Beverley Braves, eager for the last match of the season, was faced with an opposition who sadly had only 10 players so the Braves lined up with the same to make the match a more even battle.
The Beverley Braves had not played as a team since 22nd June so they were all hungry for a game. The whistle blew and the entire team were ready for battle against fourth place Featherstone.
Unusual conditions greeted the Beverley Braves for this derby match with a pitch made unpredictable by having a thick layer of cut grass covering the whole field.
Beverley Braves U16s have move to third in the Heinz BIG Yorkshire Division 1 after they beat the leaders Farnley Falcons at the Beverley Leisure Centre.
After a lacklustre start by the Beverley Braves, they found themselves 12 nil down after ten minutes, on a hot Sunday morning at the home of Crigglestone All Blacks in Wakefield. But the lads responded well to a strong but fair team talk by coach, Chris Harrison.
Beverley Braves U16s travelled to the famous Dewsbury Moor ground were the Burgess brothers started their careers.
This was always going to be a tough cup match for the Beverley Braves U16s against a very strong Illingworth side from the premier division.
Beverley Braves took part in a game that was the biggest so far for club after they were drawn at home against a strong Blackbrook side from St Helens in the Barla Xamax National Cup.
Beverley played host to the strong Bradford side and were hungry for a place in the quarter finals of the National Cup.
The Beverley Braves played host to top team West Hull in the second of two pre season matches.
Game day for Beverley Braves and this was probably the biggest game of their careers to date. A large crowd had come to support the youngsters against a top division one Yorkshire side.
Beverley’s first official game as an U16 was against Eastmoor Dragons from the Yorkshire League Division 4 in the first round of the Yorkshire Cup.
After the bitter taste of cup final defeat Beverley Braves wanted to cement their place at the top of the league with a win over their nearest rivals Hull Isberg.
This was the Hull and District Youth group cup final and favourites Beverley Braves who were undefeated this season with only 28 points scored against them so far in nine matches.
It was not long before the first points were on the score board for the Braves. Despite swirling winds at the Cottingham ground, Beverley executed a clinical move when James McGahey passed to Owen Harrison
This was a friendly fixture on paper but on the pitch it was a different story. Both sides were without key players and the players remaining had to play in different positions to what they are accustomed to.
Beverley continued the season with some more quality rugby as soon as the whistle blew to start the game. Their physical intensity overwhelms the opposition and despite some excellent defensive tackling from Wyke
On a bitterly cold morning Beverley piled on the pressure early pinning Isberg on their own line with some great tackles from James McGahey and Darren Benstead.