MELTON RFC UNDER 9s A 0 NOTTINGHAM 15
Nottingham walked through Melton's defence for two early scores.

Bradley Johnson's run and offload found John Sommerville, but he spilled the ball in the tackle and Jack Owens ran at defenders rather than try to outpace them down the line.

A better second half saw Oliver Liddar destructive, but possession was given away too cheaply and Nottingham added a late score.

MELTON RFC UNDER 9s 15 NOTTINGHAM 10
MELTON took the game to Nottingham but loose passing allowed Nottingham to go ahead.

Adam Rowlatt went close before Axi Hobil picked up from a set scrum and scored in the corner. From a scrum the ball passed through the backs and Hobil scrambled in a try with good support from Johnson.

Nottingham took a quick restart and levelled, but with a minute left Melton secured possession and Johnson executed a great move.

MELTON UNDER 9s A 0 NOTTINGHAM 15
NOTTINGHAM pressured Melton's line from kick-off and scored from one of many well-defended scrums.

A messy second half saw Matthew Ward break and offload to Toby Carter who was pushed into touch. Notts spread the play, exposing gaps to score twice more.

MELTON RFC UNDER 9s 20 NOTTINGHAM 0
OLIVER Wright and Jack Owens caused problems for Notts who were shaken by Melton's intensity.

A great forward drive saw Hobil score with an arcing run to the corner.

From the restart, Wright robbed possession of the ball and Hobil scored his second.

After the break Ryan Gilbert's superb pick-up helped Hobil secure his hat-trick. Melton's forwards sucked in Notts players, as Johnson ran in unopposed on full-time.

Melton A: O. Liddar, M. Ward, D. Morgan, J. Sommerville, W. Foldys, T. Carter, J. Dixon, C. Boylan.
Melton: O. Wright, A. Rowlatt, B. Johnson, A Hobil, J. Owens, R. Gilbert, H. Heaney, J. Beesley, T. Green.

*Melton RFC Under 7s hosted Nottingham on Sunday.

Both teams arrived with large squads so split into two teams and played two games each.

The stronger Nottingham side won every game, but the young Melton team played with spirit and provided support for good tries.

Buckley tagged well with several try-saving efforts, while Owens and Holt showed great solo running to score several tries each. Griffiths, Millett and Jordan also played well.

Melton: G. Laurence, J Griffiths, L. Millett, T. Holt, H. Fairlie, T. Jordan, B. Arms, T. Cunnington, A. Buckley, K. Wade, J. Rumble, W. Owens, C. Cook.