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SAT 01 NOV 2025
Essex Super Vets
48 - 43
Southend Sealions
A Clash of Experience and Youth
On 1st November, the Southend Sea Lions took on the Essex Super Vets who consist of ex first team players from across Essex.
This was always going to be a tight game with experience and knowledge stacked in the Essex Vets camp but youth and enthusiasm firmly with the Sea Lions.
From the kick off the Sea Lions attacked hard and after just five minutes scored their first try after a well worked kick chase, but the Essex Vets hit back quickly using old school knowledge to force the Sea Lions back to their try line which saw the Vets cross the line for a well-deserved try. At the 20 min mark the Sea Lions took an injury and Louis was called on for his first every rugby match and despite the nerves fitted straight into the Team.
Both Teams were trying to force their own style of play on the opposition and both teams succeeded which kept the scoreboard ticking over equally The Sea Lions defence was strong seeing huge hits from James N, Gordy, Caz, and Terry to keep the game neck and neck at halftime.
The halftime score was Sea Lion 29 Essex Vets 24.
The second half continued at an unrelenting pace with the Sea Lions trying to play out on the edges and saw the Sea Lions strike twice with two unanswered tries putting them ahead but the experienced Vets didn’t panic and hit back time and time again but again strong defence from Josh, Ian, Matt kept them at bay but eventually the Vets closed the gap.
As tiredness crept in the scrum was called on and boom the Sea Lions not only held their own but push the Vets back several times giving us the nudge. The Vets made a number of substitutions in the second half and those fresh legs started to take their toll on the Sea Lions but with some tremendous last ditch tackles by Terry the Vets were held out until the last two minutes of the game when they collected a loose ball and went over to get the winning points to take the game at the close.
Thank you to the injured Sea Lions who came to support on the day and to the Essex Vets for such a great match!
Final score Sea Lions 43 Essex Vets 48
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SAT 13 SEP 2025
Berkshire Unicorns
36 - 0
Southend Sealions
A true learning experience
We took to the pitch against the Unicorns who just two and three years ago had been unbeaten and were league winners.
This was not going to be an easy test and the final score did not reflect the game play.
From the kickoff our go forward and handling/tackling was excellent with the Sea Lions spending long periods of time in the opposition half.
Our attack was strong and our defence was immense with Rich Jamie and Callum putting in try saving tackles to name but a few.
Halftime came and we were losing by only two tries.
The second half saw more of the same with the Sea Lion is putting pressure on the opposition try line many times but just failing to cross the whitewash.
The majority of the second half was played tit for tat but the Unicorns eventually scored three quick tries in the last 15 minutes giving them the worthy win.
This was the toughest test for the sea lions but it was fantastic to see our players core skills coming to the fore.
A quote from one of their players ‘ I can’t believe some of you have only been playing for a year. You have an incredible squad as big future, we were expecting to put 70 to 80 points on you today but we just couldn’t get through your lines until the last minutes of the game’. Final score 36-0
