So the Ravens were drawn in Pool A and opened the 15 team tournament against Trojans. With tries from Ed Bell, Euan Archbold and Ethan Hammond saw them record there 1st win 15-0. Next came Ellingham & Ringwood. Ben Wheeler and Harry Rabjohn opened their accounts in the 10-0 victory. Millbrook were their next game and as the Ravens had lent them a number of players there was a familiarity to the play. Ben and Harry added 2 more tries each, Ethan added another and then Aidan Jarvis ran in a pair. Final game of the Pool saw Ravens face Vectis who had also had 3 wins coming into the final game. After a even start Harry opened the scoring and Euan and Aidan added another each before Harry closed the game with a second; 20-0 to the Ravens and into the Cup competition.
Tottonians I Totts were the first game in the Cup and after a tense first half Aaron Spiteri scored his first try to secure a 5-0 win for Ravens. That set up a Cup Final against Chichester RFC and despite valiant efforts Ravens defence was finally breeched and they were unable to overcome the organisation of the Chichester pack. Ravens went down 15-0.
It was a great day of rugby:
546 minutes of rugby played,
By 262 players,
In 39 games,
Officiated by 13 Referees,
Managed by 30+ Coaches,
Which resulted in 134 Try’s scored,
Facilitated by 16 club volunteers.
All 18 Ravens played their part and the team scored 17 tries only conceding tries in the last game. (Ed 1, Euan 2, Ben 3, Harry 5, Ethan 2, Aaron 1, Aidan 3)