Edinburgh U16 18 Yorkshire U16 19

Yorkshire kicked off with a strong wind at their backs at Almond Park, Livingston on Saturday afternoon, and were on top in the early exchanges but the home defence looked solid, aided by a much improved scrum against a heavier pack. Although a smaller pack the Edinburgh scrum was solid and improved from their first game.
Pressure told however and after Edinburgh conceded a penalty, Yorkshire moved the ball wide and good offloading saw Yorkshire cross in the corner for the opening try which was also converted.

Edinburgh bounced back and attacked Yorkshire who were penalised in front of the posts resulting in 3 points from Danny Owenson. Owensen had a second opportunity soon after but into the wind his kick drifted wide.

Another good run by the Yorkshire backs just failed to produce a second score as the ball was knocked on at the line. The player in question incidentally went by the name of William Wallace whose family are local and were watching from the stand.
Towards half time Edinburgh surged into the visitors 22 and from a scrum 5m out Chris Dean went over for an unconverted try which put Edinburgh 8-7 ahead t the break.

With the wind in their favour Edinburgh were soon on the scoreboard in the second half with an Alex Hagart penalty. Yorkshire stormed back down the other end, and with the Edinburgh defence stretched, scored their second try to edge ahead 12-11.

The lead changed hands yet again when, from a scrum close to the Yorkshire line, the clearing kick was charged down and Angus White dived on the loose ball to score. Alex Hagart added the conversion to put Edinburgh six points ahead but the lead was short lived as the home side fell off some tackles as the visitors went in for their third try, which was converted to put Yorkshire 19-18 ahead.

A penalty award just inside their half gave Edinburgh a chance but the kick fell just short of the posts and in the closing stages Yorkshire controlled possession and territory to ensure victory

Edinburgh Team

1 Robby Wilson, 2 Sean Burns, 3 Scott Purves, 4 Dan Marinello, 5 Morgan Williams, 6 Ross McPhail, 7 Angus White, 8 Chris Dean, 9 Danny Owenson, 10 Jack Polson, 11 Jamie Farndale, 12 Scott Black, 13 Ryan Gray, 14 Gary Peebles, 15 Ryan Hook

Replacements
16 Max Campbell, 17 Ray Mackie, 18 Max Johnson, 19 Gregor Anderson, 20 John Rae, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne.