ruck and stop them. In the 15 minute mark of the match Sadie Anderson put a high kick up for the fullback and with Fort Collins attacking the kick and putting the pressure on the fullback they were able to get a turnover and score with Sadie running it in for the try and also kicking the conversion to put Fort Collins up 7-0. The rest of the first half played a lot like the beginning with Fort Collins making progress only to be turned away by Summit and at halftime the score remained 7-0.
Second half saw Summit come out attacking and moving into Fort Collins territory when a pass out wide and break by Summit resulted in a try and the score narrowed 7-5. Fort Collins didn’t let up and came back attacking more in the air and with a kick by Sadie in the open area was covered by Sadie and the resulting run scored the second try of the day and moved Fort Collins ahead 12-5. Fort Collins continued to pressure Summit with kicks that kept them defending the try zone and with about 6 minutes to play the ball was passed out wide to inside center Maddie Robinson for the try and with the conversion by Sadie the final score was 17-5.
It was good to see that Summit had enough players to field a B-side match, which gave both teams a chance to get more playing time for all there players. In this match Fort Collins struck first with Kaci Woodcock scoring to give Fort Collins the lead 5-0. Summit struck back with a penalty kick late in the first half to make the score at halftime
5-3. Second half saw Fort Collins play some great team ball with good passes from the tackles and this resulted in Hannah Wilson scoring a try to seal the victory at 10-3.
