| Under 14's v Aylesbury 21st February 2010 |
 Aylesbury 5 Buzzards 20 Buzzards made the short journey to Aylesbury on Sunday morning, which started off snowy but warmed up as the sun came out just before kick off. Both teams had a cautious start as the forwards made probing runs to test for weaknesses in each others game line. An interception run from Aylesbury caught Buzzards napping but a good chase by Bunting saw him bring his man down just short of the try line to prevent the score. Bunting was again involved in the next move as Buzzards forwards made good yardage to put him into space and good hands down the line gave Stacey the opportunity to take it over in the corner for the first score. The restart saw Aylesbury keep up the pressure, which eventually gave them a scrum and they broke free to run it in from a long way out for their first score. The end of the first half was a scrappy affair as Buzzards gave away too many "hands in the ruck" penalties, which kept them in their own 22 until half time.
The second half saw a different approach from Buzzards who started spinning the ball out wide to bring their strong back line into play. Beach chased a chip, which bounced in his favour and he took it well to break through two tackles to run it in a good score. Beach again got the ball on the wing a few plays after the restart and made a great run down the line before popping an offload over his shoulder to Stanbridge who just got brought down short of the line. Buzzards got a scrum in sight of the try line and great forwards play saw Gates go over from close range. Messum gathered the restart and quick hands gave Stacey the ball who put his head down and ran for the line taking on and beating three or four tacklers before going over for a great individual score.
Man of the Match - Jake Atkinson.
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