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Farnborough Falcon Rugby League juniors triumphant over Medway Dragons, 34 - 20 
The Falcons U14/13 Rugby League squad took on the mighty Medway Dragons at home. A great game in the making as both are development squads playing League for their first season. The Falcons initiated the pressure from the start and made a fast attack against the Dragons. Pressure was maintained and gain achieved taking the ball straight through the belly of the Dragons and eventually the Dragons yielded. The Dragons made an immediate return of pressure with the Falcons Bevell and Crofts defending deep in their own 20 to be assisted with good numbers and team work. Eventually on the 5 set, the Dragons broke through the Falcon defence line with a score. Outstanding defence through out the game from the Falcons, Francis, Banks, Schofield, McDonald, Amos, Pienaar, Small, Barnard kept to Dragons waiting and withdrawing. The Falcons kept the momentum and made gain from outstanding forward play and creativity whilst releasing their speed men, Asbridge, Culligan, Spoors, Amos on their final sets to make outstanding running tries and valuable points.

The game continued end to end and the Falcons maintained their composure, pressure, attack, defence and excellent league skills. All Falcon tries were beautifully assisted by Mickey McDonald taking 5 out of 6 conversions from difficult angles. All in all, the Falcons showed true grit and determination to maintain their brilliant performance and continual pressure. A fantastic team effort with the Falcons winning 34 – 20.

Farnborough Falcon RL Juniors vs Medway Dragons 8th June 2008

Farnborough Falcon RL Juniors vs Elmbridge Eagles 14th June 2008

Farnborough Falcon Juniors Victorious against Elmbridge Eagles 14th June The development of the Farnborough Falcons U13/14 team took a giant leap on Saturday. Facing a team who were undefeated and top of the league they walked off after 60 minutes of intense action worthy victors.  The final
result: 26 to 16 Falcon winners over the Elmbridge Eagles. 
Both teams faced rugged and tough defence but it was Farnborough who broke through first. Bossed around the park by Mikey McDonald and James Banks the Falcons drove into the opposition line 3 times, around mid field, before spreading the ball wide for Sean Culligan to score from distance. 
Rhys Amos launched an attack down the Farnborough right with a 30 meter run which was followed up with quality support play by his team mates. James Banks crashed over from 2 meters out to get the try the team richly deserved. 
Heroic defending keep the Eagles out when they were camped on the Falcons line, on the sixth tackle they tried a cross field kick to unlock the defence. Alex Asbridge collected the ball and started running. He slashed his way through Elmbridge and went the length of the field to score. At the end of the half the home team were 18-0 up. Elmbridge threw everything at the Falcons in the second half.  Sam Crofts, Ben Spoors, Tom Woodruffe, Jacques Pinaar to name but a few all put in hard runs and tackles. The Falcons kept their advantage and Farnborough completed a famous victory 26-16.

Farnborough Falcon Juniors Outstanding Victory against the Stags

The Farnborough Falcons Rugby League U13/14s soared to their 3rd straight victory. The game showed just how far the team has come. Having lost their first ever game 44-0 to Hemel Stags they have developed beyond recognition. In the return fixture at their home ground the Falcons emerged victorious 26-10 over Hemel Stags.

Both sides started the game determined not to concede any points. However it was the Stags who scored first. The Falcons heads never dropped and punishing defence caused the away team to knock on. From the scrum restart the Falcons put on a set play which was converted into a try by Alex Asbridge on the next tackle. The home team got their claws stuck into Hemel causing more knock on’s and scored 2 more tries to lead 12-4 at half time.

The Stags came out firing in the second half, earned an early try, making it 12-10. But the Falcons started to turn on the style and their 4th try went through 7 sets of hand before Tom Woodruff put the ball down over the whitewash. The Stags never looked like scoring again. The other Falcon scorers: Sean Culligan, Shane Howes and another for Alex. The Farnborough team has a fair number of players who were introduced to Rugby League through the excellent Harlequins RL Champion School Tournaments. So it was fitting that one of the Quins RL coaching staff was on hand to watch the game and evaluate the Falcons development. The Falcon RL Juniors train weekly on a Thursday night 6.30 to 8pm. Full club details can be found on www.farnboroughfalcons.co.uk

Farnborough Falcons Juniors squad pride takes a knock as they go down to West London Sharks.
The Falcons on the back of three wins were fired up and ready to take on a well drilled and experienced West London Sharks team.  Straight from the kick off the Sharks put the Falcons on the back foot with a great kick ending in a scrum just ten metres from their own line, the falcons defended hard but the Sharks crashed over from the scrum.  The Sharks repeated this and shocked the Falcons by going in again in quick succession.  A little confounded the Falcons composed themselves and came back at the Sharks hard and fast with a great individual effort form prop Shane Howes going a good distance to go over.  After some hard fought minutes and the ball changing hands a few time the Falcons hit hard at them again, this time with winger Sean Culligan scoring deep in the corner.  With Farnborough closing in on the score line the Sharks hit the Falcons hard with three more unanswered
tries to end the half.     
After a good team talk the Falcons came out from the blocks fast, to score in the corner this time from centre Alex Asbridge.  Farnborough kept on the pace with Sean Culligan going under the sticks for his second try, beautifully converted by Alex Schofield, Falcons' only conversion of the game.  Again the Sharks hit back with two more hard ran in tries.  Reluctant to give up, the Falcons still worked at the tight Sharks' defence to be rewarded with a great effort and show of strength from winger Tom Woodruffe crossing in at the corner. West London went in again just before the final whistle to end the game at 42-22.
It was a great spectacle to watch with both teams working hard until the final whistle.  Unfortunately it was a steep learning curve for the young
developing Farnborough team.   Each member of the Falcons played to their
full potential, showing nothing but courage and commitment to the badge.

Farnborough Falcon RL Juniors vs Hemel Stags 21st June 2008

Farnborough Falcon RL Juniors vs West London Sharks 28th June 2008