{"id":578531,"date":"2023-08-14T12:05:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/?p=578531"},"modified":"2023-08-14T12:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:05:25","slug":"junior-friendly-academy-5-grosvenor-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.thefrontrowunion.com\/frusport\/?p=578531","title":{"rendered":"Junior Friendly: Academy 5 Grosvenor 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I caught up with the junior friendly at Roughfort between several Academy sides and Grosvenor on Friday evening. The match was played over three 25 minute periods with Academy fielding a different side for each period as they gave their firsts, seconds and thirds squads an early season hit out. Grosvenor played the same tem from a panel of around 25 players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230811-Academy-v-Grosvenor-002-John-McMurtry-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-578680\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Action from the first period of the early season hit out between the Academy and Grosvenor squads at Roughfort on Friday 11th August 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I&#8217;d guess this meeting came about with the recent big money<sup data-fn=\"2d38df81-7167-4038-9b39-043b746f99c2\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#2d38df81-7167-4038-9b39-043b746f99c2\" id=\"2d38df81-7167-4038-9b39-043b746f99c2-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> transfer of ex Grosvenor Coach <strong>Robert Ford <\/strong>to Academy and with Ford sides always playing an attractive style of rugby I thought I&#8217;d pick this one up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefrontrowunion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230811-Academy-v-Grosvenor-189-John-McMurtry-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-578681\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Action from the second period of the  early season hit out between the Academy and Grosvenor squads at Roughfort on Friday 11th August 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">With the light fading fast I only picked up the first two periods on the tree lined pitch and, wouldn&#8217;t you know it, they both ended scoreless. All the points came in the final quarter with Grosvenor coming out top 5 &#8211; 19 against the Grosvenor third string, by that stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Despite being scoreless the first two periods were entertaining and competitive enough, with Academy 2nds coming closest to a try with this effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2023 08 11 Academy v Grosvenor Junior Friendly\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_eHfgrDv9Cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can view the rest of the action in the gallery below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Match Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"2d38df81-7167-4038-9b39-043b746f99c2\">Just a joke.  <a href=\"#2d38df81-7167-4038-9b39-043b746f99c2-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I caught up with the junior friendly at Roughfort between several Academy sides and Grosvenor on Friday evening. 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