Sunday 28th January
Sponsors: Purely Mortgages and Life Investments Estate Agents
Squad: Norah, Poppy, Emma, Gracie, Ellie, Olivia, Izzy, Bella and Millie
Rugby Town travelled to Elizabeth park for a lunchtime kick off. Rugby started with Norah in goal, Poppy and Olivia in defence, Emma, Ellie and Izzy across midfield and Millie upfront. Thurmaston had an organised formation and breaking through their defence proved difficult early on. As the half progressed space started to appear. Olivia moved into left midfield to exploit the space and Bella came on at the back.
In the second half Rugby enjoyed a lot of possession and started to find team mates in space more effectively. Sub rotation of Gracie, Izzy, Olivia and Ellie in midfield ensured good pressure from midfield which helped to continually win the ball back leading to many chances. Anything that did break through our midfield was dealt with well by the defence of Poppy, Bella or Emma giving Norah a fairly quiet game. Meanwhile, at the other end of the pitch Millie enjoyed a lot of the ball and was able to have a high number of touches inside the box. All in all, a positive performance which helped to continue our strong start to 2024.
PPOM: Izzy, worked hard all game to win the ball back and played good passes to start attacks
CPOM: Olivia, kept finding space down the left side and created numerous chances