Under-13s win rugby grand final

Woy Woy Lions Rugby Union Under-13 team has won the grand final against Ourimbah 22-15 at Bluetongue Stadium.

Woy Woy spent a total of nine minutes in Ourimbah's half of the fireld of the first half of the game played on Saturday, September 15.

The team was in possession of the ball on three occasions and scored a try each time.

The first try, by Solomon Naiobah, came after four minutes of constant pressure and 11 phases of play which went from one side of the field to the other.

It was a similar pattern with the following two tries to Solomon and Max Sorgese.

The defence was so good in the first half that Ourimbah had to resort to kicking a penalty goal as they had run out of options to try and get past Woy Woy's defence.

In the second half Woy Woy spent a total of 10 minutes in possession of the ball in Ourimbah's half, scoring on the first occasion through Daniel MacLean after over three minutes of continuous phase play.

In the second half, a wave of possession saw the ball used in close from pick and drives then out wide with a line break run by Jack Bonouvrie which resulted in a quick ruck.

Use of the ball out wide caused it to rest in the hands of Woy Woy captain Daniel MacLean who used his strength to score the last try.

Woy Woy coach Nick Nikora said at the end of the day he was relieved.

"I don't mean to sound cocky, but I was confident the boys would win the game.

"It was just a matter of how they went about achieving the win and by how much.

"I say 'relieved' for one reason, all year I had set out to get the boys to play a game that would see them dominate in all facets of the game, absorb pressure, apply pressure, play an expansive game by using the ball with width, changing the point of attack to remove predictability and creating space for their attack.

"I can comfortably say that the boys did all of this and it is for these reasons that I am 'relieved' that we had achieved our goal," said Nikora.

Email, 30 Sep 2012

Nick Nikora, Woy Woy Rugby Union