Last updated 13:15, Thursday, 27 November 2008

TYNEDALE U14s swept aside Ponteland in the County Cup quarter-final on Sunday to warm up a chilly, clarty day.

Ponteland 7, Tynedale 39.

A converted try by Ponteland’s excellent No8 was wiped out by tries from Tynedale’s Doug McKendrick, Patrick Buchanan, Milo Barnett, Reece Main and a cracking hat-trick by the electric George Forster.

Two of Tynedale’s tries were converted by Andy Chard.

Tynedale now look forward to a semi-final place against Alnwick in January.

Tynedale’s powerful pack were a handful in the loose in the early exchanges, with a good supply of ball to the backs.

White line fever spoiled some certain scores.

Eventually, Tynedale’s constant pressure paid off with Doug McKendrick diving over after good work by Jake Sloan and Chris Nichol.

Straight from the off,Tyne raced back up field.

The pack, led by Reece Main and Jason Armstrong, supported by Stephen Rowland and Ed Craney, muscled their way up to the Pont line.

Held up, the ball was flashed along the line for the loitering Patrick Buchanan to wriggle over out wide.

Ponteland, however, scored next when Tynedale were caught slightly flat-footed close to the line.

From the resulting scrum Ponteland’s excellent number eight dived over for a converted try.

Tynedale were stung back into action with Milo Barnett driven over close in.

Reece Main was next on sheet, driven over in a similar manner by Richard Voase and Brad Scanlon.

George Forster simply breezed through despairing tackles to make the half-time score 22-7.

After the break Tynedale continued to dominate, Ponteland putting up a stout defence before being cracked by the Falstone Flyer aka George Forster.

George Bishop, Harry Oliver and Jonny Pape, coming on as subs, were soon involved in the action.

A move started by Keiron Self saw the ball zipped along the line to Forster who rounded off the tries scoring beneath the posts.

This weekend sees Tyne travel to old rivals Morpeth.

Players to meet at Morpeth RFC at 10.30am.