An early KO at Rugby Borough in the morning drizzle, against a team unbeaten in the league last season. We knew we were in for a tough game, but after a good performance last week, the Roses went into the game with confidence. The opening exchanges were fairly even, but Rugby were playing three behind the striker and began to cause us problems on the break. They took the lead midway through the first half, which seemed to kick the Roses back into life. Chloe G chased down a t

The Roses were well prepared for their first game of the season off the back of a good training session on the Wednesday before where every girl worked hard and showed good quality in practice. Missing from today’s squad was Lily, Mimi and Sophie in this league opener against a talented Coalville side. The game got underway and the Roses started well and looked a few times to play wide to Kiri who was looking to cut inside and play in Chloe G who was a real thorn in Coalville