Sophie Knaggs hat-trick steers Scarborough RUFC Under-14s Girls to win against touring side

Scarborough U14s started strongly and soon took the game to the touring side, the hosts used the space out wide with full-back Eliot Stanley-Warren moving forward from deep, joining the attack and then galloping through to score the first try.

Scarborough kept the pressure on and it wasn’t long before centre Neve Moon crashed over for the hosts’ second try.

The hosts now had the full momentum of the match with captain, and scrum-half Sophie Knaggs collecting the ball from just inside her own half and racing around the All MACS defence to score her first try.

Scarborough were now dominating the territory but had to keep tackling the touring side through Courtney Byerley and Anabelle Drake. Fly-half Erin Smith saw a gap and passed back to Knaggs to sprint through for her second try.

Scarborough didn’t stop and after some great ruck work by prop Naomi Cornforth and hooker Esther Wallace, Stanley-Warren again found space out wide and strode through the away defence for her second try.

During the second half All MACS came back into the game scoring tries but with great strength centre Aleisha Owuor powered through and passed to Knaggs to score her third try and secure victory for Scarborough.

Scarborough RUFC Girls train on a Monday, 6.15pm to 7.30pm, if there are any girls that would like to come and try out rugby get in touch on 01723 357740.